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Keir Starmer steps down as UK prime minister
Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister after saying ’my work is done’ in his final speech.
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Prisoners exposed showing luxury prison cells on social media with TVs, consoles and contraband phones
Prisoners are flaunting cells on social media which look more like student digs than a jail – complete with TVs, games consoles and cupboards crammed with food.
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Nigel Farage reportedly sought £1m a year before receiving £5m gift from crypto billionaire
Nigel Farage told senior figures in Reform UK he would need “a million a year” to cover lost earnings if he stood for parliament in the 2024 general election, sources have told the Guardian, raising further questions about why he was given £5m by a crypto billionaire.
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Covid inquiry says Tory PPE procurement wasted billions and favoured politically connected firms
Tory ministers gave pals “favourable treatment” when buying PPE during the pandemic as Britain’s carers were left unprotected, the Covid-19 Inquiry has found.
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Disgraced ex-minister Louise Haigh becomes Andy Burnham’s closest adviser despite fraud conviction
Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary, was delivering a speech at Leeds City Hall on the day it became clear that someone was trying to snuff out her career. A story about her criminal record had been leaked to two news outlets.
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Delayed hospital discharges cost NHS £2.7bn as thousands of beds remain blocked
New figures from The King’s Fund health thinktank show 13,000 delayed discharges each day across England, meaning almost 1 in 10 NHS beds are being taken up by people who are fit enough to leave hospital.
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King Charles abandons Buckingham Palace as main residence after £369m revamp
A British monarch is unlikely ever to use Buckingham Palace as their main home again after the King and Queen decided against moving back following its £369 million refurbishment.
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Farage under fire after ditching Commons defence debate for Brexit anniversary lunch
With a smug grin plastered across his face, here’s Nigel Farage after enjoying a Brexit anniversary celebration at a posh French eatery.
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Charles becomes first monarch to publish personal tax details amid royal finance overhaul
The King is to become the first head of state to reveal their personal tax bill to help enhance transparency around royal finances.
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From Jaguar to luxury kitchen accessories: Peter Murrell’s spending list using SNP funds revealed
The party’s former chief exec, 61, faced eight charges today when he appeared in the dock at the High Court in Edinburgh.
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Husband of former Nicola Sturgeon leader Peter Murrell admits to embezzling £400,000 from the coffers of the Scottish National Party
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been remanded into custody at the High Court in Edinburgh after pleading guilty to embezzling £400,310.65 from the political party.
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Crypto billions, phantom offices in Bangkok, and undeclared millions for Nigel Farage: what Christopher Harborne is hiding
It might only be a small paper sign, but the name it bears links to a mysterious figure whose fortune runs into the billions.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation widens as detectives assess sexual allegations linked to Epstein
Detectives investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for potential misconduct in public office are assessing claims of sexual offenses.
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Andrew’s trade envoy appointment now at centre of widening Epstein-linked investigation
The late Queen was ’very keen’ for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be the UK’s trade envoy, according to documents that reveal the former duke demanded trips to ’more sophisticated countries’ and the ballet.
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Sarah Ferguson’s business partner accused of weaponising royal ties in failed £9m startup scandal
Sarah Ferguson’s close friend and business partner, Manuel Fernandez, used his Palace connections to threaten a worker with jail, according to a recording obtained by the BBC.
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Southampton F.C. kicked out of play-offs after spying scandal rocks Championship
Southampton have been disqualified from the play-offs after confessing to spying on three clubs during the Championship season.
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Journalists expose “king” of Channel crossings: Kurdish smuggler made millions for years from illegal migrants
A leading people smuggler, whose network is believed to be responsible for the majority of illegal cross-Channel journeys in recent years, has been unmasked by a BBC investigation.
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Starmer revolt deepens as ministers quit and Labour MPs demand his exit
Labour MP Naushabah Khan said she has resigned as parliamentary private secretary to the Cabinet Office marking the latest defiant resignation.
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SNP predator Jordan Linden jailed for sex attacks on teenage boys and young men
SNP predator Jordan Linden has been led away in handcuffs after being jailed for a series of sex attacks on five men and boys.
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$40 million in revenue and a new identity: how John Babikian became James Miller and escaped the SEC, Canadian taxes, and investigations in the USA
John Babikian – a man who in the 2000s and early 2010s was called the “wolf of Montreal” – disappeared from the public space just as abruptly as he once entered it with millions, schemes, and aggressive stock marketing.
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Former UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox received £93,000 for work for a firm linked to Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven
Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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Top civil servant sacked as vetting scandal rocks UK governmen
Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to resign and a top civil servant was sacked after it emerged the Foreign Office overruled a security vetting process to clear Lord Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to the US.
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Robert Bush and Legacy Funeral Directors: how a funeral home turned into a “house of deception” with 30 hidden bodies and dozens of fake ashes
A funeral director is facing imprisonment after he secretly stored the bodies of 30 victims and gave their grieving families urns filled with the ashes of strangers.
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Truth about Princess Beatrice’s husband Edo’s money as questions mount over their marriage: from pre-wedding debts and flashy lifestyle to how royal ties fueled his business rise
Anyone with a passing interest in the House of York saga will know that Princess Beatrice’s dashing husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is in the property game.
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Cinema legend Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86
Chuck Norris has died following an undisclosed ‘medical emergency’ in Hawaii.
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