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News Conservatives are up in arms over the proposal and will oppose the draft order when it gets to the Lords if Labour uses its majority to get it through the Commons. The Government has postponed a debate for its... [17 Jun 2002]
Budget 2002: What it means for you
News Leader of the Conservatives Ian Duncan-Smith immediately hit back at the Chancellor's speech, saying that with the National Insurance rises Brown had "opened people's wallets whilst he closed his mind to reform". [17 Apr 2002]
Tories slam 'jobs for the boys' as Ofcom role is prepared for Smith
News Smith's candidacy is already raising objections, with the Conservatives slamming the notion of appointing the former cabinet minister and MP for Islington South to the supposedly independent body. Former culture... [20 Aug 2001]
Dell boy just refuses to lie down
Comment Orange may be sneaking up behind him in the ratings war, but things couldn't be peachier for the former Chairman of the Young Conservatives. This week, silicon.com wrote about a certain Dell employee at the company's... [22 Jun 2001]
Gent and Matthews have a Knight to remember
News Gent is a former chairman of the Young Conservatives, and is a passionate cricket fan.year-old Sir Terence Hedley Matthews, as he is now known, is often referred to as 'Wales' first billionaire'. Vodafone chief executive... [18 Jun 2001]
The RIP Act: What the parties say
News Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have made manifesto pledges to review the legislation, but stop short of promising to scrap the Act altogether. With less than a week to go before the election, leading... [31 May 2001]
www.election-scandals.com: How the web is undermining the party line
Comment Perhaps the only people with even less in common with the Conservatives than the SWP are the pro-euro Conservatives.www.conservative-party.com redirects users straight to www.proeuro.co.uk. For genuine... [31 May 2001]
IR35 is driving a brain drain contractors claim
News In an interview with silicon.com, Hewitt said: "Quite honestly the very alarmist talk we were getting - from the Conservatives amongst others - of thousands of skilled IT professionals fleeing the country simply hasn't... [30 May 2001]
Election special: Blair gives a little under IR35 pressure
News Despite a recent win in the High Court, Labour ministers are still on the defensive following pledges from both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to scrap the unpopular tax in their election manifestos. [29 May 2001]
Online vote swapping - will it turn the election upside down?
Comment After seeking advice from the Electoral Commission, the Conservatives last week decided not to pursue legal action to have the sites taken down. The swap shop ideals always made perfect sense, but this time Noel Edmonds... [25 May 2001]
Keep hands off IT sector, Tories tell Tony
News The Conservatives are promising to scrap the controversial IR35, review the government's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and reform Capital Gains Tax. "It's wrong to pretend that this is a government-inspired or... [21 May 2001]
Labour.org.uk struggles to keep up
News According to performance monitoring company Keynote, the Labour site has averaged a response time of over 14 seconds for the last week, compared to just 2.6 seconds for the Conservatives. From the minute the Party... [17 May 2001]
Election online: Click finger on the political pulse?
News The Tories are being similarly altruistic, with http://www.toryparty.co.uk leading you to the Socialist Workers Party (who probably have about as much chance as the Conservatives of getting elected). Internet-savvy... [11 May 2001]
PC support needs your support
Comment The Conservatives' chief internet planner told us: "We're very keen to avoid the sort of classic 'political' website style like the Labour Party, based on invective against your opponents and boring press releases in a... [10 May 2001]
Blair gears up for e-lection
News But the Conservatives have already run into controversy over a viral email campaign based on their 'Keep the Pound' crusade. The campaign teams of all of the UK's political parties are geared up and ready to fight for... [08 May 2001]
