Politics

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Dis Life: Housing must be accessible, safe, and affordable
I’m lucky. I’ve found somewhere (it’s not fully accessible). But it was indeed luck. It wasn’t because these places are readily available
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'Any benefits in Rishi Sunak's NHS announcement will take years to materialise'
Plans set out by the PM to boost the number of health workers are a belated recognition of the damage caused by his Tory predecessors
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Boris Johnson blasts government for blocking Covid Inquiry getting his WhatsApps
Lawyers representing the inquiry chairwoman heavily criticised the Cabinet Office, branding the department's argument 'at its heart nonsensical'
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Boost for Labour as top troubleshooter backs Keir Starmer for Prime Minister
Baroness Louise Casey, who has advised Labour and Conservative governments said that "God-willing" Labour would return to power at the next election
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Tory councillor says being gay is a 'sin' in Pride month tweet sparking outrage
King Lawal, who represents Brickhill & Queensway in Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, posted a controversial tweet on Thursday and doubled down when met with criticism
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Rishi Sunak blasts Appeal Court's Rwanda deportation ruling and vows to fight on
The Prime Minister used a press conference about the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to lash out at the judges' ruling and pledge to challenge the decision at the UK's highest court
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Tory row as Rishi Sunak has public slanging match with quitting Zac Goldsmith
In an extraordinary resignation letter, the Tory peer accused the Prime Minister of being "simply uninterested" in environmental issues and damaging the country's reputation on the world stage
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Zac Goldmith's resignation letter in full as he slams 'uninterested' Rishi Sunak
The Tory peer said the Prime Minister's 'apathy' towards environmental and animal welfare issues meant his role as a government minister has become 'untenable' in a blistering letter
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Mirror readers brand Brexit a FAILURE on referendum anniversary - poll results
We polled readers about their opinions of Brexit seven years after the referendum gripped the UK, and a majority of voters say the move has been a failure - but do YOU agree?
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Partygate shame Tory minister quits with brutal attack on Rishi Sunak
Tory peer Zac Goldsmith said he was 'horrified' the government had 'abandoned' its promises on animal welfare and the environment 'domestically and on the world stage'
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Tory speechless as no one on Question Time raises hand to support Rwanda plan
Health minister Helen Whately appeared flustered after BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce asked if anyone supported the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and no one put their hand up
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Household recycling rates have failed to improve for more than 10 years
A report by the National Audit Office concluded long-term waste management plans 'do not yet exist' despite ministers publishing a strategy four years ago
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Girl, 7, writes tear-jerking 'sad and sleepy' plea to PM for free school meals
Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry
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NHS plan will see nearly a million staff hired to plug doctors and nurses gap
The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is likely to come under scrutiny when it is published at midday on Friday, with the Tories having only committed funding for the first five years
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'The only answer to the greed of water company fatcats is nationalisation'
No wonder the water industry is in trouble - the public is being fleeced by these companies who are simply treating the system as a means to extract profit from them
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'Rishi Sunak has never shown he understands the plight of those less fortunate'
No child’s education should suffer because parents are unable to afford the cost of a meal
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'The Conservatives are shackled to a triple lock they'd love to unpick'
Both the Tories and Labour have suggested they will honour the state pension triple lock, despite the cost, says Paul Routledge
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Photo exposes huge height difference between Rishi Sunak and tallest MP
Instagram users rushed to point out the height difference after Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski, who is 6 foot 9 inches, posted a picture of him standing next to the Prime Minister
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'It's harder to feel Pride as a disabled queer woman'
'When disabled people are physically unable to attend Pride events it gives the message that we don't belong in the LGBTQ+ community'
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Lee Anderson uses roof of taxpayer-funded Commons office to film £100k TV show
The Conservative deputy chairman has begun hosting a weekly programme on GB News despite previously suggesting MPs with second jobs should quit Parliament
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Sturgeon blames possible no-deal Brexit for distracting from pandemic plans
The former Scottish First Minister was reminded she was "in a witness box not a soap box" when she appeared at the Covid Inquiry as she rallied against Brexit and the impact it had
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World at 1940s-style turning point in humanity's history, says Foreign Secretary
The Cabinet Minister said war in Ukraine, runaway advances in technology and science, climate change and mass migration meant the planet was being reshaped - and called for an overhaul of international bodies
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Humiliated Rishi Sunak hits out as court rules Rwanda migrant policy unlawful
The landmark ruling comes after more than 14 months of deadlock since it was first unveiled by former Home Secretary Priti Patel last year
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8 Boris Johnson allies named and shamed for 'intimidating' Partygate committee
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel are among the Tory MPs and peers who attempted to "undermine" the committee investigating the disgraced former PM's Partygate lies
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Call for Tory MP who posted attack on woman over mental health to be suspended
Tan Smith, 38, was stunned after Brendan Clarke-Smith sarcastically said he was "playing the world's smallest violin" after she praised the Samaritans on Twitter