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Rishi Sunak lost for words as he’s asked how it feels to be a loser on TV
The PM, who is in Japan for the G7 summit, was grilled on how it feels to have lost more than 1,000 Tory seats in his first test at the ballot box in local elections earlier this month
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Labour warned Black MPs 'losing faith' in response to 'hierarchy of racism'
A letter signed by Black Labour MPs has demanded urgent action is taken to bring in changes recommended in a bombshell report by Martin Forde KC last year - who found a toxic culture of disputes existed under Jeremy Corbyn
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Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty lose £500,000 a day as wealth drops to £529million
The mega-rich PM and his wife are now worth around £529 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. But it's been a tough year for them, as in 2022 it was estimated they had a fortune of around £730 million
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Patients at risk of serious harm from 'corridor care' at A&E units, nurses warn
The Royal College of Nursing’s annual congress heard one doctor had to give a cancer diagnosis in a crowded corridor and that failings are causing 'catastrophic harm'
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Sunak claims he will still be PM after election - despite Labour's poll leads
The Prime Minister told journalists travelling with him in Japan he was confident he would remain in No10 after voters have had their say at the ballot box
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'Once again we are paying the price for the Tories' privatising water firms'
Since being sold off, these monopolies have paid out more than £65bn in dividends to shareholders while their bosses have raked in millions
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'Rocco Forte is Labouring under the misapprehension we want him to stay'
Hotelier is just the latest in a long line of whinging rich and famous people who threaten to quit the UK if they don't get the government they want, says Paul Routledge
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Water companies 'will add cost of cleaning up sewage spills to customers bills'
The trade body representing the mega-rich water companies said consumers will face 'modest upward pressure' on bills as part of their £10billion modernisation scheme
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Matt Hancock says Tories may be torn apart by Braverman's 'extremist' fans
The shamed former Health Secretary said he was alarmed by the 'Trumpian takeover' taking place and branded right-wingers 'Conservative Corbynistas' following the National Conservatism conference this week
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Rishi Sunak's election agent duped voters with fake council tax demand
The PM's Tory election agent produced the scam leaflet that scared people into think they owed money as it was made to look like it came from the local council
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Full cost of Queen's Elizabeth's state funeral and mourning period published
More than £161million was spent during the period of national mourning after the Queen's death on September 8, which culminated in the solemn State Funeral on September 19
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Bank of England chiefs ambushed over rocketing inflation and interest rate hikes
The Commons Treasury Select Committee held a rare sitting outside Parliament - and went to Threadneedle Street in the heart of the City of London to tackle the Governor and his deputies
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Japanese firms pledge to pump £18bn into UK projects as Sunak lands in Hiroshima
The announcements came as the Prime Minister met with leading Japanese companies in Tokyo on the first leg of his four-day visit to the country on the first leg of his four-day visit to the country
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China 'tried to keep Covid outbreak quiet' and first death earlier than believed
A Senate investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has presented further circumstantial evidence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the leak - though admits there's no "smoking gun"
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Rishi Sunak reverses away from Tory immigration pledge to reduce net migration
At the time of the 2019 election, net migration stood at just over 250,000. Figures are expected to be published next week showing the figure hit 700,000 people last year
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Deluded Jeremy Hunt insists 'everything is going well' in speech to Tory donors
At a glitzy fundraising event at the Dorchester Hotel, the Chancellor urged Conservative supporters to block out all the “negativity” after the party's catastrophic local election results
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'Thatcher's ghost' and 'Trump tribute act' - inside 'mad hatters' conference
The much-mocked National Conservatism Conference was held for the first time in the UK, with conspiracy theorists, culture warriors, Donald Trump fanatics and right-wing Tories ranting about all the things they hate
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Boris Johnson's fan club buy caps from China despite claiming to be patriotic
The foreign-made hats were handed out as supporters of the ex-PM gathered in Bournemouth for the inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation
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Rishi Sunak 'too busy' to watch Tory rival Liz Truss's Taiwan speech
The snub came after Liz Truss - Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister who almost crashed the economy - lectured the West on the need to reduce 'dependence' on Beijing
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Voter ID is 'gerrymandering' - and biggest election losers are disabled people
While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory
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Houses could be built on green belt to get prices falling says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader said he would give the go ahead to building on green belt land to ease Britain's chronic housing crisis and make homes more affordable, if he becomes Prime Minister
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MP left 'speechless' after night time volunteer relives arrest before Coronation
Suzie Melvin was one of three volunteers for Westminster Council’s Night Stars safety scheme who was help by officers hours before King Charles was crowned - despite their organisation working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police.
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Tory tells families to ditch Heinz baked beans in latest out-of-touch advice
Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, who previously said firefighters using foodbanks should 'learn how to budget', became the latest politician to offer advice to families struggling with the spiralling cost of living
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Top Tory makes cringe Holly and Phil analogy in cheap shot at Angela Rayner
In his first stint standing in for Rishi Sunak, the Deputy PM made a cringe comparison to the This Morning presenters, who are claimed to be all smiles on the surface but fighting behind the scenes
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Angela Rayner recalls 'sick feeling' of fear she couldn't pay bills as young mum
In a feisty PMQs exchange, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, who was a single mum at 16, said the Government was 'taking a wrecking ball' to measures to help kids out of poverty
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