Twelve years of the Tories: the good, the bad and the ugly

Party’s time in power marked by austerity, Brexit and the pandemic

Conservative PM David Cameron and Liberal Democrat Deputy PM Nick Clegg
David Cameron and Nick Clegg become coalition partners in 2010
(Image credit: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images)

Today marks 12 years since the Conservative Party came to power, leaving MPs and political pundits reflecting on the party’s achievements – and most bruising failures.

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