Kemi Badenoch pledged a £9bn plan to scrap stamp duty on main homes to help first-time buyers, with promises to reverse carbon taxes and VAT on private school fees and workers’ rights reforms and to ban doctors’ strikes.
Kate McCann told a court of distress after a woman claimed to be her missing daughter and contacted her family, while the defendant denies wrongdoing and the case centres on alleged harassment.
David Norris sought parole, admitting he assaulted the teenager but refusing to identify accomplices, with officials raising public safety concerns amid reports of misconduct towards a female prison officer.
The CPS chief says ministers failed to provide key national security evidence for an alleged espionage case, prompting the collapse of prosecutions, a claim disputed by officials who argue the legal threshold had not been met.
The DPP said a case against two men accused of espionage collapsed because security advisers would not label China an enemy, drawing criticism that this stance risks undermining efforts to prosecute hostile state activity.
The DPP said an Official Secrets Act case collapsed after No 10 repeatedly refused to authorise evidence identifying China as a national security threat, a decision that prosecutors argue prevented them from proceeding.
Kemi Badenoch praised 22-year-old 7ft 2in Conservative recruit James McAlpine at conference, presenting him as a standout example of the party’s push to showcase fresh talent.
Lenders will pay an estimated £8.2bn in compensation, averaging about £700 each, to around 14 million UK motorists after years of car finance deals were found to have been missold due to undisclosed commission by dealers.
Kemi Badenoch will use her first keynote as party leader to pledge a plan to get the economy back on track, criticising Labour over taxes and borrowing and promising a fiscally cautious recovery focused on value for money.
The FCA estimates lenders will face about £11bn to settle car finance mis-selling claims, with a redress scheme covering roughly 14m agreements and rules designed to accelerate compensation and give the sector certainty.