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Nikki Haley reportedly suspends presidential bid after devastating Trump defeats
Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has reportedly dropped out of the Republican primary race after suffering a series of devastating defeats to former President Donald Trump across multiple states
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Jeremy Hunt's rollercoaster career from English teacher to bid for No10
As Jeremy Hunt prepares to give his 2024 budget statement, we take a look at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's career so far, including his heavily criticised turn as Health Secretary, and his bid for leadership
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Jeremy Hunt narrowly avoided walloping a woman with a bell in Olympics stunt
As Jeremy Hunt prepares to announce what could be the last budget before a general election is called, we hope it goes better than this Olympic blunder where he almost whacked a sporting crowd with a bell
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Taxpayers foot bill after Tory falsely accuses academic of support for Hamas
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan published a grovelling apology to Professor Kate Sang after falsely suggesting that the academic had expressed sympathy for Hamas
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Check your iPhone now to get one of the biggest free Apple upgrades in years
Apple has just released iOS 17.4 which now lets some users sideload apps for the very first time.
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump set for November rematch after Super Tuesday sweep
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are set for a November rematch after they both claimed coast-to-coast victories in the US states on Super Tuesday
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Jeremy Hunt told teachers and NHS staff will quit if austerity used for tax cuts
As the Chancellor considers imposing cuts to pay for tax giveaways in the Budget, a TUC poll of public sector workers found almost 40% are considering leaving their professions
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'Jeremy Hunt thinks he can con us with tax cuts - voters won't be fooled'
The 2p cut in National Insurance is unlikely to woo voters ahead of the next general election - with those earning under £27,000 still losing out from the changes
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Why Donald Trump won't win Republican Presidential nomination tonight
As the race for a Republican and Democratic Presidential candidate heats up on Super Tuesday, here's what is stopping former President Donald Trump from winning today
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Putin 'decides successor with secret son, 9, being groomed to take the reins'
The Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin is allegedly grooming his secret son Ivan to take over with plans to change Russia's constitution so he can pass the power onto him aged 21
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Fury as 'bankrupt' Birmingham City Council waves through £300m cuts and tax hike
Birmingham City Council, which effectively declared itself bankrupt last year, has passed a budget which will see council tax rise over 20% in two years with £300million of cuts
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Tory Michelle Donelan pays damages to professor she falsely branded an extremist
Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has apologised to Prof Kate Sang after demanding a probe into false claims she supported Hamas after the October 7 attack
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Teaching assistant's desperate Budget plea as schools falling apart without cash
James Wilton, 32, who works at a special needs school in Leeds, warned that Jeremy Hunt 'does not have a clue' as it was warned the Chancellor could make cuts in the Budget
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Stop the boats pledge in tatters as arrivals would fill Premier League stadium
The number of people arriving by small boats across the Channel since Rishi Sunak became PM has passed 40,000 with more crossings so far this year compared to this point in 2023
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Travis Perkins says construction sector unlikely to recover until after election
The seller of construction products said that its customers are waiting to see if a potential new government will announce any support for the sector and where interest rates will go
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Rishi Sunak says he goes upstairs during day to check if wife has made the beds
Multi-millionaire couple Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty discuss how they split chores in the No10 flat while the PM says he's 'too exhausted' to read after work
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'Reinvent work experience for teenagers' say former education secretaries
Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett have called for a 'meaningful' relationship between schools and businesses
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How much state pension could rise to by 2030 as annual figure 'to hit £13,000'
If the state pension triple lock is kept in place, AJ Bell has crunched the numbers to work out how much it could be worth by 2030
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WASPI women and state pension campaign explained including £10,000 compensation
WASPI women, born in the 1950s, claim they weren't correctly informed by the Government that their state pension age would go up - here is everything you need to know about the campaign
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Tory minister lets slip details on when the general election will be
The comments from Trade Minister Greg Hands come after the Conservatives were hit by a humiliating blow as the party sunk to its lowest poll rating in almost 50 years
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Border Patrol union mocks Biden's border trip with fake itinerary full of naps
The National Border Patrol Council posted a fake itinerary for the the 81-year-old president’s trek down to Brownsville, Texas in a tweet on Saturday following his visit
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Is Jeremy Hunt trying to ruin our precious NHS, or does he just not care?
Leaving a pensioner suffering in his hospital bed and having to call 999 just to get the most basic attention is the latest symbol of the decay and ruin the Tories are visiting on our NHS
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'Most neglected' pensioner forced to call 999 for help - from his hospital bed
An NHS trust has formally apologised after an elderly man was so severely neglected in hospital that he was forced to call reception and then emergency services just to get some attention
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Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
Fake AI-generated images of Donald Trump posing with Black people are being shared online by his supporters in an attempt to gain voters as fears grow over how AI will affect the coming elections
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40 years after the pits closed, Britain's mining towns still suffer
Four decades after Britain's miners came above ground to fight plans to shut down their pits, a new survey found former pit towns are still falling far behind the rest of the UK because of lack of investment