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Ben Riley-Smith

Political Editor
  • Property developers must be banned from charging extortionate ‘fleecehold’ fees, say Tory MPs

    End to new homeowners being saddled with exorbitant costs for regular council services is backed by group of 46 Conservatives

    Ben Riley-Smith 27 Mar 2024, 12:01am
    The set-up has seen heated complaints about firms that carry out a poor service or charge excessive fees
  • Penny Mordaunt claims 70-plus Tory association visits are to help the party

    Leader of the Commons wrote to The Telegraph to say she was fundraising and not boosting her own leadership credentials as some believe

    Ben Riley-Smith 27 Mar 2024, 12:00am
    Penny Mordaunt
  • Conservatives drop to lowest polling numbers since ‘bloody aftermath’ of Liz Truss mini-budget

    Just 24 per cent of respondents say they plan to vote Tory, compared to 44 per cent saying they back Labour

    Ben Riley-Smith 26 Mar 2024, 7:30pm
    Liz Truss delivering her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham 2022
  • Triple lock will stay for rest of decade if Tories win election, says Sunak

    Some Tories are against measure being included in party’s manifesto, wanting money to be spent on other priorities

    Ben Riley-Smith 26 Mar 2024, 4:43pm
    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants the triple lock on pensions to be included in the Tory manifesto
  • Tories pour cold water on Davie’s idea to charge wealthy more for BBC licence fee

    Director-general says payment system ‘needs reform’ but rules out advertising on television channels

    Anita Singh 26 Mar 2024, 1:34pm
    Tim Davie
  • Tractors bring rush-hour chaos to London as farmers stage protest

    Albert Tait 25 Mar 2024, 10:05pm
    Farmers protest at Westminster
  • Lord Cameron challenged over Britain’s role in UN ceasefire vote

    Netanyahu has condemned US position after it too allowed the motion to pass

    Nataliya Vasilyeva 25 Mar 2024, 8:23pm
    US abstained from the vote
  • Nick Robinson to grill party leaders for BBC general election coverage

    Corporation’s former political editor will be taking on the role held by Andrew Neil during 2019 campaign

    Ben Riley-Smith 25 Mar 2024, 7:21pm
    The party leaders are yet to formally agree to being interviewed by Nick Robinson, but all are expected to do so
  • Mordaunt has made 40 trips to Tory association events since Sunak became PM

    Commons Leader, touted by some as a future Tory leader, has travelled to functions around the country

    Ben Riley-Smith 22 Mar 2024, 6:44pm
    The sword inscribed with Penny Mordaunt's signature went for £350 at the Warwick auction
  • Labour threatened with legal action over ‘voter fraud’

    Sam Tarry, Angela Rayner’s former partner, claims online voting system has been used to disadvantage Left-wing candidates

    Ben Riley-Smith 22 Mar 2024, 5:05pm
    Sam Tarry, Sir Keir Starmer and Beth Winter
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  • Tories narrowly back Sunak to lead party into next election

    Forty-five per cent of Conservative voters agree PM should be leader for election, with 37pc wanting someone else, poll shows

    Ben Riley-Smith 19 Mar 2024, 7:55pm
    Rishi Sunak polling
  • Britain faces 1979 moment, says Rachel Reeves

    Labour shadow chancellor vows economic take-off similar to Thatcher years with growth-led policies

    Ben Riley-Smith 18 Mar 2024, 10:40pm
    Rachel Reeves says the Treasury's Enterprise and Growth Unit will have an enhanced role in policy-making
  • Penny Mordaunt has built £26,000 war chest since Rishi Sunak became PM

    MP has been at centre of recent speculation over Tory leadership

    Ben Riley-Smith 18 Mar 2024, 8:48pm
    Penny Mordaunt giving a speech at the Tory party conference
  • Mordaunt could lose seat – so stick with Sunak, say PM’s allies

    Tory rebels reportedly considering a plot to oust PM, with meetings taking place to discuss lining up Commons Leader as successor

    Ben Riley-Smith 18 Mar 2024, 3:11pm
    A YouGov poll found that Penny Mordaunt could lose her Portsmouth North seat to Labour at the next election
  • How Sunak bowed to the whips and chickened out of a spring election

    Hopes of Rwanda flights starting and inflation falling over summer are among the factors in the Government’s political calculation

    Ben Riley-Smith 15 Mar 2024, 7:45pm
    A row of seven people in cheap yellow chicken suits carrying placards asking Sunak to name a date, and wearing Sunak masks.
  • Right-wing Tory MPs want Mordaunt to oust Sunak

    Support for Commons leader comes as Conservatives continue to struggle in the polls

    Robert Mendick 15 Mar 2024, 7:41pm
    Penny Mordaunt
  • Rishi Sunak stamps out talk of May 2 general election

    Comments in interview will be taken as strongest sign yet that PM will go to the polls later in the year

    Ben Riley-Smith 14 Mar 2024, 9:52pm
    Rishi Sunak
  • Ban on foreign state ownership of UK newspapers effectively halts UAE takeover of Telegraph

    Ministers reveal plans for a Bill amendment that will prevent other countries controlling or influencing a British news organisation

    Ben Riley-Smith 13 Mar 2024, 8:32pm
    Telegraph
  • Starmer promises vote on legalising assisted dying

    Law could be changed by the end of the decade if Labour wins general election

    Ben Riley-Smith 13 Mar 2024, 12:01am
    Sir Keir Starmer spoke out after talking to Dame Esther Rantzen, who has been open about joining the Swiss end-of-life clinic Dignitas
  • Foreign governments should not be allowed to own UK media firms, say two thirds of voters

    Majority of poll respondents say platforms should remain in British hands as UAE-backed takeover of The Telegraph hangs in the balance

    Ben Riley-Smith 12 Mar 2024, 9:00pm
    MPs have raised concerns about The Telegraph being majority-owned by Abu Dhabi
  • Johnson election comeback unlikely after Sunak silence

    Pair said to have barely spoken to each other in year, raising doubts the former PM could return to campaign trail

    Ben Riley-Smith 12 Mar 2024, 5:41pm
    Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson during a visit to a brewery in south-east London in October 2021
  • Rishi Sunak announces new gas power stations to ease risk of blackouts

    UK to build extra energy infrastructure despite PM’s earlier pledge to phase out fossil fuels to achieve net zero target

    Emma Gatten 12 Mar 2024, 12:01am
    Rishi Sunak on a visit to an energy facility in Scotland earlier this month
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