Politics

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Tories miss another climate change target as MoD keeps petrol and diesel cars
The Ministry of Defence had pledged to have 25% of its non-military “white fleet” made up of ultra-low emissions vehicles by this year
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Comedian Eddie Izzard announces new bid to become Labour MP in Brighton
Comic Eddie Izzard, who also goes by the name of Suzy, has thrown her hat in the ring to be Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion after Green MP Caroline Lucas announced she would stand down at the next election
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GCSEs and A-levels 'back to normal' next year - without Covid catch-up aids
GCSE pupils have been allowed extra support for their formal exams in some subjects for the past two years following the massive disruption to their education during the Covid pandemic
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Boost NHS instead of pouring taxpayers' cash into private sector, Tories told
Ministers unveiled plans to 'turbocharge' use of the private sector in the NHS as they admitted the record 7.5 million appointment waiting list in England is likely to increase further
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Bungling Tory minister slips up with attack on 'when Labour get into power'
In a telling blunder, Tory minister Maria Caulfield said voters were worried about 'when' Labour get into Downing Street - not if - as Conservatives panic over Keir Starmer's poll lead
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UK car firms on 150-day countdown to 'devastating cliff edge' over Brexit rules
Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has written to Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch urging her to reach an agreement with Brussels
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'Mel Stride is at best tone deaf and at worst just another useless right-winger'
We salute the grafters who deliver take-aways - but Stride, peering down from his ivory tower, is glorifying a gig economy that is far too often an employment Wild West
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'Huge' ULEZ expansion will give drivers £2,000 grants to scrap polluting cars
Sadiq Khan has faced major political pressure over the scheme - designed to clean up London's air - in the wake Labour's narrow defeat in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election last month
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Rishi Sunak and family enjoy California sun after eco-protestors target UK home
Rishi Sunak, pictured carefree in new photos, took his wife and daughters thousands of miles away from their Yorkshire home which was scaled by a group of Greenpeace activists
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'New Tebbit' Tory tells strapped over-50s to hop on bikes to deliver takeaways
Norman Tebbit was Secretary of State for Employment in 1981 when he told the Tory Party conference how his jobless father had 'got on his bike' to find work in comments that caused outrage
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'Rishi Sunak's handling of NHS strikes will define his time as prime minister'
The PM showed his disregard for both medics and patients as he flew off on holiday, says Paul Routledge
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Deaths of benefit claimants in tragic circumstances spark fresh probe into DWP
For years, dozens of bereaved families have been campaigning for an investigation into deaths of benefit claimants - now there is an inquiry into safeguarding by the DWP
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London renter threatened with £500-a-month hike describes 'nightmare' toll
The comments came as the London Mayor Sadiq Khan said average rents in the capital could surge beyond an eye-watering £2,700 next year - piling further pressure on cash-strapped renters
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Rishi Sunak 'sabotaging' UK's climate change leadership, say Northern mayors
The Prime Minister, who is currently on holiday in California, was urged to pursue green policies or devolve powers to regions so local leaders can act
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Inside Rishi Sunak's nightmare week as he leaves chaos behind to jet off to US
Over a messy few days he's snapped at a BBC presenter over his use of private jets, been heckled by a landlord, forgotten the names of top Scottish Tories, wrongly claimed to be in Margaret Thatcher's car and been savaged by an NHS medic on-air
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Interest rate rise a 'hammer blow' - here's my plan to rescue UK economy
After the Bank of England hiked interest rates for the 14th consecutive time, taking the base level to 5.25%, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves writes exclusively for the Mirror on how Labour would ease families' plight
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Dis Life: 'Solution to missing education isn't to force kids back into schools'
There are certain aspects of society who still do not see the light when it comes to school refusing - they are desperate to push children back into a system which is broken
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Sunak stand-in blasted for 'childish' attack on firefighters over migrant barge
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland
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Rashford says kids missed out due to Tory flip-flopping on free school meals
The campaigning footballer, who twice forced Boris Johnson into U-turns over free school meals during the Covid pandemic, said he wished the Government had acted sooner to feed hungry children
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Rishi Sunak jets to California - where previous PMs spent their holidays
The mega-rich Prime Minister and wife Akshata Murty are taking their two daughters to Disneyland for a summer break, leaving Deputy PM Oliver Dowden at the helm in No10 for just over a week
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DWP chief says struggling over-50s could deliver takeaways to earn extra cash
Tory Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said older Brits should consider jobs 'they might not have otherwise thought of' as ministers battle to get more people back to work after the pandemic
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Climate activists arrested over protest on Sunak's roof in security breach
Greenpeace tweeted a picture of activists on the roof of the PM's Grade II listed property, which was draped in black fabric. Two protesters held a sign up in a foreground saying: 'Rishi Sunak - Oil profits or our future?'
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Nuclear attack and internet blackout amongst 89 key threats facing UK
Planners at the Cabinet Office have drawn up a guide to the greatest risks posed to Britain, taking in a cyber hack of the transport network, coastal flooding and war
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Six million workers stuck in 'insecure jobs' left struggling to pay bills
Campaigners highlighted the difficulties faces by grafters who cannot rely on regular shifts amid the economic struggle facing Britain
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'Unprecedented spending cuts by Tories have squeezed the life out of NHS'
The record 7.5 million people waiting for ops didn’t just materialise overnight - the number rose steadily before shooting up during Covid