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PM backs JK Rowling’s views on new hate crime law
The prime minister has said people should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology" in response to JK Rowling’s criticism of Scotland’s new hate crime law.
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Twenty Lancashire councillors quit Labour Party in protest over ‘bullying’ claims
The 20 Lancashire councillors claimed the national Labour Party no longer represented them
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Lib Dems seek to oust Tory Michelle Donelan after she left taxpayers with £15,000 legal bill
Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, will visit Science Secretary Michelle Donelan’s Chippenham constituency on Tuesday as he attempts to capitalise on her woes
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Rough sleepers could be fined £2,500 or even jailed under proposed laws – but Rishi Sunak faces rebellion over plans
The Criminal Justice Bill would allow cops to move on, fine or lock up "nuisance" rough sleepers
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Michael Gove’s neighbours complain after he clambers onto their roof next to his £25million mansion
Cabinet minister Michael Gove has been living in One Carlton Gardens, a £25million grace-and-favour property a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace, for the past two years
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Rishi Sunak risks losing his seat as Tories reduced to 98 constituencies in general election mega poll
The Best For Britain MRP indicates 14 current ministers and secretaries of state will lose their seats in an unprecedented wave of Portillo moments
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Tory West Midlands Mayor Andy Street posts new homes boast - with photo from Hertfordshire
Tory mayor Andy Street was ridiculed for bragging about increasing social housebuilding across the West Midlands but being unable to find a photo to show new homes in the area
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Northern Irish DUP party leader Donaldson steps down after police charges
The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party Jeffrey Donaldson stepped down on Friday after confirming he had been charged with "allegations of an historical nature", the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said.
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Rishi Sunak hands knighthood to Tory mega-donor who gave party £5million
Billionaire Mohamed Mansour, who is a Conservative Party treasurer, was among those given gongs in a surprise honours list snuck out by Downing Street before the Easter weekend
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Record small boat crossings for start of year in blow to Rishi Sunak’s migrant pledge
The Home Office called the figure “unacceptable” and said it showed the importance of getting flights to Rwanda going as soon as possible
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UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy
Britain rolls out sanctions and summons Chinese ambassador as it points finger at ‘Chinese state-affiliated actors.’
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6 bits of terrible news slipped out by the Tories as MPs head off on Easter holidays
As MPs break up for the Easter recess, Rishi Sunak’s government attempted to sweep some bad news under the carpet, including stats blunders and embarrassing reports
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Rishi Sunak mocks Liz Truss’s claims she was ousted as PM by the ‘Deep State’
Ms Truss made the claims to a US audience when she attended the big conservative conference CPAC
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Neighbour of murdered MP Sir David Amess says promised security guards are failing to turn up
Conservative MP Vicky Ford, who represents Chelmsford in Essex, said that twice this year security guards had not turned up when she’s held constituency surgeries
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Rishi Sunak launches surprise reshuffle with 2 ministers OUT hours after committee grilling
James Heappey and Robert Halfon quit just months ahead of a general election
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Press should not be gagged from naming suspected criminals, says Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that suspects have a ’reasonable expectation of privacy’
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Liz Truss enjoys £32,000 worth of freebie trips to USA in a single month
Of the 29 days in February, Ms Truss spent 19 travelling in the United States - skiing and attending events with conservative US politicians
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China targets group of senior UK politicians with string of cyberattacks as urgent meeting called at Westminster
It’s not the first time serious warnings have been made in government about the China threat
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Chancellor under fire over claims £100,000 not a “huge salary” as he fights to hold on to seat at election
Salary not a huge amount in his leafy Surrey seat
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Tory Esther McVey ’claimed taxpayer cash to rent flat just 25-min walk from husband’s property’
Esther McVey has previously pledged to clampdown on waste, saying the Government doesn’t want ’to see a single penny of your hard-earned cash wasted on unnecessary public spending’
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Labour wants assurances over NHS software provided by racism storm donor's firm
The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), of which Tory donor Frank Hester is Chief Executive, has been awarded more than £400million of NHS and Government contracts since 2016
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'It'll soon be last orders for the opportunistic pub bore Anderson'
Having flip-flopped from Labour to the Tories and then to Reform UK, Lee Anderson will most likely be out on his ear come the general election, writes Brian Reade
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Two ex-Tory donors to profit from £6.4million Rwanda contract for Home Office
A pair of wealthy former Tory donors are set to profit from a multi-million Home Office contract to practice forcing asylum seekers onto planes heading to Rwanda
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One in five Tory MPs want May general election as ‘no point in dragging it out’
Rishi Sunak has been accused of 'running scared' after he doused feverish speculation that he could send voters to the polls on May 2 to tie in with the local elections
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Liz Truss accepted £20,000 paid-for trip for 'great minds' by mystery US group
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss stayed at a five-star hotel called The Cloister on a private American Island for a gathering hosted by a group that 'values selfless leaders'
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