Tories branded 'distasteful' on NHS claims
News Article 3 March 2005
Amid a continuing row over the health service's treatment of pensioner Margaret Dixon, John Reid has accused Michael Howard of making "distasteful" comments.
Mrs Howard goes it alone
Press Review 3 March 2005
Michael Howard is paying the highest compliment to his wife Sandra by letting her campaign on her own during the coming general election.
Howard slams Labour over health
News Article 2 March 2005
Tony Blair and Michael Howard engaged in bitter exchanges over the state of the National Health Service.
Tory chief ditches campaign bus for helicopter
News Article 2 March 2005
Michael Howard intends to abandon the traditional "battle bus" in favour of a helicopter during the forthcoming election campaign.
Howard backs curbs on work permits
Press Review 2 March 2005
Michael Howard yesterday unveiled further details of the Conservative Party's tougher line on immigration.
Howard details tough line on immigration
News Article 1 March 2005
Michael Howard has unveiled further details of his plan to impose limits on immigration.
Tories target criminal memoirs
Press Review 28 February 2005
Former prisoners would be banned from selling their stories under proposals from the Conservatives.
Howard aide wary of election defeat
Press Review 28 February 2005
Lynton Crosby has admitted that his decision to manage the Conservative general election campaign is a risk.
Tories to axe book deals for criminals
News Article 28 February 2005
Criminals should not be able to profit from writing about their crimes, the Conservatives have said.
Davis sets out plan for sports overhaul
News Article 26 February 2005
The Conservatives would scrap the wide range of sports bodies and replace them with a single "British sports foundation", David Davis has announced.
Howard suggests low pay tax relief
News Article 25 February 2005
Michael Howard has suggested the Conservatives could offer tax relief to low paid workers.
Poll confusion over Labour lead
News Article 25 February 2005
Party strategists are struggling to establish the mood of the electorate as the latest poll puts Labour six per cent ahead of the Conservatives.
Labour looks beyond election
Press Review 25 February 2005
Looking beyond the forthcoming election, the Cabinet has discussed plans for a series of radical reforms within 18 months of Tony Blair being re-elected.
Tories to jail drug dealers for seven years
News Article 24 February 2005
Dealers in hard drugs convicted of a third offence would face a mandatory seven-year jail sentence under plans unveiled by the Tories.
Asylum cutting Labour's lead
News Article 24 February 2005
A second opinion poll has confirmed that the Tories are gaining on Labour, cutting the governing party's lead to just two per cent.
