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Tories rule out pact with DUP, Nigel Farage or SNP to cling onto power in U-turn
Downing Street repeatedly declined to say whether the Tories would strike deals with the DUP or fringe parties like Nigel Farage's Reform and Reclaim, founded by actor turned anti-woke crusader Laurence Fox
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Trump’s sexual abuse victim 'overwhelmed with joy' for women after verdict
E. Jean Carroll appeared in an interview with NBC’s TODAY after a civil jury found former US President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her
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Rishi Sunak defends 'silly teenage' clip saying he had no working class friends
In a fiery exchange at PMQs, Keir Starmer blasted the Government for failing to support Brits as he said we have a PM 'who boasts he's never had a working class friend'
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Putin's pal 'may have been poisoned' as he races to leave Russia with ambulance
Belarusian tyrant Alexander Lukashenko, who has refused to give up power for 24 years, couldn't walk more than a mile at yesterday's Victory Day parade and skipped a breakfast with ally Putin
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POLL: Should there be a general election now
After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down key climate commitments in a major U-turn which plunged the UK's net zero target by 2050 into chaos, do you think it's time we had a government which kept its promises?
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Archbishop of Canterbury savages 'morally unacceptable' Tory small boats bill
Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics
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Andrew Bridgen dodges by-election calls after Reclaim Party defection
Critics said expelled Tory Andrew Bridgen's 'misinformation' has no place in the Commons and demanded he submit to a by-election in his North West Leicestershire seat
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Troubled Trump's leadership rivals who are just as bad for US - and the world
Now legally branded a sexual predator, Donald Trump is having to stave off competition from a roster of Republican hopefuls expected to enter the race and gain popularity among right-wingers with their extreme policies - but who are they?
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Archbishop of Canterbury to condemn Tory migrant plan days after Coronation
Justin Welby is set to join criticism of Suella Braverman's plan to deport new arrivals to Rwanda as proposed immigration legislation is debated in the House of Lords today
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Lorries as long as bowling lanes to be made legal in bid to cut emissions
The longer semi-trailers will mean vehicles can carry more goods and therefore take fewer journeys in a bid to boost the economy and cut emissions, the Department for Transport has announced
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'The barge to house migrants represents failure. The entire policy is sinking'
It symbolises the complete failure of the UK Conservative Government to halt small boat crossings across the English Channel despite Rishi Sunak insisting it's a priority
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Tory 'sacking of nurses' law 'will be revoked when Labour comes to power'
Labour peer Lord Ray Collins of Highbury told the House of Lords that the Minimum Services Bill will be revoked when Labour comes to power "fairly shortly"
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Tories fail to meet target to stamp out NHS waits of more than 18 months
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting described the latest Tory failure as another 'broken promise', adding: 'So much for Rishi Sunak's relaunch.'
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Tories warned not to backtrack as long-awaited reforms for renters delayed again
Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy criticised the government's failure to publish the Renters’ Reform Bill, four years after the Tories promised to scrap no-fault evictions
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Keir Starmer won't rule out Lib Dem coalition if Labour falls short of majority
The Labour leader said he was pushing for an 'outright majority' at the next general election but repeatedly failed to explicitly rule out striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats
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MP Andrew Bridgen to join Laurence Fox's Reclaim Party after Tory expulsion
The North West Leicestershire MP had the whip suspended in January after provoking outrage by saying the life-saving vaccine rollout was 'the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust'
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Peers plot to kill off 'gimmick' small boats bill as Tories face fresh mauling
Former I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant Lord Brian Paddick is leading a charge to throw out the Government's cruel Illegal Migration Bill, while dozens will tomorrow demand changes
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Rishi Sunak takes VIP helicopter for trip that would have taken 1h15m on train
The Prime Minister shunned public transport as he flew on a taxpayer-funded chopper to Southampton where he attempted to brush off his local elections humiliation
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Rishi Sunak stands by law used in Coronation arrests - despite Met 'regret'
The Metropolitan Police force has expressed 'regret' and apologised after it could not prove protestors it arrested on Saturday intended to disrupt King Charles III's Coronation
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Tories abandon 2019 manifesto pledge to recruit 6,000 more GPs in England
Rishi Sunak notably refused to repeat the vow to recruit 6,000 more GPs by the end of next year on a visit to Southampton to promote his new pharmacies blueprint
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Boris Johnson denounced Sue Gray as a 'psycho', ex-aide claims
Former No10 comms chief Guto Harri also claimed Boris Johnson was planning to remove Rishi Sunak as chancellor before he "beat him to it in a way and brought the whole show down"
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Migrant barge arrives in UK waters as it prepares to host 500 asylum seekers
The engineless Bibby Stockholm has docked in Falmouth for vital inspections and refurbishment before being towed to Portland in Dorset where she will accommodate 500 asylum seekers
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Liz Truss heads to Taiwan to attack China's 'increasingly aggressive' behaviour
The former Prime Minister risks creating a diplomatic headache for Rishi Sunak when she flies to the Far East next week to deliver a speech showing solidarity with the breakaway island, which China has vowed to retake - by force if necessary - by 2050
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Ex-world champion boxer who fought David Haye spotted at Vladimir Putin speech
Nikolai Valuev, who was the biggest and heaviest fighter in boxing history, became a politician for the Untied Russia party after 16 years in the ring - in which he faced off against Britain's David Haye
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Boris Johnson 'squared up' to King Charles over Rwanda policy, ex-aide claims
The former No10 Director of Communications Guto Harri claimed the former PM 'went in quite hard' on the then-Prince over his alleged criticism of government policy