🔴LIVE: Boris Johnson will bid to ensure 'wages meet cost of living' ahead of plan to increase minimum wage.
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❌The PM has been accused of "hypocrisy" in calling for a high wage economy.
Mick Lynch, general sec. of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said the "twin evils of skills shortages and low pay are leading to an exodus of bus drivers, threatening local services"
Mick Lynch, general sec. of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said the "twin evils of skills shortages and low pay are leading to an exodus of bus drivers, threatening local services"
🔴NEW: Boris Johnson will say levelling up is "the greatest project that any government can embark on", in his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference this morning.
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Dominic Raab is coming under fire after he appeared to misunderstand what misogyny is.
The deputy prime minister told the BBC misogyny was "absolutely wrong whether it's a man against a woman or a woman against a man"
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The deputy prime minister told the BBC misogyny was "absolutely wrong whether it's a man against a woman or a woman against a man"
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📣The Prime Minister will address Manchester from around 11:30am, with a speech that will stress his determination to tackle the broken pre-Brexit economic system.
Queues were forming two hours before he was due to take to the podium.
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Boris Johnson is speaking at the Conservative Party Conference now.
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Johnson thanks those gathered, many of whom worked on the election in 2019, as it is the first time they have had a "cheek by joweller" since then.
The PM says he knew some would be anxious about Covid so they sent "Jon Bon Govie" to a sweaty nightclub to ensure it was safe
The PM says he knew some would be anxious about Covid so they sent "Jon Bon Govie" to a sweaty nightclub to ensure it was safe
"I tell you something Margaret Thatcher would not ignore the meteorite that has crashed through our economy," Boris Johnson says
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⚡️Covid was a "lightning flash" that illuminated the problems with the NHS that have been building up for decades, Boris Johnson says.
The Government that got Brexit done will now get social care done, he adds
The Government that got Brexit done will now get social care done, he adds
Johnson then turns to his overarching theme of controlled immigration, which he says will ensure wages will rise.
In transitioning towards this, the UK will become "a low tax economy - that is what the people of this country need and deserve," he adds
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In transitioning towards this, the UK will become "a low tax economy - that is what the people of this country need and deserve," he adds
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The discrepancy in life expectancy between North and South is "holding this country back"
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🔴Decriminalising drugs is "answer straight from powder rooms of North London" says Boris Johnson.
He adds: "Crime has been falling... because you have a Conservative Government that understands the broken window theory of crime"
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He adds: "Crime has been falling... because you have a Conservative Government that understands the broken window theory of crime"
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Boris Johnson says he "will not rest" until rape prosecutions are increased because "too many lying, cowardly men" are using the status quo to get away with violence against women
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❄️Lord Frost is "the greatest frost since 1709", Boris Johnson has said.
The Prime Minister joked that it was his powers of persuasion that have led Michel Barnier to his recent views that France should take back control, as the UK has done
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The Prime Minister joked that it was his powers of persuasion that have led Michel Barnier to his recent views that France should take back control, as the UK has done
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Boris Johnson says it is a "disgrace" that so many parts of the country have poor transport, which is "one of the supreme levelling-uppers".
🚉The Government will "restore those sinews of the Union", he adds, listing some of the roads and rail networks that he plans to improve
🚉The Government will "restore those sinews of the Union", he adds, listing some of the roads and rail networks that he plans to improve
Boris Johnson tells delegates to go onto Google Maps to see the "incremental" improvements of the UK, saying he will rewild the country.
🦫Otters and beavers are returning as a result, he says, adding: "Build back beaver"
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🦫Otters and beavers are returning as a result, he says, adding: "Build back beaver"
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Capitalism produced Covid vaccines, says Boris Johnson.
💉"Jabs, jabs, jabs become jobs, jobs, jobs," he adds.
"They have saved our open society and free market economy and it is our open society and free market economy that has produced the most effective vaccines"
💉"Jabs, jabs, jabs become jobs, jobs, jobs," he adds.
"They have saved our open society and free market economy and it is our open society and free market economy that has produced the most effective vaccines"
Keir Starmer looked like "seriously rattled bus conductor", says PM.
The PM says Starmer spent the pandemic "flapping" about.
"Let us forgive him on the basis that he probably didn't know what he was talking about"
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The PM says Starmer spent the pandemic "flapping" about.
"Let us forgive him on the basis that he probably didn't know what he was talking about"
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Boris Johnson says Brexit freedoms will allow the Government to "do things differently".
🇺🇸The PM is cheered as he notes that the US has been "persuaded" to start importing British beef again.
"Build back burger," he tells conference
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🇺🇸The PM is cheered as he notes that the US has been "persuaded" to start importing British beef again.
"Build back burger," he tells conference
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❌Boris Johnson says the Conservatives will defend British history from "cancel culture iconoclasm".
He says it is not because "we are proud of everything" but trying to change is "as dishonest as a celebrity trying to furtively change his Wikipedia entry"
He says it is not because "we are proud of everything" but trying to change is "as dishonest as a celebrity trying to furtively change his Wikipedia entry"
Boris Johnson praises the UK's sporting prowess, saying it is "incredible".
The PM says the spirit of Emma Raducanu is evident in the conference hall and this is what the country must harness
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The PM says the spirit of Emma Raducanu is evident in the conference hall and this is what the country must harness
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The PM's wife, Carrie Johnson, joins him on the stage and the pair walk off to rapturous applause
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❌Downing Street insisted there has been a "raft" of new policies throughout the conference after Boris Johnson only announced one fresh policy in his speech
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🗣️"Boris Johnson talks a good game, but leaves us wondering when we will see the results, or what they will look like when they do arrive" | Writes James Dowling
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🇬🇧 "This was easily the best speech Boris Johnson has ever given. The full frontal attack on cancel culture and its nihilistic attempt to dismantle the country’s heritage was superb." | Writes Janet Daley
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🔴Boris Johnson has announced a £3,000 "levelling up premium" in a bid to attract the country's brightest maths and science teachers to left-behind areas
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⛵️"Boris Johnson is proud to style himself Captain Crapshoot, taking his party straight into the hurricane with sails unfurled" | Writes @CitySamuel
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