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'Bile-soaked Tory conference gifted Keir Starmer an open goal ahead of election'
Keir Mudie says we learnt nothing from Tory Conference apart from they are unravelling, out of ideas and some of them stand on dogs - and now it's time for Labour to act
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Angela Rayner promises to prioritise affordable housing if Labour win election
Speaking ahead of the party conference, Angela Rayner said if Labour wins the next election, she would prioritise affordable homes for people all around the country
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Keir Starmer shares reason football will be coming home if he gets into power
Keir Starmer said England only ever won the World Cup under a Labour government - and the Labour leader now hopes football is coming home during the 2028 European Championships
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Keir Starmer has his say on Michael Gove's 'spineless jellyfish' insult
The Labour leader accused the Tories of having nothing to say about what they have done in government after Cabinet ministers lined up to insult him at last week's Tory conference
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Keir Starmer tells why his wife won't be introducing conference speech
In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, the Labour leader Keir Starmer spoke about how his wife Victoria, who works in the NHS, is a helpful sounding board for ideas
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National Grid pays billions to shareholders - but is too slow to upgrade network
Research from the Common Wealth think-tank found Britain’s privatised energy network has handed £28 billion since it was sold off by the Tories in 1990
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Rishi Sunak 'totally ignored' older people in Tory conference speech
Silver Voices, which campaigns on behalf of over-60s, said the PM’s conference speech had no clear answer on the social care crisis or hospital waiting lists
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Transport boost for north as local Labour leaders near deal to revive airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed last year despite a huge local campaign to keep it open - but thanks to a Labour new deal, flights could return within two years
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Sadiq Khan urges changes to voter ID rules to stop thousands losing vote in 2024
Speaking ahead of Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the London mayor called on the government to expand the list of acceptable identification for younger voters
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'The proposed smoking ban is a pointless populist puff from Rishi Sunak'
Columnist Rachael Bletchly says cigarettes are considered too smelly and expensive - and if the PM wants to help young people, he should focus on banning vapes instead
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Timetable and key moments from Labour Conference as Starmer heads to Liverpool
Voters will find out how a Labour government would change the country as Keir Starmer lays out his vision for Britain at the party's four day conference in Liverpool
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Billionaire Tory donor could switch to Labour after blasting Rishi Sunak
John Caudwell donated £500,000 to Tories ahead of the 2019 election, but he has become increasingly critical of Tory policies, especially when it comes to the environment
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'The Tory team are talking their way to relegation and won't win next election'
Columnist Brian Reade says the Conservative Party conference was the bluntest of admissions that for 13 years the Tories have done nothing but make this country worse
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Labour's Bridget Phillipson savages 'undeliverable' Tory plans to axe A-Levels
The Shadow Education Secretary accused the Tories of resorting to 'gimmicks' after 13 years of failure as the Prime Minister this week announced he wanted to merge A-levels and T-levels
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Rishi Sunak defends his smoking ban as he's asked if he's ever had a cigarette
The legal age to smoke will be raised by 'one year, every year' to stop children from ever picking up the habit, meaning the next generation will grow up smoke-free
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California rail bosses to visit HS2 to see British expertise days after leg axed
The American delegation will arrive on Wednesday for a two-day trip organised by Kemi Badenoch’s Business Department that was supposed to showcase best practice
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Alison Hammond gives Rishi Sunak brutal warning on Suella Braverman migrant rant
Asked three times whether he would condemn Suella Braverman's language, the Prime Minister dodged the question, failing to either back or explicitly criticise her
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'Dear the Labour Party: it's time to let Keir Starmer off the leash'
It's a year until polling day but the Labour Party is being too cautious, says Fleet Street Fox. Keir couldn't lose even if he put on a blond wig and started talking about pork markets
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Humiliated Tories get so few votes they lose deposit in by-election disaster
Labour crushed its main challenger the SNP while the Tories faced humiliation and were forced to forfeit a £500 deposit after failing to win over 5% of the vote share
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Labour win Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election in major boost to Starmer
Keir Starmer hailed a 'seismic result' his party in a by-election triggered by the recall of shamed MP Margaret Ferrier, with a 20.4% swing from the SNP to Labour
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'PM's rail pledges as fake as the 40 new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson'
A supposed £36billion package of transport projects announced by Rishi Sunak in the wake of the HS2 scrapping have already been shown to be as fake as Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' claim
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Government 'lost control' of Covid pandemic by ditching contact tracing early on
The Covid inquiry has heard that the Government 'lost control' of the pandemic and 'abandoned basic public health protection' when it privatised the Test and Trace system
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'Boris Johnson's dithering responsible for thousands of needless Covid deaths'
The Covid Inquiry has showed that Boris Johnson was in a blue funk during the Covid-19 crisis and he should never be allowed to hold public office again, says Paul Routledge
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Supervised toothbrushing in schools under Labour plan to 'rescue' NHS dentistry
Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled plans for an extra 700,000 emergency appointments to stop 'horror stories of DIY dentistry' after reports of patients yanking out their teeth
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Labour voters backing Lib Dems in 14 seats 'could help oust Tories' - full list
The Compass campaign group has published details of 14 constituencies where the Lib Dems are best placed to topple the Conservatives - and urged Labour supporters to switch allegiance