Politics

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Boris Johnson given £1m donation by Brexiteer - as his speech payouts hit £1.3m
The former Prime Minister declared the massive donation to his office from Brexiteer crypto investor Christopher Harborne in the latest register of MPs' interests
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Doctor blasts NHS 'warzone' on heated Question Time as minister denies crisis
A Tory minister denied that the NHS was in a crisis during a heated discussion on BBC Question Time last night, after members of the panel and audience urged the government to take action
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'I'm in awe of our tireless nurses from the vantage point of my hospital bed'
Paul Routledge gets a frontline view of how hard our NHS staff work after being rushed into Leeds General Infirmary, and says Rishi Sunak needs to stop his PR photo-ops and get real himself
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Just one in five Brits would vote Tory in an election today as Labour lead grows
The latest survey, by People Polling for GB News, reveals the scale of the challenge facing Rishi Sunak if he is to turn around the Conservatives' fortunes before the next election
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Security had to stop obsessives trying to sneak into Queen's lying-in-state
Parliament's head of security revealed how officials worked to block certain individuals from attending the sombre vigil beside the Queen's coffin in Parliament's Westminster Hall
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Tory failures force families to spend £10k on energy over five year parliament
Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Labour were in charge from 1997 to 2010
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Ambulance times and A&E waits hit record worst as possible doctors strikes loom
Labour described the NHS as being in “the biggest crisis in its history”, as patient care worsens and staff stage waves of strikes over pay and working conditions
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Train strikes breakthrough hope as unions and firms knuckle down on new deal
RMT chief Mick Lynch said he was “working jointly towards a revised offer” with the Rail Delivery Group after four hours of talks - and eight months of on-and-off strikes
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Major teaching union won't strike after ballot fails to meet legal threshold
Teaching unions have been balloting their members of the Government's pay offer, which the IFS said would amount to a real terms pay cut of 5% for most teachers due to high levels of inflation
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DWP hands corporate giants £170m to run new wave of disability benefit tests
Atos and Capita have had their lucrative PIP assessment contracts extended for the fourth time without going out to competition - despite a litany of complaints
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Ambulance union to discuss up to six more strike dates as pay dispute deepens
The GMB union will meet ambulance representatives to discuss further industrial action after talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay failed to break the deadlock
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Jeremy Corbyn in furious clash over antisemitism in Labour on ITV's Peston
The former Labour leader was told he 'only has himself to blame' after he stood by his claim that the scale of antisemitism cases in Labour was 'grossly exaggerated'
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Hundreds of Liberty Steel jobs at risk as firm announces fresh wave of cuts
The company delivered a fresh blow to the sector this morning as the industry battles high energy costs and struggles to compete with foreign rivals
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Sadiq Khan blasts Tories for denying Brexit's 'immense damage' to Britain
The London Mayor is expected to demand a shift away from the 'unnecessarily hard-line version' of Brexit towards greater alignment with Europe in his Mansion House speech
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Grim antisemitism report finds 'hostile' culture at National Union of Students
The NUS acknowledged its findings are 'shocking' and said it is committed to tackling antisemitism across 'the breadth and depth' of the union
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DWP planning major benefits shake-up for millions of sick and disabled Brits
Tory ministers are looking at changing the way fit-for-work tests happen as part of a change to the benefit system - but the details have not yet been nailed down
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'Boris Johnson still shows disregard for rules and truth - nothing has changed'
In the next few weeks, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face the Commons privileges committee investigating claims he misled Parliament over No10 parties
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'Labour's plan for disabled people is the same as Tories - to push us into work'
Both Tories and Labour politicians are pledging to get disabled people back into work, but what about those of us who can’t work?
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Tories could close 600 local pools in plans to slash energy bills support
The 85 per cent funding cut risks decimating school swimming lessons, threatens people’s fitness and wellbeing, and also puts safety around swimming pools in danger
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Local chemists suffering £67,000 annual shortfall, say pharmacists' leaders
The Company Chemists’ Association blasted the "truly broken" funding system and warned the Government that pharmacists needed extra cash to help ease the desperate NHS crisis
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Peer suspended for 9 months for lobbying for Covid firm that paid him £57k
The Earl of Shrewsbury was found to have 'clearly' breached the Lords Code of Conduct by 'seeking to profit from membership of the House' last month
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Boris Johnson unveils oil painting of himself looking svelte and smirking
The former Prime Minister once pledged for himself and the nation to lose weight - now it appears a portrait artist has also been tasked with helping him to slim down
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'New offer’ to end rail strikes due today as firms and unions hold crunch talks
The RMT and TSSA will hold talks with rail firms' reps on Thursday - as sources voiced hope that ministers will come up with something new to break the deadlock
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Poorer students face losing £1,500-a-year in 'woefully inadequate' loan rise
The Department for Education (DfE) announced that tuition fees for degrees in England will be frozen and maximum student loans for living costs will rise by measly 2.8% in 2023/24
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Around 100,000 civil servants to strike on same day in major escalation
The Public and Commercial Services union warned the Tory Government the major action will impact public services including benefits, passports, driving tests and airports