All news on the topic: Politics

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Rishi Sunak's migration plans suffer brutal mauling as Lords inflict 11 defeats
The onslaught in the upper chamber came just a week after the Government's defeat at the Court of Appeal over plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
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Tory Education Secretary told to come clean over teachers pay proposals
Schools across England will face disruption on Wednesday and Friday as members of the National Education Union (NEU) down tools in the latest of a series of nationwide strikes
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Afghans who fled to Britain risk homelessness due to UK housing crisis
The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage
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Government must hit those found breaching petrol price rules with big penalties
Requiring pricing data to be made available for third parties to allow the creation of price comparison apps and websites is intended to generate a competitive market
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Australian Ashes - biggest cricket dispute in 90 years sparks diplomatic row
After taking a look with his expert eye, Rishi Sunak has accused the Aussies of breaking the spirit of cricket with the controversial dismissal of England player Jonny Bairstow
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King Charles gets rapturous welcome in Scotland ahead of ' second coronation'
Charles will be presented with the Honours of Scotland - the country’s crown jewels - during a service of thanksgiving and dedication at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh
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Disgruntled Tory faction warned their immigration plans will be disaster for NHS
In a brazen challenge to Rishi Sunak, 20 disgruntled MPs who call themselves the New Conservatives said the party faces wipeout in the polls if it fails to drag down net migration, which is at a record high
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New pollution limits could 'suffocate steel firms without help to go green'
Campaigners warned companies in the threatened industry need support to move to environmentally-friendly processes before it is too late
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Cleverly warns against return to Brexit wars as UK-EU relations 'in good place'
The Foreign Secretary said he 'personally' feels the relationship between London and Brussels is 'in a good place' as he addressed EU parliamentarians this afternoon
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Lee Anderson in spat with Laurence Fox as he misses immigration report launch
The outspoken Tory deputy chairman had been set to speak at an event outlining a list of immigration demands by 20 MPs - but did not appear and instead spent some of his morning arguing with the Reform UK leader
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'Count Binface is the best replacement for Boris Johnson in Uxbridge'
The Uxbridge by-election has a predictable parade of lunatic candidates, says Fleet Street Fox. Count Binface is not one of them
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Fuel retailers to be forced to give price data to stop drivers being ripped off
It comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog found drivers paid an extra 6p per litre for fuel last year amid increased supermarket profit margins
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Fresh Sue Gray spat as probe finds she broke civil service rules before quitting
The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting
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Tory wrecking ball Liz Truss to launch worldwide task force on the economy
The flash-in-a-pan former PM will head a new Growth Commission, made of economists from around the globe, in a bid to address a "stagnation loop" facing the West
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Tory MPs want to block overseas workers from UK care homes in extreme plan
In a challenge to Rishi Sunak’s authority, Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson will speak at the launch of the New Conservatives Group that wants to block social care workers getting visas
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'Labour must push for free school meals – but Keir Starmer seems opposed'
Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire has urged the Labour party to put free school meals at the front and centre of their election pledge, at a time when their leader seems opposed to it
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Super-teacher hit squads to rescue failing schools under Labour plans
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said new improvement teams will target poorer areas as figures show ­children from those ­backgrounds are almost twice as likely to go to an ­inadequate school
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'Labour's plans to raise school standards is promising – every child matters'
Labour has announced plans to raise standard in struggling schools and their reforms sound promising, although the devil will as ever be in the detail
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'Fur farms deal unspeakable suffering to animals – and are killing the planet'
Daily Mirror journalist Nada Farhoud will "never forget" the faces of the poor animals who have spent their entire tormented lives inside tiny cages at fur farms
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Inmate charged with hate crime against transgender double rapist in prison
Rapist Isla Bryson has claimed a breach of human rights after a fellow inmate was charged with a hate crime
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MoD 'doesn't know' how many veterans are infertile after radiation experiments
Yet another veteran of the Cold War has died alone without family, with friends desperately trying to trace distant relatives in the hope they can attend his funeral
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Tory hoping to replace Boris Johnson voted to hike taxes, rents and parking
Local councillor Steve Tuckwell opposed measures to help reduce poverty despite the cost of living crisis causing food bank usage rise in his community
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Lee Anderson suggests eating cat food in new low for his £100,000-a-year TV show
The hypocritical Conservative deputy chairman has begun hosting a weekly programme on GB News despite previously ranting about MPs taking second jobs
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Government aide grew up in poverty and wants to 'shift dial' on social mobility
Alun Francis who grew up in poverty criticised successive governments for failing for decades to grasp the vital role geography plays in social mobility
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Tory minister Zac Goldsmith's life as dad-of-six, two ex-wives, cheating scandal
Millionaire Zac Goldsmith quit as Tory minister today with an extraordinary resignation letter to the PM, months after it was announced that he had split from his wife Alice Rothschild