The Tories have finally noticed their only route back to power goes through the prosperous seats in the home counties and city suburbs lost to the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

Burnham has given Labour a sense of purpose, but what does it really mean?

Labour's deputy leader was speaking to BBC local radio ahead of the party's annual conference

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