All news on the topic: Politics

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Supermarket bosses hauled into No10 as inflation rips through family budgets
The crunch showdown comes as the Lib Dems revealed figures showing how customers are still being hit in the wallet even when production costs fall
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Fresh pleas to save steel industry as Business Secretary finally visits plants
Top Tory Kemi Badenoch waited almost three months to visit a steelworks then went to two in a fortnight, where she heard bosses plead for government support to save the struggling industry
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Disney bans strip clubs, tattoo and booze shops from land but not prisons
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been locked in a long-running feud with entertainment giant Disney for more than a year since Disney publicly condemned a bill which would restrict lessons on sexuality in classrooms
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Jacob Rees-Mogg claims Brexit prevented success of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine
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Fulham fans troll Rishi Sunak with chant as PM watches Southampton get relegated
Rishi Sunak may have to travel to Rotherham and Stoke next season if he wants to watch Southampton after they were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday afternoon
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Manufacturing boom for towns, country and coast 'could pump £70bn into economy'
A study by the Centre for Progressive Policy think tank has calculated the potential impact of reviving heavy industry across swathes of Britain
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Labour looks at giving EU citizens and 16 to 17-year-olds general election vote
Millions of EU nationals could be given the right to vote in UK general elections under Labour, along with 1.4 million 16 and 17-year-olds in a major boost to the size of the electorate
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RCN leader says nurses must get double-digit pay rise or risk months of strikes
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will begin voting on May 23 for further strike action up to Christmas after the union's six-month mandate expired at the beginning of the month
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'Boris Johnson left UK in chaos but has fallen on his feet again with £3.8m pad'
The former Prime Minister recently splashed out £3.8million in cash on a plush country manor, just months after leaving Downing Street in disgrace and hurling the country into months of chaos
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Boris Johnson paid cash £3.8m for 9-bed home – after 'complaints over salary'
The former Prime Minister is said to have complained about his £164,080 salary while in power – but has managed to find a way to splash £3.8m in cash on a grand new manor house for Carrie and the family
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Healthcare firm owned by Tory grandee landed £53million in NHS contracts
Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft controlled Medacs Healthcare when it was handed 10 NHS deals worth up to £53million between September 2021 and December 2022, contract notices have revealed
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Charles' very specific seating plan for Coronation put special guests in sight
Among the 2,200 guests at King Charles' coronation at Westminster Abbey last weekend were special guests from his life leading to the crowning moment, including aides and friends
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Tory donor whose mum put Boris Johnson up rent-free gets £12.7m Government deal
Wrightbus, owned by Jo Bamford, son of JCB mogul Lord Bamford and Lady Bamford, will get £6.4m of taxpayers cash as part of the deal
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Tory civil war as Priti Patel blasts Sunak at Boris Johnson-backing conference
Disgruntled right-wing Conservatives, frustrated at the direction the party is taking, descended on Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation
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North Carolina governor vetoes ban on abortions after 12 weeks
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper stamped his veto on the bill which would ban abortions after just 12 weeks in the state at a rally on Saturday, May 13. Current legislation allows abortions until 20 weeks of pregnancy
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Tory Andrea Jenkyns opens Boris-backing conference by singing God Save the King
The Conservative Democratic Organisation, branded a "party within a party" and compared to a Tory version of Jeremy Corbyn-supporting pressure group Momentum, is holding its first conference this weekend in Bournemouth
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Inside the underwater UK village that has a dark past and shouldn't be forgotten
Derwent Waterside Park in North Wales is famous for picture postcard views but under the surface is the remains of a community that saw their homes and livelihoods destroyed
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Keir Starmer vows his reforms will go 'further' than Tony Blair's New Labour
The Labour leader will say he doesn't care if standing up for stability, order and security 'sounds conservative' - and say Rishi Sunak's Tories preserve 'nothing we value'
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'Eurovision will be a chance to stand with Ukraine as they battle invaders'
'That spirit of togetherness is more important than ever at a time when conflict has once again darkened the continent’s doors'
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'Keir Starmer should give us policies instead of fuelling talk of Lib-Dem pact'
The chronic state of the Tories should have an emboldened Labour Party smelling blood - but instead, the noise from the top is of potential coalition
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9 times flip-flopping Rishi Sunak broke his promises - from NHS waits to taxes
The PM has become notorious for chucking promises made to voters as he has whacked up taxes, failed to cut record hospital waiting lists and ditched a Brexit pledge to scrap EU laws
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Tory politicians 'choosing' not to reduce child poverty levels, warns expert
University College London's Professor Sir Michael Marmot said the UK is 'on track to make child poverty worse' - and said the Government could spend more on children in their early year but refused to do so, blaming high taxes
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Joanna Lumley leads celebrities urging Rishi Sunak to keep animal welfare vows
The TV star leads a host of celebrities and animal welfare campaigners calling on the Government to deliver on its pledges about protecting animals and cracking down on abuse
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Tory minister accused of 'nastiness Olympics' in Question Time migration clash
A Government minister was savaged by fellow Question Time panel members over 'morally indefensible' proposals to lock up refugees who reach the UK by small boats in military bases and 'prison' barges
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'Dead hand of Government' stopping deal to avert train strikes, union boss says
Passengers face major disruption today with ASLEF members walking out and on Saturday as the RMT union's members also strike in their long-running dispute