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Tony Blair leads tributes as former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86
Keir Starmer said: "A long standing Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Ann was a leading figure in the Labour Party, dedicating her life to our movement."
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Johnson's swimming pool plans on hold as councillors want archaeological dig
Parish councillors are calling for archaeologists to excavate land around Boris Johnson's Oxfordshire mansion – as its five-acre grounds are believed to have been the site of a 12th-century siege castle
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'Keir Starmer needs to be bolder for Labour to seal winning deal'
This week's by-election results show there's no guarantee Labour would win a general election - so Keir Starmer needs to up his game
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Keir Starmer slams 'silly sod' Tory for comparing new MP to 'The Inbetweeners'
The Labour leader joked that Tory veterans minister Johnny Mercer will soon be 'history' after he mocked 25-year-old Keir Mather for being young as he won Selby and Ainsty by-election
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Boris Johnson's WhatsApps handed over as old phone unlocked after he forgot pin
The disgraced ex-PM previously had not been able to provide all his messages as he had forgotten the passcode to his old mobile phone
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Keir Starmer hails 'cry for change' as Tories decimated in two by-election seats
Keir Starmer said Labour's stunning by-election turnaround in Selby and Ainsty was a 'cry for change', as the Lib Dems seized Somerton and Frome but under-pressure Rishi Sunak narrowly scraped a win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mother demands killers forced to face victims' families
Describing her daughter's killers as a 'coward' Cheryl Korbel said she wanted jailed Thomas Cashman to 'listen to the pain that he's caused, the pain that we went through and the pain we are still going through'
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Is Labour on course for a general election win - vote in our poll
Labour has made history by sweeping victory in Selby and Ainsty in a record breaking by-election result, but do YOU think the opposition party will win the next general election?
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Boris Johnson's Partygate defence cost taxpayer £265,000 in legal fees
Shamed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's legal costs were met by the public purse during the Commons Privileges Committee probe, which delivered a damning verdict on his Partygate denials
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Tory Johnny Mercer blasted for comparing new Labour MP to 'The Inbetweeners'
Labour's Keir Mather, 25, overturned a massive 20,000-strong Tory majority to seize Selby and Ainsty, in North Yorkshire - which will make him the youngest MP in Parliament
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'This isn't government, it's a surreality show with mouthy Tory MPs all over TV'
Paul Routledge says the opportunity for MPs to have second jobs is limitless, and he is horrified by the Tories on telly, boring the nation and spouting nonsense
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Brutal by-election losses for Tories as Labour and Lib Dems make historic gains
Rishi Sunak's Government was branded a 'circus of chaos' as the Tory vote collapsed in Somerton and Frome and Selby and Ainsty - while the PM came just 495 votes from a triple humiliation in Boris Johnson's old seat
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Labour pulls off historic win in Selby and Ainsty as MP, 25, gains seat
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Nigel Adams, who is claimed to have quit in a strop after being denied a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Lib Dems 'romp home' in Somerton and Frome overturning 20,000 Tory majority
In a massive blow to Rishi Sunak, Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Dyke swept to victory in a seat previously held by former Tory MP David Warburton
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Tories hold Boris Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat by 495 votes
The by-election was sparked after the shamed ex-Prime Minister quit Parliament in a strop after a damning Commons probe ruled he had deliberately misled the House over Partygate
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'Andrew has more serious questions to answer - Charles must not be a fool'
Eyebrows have long been raised over the Duke of York’s conduct – from paying millions of pounds to a woman he said he did not recall having met, to saying he could not sweat
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Dis Life: Patient transport vans cost up to 100k - they're not fit for purpose
When will those building and buying ambulances speak to Disabled people about our needs before signing on the dotted line?
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'Hypocrite' Health Sec hires £170k NHS bureaucrats as pay shrinks for top docs
The Health Secretary is demanding consultants call off strikes, which have postponed non-urgent care, and accept a below-inflation 6% 'final offer' wage increase
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Rishi Sunak eyes Cabinet reshuffle as Tories fear by-election drubbing
Rishi Sunak is hoping to reset his premiership as the party faces a bruising night at the polls - with voters due to deliver their verdict on the Tories in three crunch by-elections
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Bank account closure rules changed by government in wake of Nigel Farage row
The Treasury says it is looking at changing rules to make banks explain why an account is being closed after Nigel Farage accused Coutts of shutting his account due to his political views - a claim refuted by the firm
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Falklands War hero blasts EU as it calls islands 'Malvinas' in win for Argentina
Simon Weston, who suffered terrible injuries when his troop carrier ship was bombed in the 1982 conflict, lashed out at Brussels for calling the archipelago 'Islas Malvinas'
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Failed PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss pocket £18,000 each in severance payments
The two former PMs were handed thousands of pounds in taxpayers' cash while former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was given £16,000 after just 38 days in the role
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Chris Pincher got almost £8,000 in severance after he quit amid groping claims
Former top Tory Chris Pincher, who was responsible for maintaining discipline among Tory MPs, was paid £7,920 after he quit in disgrace last year following allegations of groping
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Rishi Sunak lashes out at EU in diplomatic spat over disputed name for Falklands
The Prime Minister lashed out at the EU after it used the Argentinians' preferred name for the South Atlantic archipelago which was fought over in 1982
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'So what if Nigel can't use his posh bank - the rest of us can't use Europe'
Nigel Farage is on the warpath because the King's bank booted him, says Fleet Street Fox. If only the rest of us could do the same
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