Politics

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Call for far-right Patriotic Alliance and Britain First to be banned after riots
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called for 'calm' language on all sides - saying Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick would undoubtedly 'regret' seeing Suella Braverman's words on far-right placards following the riot in Knowsley
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London free school meals to make 'irrefutable' case for change says ex-food tsar
Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme
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'Prescriptions should be free in England like other parts of the UK'
Mirror reader D Richens says it isn't fair that patients in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland don't have to pay for their NHS medication. Do YOU agree?
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Thousands of junior doctors vote to go on strike next month in 72-hour walkout
Almost 37,000 votes were cast - with a massive 98% backing strike action. It is the largest ever turnout for a ballot of doctors by doctors' union the British Medical Association
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Tory MP posts strange video branding constituents 'savages' and 'scroats'
Jonathan Gullis is accused of highlighting the impact of 13 years of Tory government after sharing a rant about anti-social behaviour as he pleaded for more police and CCTV
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'If Prince Andrew gets evicted, he'll demand a 20-bedroom council mansion next'
Kicked out of Royal Lodge, the Duke of Dork would have the same chance of a council house as the rest of us, says Fleet Street Fox. But rather different expectations
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What is Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol and will Rishi Sunak get a deal?
The UK formally severed its ties with the EU in 2020 after years of bitter Brexit wrangling but the future relationship with Brussels is very much not resolved - no matter what Boris Johnson says
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New favourite to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as frontrunner rules himself out
SNP MP Kate Forbes is in prime position to take over from Nicola Sturgeon after launching her leadership campaign less than an hour after Angus Robertson said he wouldn't be standing
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Should all primary school children have free school meals? Vote in our poll
The Mayor of London’s £130million emergency scheme is expected to save families an estimated £440 a year - as many face financial struggles amid the cost-of-living crisis
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NHS staff ‘shattered’ and 'won't be there' if crisis not fixed, warns expert
Professor Jeremy Farrar, who became a well known face during the Covid pandemic, warned that exhausted and demoralised NHS staff would not be ready when another a crisis hits unless low morale and capacity issues solved
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Junior doctors will join strikes next month in escalation of NHS pay row
Members of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association will walk out on March 15 for the first time in the union's history. The BMA is also balloting junior doctors
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'I know free school meals are a lifeline because I depended on them'
In an article for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revealed that all primary school children in the capital are to get free school meals from September saving struggling families hundreds of pounds
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Free school meals for all primary kids in London, says capital Mayor Sadiq Khan
The Labour politician revealed youngsters across the city will enjoy the 'lifeline' from September, with 270,000 children benefiting - saving families an estimated £440 a year
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Voice of The Mirror: Boris Johnson doesn't care about people he deceived
He is inciting revolt against Rishi Sunak because he dreams of returning triumphant to No10. The people of the UK are pawns in Johnson’s game, pieces to be sacrificed for his insatiable ego and crazed goal
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Weak Rishi Sunak is afraid of taking on Tory hawks on another front over defence
Determined to march in lockstep with Rishi Sunak to flee the Jeremy Corbyn era, Labour leader Keir Starmer elevates Nato to holy grail status
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Liz Truss's £4,000 'Jenga' lectern left abandoned in No10 as nobody wants it
Officials had hoped the costly wooden monstrosity would be used by another Whitehall department or an embassy abroad, but the lectern is still languishing in Downing Street
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Tory austerity chancellor George Osborne 'must appear at Covid Inquiry' call
Campaigners have demanded that Mr Osborne, who unleashed a devastating assault on public services after the Conservatives took power in 2010, answers questions over whether this led to thousands of Covid deaths
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Boris Johnson plotting to oust Rishi Sunak so he can return, says George Osborne
George Osborne accused Boris Johnson of wanting to 'cause trouble' by challenging Rishi Sunak on Brexit. The Tory former chancellor said he would 'hit the PM over the head' over talks on Northern Ireland
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Keir Starmer declares the 'tide is turning' on the Tories and SNP
The party chief called on former Labour voters in Scotland to return to the fold following Nicola Sturgeon's shock announcement last week that she will step down as First Minister
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Partygate probe MPs 'focusing on Abba bash' held in Boris Johnson's flat
The Commons Privileges Committee is due to begin taking evidence - including from the former Prime Minister - this spring. Opponents believe he misled Parliament - a claim he denies
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Boris Johnson 'a bloody nuisance' over deal to settle Brexit Protocol row
The former Prime Minister has been accused of stirring up trouble with the Democratic Unionist Party and Tory backbenchers as claims mount over a pact with Brussels to end the stalemate
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'Expensive holidays give the appearance of not caring about ordinary people'
The decision of Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty to take a luxury holiday in Goa, typically costing £7,500 per week, does not reflect well during the cost of living crisis
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Sunak's wife jets off on luxury £7k-a-week holiday as shivering Brits battle on
Rishi Sunak's millionaire wife Akshata Murty took their kids to expensive beaches in India while he is under fire back home for letting energy giants make record profits
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Nearly 500,000 Brits overseas face poverty after pension increases frozen
Those who emigrated abroad have not had annual increases in their pensions for 70 years except where Britain has a reciprocal agreement with the country they now live in
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Brexit rules bonfire could 'water down seatbelt law and cost thousands of lives'
Rishi Sunak plans to rip up remaining EU laws by the end of the year left on the statute book after Brexit - but experts worry that any relaxation in seatbelt rules will discourage people from wearing them