All news on the topic: Johnny Mercer

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Tory heavyweights Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps, and Penny Mordaunt lose their seats in a General Election wipeout
The fuming former Defence Secretary has laid into the Tories after losing his seat
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Johnny Mercer challenging order to hand over whistleblower names
Afghanistan Inquiry chairman Sir Charles Haddon-Cave gave Mr Mercer until April 5 to handover the names or face up to two years in prison
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1,300 veterans at risk of homelessness from no-fault eviction since Tory ban vow
The Conservatives promised to end no-fault evictions in the 2019 manifesto - preventing landlords from kicking out tenants without good reason - but the ban has been repeatedly delayed
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Afghanistan war hero who lost limbs to Taliban bomb in blue badge row
Ben McBean, who lost an arm and a leg to a landmine blast in Helmand Province in 2008, was furious to receive the blue badge refusal for not "officially meet[ing] the criteria"
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Bombshell mega-poll predicts Tories will lose three-quarters of seats in wipeout
The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted
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Harry 'cheerful on return to US' after seeing King Charles following cancer news
Prince Harry flew to the UK last week where he is said to have spent around 24 hours - with reports of another trip planned just weeks away where he may travel with his two children
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Prince Harry is coming back to the UK after successful King Charles reunion
Prince Harry will travel back to the UK mere weeks after his rushing visit to King Charles. The Duke of Sussex will return in the Spring to celebrate the Invictus Games
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Johnny Mercer pays back £2,000 of taxpayers cash he spent on political leaflets
MPs are banned from claiming expenses for campaign leaflets - and are only allowed to charge taxpayers for non-political informational publications
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Full list of top Tories set for defeat as poll shows 1997-style election wipeout
The YouGov survey of 14,000 people indicates Cabinet big beasts such as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps could lose their seats at the general election
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Carol Vorderman brands top Tory 'sexist' after rant over 'boobs and bum' pics
The Tory peer Shaun Bailey questioned former Countdown host Carol Vorderman status as a 'serious political commentator' as he appeared on GB News last week
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Tory Mercer 'should keep eyebrows shave vow' if he fails on Veterans ID pledge
Veterans' Minister Johnny Mercer - who has been criticised over an attack on Carol Vorderman and his Labour opponent Fred Thomas - earlier this year said he'd shave his eyebrows if Veterans ID cards weren't rolled out by 2024
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Royal Marines hero’s fury at Johnny Mercer's misleading attack on his service
Johnny Mercer claimed Fred Thomas, who is aiming to unseat him at the general election, had 'served five minutes in uniform' - when in fact he was a Royal Marine for seven years and rose to Captain
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Tory minister lashes out at Carol Vorderman after she points out broken promise
Rishi Sunak has been urged to step in after Johnny Mercer raged at Carol Vorderman and his Labour election rival Fred Thomas for highlighting a rise in homelessness among veterans
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Tory Veterans Minister took time out on Armistice Day to film reality TV show
Johny Mercer, who Rishi Sunak appointed to his Cabinet, filmed episodes of prison documentary Banged Up in November 2022. The programme saw him smoke a roll-up cigarette that had been smuggled into his cell in another inmate's anus
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Tory minister tells veterans "there is no cover-up" of missing medical records
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer faced accusations of "dereliction of duty" for not helping nuclear survivors find their missing medical records, but accused others of "politicisation"
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Tory civil war looms as rebel MPs vow to raise hell over Cameron and Braverman
Supporters of ousted Home Secretary Suella Braverman have threatened to "raise hell", while the appointment of David Cameron has left MPs "agog and angry" amid fresh WhatsApp plotting by rebels
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Tory minister Johnny Mercer told to stop spending taxpayer cash on vanity snaps
The Veterans minister has claimed hundreds of pounds on expenses for 20 snaps of himself taken by photo agencies, which he’s used on his website and on campaign leaflets
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MoD admits it may hold almost 5,000 nuked blood files
The MoD has finally admitted it may hold almost 5,000 individual files on blood tests taken during nuclear weapons trials, but says it is too expensive to check them
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Nuke veteran, 86, delighted to get his medal from the King's man
Great-grandad Jackson Hasson was presented with the nuclear medal by his local Lord Lieutenant, but Tory ministers are still stalling on arranging a Royal event for other survivors
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Labour promises the bloody truth to nuke veterans
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner pledged full accountability to nuclear veterans battling for the truth about their missing blood records
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Nuke veterans' long fight for a medal must never be repeated, vows Labour
The nuclear veterans' five-year fight for official recognition has led to a promise of wholesale reform of the medal system
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Tory Johnny Mercer tells veterans to sue Government over missing medical records
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer told a nuclear veteran campaigner to "sue" the Ministry of Defence after being shown evidence that medical records are being unlawfully withheld
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Rishi Sunak's warm-up man Johnny Mercer pocketed £13,500 for being sacked twice
As well as an £8,000 payout after being sacked by Liz Truss, the Mirror can reveal Johnny Mercer was handed £5,500 when he was given the heave by Boris Johnson
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Nuclear veterans still refused a meeting with the PM - as medals are put in post
Veterans who have been victims of state crimes over their medical records are still unable to show the PM their evidence, while a much-wanted medal ceremony with the King has not been arranged
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Nuke heroes may not all get their medal for Remembrance Sunday
Delays have hit the production of the nuclear test medal, with the first ones produced only two weeks ago. Now ministers have admitted not all of the 1,700 who have applied may get them in time
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