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Labour pulls off historic win in Selby and Ainsty as MP, 25, gains seat
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Nigel Adams, who is claimed to have quit in a strop after being denied a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Lib Dems 'romp home' in Somerton and Frome overturning 20,000 Tory majority
In a massive blow to Rishi Sunak, Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Dyke swept to victory in a seat previously held by former Tory MP David Warburton
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Tories hold Boris Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat by 495 votes
The by-election was sparked after the shamed ex-Prime Minister quit Parliament in a strop after a damning Commons probe ruled he had deliberately misled the House over Partygate
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'Andrew has more serious questions to answer - Charles must not be a fool'
Eyebrows have long been raised over the Duke of York’s conduct – from paying millions of pounds to a woman he said he did not recall having met, to saying he could not sweat
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'Hypocrite' Health Sec hires £170k NHS bureaucrats as pay shrinks for top docs
The Health Secretary is demanding consultants call off strikes, which have postponed non-urgent care, and accept a below-inflation 6% 'final offer' wage increase
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Teen jailed for three months after buying abortion pills to end pregnancy at 17
Celeste Burgess, from Nebraska, has officially been sentenced to 90 days in prison and two years on probation after she and her mum ordered abortion pills on the internet when the then 17-year old was 29 weeks pregnant
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NatWest apologises to trainers after saying it had no "appetite" for business
The High Street lender turned down a trainer's application for a loan saying “lending to businesses associated to racecourse trainers currently falls outside the bank’s appetite”.
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Seven bits of bad news Rishi Sunak snuck out as MPs go on six-week summer break
Ministers have hurried out dozens of official reports, statements and transparency data before the Commons adjourned for the summer recess on what's known in Westminster as 'Take out the trash' day
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Rishi Sunak eyes Cabinet reshuffle as Tories fear by-election drubbing
Rishi Sunak is hoping to reset his premiership as the party faces a bruising night at the polls - with voters due to deliver their verdict on the Tories in three crunch by-elections
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Tobias Ellwood faces being ousted from defence post over video 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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Falklands War hero blasts EU as it calls islands 'Malvinas' in win for Argentina
Simon Weston, who suffered terrible injuries when his troop carrier ship was bombed in the 1982 conflict, lashed out at Brussels for calling the archipelago 'Islas Malvinas'
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Failed PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss pocket £18,000 each in severance payments
The two former PMs were handed thousands of pounds in taxpayers' cash while former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was given £16,000 after just 38 days in the role
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Chris Pincher got almost £8,000 in severance after he quit amid groping claims
Former top Tory Chris Pincher, who was responsible for maintaining discipline among Tory MPs, was paid £7,920 after he quit in disgrace last year following allegations of groping
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Rishi Sunak lashes out at EU in diplomatic spat over disputed name for Falklands
The Prime Minister lashed out at the EU after it used the Argentinians' preferred name for the South Atlantic archipelago which was fought over in 1982
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Politician humiliated as trousers fall down as he's about to give speech
A politician was left red-faced after his trousers fell down when he was about to give a speech when he flashed his undies to the crowd as they plunged to his ankles
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'So what if Nigel can't use his posh bank - the rest of us can't use Europe'
Nigel Farage is on the warpath because the King's bank booted him, says Fleet Street Fox. If only the rest of us could do the same
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Farage skewered on live TV as expert explains to him why Coutts shut his account
The GB News presenter was given a lesson by financial commentator Frances Coppola when the pair appeared on BBC2's Newsnight
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Date of first King's Speech announced as Sunak outlines pre-election plans
King Charles will formally open Parliament on November 7, Commons Leader Penny Morduant has told MPs
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Coutts hits back in row with Nigel Farage over shutting his account
The bank insisted it does not close customer accounts 'solely on the basis of legally held political and personal views'
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Uxbridge Tory refuses to back down over call to abolish NHS as by-election held
As voters go to the polls in the crunch Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, Reem Ibrahim stood by her criticism of the health service that she wants to scrap
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Rishi Sunak facing humiliation that will signal end of 14 years of Tory misery
The Conservatives will have the deep blues if the misgoverning UK party loses a trio of by-elections across England in what would be a momentous political moment
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'Parents shouldn't worry their kids might be stabbed when they leave the house'
We’ve had years of Tories talking tough yet the murder of her son by two 17-year-olds is another tragedy highlighting the absence of effective action to save the innocent
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Tories go to war over unflattering photograph of London mayoral candidate
Conservative Party Deputy Chairman wrote to the Evening Standard's editor to express her 'sincere disappointment' at today's front page announcing Susan Hall had won selection contest
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What could be in Labour's manifesto as Keir Starmer faces policy showdown
The Labour leader will this weekend gather with party officials and representatives behind closed doors to begin thrashing out key ideas for the party's next manifesto. The Mirror looks at the key debates.
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Customers to get three months' notice of bank account closure amid Farage row
The Government will force Banks to provide a full explanation for terminating an account after Coutts Bank allegedly shut Nigel Farage's account amid concerns he is seen as 'xenophobic'