Politics

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Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi sacked by Rishi Sunak after tax row
The top minister had come under intense pressure after it emerged that he had settled a multimillion tax dispute with HMRC while he was Chancellor last summer
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Rishi Sunak's election guru once worked for team advising oligarch pal of Putin
Tory election expert Isaac Levido had a job at lobbyists CT, which gave advice to Andrey Melnichenko, a billionaire who had his luxury yacht seized after being hit by sanctions over Ukraine invasion
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Struggling tenants of Zahawi's family firm 'lost businesses due to late rent'
A Birmingham small business owner was forced to shut down his barbershop after being hounded for unpaid rent money by embattled minister Nadhim Zahawi's family firm
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'Rishi Sunak should call a general election - voters have lost faith in Tories'
The Tory party has seen no shortage of controversies since Rishi Sunak became PM last year - from accusations of bullying to suspensions - all despite his pledge to lead a sleaze-free government
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Tory Treasurer hired by Sunak and Zahawi rakes it in from Russian oil industry
Billionaire Mohamed Mansour is co-owner of a company with a subsidiary supplying machinery to Russia's oil and gas industry, despite sanctions imposed since Putin's Ukraine invasion
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'PM failing to earn anyone's trust and can't end sleaze claims against Tories'
Columnist Keir Mudie says the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is looking increasingly weakened by scandals in his party, as former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi faces growing criticism over his tax error
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Hospital outpatients could get one-hour's notice to fill cancelled appointments
NHS trusts are set to trial new short-notice lists of people who live close to hospitals and can come in at the last moment when appointments are cancelled by other patients
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Union chief demands summit with Rishi Sunak to end wave of strikes
New TUC boss Paul Nowak told the Sunday Mirror in an exclusive interview: “The PM must get me and union leaders into the room to sort this out. We’ll go to No10 tomorrow. The ball is in his court.”
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NHS waiting list frustration leads to fewer donors for transplant patients
Clinicians say potential donors and their families have become less inclined to offer organs while a record 7.2 million patients have treatment delayed.
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Streeting plan to use private beds for NHS patients gets Alan Milburn backing
The shadow Health boss wants to buy excess capacity in the private sector to carry out 233,000 procedures a year to cut NHS waiting lists if Keir Starmer becomes PM
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Rishi Sunak accused of 'boys club' cronyism amid Boris Johnson loan row
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp, whose appointment is under investigation after it was claimed he helped Boris Johnson get an £800,000 line of credit, was Rishi Sunak's boss at Goldman Sachs, before being brought in to advise Rishi Sunak during Covid
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'Man of the people' Lee Anderson takes £15k donation from posh members club
The Ashfield MP sparked fury this week by claiming foodbank users squander their money on “fags and booze”
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Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford's wife Clare dies suddenly
A spokesman said: "The thoughts of everyone in the Welsh Government are with the family at this time and we ask that their privacy is respected"
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Ex-MP Keith Vaz rules out Parliament comeback saying 'that ship has sailed'
It came just weeks after the Commons Standards Committee recommended he should be handed a six-month suspension for causing "significant damage" to the reputation of the House
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Tax chiefs admit to 'misleading information' in row over Nadhim Zahawi's taxes
Pressure is mounting on Downing Street to order the former Chancellor to step aside while the investigation is ongoing
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Nadine Dorries slammed by watchdog for 'breaking ministerial code' with TV show
The former Culture Secretary announced on Friday that she would be launching a chat show on Talk TV, to start in February - with Boris Johnson as her first guest
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Should NHS patients be charged for GP appointments and A&E visits?
The former health chief said the NHS could not survive much longer without radical change and the UK should extend "the contributory principle" to tackle waiting times - what do you think?
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Keir Starmer accuses Tories of 'moral bankruptcy' and pledges change with Labour
In a speech at London Labour’s annual Conference, the party's Leader will emphasise his promise to 'give people the change they’ve demanded' by pushing power out to communities
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Rishi Sunak branded 'lightweight Thatcher tribute act' by veteran union boss
Former TUC General Secretary John Monks told the Mirror there has been a dislike of trade unions within the Tories ever since Margaret Thatcher succeeded Ted Heath in 1975
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King wants to honour nuclear test heroes but medals 'are being delayed by MoD'
King Charles wants Britain's nuclear test heroes honoured before his coronation, but the MoD is accused of creating "unreasonable delay"
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Braverman accused of 'dangerously flirting with ideologues' over Windrush
Actor David Harewood today said the decision to drop three key reforms brought in following the Windrush scandal was 'awful', while Baroness Floella Benjamin said the move would cause 'even more pain and hurt'
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More than a dozen WWII-era ambulance stations still used by NHS
The figures on old ambulance stations were revealed in a parliamentary question by Lib Dem health spokeswoman Daisy Cooper, who said: 'Across England too many NHS buildings are life-expired or crumbling'
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Boris Johnson's biggest fan Nadine Dorries to interview him on her new TV show
The shamed former Prime Minister, who was booted out of office last year after a rebellion by his own MPs, will be the first guest on new show Friday Night With Nadine, TalkTV has announced
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Jeremy Hunt twice refuses to say if he's paid a tax fine before changing mind
The Chancellor claimed that people at home were not 'remotely interested in personal tax affairs' after delivering a speech on the government's economic priorities
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Jeremy Hunt says HS2 will go to central London after confused messaging
The Chancellor has said he does not see any "conceivable circumstance" in which HS2 would not end in central London - after reports suggested the plan could be scrapped