Politics

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We're aware of the mental health crisis, we need government support
To do that we need funded mental health services, instead of an NHS that is facing cuts of billions and being carved up and sold off to their Conservative pals
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New bid to trace 'ghost children' missing from class
Tory MP Flick Drummond is pushing for a legal duty on local authorities to keep a record of all youngsters being home-schooled amid fears kids are unsafe or losing out on their education
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Clarkson's Farm star heads to No10 for food prices crisis talks with Rishi Sunak
Kaleb Cooper, who became a sensation after appearing on the Amazon Prime show, attended a crunch No10 summit with supermarket bosses, farmers' leaders and industry executives
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Labour wants deal for British and German troops to work together after Ukraine
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey revealed his plans to sign a new defence concord with Berlin within weeks if Labour gets into power
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Nigel Farage admits Brexit has failed as he hints at political comeback
The former UKIP chief and arch Brexiteer failed to rule out a return to frontline politics as he issued a scathing assessment of the Government's handling of EU withdrawal
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Up to one in seven bus services could be lost if ministers don't extend funding
Passengers are getting increasingly worried about services being cut with many anxious about how they will get to work if local routes are cut, the Confederation of Passenger Transport said
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'Plunging living standards number one issue for millions abandoned by Tories'
We want to see many solutions offered, such as supermarkets guaranteeing cheaper own-brand products in every shop
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'Getting a name correct is all about showing respect'
Following the well-publicised gaffe by journalist Dawn Neesom on the Jeremy Vine show, Darren Lewis voices his opinion on the importance of taking the time to learn how to say somebody's name correctly
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UK's strictest headteacher tells Tory parents to take kids out of 'woke' schools
Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference, Katharine Birbalsingh warned her audience that they will "lose our country" if they don't stand up to "extreme leftist views" which she claims dominates the education system
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Surging private rents putting 'soul of our city' at risk, London Mayor warns
In a major speech on the housing crisis, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called on the Tory Government to give him powers to impose a rent freeze in the capital
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'Rishi tries pork pie diplomacy in No10 but it's not the red meat MPs want'
The PM attempted to rally his MPs at a gathering in Downing Street on Monday night, but after he lost more than 1,000 council seats Tory infighting is back
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Keir Starmer must repeal Tory voter ID if Labour elected, Sadiq Khan says
The Labour Mayor of London described the policy as a 'deliberate Conservative tactic to supress the vote' - after hundreds were turned away from polling stations
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Brits warned food inflation will be 'normal state' due to climate crisis
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to act over the sky-high grocery costs facing families when he hauls in supermarkets and farming chiefs to a crunch No10 summit on Tuesday
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Liz Truss warns China 'biggest threat facing the West' ahead of Taiwan visit
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss ramped up her war of words with Beijing hours before flying to Taipei to show solidarity with the breakaway island
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Two protesters dragged out after disrupting Suella Braverman immigration speech
Two Extinction Rebellion activists interrupted the Home Secretary as she addressed right-wingers in central London - hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg was interrupted by a similar protester
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Jacob Rees-Mogg admits Tories scored own goal with voter ID 'gerrymandering'
Conservative ex-minister Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the controversial new photo ID requirements had been introduced to swing the elections, but had backfired
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Zelensky pleads for jets as Sunak promises pilot training school for Ukrainians
The Ukrainian President desperately wants warplanes so his forces can reclaim control of the air as Kyiv prepares for its highly-anticipated counter-attack
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Tory MP fumes we're not having enough babies as she blasts 'cultural Marxism'
Miriam Cates told the National Conservatism Conference that young people choosing not to have babies is a bigger threat to western civilisation than climate change or Vladimir Putin, and ranted about 'cultural Marxism'
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'Keir Starmer needs to offer a new dawn - not just anti-Tory miserabilism'
Labour needs to offer a chance for change, not moaning about the last 13 years, says Fleet Street Fox
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Keir Starmer blasts Suella Braverman for being 'all talk' over immigration rant
The Home Secretary is due to whine about the rising numbers of people arriving in this country - a policy area she is responsible for - in a speech to a conference of right-wingers
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Boris Johnson 'U-turns on knighthood for Michael Gove after leadership betrayal'
The former Prime Minister reportedly planned to reward his fellow Conservative in the resignation honours, but scrapped the idea after Michael Gove's intervention in the Tory leadership saga
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Protester storms stage during Jacob Rees-Mogg speech to warn about 'fascism'
The former Business Secretary was making a speech when a man joined him at the lectern and told the audience: 'I would like to draw your attention to a few characteristics of fascism'
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Nurses still in strong position in bitter pay row with Tories, says union boss
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen urged the Government to return to the negotiating table, as the RCN's annual congress got underway in Brighton
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Ukraine leader Zelensky arrives in UK to meet Sunak for crunch talks on war
The Prime Minister is hosting Mr Zelensky at his official retreat in the Chilterns countryside - and confirm the UK will donate more drones and air defence systems
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'I don't want London to be playground of the rich - so I'm building homes'
Writing for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he's determined to build a London for everyone as figures show the capital has exceeded targets by starting work on 116,000 new affordable homes