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Catch the latest Financial News EventsJeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher saidThe author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86.Archer, who was a Conservative MP for five years before serving as the party’s deputy chairman, died peacefully at his home...
Green party of England and Wales facing ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’Zack Polanski may rue lack of leadership when Greens needed him to actThe English and Welsh Greens are facing international ostracism after...
Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’
Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’A shadow Conservative Home Office minister has claimed there are “no-go zones” in Luton where “white people won’t go”.Blake Stephenson, the MP for Mid...
Conservative plans to slash aid budget by 90% to ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’Conservative plans to slash the aid budget by 90% would leave the UK unable to cover existing contributions to the UN and World Bank, and “irreparably damage”...