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PM urged to press ahead with trophy hunting import ban to block sick souvenirs
Campaigners called on Rishi Sunak to allocate government time for the key legislation to be debated after it was held up by Conservative backbenchers in the Lords
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Minister's pet scoops coveted 'dog of the year' award as MPs show off pooches
MPs from across the political spectrum showed off their four-legged friends while competing for the coveted Westminster Dog of the Year Award
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Sunak breached confidentiality rules over watchdog probe in row over wife's firm
The Commons Standards Committee has issued a ruling following an investigation into the Prime Minister and public statements issued by Downing Street
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Unions warn Rishi Sunak they will use 'all means' to protect steelworkers' jobs
Community general secretary Roy Rickhuss and GMB leader Gary Smith have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over electric arc furnaces at Tata's Port Talbot plant
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Starmer vows to treat people smugglers like 'terrorists' and scrap Rwanda deal
The Labour leader is meeting police and prosecutors at Europol - the EU's law enforcement agency - where he wants to reach agreement on ways to stop small boats "before they get in the water"
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'Shoplifting epidemic is a depressing crimewave made in Tory Lawless Britain'
We despair at the state of lawless Britain where people brazenly steal without any fear of the consequences, and we deplore how shopworkers are threatened for doing their job
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Therese Coffey told off by Speaker for saying Labour did 'sweet FA' on sewage
Labour's Steve Reed called on Environment Secretary Therese Coffey to resign if her department is found to have broken the law through its regulation of sewage discharges
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Top Tory Tobias Ellwood quits defence role after video of him praising Taliban
Ex-Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood triggered fury from fellow Tories with the clip where he credited the authoritarian regime with improving security in Afghanistan
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New job loss fears at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks as £500m deal 'edges closer'
Negotiations between Tata and the Government over taxpayer support for the plant are said to be progressing, with an announcement possibly due by the end of the week
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Fears of 'pharmacy wastelands' as MPs debate closures of community chemists
A debate will take place in Parliament to raise the alarm about hundreds of chemists shutting - as campaigners urge the Government to stump up more cash for the high street lifelines
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Annie Mac tells MPs music industry is boys' club that's 'rigged against women'
The star, full name Annie Macmanus, told an inquiry into misogyny in the music industry that she was often 'the only girl' on line-ups and sound engineers would take up her personal space
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Rishi Sunak faces humiliation in nightmare double by-election within weeks
Voters head to the polls on October 19 to replace Boris Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries and disgraced ex-whip Chris Pincher in a potential headache for the Tories
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Priti Patel says she's deeply angry in astonishing attack on ticket office cull
The former Home Secretary said she and her constituents are "flabbergasted" at the proposed closure of 974 ticket offices, while minister Huw Merriman hinted at future climbdowns
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Rishi Sunak branded 'inaction man' over prison escape and schools RAAC crisis
Labour leader Keir Starmer attacked the Prime Minister for constantly 'protesting that nothing is his fault and trying to tell anyone who is still listening that everything is great'
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What should be done to stop shoplifting - have your say
Epidemic gripping Britain's high streets is costing retailers around £1billion a year - as shameless crooks become increasingly confident they can get away with it - we ask, what can be done?
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Campaigners blast 'time wasting' Tory peers as trophy hunting import ban stalls
Wildlife activists hit out at Conservative backbenchers who they accused of delaying progress in getting the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill into law
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Tories forced to drop candidates amid MI5 fears they were 'spying for China'
A Government minster insisted the party acted swiftly after chiefs from the intelligence agency warned about the possibility the MP hopefuls were agents for Beijing
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'Don't punish British steelmakers for doing the right thing', warns Labour MP
Frontbencher Stephen Kinnock issued the plea to the Government as he addressed industry experts at the UK Metals Expo in Birmingham and outlined Labour's plan for the sector
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Union boss Mick Lynch tells MPs rail ticket office consultations was a 'sham'
Addressing MPs the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary said the cull was "designed to be rammed through while people were looking back the other way"
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Fears over triple lock as George Osborne said he'd be 'tempted' not to pay it
Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne said this morning he would be "very tempted" not to give the bumper state pension rise - expected to be 8.5% - if he was still in post
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Fresh fears over voter ID for crunch general election as experts warn of 'risk'
Two reports by the Electoral Commission and theLocal Government Information Unit warn of the added pressure on polling station staff because of voter identification rules
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Taxpayers face £5m a week cost over planning fee hike delay, warn town halls
The Local Government Association has warned that costs will fall on ordinary taxpayers unless Parliament is given time to approve regulations to raise fees for developers
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'This shoplifting epidemic is a scandal - and wider sign that Britain is broken'
When the British Retail Consortium reports around eight million thefts in the 12 months to March but police recorded only 339,206 cases, it is virtually a free crime
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Keir Starmer 'wrong' on oil and gas but here's how Labour can level up Britain
GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said Keir Starmer had 'got it wrong' with a pledge to ban new North Sea oil and gas licences but Labour could level up the country after Tory failings
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Fears schools face 'double whammy' threat from dodgy RAAC concrete and asbestos
GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said the state of public buildings was 'a metaphor for what this government, for what the Tories have done for this country'