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All the latest news and updates on British politician James Cleverly, who has been Conservative MP for Braintree in Essex since 2015. He is currently the Home Secretary (November 2023 onwards), and was previously Foreign Secretary and Education Secretary.

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James Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership race

Channel: Politics Politics October 10, 2024 By Craig Munro
Play Video BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 2: Conservative Party leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat attends the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, United Kingdom on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tom Tugendhat is latest Tory leader hopeful to be ditched after MPs vote

Channel: Politics Politics October 9, 2024 By Craig Munro
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James Cleverly reveals this game nearly stopped him running as Tory leader

Channel: Politics Politics October 3, 2024 By Craig Munro
Play Video Firefighters carry an injured migrant on a stretcher after the sinking of a migrant boat attempting to cross the English Channel to England, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on September 3, 2024. Twelve migrants died off the northern French coast on September 3 trying to cross the Channel to England, the French government said, raising an earlier death toll. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X that two migrants were still missing in the "terrible disaster" and several were injured after their boat ran into trouble, sparking a major rescue operation. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

Pregnant woman and six children among 12 migrants killed after boat capsized

Channel: World World September 4, 2024 By Josh Milton

This is when we'll know who's taking over as leader of the Tories

Channel: Politics Politics September 10, 2024 By Craig Munro

Meet the Tories expected to run in the race for next party leader

Channel: Politics Politics August 5, 2024 By Craig Munro
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Who could be the next Conservative Party leader after Sunak quits in the rain

Channel: Politics Politics July 5, 2024 By Katie Boyden
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: An inflatable migrant boat is carried across the crowd during Little Simz set on the Pyramid Stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2024 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 29, 2024 in Glastonbury, England. Founded by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury Festival features around 3,000 performances across over 80 stages. Renowned for its vibrant atmosphere and iconic Pyramid Stage, the festival offers a diverse lineup of music and arts, embodying a spirit of community, creativity, and environmental consciousness. (Photo by Luke Brennan/Redferns)

Banksy hits back after home secretary called his Glastonbury boat art ‘vile’

Channel: UK UK July 4, 2024 By Ben Ashton

The Tories' latest visa hike could tear my family apart

Channel: Politics Politics June 10, 2024 By Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz
Play Video LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 04: Mishal Husain attends the #Grazia10 talk "News at 10" with Christina Lamb, Jayne Secker, Sue Turton, Emily Maitlis and chaired by Mishal Husain. #Grazia10 is an exhibition to celebrate ten years of the iconic weekly magazine with a series of talks and events hosted at Getty Images Gallery on March 4, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images for #Grazia10)

BBC presenter swears 7 times in 54 seconds during live broadcast

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz January 2, 2024 By Tori Brazier
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock (14264302ar) Secretary of State for the Home Department James Cleverly leaves 10 Downing Street after attending the weekly Cabinet meeting. Cabinet Meeting in Downing Street, London, UK - 19 Dec 2023

James Cleverly apologises after joking about giving his wife date-rape drug

Channel: UK UK December 24, 2023 By Gergana Krasteva in the Vatican
Home Secretary James Cleverly during a visit to see the Project Servator deployment in action around the festive market in Trafalgar Square, central London. Servator is a police operation delivered in public spaces to protect the public from terrorism and other crimes. Picture date: Tuesday December 19, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

James Cleverly joked about spiking wife's drink with date rape drug

Channel: Politics Politics December 23, 2023 By Ben Ashton

Drink and needle spiking to be made 'clearly' illegal in 'long overdue' reforms

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2023 By Josh Milton
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2023/12/09: Protesters hold pro-Palestine placards, Palestinian flags, and a giant inflatable watermelon during the demonstration in Whitehall. Thousands of people marched in solidarity with Palestine in Central London, calling for a ceasefire as the Israel-Hamas war continues. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'Relentless' protests in London creating £240,000,000 police funding gap, Sadiq Khan says

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2023 By Sarah Hooper

I've been married 13 years - I live in fear of the Government tearing us apart

Channel: UK UK June 10, 2024 By Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz
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Love is priceless – but this government has made it only for the rich

Channel: UK UK December 7, 2023 By Mary Atkinson and Caroline Coombs
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Immigration and border control signs at Edinburgh Airport on February 10, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A recent survey have show that Scottish people have a more open attitude to immigration than people in England and Wales, according to a poll today for Oxford University's Migration Observatory. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Home Secretary unveils plan for 'biggest cut to UK migration in history'

Channel: UK UK December 4, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy
Play Video Secretary of State for the Home Department James Cleverly arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting ahead of the Autumn Statement announcement. Cabinet Meeting in Downing Street, London, UK - 22 Nov 2023 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock (14226196c)

MP who didn't call Stockton 's**t' reveals who he was actually talking about

Channel: Politics Politics November 23, 2023 By Katie Boyden
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James Cleverly denies calling English town a 's***hole' in Commons outburst

Channel: UK UK November 22, 2023 By Brooke Davies
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BBC Breakfast viewers stunned as Charlie Stayt swearing live airs uncensored

Channel: TV TV November 17, 2023 By Meghna Amin