Conservative Party

..."game-changer", it will be next month's pre-Budget report. Labour will tell us which areas it would protect and which it would cut, in the hope of forcing the Tories into the open. Given the need for real rather than symbolic spending cuts,...

In this article: Labour, Tories, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Cancer, and David Blunkett

The heavy-hitting proposals reflect an increased effort by Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party to tackle banking reform ahead of a general election next year as it trails the opposition Conservative Party in the polls. The...

In this article: Financial Services Authority, Alistair Darling, UK, Timothy Geithner, Labour Party, Labour Party, and Stephen Green

...next April. As our political editor reports today, Labour is thinking hard about freezing the threshold with a view to bringing further attention to the Tories' plans for a tax cut for Kensington and Chelsea. For fear of looking...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Labour, Tax, George Osborne, David Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Beneficiary, and Chelsea

...must have had a bearing on its findings. The Guardian's own poll a few days earlier did weight their results and found a gap between the Tories and Labour that was in double figures. For the Lib Dems, it meant suddenly being taken...

In this article: Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tories, Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond, Constitution Unit, and Ukip

John Rentoul: Labour must read the Tories' book Four unsuitable leaders cost the Conservatives power. Gordon Brown should take note and act fast A week is no time at all in politics. Some things take a long time to change, and political...

In this article: David Cameron, William Hague, Labour Party, Michael Howard, Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith, and Tony Blair

...of the party's MPs from seven to 20. The SNP has traditionally performed much more poorly at Westminster than Holyrood elections because voters think only the Tories and Labour can form the Government. However, a UK-wide opinion poll...

In this article: Alex Salmond, Respondent, YouGov, Labour, Scotland, 2005 General Election, and Britain

Sting's wife Trudie Styler donates GBP3,500 to Conservative Party The wife of rock star Labour supporter Sting has given GBP3,500 to the Conservative Party. Mum-of-four Trudie Styler is said to have parted with the cash after a fundraising...

In this article: Sting, Trudie Styler, Labour, Kirstie Allsopp, Bryan Ferry, and Zac Goldsmith

X Factor: Conservatives make Jedward jibe at Labour The Conservative Party has jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling ''Deadwood'' in a poster campaign announced as the X Factor twins were voted out.

In this article: Labour Party, X Factor, David Cameron, George Osborne, Recession, Alistair Darling, and Gordon Brown

...Labour on 44 per cent. The swing of eight points in the marginal seats is better than the party is recording nationwide and the Tories need much smaller swings to pick up dozens more Labour seats further south. Beating the national...

In this article: Labour, Tories, David Cameron, YouGov, Recession, The Daily Telegraph, Britain, and Gordon Brown