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George Osborne announces cuts in welfare payments

A tough new limit is to be imposed on the total amount of welfare payments received by families in the UK, Chancellor George Osborne has told the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. Read

David Cameron promises sweeping spending review to curb Government spending

David Cameron ordered his Shadow Cabinet to review every Government programme and look for potential budget cuts, as he pledged to control spending “even in the teeth of hostility and protest.”Read

Cameron creates a Conservative Party in his own image

Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale looks back on the Conservatives' visit to Birmingham and considers what, if any, progress they have made. Read

Shadow secretary David Willetts compares himself to Jeffrey Archer

A Birmingham-born MP compared himself to Tory author Jeffrey Archer as conference goers mobbed him to sign his latest book.Read

Tories will throw quangos on the scrap heap

The Tories have promised to scrap a huge list of quangos, including the Government’s new planning body.Read

European elections will decide Gordon Brown's fate says Tory MEP

Next year’s European elections will be a referendum on Gordon Brown, according to a West Midlands MEP.Read

David Cameron: We’ll beat the crunch

David Cameron was today predicting Britain will get through the economic crisis as he told Conservative activists in Birmingham “better times lie ahead”.Read

Bill Bryson in appeal to curb litter

BILL Bryson issued a heartfelt plea at the Tory conference today for more to be done to tackle the menace of litter.Read

Tories leave with good impression

AS the Conservative conference draws to a close with the big showpiece speech from leader David Cameron Mail Political Editor Jonathan Walker takes a look at what a week that was.Read

New grassroots fund to support British charities saving lives

BIRMINGHAM MP Andrew Mitchell has pledged to find £40 million for “grassroots” organisations fighting poverty in the developing world.Read

Tories announce plans to scrap automatic early release of prisoners

The Tories announced plans to scrap the automatic early release of prisoners and instead introduce a system of earned release.Read

David Cameron prepared to make "difficult and unpopular decision" as PM

David Cameron is to warn he is ready to make “difficult and unpopular” decisions if he becomes Prime Minister while Britain faces a huge budget deficit and a crumbling economy.Read

Black Farmer Wilfred claims TV talent show represents "Britishness"

A Small Heath-born millionaire caused a stir at the conference when he said the TV show Britain’s Got Talent represented Britishness far better than our centuries of history.Read

Welsh House Farm worker takes centre stage at Tory conference

The leader of a project to rid a deprived Birmingham estate of its bad image took centre stage at the Tory conference.Read

Iron Angle at the Tory conference - Tuesday

Horror of horrors, it was suggested that Dave might issue his emergency statement and then cancel the rest of the conference due to the seriousness of the global financial mayhem. Read

Advantage West Midlands will be scrapped says Tories

Advantage West Midlands, the £300 million Government quango created to boost the region’s economy, is set to be axed under a Conservative government.Read

David Cameron praises Birmingham as a conference city

David Cameron has praised Birmingham as a great conference city and said that Tory activists had been impressed with the regeneration of the city.Read

Tories debate climate change

There was a greener hue to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham as delegates debated how climate change is set to change the developing world.Read

Birmingham will see rise in religious and ethnic clashes,Tories warn

Birmingham City Council will increasingly be forced to deal with “cultural clashes” between people of different ethnic groups or religions, Conservatives have warned.Read

Tories must solve soaring food prices

A Conservative Government must answer the problem of soaring food prices and the cost to the environment if it is to be successful a conference fringe meeting has heard.Read