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Government food tsar quits with blast at 'insane' Tory failure to tackle obesity
Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby said the Tory party was refusing to impose restrictions on the junk food industry due to its obsession with 'ultra-free-market ideology' - and risked storing up problems for the NHS
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Home Secretary blasted for interior design joke over Rwanda migrant homes
Suella Braverman's comments drew accusations she was 'playing politics with people's lives and chasing cheap headlines' with the Government's controversial Rwandan deportation scheme
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Date for UK's first nationwide 'armageddon alert' system test confirmed
As revealed by the Sunday Mirror last week, millions of people across the UK will hear a loud alarm from their mobile phones, along with a test alert message on Sunday April 23
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Ministers expected to raise state pension age weeks after tax handout to richest
Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the richest, while the low paid are expected to have to work for longer before claiming a state pension
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Suella Braverman blasted by judge who says migrant rules lack 'clarity of law'
Her Honour Melissa Canavan was so baffled by the Home Secretary's deportation bid, she took the extraordinary step of quoting from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland when she rejected it in court
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Boris Johnson could face his 'Waterloo' in Partygate grilling over ABBA bash
Members of the Commons Privileges Committee are expected to ask him for details of one party that Sue Gray’s probe didn’t investigate - the so-called “ABBA party” on November 13 2020
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Iraq War vet Dan Jarvis pays tribute to fallen comrades for 20th anniversary
The Labour MP said it was "absolutely legitimate" to think it was wrong to invade Iraq - and a special debate in the Commons this week is solely to commemorate the service of "those very brave men and women who stepped forward in good faith and to serve"
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'BBC cuts will be a disaster - people need local news coverage'
Keir Mudie says the BBC is putting local news coverage to the sword, replacing dedicated programming with one-size fits all stuff that will be broadcast everywhere
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'Trophy hunting vote is a victory for conservation and compassion'
Yesterday MPs from across the political divide condemned the barbaric pursuit as they backed a new law to prevent the import of animal parts from at-risk species
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Cecil the lion 'did not die in vain' as trophy hunting imports banned in the UK
The killing in Zimbabwe led to the Mirror’s campaign for a ban on trophy hunting, and as the bill went through, environment minister Trudy Harrison was close to tears
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Over 70 children a day having rotten teeth out in hospital amid dentist shortage
NHS England figures show there were 26,741 hospital operations to remove children's teeth last year. The Liberal Democrats are calling on ministers to increase the number of dentists
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Priti Patel makes odd claims about Partygate probe in bid to save Boris Johnson
Tory former home secretary Priti Patel said the investigation into her pal will 'put our democracy in a very, very bad light', even though it was unanimously approved by MPs
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Dominic Raab says he has 'very high' standards for staff amid bullying probe
The Deputy Prime Minister is being investigated after civil servants who worked for him complained they suffered breakdowns or even felt suicidal as they felt there was no escape
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Senior Tory investigated by Standards Commissioner over lobbying claims
The probe into Steve Brine - the Chairman of the Commons Health Committee - was opened on Wednesday by Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg
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'Whisper it - but Britain might be about to rejoin the EU'
Our immigration and economic problems could be solved if we reversed Brexit, says Fleet Street Fox. But would Boris Johnson have the brass neck to support it this time?
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Ban on cruel trophy hunting imports finally approved by MPs in Mirror victory
The Hunting Trophies Bill received an unopposed third reading from MPs in the Commons this morning. It is a victory for the Mirror which has been campaigning to stop hunters bringing their sick souvenirs to the UK
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Question Time audience laugh at Tory mocked by Fiona Bruce for stuttering on HS2
Tory MP Bim Afolami struggled to get his words out as the Question Time panel debated whether HS2 is worth the money. Ministers have announced part of the high speed railway will be delayed by at least two years
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Tory ministers and teachers begin 'intensive talks' in bid to end school strikes
It comes just 24 hours after ministers and unions representing health workers reached - raising the prospect of an end to the biggest industrial unrest in NHS history
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Passport staff to strike for 5 weeks as Brits planning holidays issued warning
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced the 'significant' escalation in industrial action. It also accused the Government of failing to engage in 'meaningful' talks.
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Boris Johnson will fight seat Labour says is 'winnable' at next General Election
It comes following speculation that the former prime minister might seek out a safer seat, ahead of the next General Election
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'Nurses pay increase must not come from a raid of existing NHS budgets'
Nurses and ambulance staff in England did not want to go on strike. They took this step only because Tory ministers refused to listen to their concerns
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One in three eligible women have not had breast cancer screening in three years
Screening is vital for picking up cancer at an early stage and improving survival rates - but there are stark difference in take-up between different parts of the country
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Doctors deserve better than to be squeezed by penny-pinching Jeremy Hunt
A settlement for nurses, paramedics and other NHS staff looks likely, but the doctors' dispute drags on, says Paul Routledge
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Tony Blair glad social media didn't exist when Good Friday Agreement was signed
The former Labour Prime Minister spoke to MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee this morning ahead of next month’s 25th anniversary of the historic agreement, which ended most of the violence of the Troubles
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Government finally reaches pay deal with NHS unions after months of strikes
After three months of strikes, the Government has offered a one off bonus this year of 2.5% for the best paid and 8.2% for the worst paid