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Gaffe-prone Rishi Sunak mocked after posing in 'Margaret Thatcher's car'
The PM gleefully shared a photo of himself in 'Margaret Thatcher's old Rover' - but critics pointed out it was a Special Branch car used by police on protection duty
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PM backing new oil and gas licences 'wrong decision at wrong time', warns Tory
Furious campaigners have lashed out at Rishi Sunak's decision to support future oil and gas development in the North Sea - despite warning the UK needs to warn itself off fossil fuels
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Mass school strikes called off as all major teaching unions accept pay deal
The National Education Union (NEU) said 86% of its teacher members in England who took part in an electronic ballot voted to accept the progress made in the pay dispute and call off industrial action, with a 60% turnout
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Architect of Theresa May's 2017 election disaster to fight Matt Hancock's seat
Nick Timothy will stand for the Conservatives in West Suffolk, which has been represented by Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary turned I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here contestant since 2010
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Sunak in bad tempered clash with BBC host over Scotland flight for energy visit
Rishi Sunak got shirty with Good Morning Scotland presenter Martin Geissler, who challenged the PM over whether he was jetting to Aberdeenshire by plane - and suggested critics wanted to ban people going on holiday
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Nearly 1 in 4 sea swimmers put off taking a dip due to sewage discharge
Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron said sewage dumping by water companies is 'ruining the British beach holiday' as 43% says there are now less likely to visit the seaside
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Tory in-fighting erupts as ex-Cabinet minister says delay 2030 petrol car ban
Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel backed calls from over 40 Tory MPs and peers over the weekend calling on Rishi Sunak to push back the deadline on polluting cars
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Even Tory Transport Secretary's aide says rail plans are wrong
The Tory MP Simon Jupp said in a letter the closures should not be 'used as an excuse to cut staffing hours and resources' and told a major train company to 're-think' proposals
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'Sunak enjoys helicopter lifestyle while pretending to be on side of motorists'
Sunak’s playing with fire by failing to grasp that folk do care about the world they are leaving for their children and grandchildren.
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Top Tories use private jets instead of trains weekly - paid for by taxpayers
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his cabinet colleagues have taken 74 flights on the plush new aircraft since June last year with the shortest journey lasting just 28 minutes
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Priti Patel takes swipe at Tory MPs who asked her for help getting new jobs
The former Home Secretary claimed that 'many' MPs have asked her for help as she appeared to hit out Tory HQ selecting career-minded candidates
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Grant Shapps claims his family had trouble opening bank accounts amid Farage row
Grant Shapps has accused banks of going "too far" and claimed he, his wife, children and siblings have had trouble opening accounts - while Nigel Farage says he's launching a fresh campaign over "de-banking"
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Green charities warn Rishi Sunak after he's slammed for flying 200 miles
The under-fire PM - who has been criticised for taking a 200 mile journey by helicopter - has been warned by dozens of environmental charities not to use green policies as a "political football" amid Net Zero pressure
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'For Labour to back away now from net zero by 2050 would be fatal – literally'
Scientists are near unanimous that it was heatwaves caused by burning too much fossil fuel which these fire into uncontrollable, raging infernos
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'Latest migrant plan is ridiculous lurch to the right by desperate Tory clowns'
Keir Mudie says Tory politicians are 'out of ideas, out of talent, massively behind in the polls' and the latest migrant plans are just a sign of things to come
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Rishi Sunak's 200-mile helicopter trip - train journey is just 10 minutes more
For his latest trip the PM borrowed a Tory donor’s chopper to go to a routine campaign event in North Wales just 200 miles away. The equivalent journey from London to Wrexham would only have taken around 10 minutes longer by train.
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NHS-owned PPE worth £225 million burned in China pumping out 6,000 tonnes of CO2
More than half a billion items of PPE, which were bought in China and never left China, have now been burned in China
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LGBT Veterans urge government not to make them wait for compensation
Last week, in line with a recommendation by a damning report on Britain's ban on LGBT+ people in the military, the PM finally said sorry in a victory for campaigners and the charity Fighting With Pride.
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Thousands waiting 18 months for NHS treatment despite Rishi Sunak claim
The Prime Minister claimed to have "virtually eliminated" 18 month waits for NHS treatment - but 7,300 people are still waiting a year and a half or more for treatment
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Slap owners of long-empty houses with council tax hikes, Mayors tell ministers
The call comes as Labour's Lisa Nandy warned Brits faced a "double whammy" of unaffordable house prices and skyrocketing rents
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Firm 'profiteering from misery' by providing migrant barges donated £70k to UKIP
The Langham family, owners of Langham Industries, is now set to profit from an 18-month contract with the Home Office to let the Bibby Stockholm berth at Portland, Dorset
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'London mayor's campaign to tackle violence against women is patronising'
Columnist Rachael Bletchly says violence against women cannot be stopped by men telling other men to do so - but fisrt, we must root out vile misogynists within our police forces
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Top Tory told 'get back to work' and meet unions as rail strikes pile on misery
Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has written to Tory cabinet member Mark Harper after official records showed he hasn't met with the RMT or ASLEF at all in 2023
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Tories blasted over 'unforgivable' failure to improve support for rape survivors
Labour has accused the Tories of failing to act on a series of recommendations made by the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorate after it uncovered serious failings 18 months ago
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'Nigel Farage fiasco is all about Rishi Sunak running scared of party right'
How petrified of upsetting its own extremists must this government be that it drops everything to rush to the aid of Yesterday's Man Nigel Farage?