Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities

Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

Nigel Farage’s party continues to lose support.

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

OPINION: Kemi Badenoch's newly-developed smileyness can't disguise her poundshop Nigel Farage values - it's still the same old Tories and alarm bells should be ringing, argues Kevin Maguire

A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.

His comments were 'the lowest of the low'.

Conservative leader defends plan to extend free childcare to high earners, as Tory conference begins in Birmingham today In a further exchange, Badenoch said that spending on the pensions triple lock was just “a ledger on the budget line”. Kuenssberg said Badenoch was wrong to dismiss it like that. State spending on pensions was £177bn, she said. The reason why is because what is going wrong in our economy is not lots of elderly people earning £10,000, £12,000 a year on the state pension. It is the huge number of people who can work, who don’t work. We’ve had different policies at different times. We go with what the leader does. I am the leader now and what I am saying is that our economy is not growing. Changing and moving around the triple lock does not create growth. In fact, if we were growing at 2 or 3%, nobody would be talking about the triple lock. Continue reading...

Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more

Now we just have to see if he can deliver results

The deputy leader called for “brilliant British made buses” - with the Volvo vehicle parked outside