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'2024 is the Year of Democracy - and Tory big beasts are ripe for the cull'
If the opinion polls stay roughly the way they are, the Tory vote will be decimated and the big beasts with the small majorities will face televised shaming, says Brian Reade
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'I fear Bibby Stockholm death won't be the last after speaking to those onboard'
Labour MP Nadia Whittome says that the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, should be closed - warning a suspected suicide onboard last month might not be the last
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Government spent £27,000 topping up wine cellar during pandemic, figures show
A long-delayed report on the Government's wine cellar shows the value of the collection has soared to £3.66million. It shows 130 bottles were consumed between 2020-2021
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Labour won't resurrect HS2 line to Manchester as 'Tories have blown the budget'
Labour leader Keir Starmer said it is now 'impossible' to go ahead with the HS2 line to Manchester, which Rishi Sunak scrapped in his Tory Party Conference speech in October
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Rishi Sunak issues warning to Vladimir Putin during surprise visit to Ukraine
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that UK backing in the war against Russia won't falter amid alarm over slowing support from allies
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Starmer vows to prioritise kids for NHS treatment to end waits over 18 weeks
The Labour leader Keir Starmer will order health bosses to prioritise children caught up in record NHS waiting lists and will 'personally monitor' progress if he wins power
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PM summons Cabinet as UK and US 'set to launch strikes against Houthi rebels'
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held an emergency call with his Cabinet tonight to brief ministers on the situation after attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea in recent days
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Post Office Inquiry recap: Investigator accused of calling postmaster a 'b****'
A public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, which saw more than 900 Post Office staff convicted due to software failures, will hear from investigator Stephen Bradshaw
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Post Office investigator denies being like 'Mafia gangster' as staff in tears
In evidence to the Post Office Inquiry, Stephen Bradshaw was confronted with claims of bullying and forced to deny his team acted like 'Mafia gangsters' towards innocent postmasters
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Refugees making dangerous Channel journeys as Tories fail to offer safe routes
Campaigners say the Government is overlooking the "urgent need" to provide safe and legal routes for people fleeing war and persecution to claim asylum in the UK
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Tories at war as rival rebel gangs demand Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan is shredded
Tory moderates have set up a bruising clash with right-wingers by calling for Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill to be toned down ahead of a crunch vote next week
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Labour MP Tony Lloyd says he's suffering from 'untreatable' form of leukaemia
Fellow Labour MPs expressed sympathies as Sir Tony Lloyd said he will be 'leaving hospital to spend the time I have left with my family'
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Tory peer Zac Goldsmith gets driving ban after being caught speeding 4 times
The Tory peer Zac Goldsmith, who quit Rishi Sunak's cabinet in June last year after being named and shamed for attempting to undermine a Partygate probe, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court
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'Your justice is in the post - and we all know they rarely bother to deliver'
Offers of compensation and exoneration to Post Office victims are not enough, says Fleet Street Fox. True justice comes when they close the scandal factory
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ITV's Peston goes off air as Ian Hislop and Jake Berry clash over Post Office
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and Tory MP Sir Jake Berry clashed over why it took an ITV drama on the Post Office scandal to jolt the Government into action for victims
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Date set for Rishi Sunak's double by-election nightmare as PM faces humiliation
Voters in Kingswood and Wellingborough are expected to go to the polls in by-elections on February 15 after the departure of former Tory MPs Peter Bone and Chris Skidmore
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Jonathan Gullis challenges Gary Lineker to stand against him, bragging he'll win
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis challenged Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker to stand in Stoke-on-Trent North at the next general election, claiming he would "absolutely" beat him
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Quitting Tory Chris Skidmore won't back party in by-election in swipe at PM
Former Conservative MP Chris Skidmore said he will work with Labour on Net Zero and refused to encourage voters to vote for the Tories in the upcoming by-election in Kingswood
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Labour on course for huge general election majority, ex-civil service boss says
Lord Gus O'Donnell, who was Cabinet Secretary under Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron, suggested Labour could win between a 50-100 seat majority
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Ex-Tory minister rakes in £1,000 an hour advising a bank on climate issues
Former Tory Cabinet minister and ex-COP26 President Alok Sharma, who is still a sitting Conservative MP, is receiving £50,000 every three months for 48 hours work
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Over 90,000 sign our petition demanding honour for Post Office hero Alan Bates
Downing Street has signalled that Alan Bates could get a knighthood after thousands joined our call for the former postmaster who exposed the Horizon scandal to be honoured
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Labour commits to toothbrushing for kids in breakfast clubs to end decay scandal
Keir Starmer is promising to have compulsory teeth cleaning in breakfast clubs and to ban vapes being advertised to kids to turn around poor health if Labour win the election
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Post Office scandal hero Alan Bates says Sunak's compensation offer isn't enough
Post Office staff who were wrongly caught up in the Post Office IT scandal will receive compensation that Daily Mirror Pride of Britain winner and campaign hero Alan Bates says is not enough
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Families of disabled children in 'battle' for access to free school meals
More than 100,000 eligible disabled children are unable to access the free school meals they are meant to receive due to reasons including sensory difficulties or absence due to illness
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Hidden faces of Post Office scandal - people in power lurking in background
As shocking ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office shed light on the plight of hundreds of sub-postmasters, we take a look at those operating in the background of the catastrophic series of events