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'Chancellor looks relaxed as higher interest rates push Britain into recession'
Kevin Maguire writes that Jeremy Hunt is relaxed about plunging Britain into recession - no wonder Labour and Keir Starmer are enjoying healthy double-digit poll leads
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Russian ambassador 'offended' by questions threatens to end TV interview
Moscow's man in London repeatedly clashed with BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg as she grilled him about his country's invasion of Ukraine
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Tributes paid to miners' leader and Tower Colliery hero Tyrone O'Sullivan, 77
He spearheaded a buyout of the Cynon Valley pit and the 239 staff marched back to work in January 1995 in a triumph for staff at the South Wales coal pit
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Tories claim hundreds of pounds in driving fines back on expenses sparking fury
Sir Alastair Graham, former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said it was 'scandalous', adding that MPs should have to pay their fines 'like the rest of us'
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Desperate Sunak plans supermarket price cap on basic foods like bread and milk
No10 is planning to make a deal with supermarkets as it becomes increasingly worried the cost-of-living crisis gripping Britain could derail the Tories’ slim hopes of winning the next general election
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'Kate Middleton's killer charity CEO must atone for his sickening crime'
As a teenager, Paul Carberry chased a man down a train carriage and stabbed him to death. The killer is now the celebrated CEO of one of the biggest UK children's charities
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'This explosion of infighting will only get nastier as the Tories collapse'
For a long time, Labour’s strategy has been to sit back and watch it happen. I’m not a fan of this but it is increasingly hard to argue with
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'Suella Braverman missed a valuable lesson by swerving speed awareness course'
Rachael Bletchly says sitting through a public speed awareness course may have made Home Secretary Suella Braverman a more thoughtful politician as well as a safer drive
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Boris Johnson's new lawyers set to cost taxpayers more than £1 million
Labour said it was “outrageous” that hard-working taxpayers will continue to pay Mr Johnson’s legal bills, as he “rakes in millions from globe-trotting speaking gigs”.
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Campaigners' fury at 'delay' to LGBT veterans report that's 'shame upon the UK'
After a Sunday Mirror campaign, ministers ordered a review of the hardship suffered by veterans during and after their service as a result of the cruel ban
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Tories making Britain 'sick man of Europe' - with north hit twice as hard
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary blamed record NHS waiting times and out of date benefit rules for trapping people out of work
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Top Tory's cringe flip-flop stunt branded 'lamest joke since Liz Truss'
The £16.99 flip-flops, bearing Keir Starmer's face, are significantly cheaper than the £95 designer sliders favoured by Rishi Sunak
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Labour slam Rishi Sunak's 'increasing habit' of making false claims to MPs
Labour say they’ve identified six occasions where the Prime Minister has made “misleading” remarks to MPs in the Commons - some of which he’s later walked back
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Family of Range Rover 'show off' victim furious he could be out in five years
Yagmur Ozden died after Rida Kazem, 24, lost control of his £180,000 Range Rover, catapulting her onto tube tracks. Her family has now spoken out saying they are furious at his short sentence
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Boris Johnson and disgraced sexual predator Trump meet for dinner to discuss war
A spokesman for Johnson said that the discussions between the pair were focused on Ukraine, as both men face criminal charges for differing reasons
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US state clears 12 people accused of being witches - 370 years ago
Senators voted to exonerate 12 men and women convicted of witchcraft over 370 years ago, with 11 of them executed, largely thanks to forts by descendants and history enthusiasts
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Boris Johnson breaks silence as he slams new Covid rule breaking claims
Johnson was approached by Sky News at Washington's Dulles Airport where he went on to slam Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, while suggesting they handed diary accounts to police "without any attempt to understand what these things actually mean or refer to"
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'Tories are so insulated from everyday life they have no idea how tough it is'
If people thought Jeremy Hunt had some sympathy for their plight they should think again
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Vulnerable kids put in foster care up to 500 miles from home amid carer shortage
Former Children’s Minister Edward Timpson, whose own family fostered over 90 children, joined calls for people to consider fostering a child as he said carers have 'never been more needed'
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Machine guns, pistols, rifle and ammunition 'lost' by Ministry of Defence
Freedom of Information requests have revealed the weapons and ammo lost or stolen by the MoD in the past two years - sparking fears they could fall into the wrong hands
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More than 13,000 people denied vote in Voter ID crackdown at local elections
Voters were left in tears after seeing people turned away at polling stations for not having the correct ID as rules were enforced for the first time at this month's local elections in England
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IRA plotted to murder late Queen on royal yacht during US trip, FBI file claims
A man threatened to drop an object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the royal yacht Britannia when it sailed underneath, or would attempt to kill Queen Elizabeth when she visited Yosemite National Park
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Waffling Tory leaves ex-Dragon's Den star with head in hands on Question Time
Tory minister Laura Trott tried to heap blame onto Labour when grilled on Question Time about her own Government's broken promises on slashing net migration figures
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6 bits of bad news slipped out by the Tories as MPs go on half-term break
On the final day of Parliament before recess - dubbed ‘Take Out the Trash Day’ - the Government rushed out a flurry of announcements. Here's what you might have missed...
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'Government reliant on overseas labour because it failed to invest in training'
The latest figures show the Conservatives have lost control of the immigration system - and despite Tory promises to cut the number coming here, net migration has reached a record high