Politics

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MP launches new Bill bid so carers are paid minimum wage for travelling time
Labour MP Paula Barker will unveil a Ten Minute Rule Bill next month to try and enforce existing legislation - and hand carers vital extra cash they should be getting anyway
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Senior Tory MP issues warning over 'growing' funding gap for free school meals
A former minister will use a Westminster Hall hearing on Tuesday to air concerns about the cost to schools, as the Mirror ramps up our Free School Meals For All campaign
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Brits evacuated from Sudan by 1,200 armed forces personnel in 'complex' op
In a statement posted Twitter, Rishi Sunak said: "UK armed forces have completed a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid a significant escalation in violence and threats to embassy staff."
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Teachers' leaders call for urgent talks with Tories to avert next school strikes
The National Education Union said it would meet Education Secretary Gillian Keegan for crunch negotiations on Monday morning - if the Cabinet Minister was willing
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Young drivers face being banned from giving friends a lift as new plans emerge
Young people may face more restrictions and may be banned from carrying a passenger under 25 following a campaign by the mum of a teen who died while in the car with a newly-qualified driver
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Diane Abbott suspended by Labour after letter suggesting Jews do not face racism
The move comes just moments after the MP apologised for suggesting Jewish people do not face racism, instead cope with prejudice similar to that suffered by "redheads"
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Ofsted boss says 'no reason to doubt' inspection after teacher took her own life
Amanda Spielman's remarks came after Ms Perry's sister said pausing inspections would be the 'empathetic, human, correct thing to do' while a review takes place
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Dominic Raab says he walks out with 'integrity intact' - despite bullying report
The unrepentant former Cabinet minister also demanded a leak inquiry as he blasted a 'trial by media' after he was forced to resign as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary
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Lisa Nandy slams Tories for claiming to be 'patriots' while letting Brits starve
Lisa Nandy has attacked government ministers who smeared workers demanding a fair wage increase as 'unpatriotic', saying that it is not unpatriotic to demand a fair day's pay for an honest day's work
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Boris Johnson stays at loan scandal pal's £4k-a-night Caribbean home with family
Former PM Boris Johnson and his family stayed at a £4,100-a-night pad owned by tycoon Sam Blyth, who is at the heart of a probe into the appointment of BBC chair Richard Sharp
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Liz Truss earns £16k an hour for a speech plus paid hotel, flights and expenses
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss told the crowd at February's event in Mumbai, organised by media firm ABP Networks, she was 'struck by the energy and the excitement of the city' while earning over £60k
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Most of public oppose Liz Truss handing out 'reward for failure' peerages
Outgoing PMs are allowed to stuff friends and cronies into the House of Lords in their ‘resignation honours’ lists - but just 7% back Liz Truss doing so
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Rishi Sunak urged to slap down Dominic Raab for 'undermining' bullying report
The PM was blasted for allowing Mr Raab to resign - and put forward his version of events in a newspaper article - before the report into his behaviour was published by Downing Street
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'Unpleasant Dominic Raab could change his ways but it was too little, too late'
Keir Mudie says Dominic Raab's resignation letter was 'graceless' as there was 'no apology' but just a 'bizarre rant about how him leaving is no good for government'
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Rishi Sunak accused of 'eco own goal' as plans for £230m 'green town' scrapped
The government has scrapped plans for the UK's largest net zero town, which would have been located around five miles outside of Oxford, with the scrapping of the plans condemned as an eco own goal
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Send in your questions for Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to answer
The Labour leader and Deputy will sit down on the campaign trail next week - answering Sunday Mirror readers’ questions together for the first time
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Labour planning local ad blitz if Tory MPs block sewage dumping crackdown plan
The party plan to hold a binding vote on Tuesday to introduce a bill that would implement legally binding targets to reduce sewage dumping, and impose automatic fines
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Suella Braverman 'asked whether she could claim speeding ticket on expenses'
Senior Tory MP William Wragg made the extraordinary claim about Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a series of tweets in the early hours of Saturday morning
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'Rishi Sunak showed weakness over Dominic Raab - he must explain appointment'
The ex-Cabinet minister had been intimidating, unreasonable and abused his power to undermine and humiliate civil servants. He should have been denied the luxury of resigning
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Real patriotism is all about making this country a better place to live
Some people believe any English person who fails to get a lump in their throat during the King’s Coronation hates their country
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Two-day nurses strike could be unlawful over ballot row, NHS bosses claim
NHS Employers, an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts, argues the six month period in which industrial action can be taken in England expires during the strike action
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Wes Streeting says NHS must stop 'pouring more money into hospitals'
In a stark statement, the Labour frontbencher said the health service is 'still salvageable' as he vowed his party could 'turn the situation around' in its first term if it was in government
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New Tory Science Secretary's husband once branded Covid-19 a 'mental illness'
The Prime Minister carried out a mini-reshuffle to replace sacked Dominic Raab and to appoint maternity cover for two top Tories
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Britain backs the nurses as poll shows 56% support decision to reject pay offer
The Redfield & Wilton poll found three times as many people supported the Royal College of Nursing decision to reject the 5% pay rise than disagreed
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Five bombshell claims in the Dominic Raab bullying inquiry
The Deputy PM resigned on Friday after the long-awaited report by Adam Tolley KC concluded he engaged in an 'abuse or misuse of power' while at the Foreign Office