Politics

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Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence
The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans
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'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off rails like HS2'
Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?
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Gary Lineker tears into top Tory over 'clumsy football analogy' in Twitter row
The former England goal scorer hit back at the Conservative MP after she mentioned him in a football analogy in the Commons. He is already in a Twitter row for comparing the government's new asylum policy to Nazi Germany
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HS2 route to be delayed by TWO years in Tory betrayal of northern voters
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said the Government will delay building the Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 by two years. Labour said: 'The North is yet again being asked to pay the price for staggering Conservative failure'
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Tory ministers 'plan to loosen rules to bring in thousands of foreign workers'
Officials are reportedly weighing up adding jobs such as bricklayers, plasterers and roofers to a "critical occupation list" after a recommendation by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) - making it easier for people in these trades to come to the UK to work
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Help UK shipyards seize on offshore wind and boat bonanza, Tories told
Trade body Maritime UK has published a document outlining how UK companies can capitalise on the huge expansion in offshore wind power planned for the coming decades
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Silence as MP Jess Phillips reads names of 108 women killed by men in UK
The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding marked International Women's Day by reading a list of all the women who were killed where the primary suspect or known killer is a man since this time last year.
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Labour to ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model instead of 'bolting on' free hours
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it
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Labour MP says she was sexually assaulted by colleague in Westminster
Charlotte Nichols - the MP for Warrington North since 2019 - also claimed that separately she had been 'repeatedly sexually propositioned' by a Tory MP 'old enough to be my grandfather'
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Brits worried about war coming to UK in the next few years after stark warning
'Anyone with an ounce of sense should be terrified by the prospects of a pan-European War' - Mirror readers have their say after UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace called on our government to prepare for tough years ahead
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Large sections of HS2 to be delayed to save cash, ministers set to announce
The imminent announcement has sparked fury, with one Tory MP saying his constituency has been "blighted" by fields being turned into construction sites
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Boris Johnson 'warned Dominic Raab about his behaviour amid bullying claims'
The former Prime Minister is understood to have spoken to Adam Tolley KC, who is carrying out an investigation into allegations of bullying by Mr Raab, and is claimed to have privately warned him about his behaviour
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Council tax bills soaring in April - search for your town on our calculator
Council tax will soar by up to 5% for the majority of people in England on April 1 - in a fresh squeeze on family finances. Use our calculator to see how your bills will be affected this year
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Asylum seeker hotel bill 'to hit £25 billion in 5 years due to Tory bungling'
Labour claims that failure to negotiate return agreements with countries like France, and new restrictions under the Illegal Immigration Bill will leave tens of thousands of people holed up in hotels "indefinitely"
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Childcare shortage means 'just half of areas have enough places for under twos'
A survey by childcare charity Coram found only half (50%) of areas in England have sufficient provision for kids under two as cost of living pressures push early years providers to the brink
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'Confected outrage at Lineker cause he dared to question Tory lack of humanity'
Right-wing MPs demanding ex-footballer's sacking would have more credence if they were also critical of others who have tested the limits of BBC impartiality
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'New asylum laws lack compassion - why one rule for some and not for others?'
Eva Simpson asks why there is one set of rules for one set of people and one for others, when we should be showing compassion to people fleeing war and persecution regardless of where they are from
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Tenth of the Army 'on the sick' - but many would still be sent to war anyway
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said some of those on the soldier sick list were waiting for appointments with a dentist - and would be sent into battle "if the balloon went up"
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Free school meals offered to all pupils aged 3 to 14 in London borough
Westminster City Council will extend its provision of free school meals to thousands of children in nursery and secondary schools in an unprecedented move to help familes
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Rishi Sunak confronted over woman's death after she faced 8 hour ambulance wait
The elderly woman called Jean drove herself to hospital in Eastbourne after being told she would have to wait eight hours for am ambulance. She collapsed in A&E and died an hour later
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Send RAF Typhoon jets to NATO allies to 'unlock' warplanes for Ukraine, say MPs
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey faced calls to deploy a batch of British fighter planes to "backfill" air defence roles in countries which have aircraft bteter suited for Ukrainian forces
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Tory loudmouth Lee Anderson slammed MP second jobs. then got one himself on TV
Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson has got a show on GB News despite previously suggesting MPs wanting to earn big money should give up their day jobs in Parliament
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Braverman's 'cowardly attack' on civil servants may have broken ministerial code
Union boss representing senior civil servants has written to Rishi Sunak and urged him to order the Home Secretary to withdraw and apologise for the comments to Tory supporters on Tuesday
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Tories accused of apeing Enoch Powell with bill that would see Mo Farah removed
In a bruising encounter, the PM faced a barrage of questions about his new "far-right appeasing, anti-refugee" immigration laws, which MPs heard would see Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah kicked out of the country
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'Richest PM in history' Rishi Sunak says he'll publish tax return 'shortly'
Weeks after winning the keys to No10 after Liz Trus's short-lived Government collapsed, the PM said at in November he stood by the vow to lift the lid on his vast wealth