http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/party_conferences_2010/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Party Conferences 2010 section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:24:10 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/party_conferences_2010/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 David Cameron urges Britons to "pull together" in the national interest, in his first party conference speech since becoming PM. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11481223#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11481223 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:35:49 GMT Ed Miliband says a new generation is running Labour and signals a break from the past by declaring the Iraq war wrong in his first big speech as leader. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417906#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417906 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:16:41 GMT The government does not "relish" planning for spending cuts, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11365649#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11365649 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:31:18 GMT Liam Fox blames Labour's economic mismanagement for what he says will be inevitable cuts to the defence budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11483771#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11483771 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:47:46 GMT Foreign Secretary William Hague says a sovereignty clause will be included in a new EU bill to be introduced into Parliament this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484355#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484355 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:51:24 GMT Three flagship Conservative councils say how they keep costs down and get maximum value for council tax payers money. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484514#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484514 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:04:39 GMT David Cameron hints a planned tax break for married couples could include higher rate taxpayers, as he defends plans to cut child benefit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11478320#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11478320 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:58:12 GMT The work and pensions promises to restore "fairness and simplicity" to the welfare system by consolidating payments into a single credit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11478801#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11478801 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:27:18 GMT David Cameron defends the decision to axe higher rate taxpayers' child benefit, as Labour says government plans are "unravelling". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11473609#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11473609 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:39:06 GMT Sir Menzies Campbell predicts "adjustments" will be made to the child benefit proposals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11481625#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11481625 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:22:32 GMT A "determined" parliamentary push has been promised to ease the restrictions on holding motor racing events on public roads in Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11480367#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11480367 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:28:03 GMT Head teachers in England will be able to discipline pupils "any time, any place, anywhere", says Education Secretary Michael Gove. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11476802#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11476802 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:45:55 GMT Prisoners in England and Wales should work a 40-hour week, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says in his Tory conference speech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470289#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470289 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:43:56 GMT Home Office minister Damian Green says it is up to society to decide on rules - rather than for government to bring in laws - to stop people invading the privacy of others online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11472687#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11472687 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:02:41 GMT A Conservative MP says he believes his party will fight the next election as a coalition with the Lib Dems. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11475502#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11475502 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:42:10 GMT Local authorities in England should keep council house rents instead of having them gathered up by Whitehall, Housing Minister Grant Shapps says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470285#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470285 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:20:37 GMT The government will back plans for high-speed rail links to Manchester and Leeds, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11465786#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11465786 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:13:49 GMT Chancellor George Osborne announces plans for a maximum limit on the amount of benefits one family can claim, in his Tory conference speech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463435 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:52:15 GMT London Mayor Boris Johnson has hailed the launch of his bike hire scheme - contrasting it with the thefts by "light fingered" Parisians in its French equivalent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11466845#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11466845 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:23:50 GMT Private firms could be encouraged to set up factories in prisons with inmates paying a portion of their wages to their victims, under government plans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463182#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463182 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:59:13 GMT Conservative Douglas Carswell is joining forces with Green MP Caroline Lucas in a bid to give voters the option of proportional representation in May's electoral reform referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11470608 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:44:01 GMT The coalition "will not shirk" from plans to reform the UK's libel laws, Attorney General Dominic Grieve tells a Conservative Party conference fringe meeting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11471378#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11471378 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:45:05 GMT Child benefit is to be axed for higher rate taxpayers from 2013 while there will be a limit on total welfare payments to individual families, Chancellor George Osborne says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11464300#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11464300 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:30:01 GMT Ed Miliband beats his brother David by a wafer thin margin to be elected leader of the Labour Party. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412031#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412031 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:53:26 GMT How Ed Miliband won the Labour leadership through the party's complex voting system. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412544#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412544 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:34:07 GMT David Miliband says he is to quit frontline politics after being pipped for the Labour leadership by younger brother Ed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11432762#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11432762 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:55:31 GMT Harriet Harman says Labour will be "fortified" by its new leader, after a "roller coaster of emotions", as she closes the party's conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11441103#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11441103 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:26:22 GMT From frontrunner to backbencher http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11409402#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11409402 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:58:01 GMT Defeated leadership candidates Andy Burnham, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott are among MPs standing for elections to Labour's shadow cabinet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11436858#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11436858 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:30:50 GMT Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock hails Ed Miliband's first speech, and says the party is on its way back to power. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11434981#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11434981 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:56:41 GMT Rosie Winterton is Labour's new chief whip , after leader Ed Miliband asked the incumbent Nick Brown to step aside. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11442802#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11442802 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:42:22 GMT Ed Miliband says he was "right to level with people" about the war, but could not do so while in government because he was "part of a collective responsibility". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11433643#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11433643 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:22:11 GMT Ed Balls urges Labour to fight proposed government spending cuts "every inch of the way". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11436757#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11436757 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:33:51 GMT David Miliband is filmed challenging Harriet Harman for clapping his brother when he said Labour was wrong to go to war in Iraq. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11426413#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11426413 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:54:48 GMT Business groups express concerns after Ed Miliband urged higher bank taxes and more protection for agency workers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11428243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11428243 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:58:50 GMT Labour must learn from the past to "maintain the confidence" of the vast majority of British people, Jack Straw tells the party conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11426407#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11426407 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:07:26 GMT Shadow defence secretary Bob Ainsworth hits out a former aide who accuses him of being "more right wing than the Tories" on Trident at a Labour fringe meeting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11430128#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11430128 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:34:46 GMT Ex-chancellor Alistair Darling defends his deficit-cutting strategy in his farewell speech to the Labour conference as a front bencher. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417901#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417901 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:20:08 GMT The Lib Dem leadership is defeated in a conference vote over whether to support the coalition's proposed new free schools. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11370147#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11370147 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:48:35 GMT Nick Clegg urges his party to hold its nerve and serve a full five years in coalition with the Tories. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11366009#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11366009 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:55:22 GMT Senior Lib Dem minister Danny Alexander admits the previous Labour government made the "right decision" in not pushing to join the euro. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380431#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380431 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:22:10 GMT Lib Dem members vote for a motion urging ministers to recognise gay marriage as a "distinctly liberal" step to a more equal society. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380751#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380751 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:35:41 GMT The business secretary warns banks they could face taxes on profits or pay if they do not curb bonuses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11381380#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11381380 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:29:15 GMT Energy Secretary promises a "green deal" to insulate 26 million homes, creating 250,000 jobs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380865#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380865 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:45:30 GMT Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says "perilous" economic circumstances meant spending cuts had to start early. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11377391#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11377391 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:53:54 GMT Iain Duncan Smith's plans for sweeping reforms of Britain's benefit system might not happen for four years, a minister tells the Lib Dem conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11383014#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11383014 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:27:57 GMT The Liberal Democrats will no longer "be ignored", having formed a coalition with the Conservatives, deputy leader Simon Hughes says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380437#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11380437 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:00:11 GMT Liberal Democrat members are pushing the coalition for a full review of plans to replace Trident, as the party's conference comes to an end. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11387935#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11387935 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:57:16 GMT Labour accuse the Lib Dems of wanting to score "political points" by delaying key decision on Trident replacement. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11382925#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11382925 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:49:01 GMT Vince Cable insists he is pro-business but stands by his attack on bank bonuses paid to "spivs and gamblers" in his big Lib Dem conference speech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11382047#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11382047 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:32:54 GMT Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock warns his party against creating a "dictatorship" of ministers which ignores the opinions of the wider membership. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11369953#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11369953 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:12:26 GMT David Cameron is the first Tory leader in 14 years to open the party conference as PM - declaring 4757 days in the wilderness were over. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11486540#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11486540 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:08:43 GMT Ed Miliband dismisses nicknames given to him including Forrest Gump and especially Red Ed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11430239#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11430239 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:43:11 GMT Nick Clegg sticks to his claim that the war in Iraq war was illegal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11376710#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11376710 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:52:36 GMT The Guardian's Simon Hoggart sums the week up for the Daily Politics with a sketch of Labour's time in Manchester. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11444651#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11444651 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:12:56 GMT Andrew Gimson of the Daily Telegraph wonders if the Conservative Party has been abolished as he tours the conference for a Daily Politics sketch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11484844 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:27:58 GMT Quentin Letts laments the loss of a quiet Liberal Democrat conference by the sea for one by a party in government, as he sums up the last few days in Liverpool. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11389588#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11389588 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:08:58 GMT First Minister Alex Salmond tells the SNP conference in Perth that he may cut the number of police forces to protect officer numbers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11561160#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11561160 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:51:21 GMT Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead sayst the "wrong decision" on defence cuts would deliver a hammer blow to Moray. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11561153#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11561153 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:28:07 GMT The life and times of Labour's new leader http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11316855#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11316855 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:50:29 GMT Ieuan Wyn Jones tells party he wants to be first minister of Wales after next year's elections http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-11252827#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-11252827 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:58:24 GMT Ross Hawkins on the first Green Party conference since their breakthrough at Westminster http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11263540#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11263540 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:18:09 GMT Contest for new party leader dominates gathering in Torquay http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11180861#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11180861 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:09:56 GMT Conference calls for more directly elected mayors http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11408694#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11408694 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:25:21 GMT