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"One of the first things I told the prime minister is that we shouldn't be threatening to sell the Americans less. We should be promising to sell them more."

When the headteacher sent a message to parents promising beefed-up security, she said she "felt reassured".

As Gay closed the night, her brief statement encapsulated the promising energy of the center’s first gathering.

The Conservatives are promising to roll back green energy rules to cut energy costs, amid an emerging election battleground over the cost of household bills.

Unlike Reform, the Tories are not promising to formally disapply the Refugee Convention, a 1951 treaty that prevents signatory countries from returning refugees to countries where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.