Posts Tagged ‘tories’

Tory appeal to ‘alienated’ Plaid

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Welsh Conservatives will urge Plaid Cymru voters to consider how closely their beliefs match those of the Tories.

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PM vowing to boost ‘right to buy’

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

David Cameron is to pledge to boost the “right to buy” scheme for council housing, as the Tories prepare to open their autumn conference.

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Clegg fights back with NHS pledge

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Nick Clegg promises the Lib Dems will be “a moderating influence” on the Tories and will block a planned NHS overhaul unless changes are made to it.

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Tory leader Bourne loses his seat

Friday, May 6th, 2011

The Tories suffer a shock defeat with the loss of Wales party leader Nick Bourne, despite gaining Montgomeryshire from the Lib Dems.

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Labour majority is on knife edge

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Labour’s hopes of an outright majority in the assembly are on a knife edge after a dramatic election so far with big gains for Labour, a solid performance from Tories and disappointment for Plaid and the Lib Dems.

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Scott ‘uncomfortable’ with Tories

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Scottish Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott says he is uncomfortable about his party being “related” to the Tories.

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Cameron ‘fighting for every vote’

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

David Cameron says the Tories are fighting hard for the Oldham East by-election amid claims the party is holding back to help the Lib Dem candidate.

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Johnson urges VAT rise ‘rethink’

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Shadow chancellor Alan Johnson claims Tuesday’s 2.5% VAT increase could cost 250.000 jobs – but the Tories accuse him of “hypocrisy”.

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Tory EU allies ‘nutty’ – Lib Dem

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

A Liberal Democrat Foreign Office minister is recorded describing the Tories’ European allies are “quite nutty” and “an embarrassment”.

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Tory-Lib Dem by-election pact denied

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Business Secretary Vince Cable says the Tories have ‘no chance’ in Oldham East by-election but rejects suggestions of a coalition deal.

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Major urges coalition to continue

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

The coalition formed by the Tories and the Lib Dems should continue after the next general election, Sir John Major says.

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MPs set to debate housing benefit

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

MPs are to discuss controversial planned reforms to housing benefit amid calls from some Lib Dems and Tories for aspects of the changes to be rethought.

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Tories ponder Cable idea on fees

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

The Tories will consider Lib Dem plans to ask higher earning graduates to pay more interest on student loans after ruling out a graduate tax.

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Lib Dem at large at Tory conference

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

The Daily Politics sent Liberal Democrat culture spokesman Don Foster to see what the Tories get up to at their conference and wondered what Lady Thatcher would have thought.

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Ex-ministers in spat over Trident

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Shadow defence secretary Bob Ainsworth hits out a former aide who accuses him of being “more right wing than the Tories” on Trident at a Labour fringe meeting.

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