Conservative party
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In full: Conservative and Unionist Party. (in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise
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(in Canada) short for Progressive Conservative Party
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(in other countries) any of various political parties generally opposing change
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The grant was introduced by Boris Johnson's government in 2019 to deliver the Conservative Party's manifesto pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers by 2023.
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She sat down in front of her home computer to record a video announcing that he had been sacked from the shadow cabinet and suspended from the Conservative Party.
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Voters in the constituency of Newark have been reacting to the news their MP Robert Jenrick has been sacked by the Conservative party.
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Girling says Jenrick "obviously wanted to be the leader" of the Conservative party and was "clearly" disappointed he did not achieve that.
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But the former minister is now looking for a new political home, after Kemi Badenoch dramatically sacked him from her shadow cabinet and the Conservative Party.
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