All news on the topic: Politics

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New law could let workers sue their boss if they are harassed by customers
As the Worker Protection Bill moves through the House of Lords, concern has been raised about it stopping free speech due to confusion around the new sexual harassment legislation
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Bungling Tories make surprise admission in election leaflets being posted out
Conservative candidates standing in next month's local elections have been delivering leaflets boasting that they have taken their areas 'from debt free to debt ridden'
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Civil servants announce new strike dates as country faces 'summer of discontent'
The Prospect union, which represents staff across the Civil Service, said walkouts will take place on May 10 and June 7. Thousands of civil servants will strike again in a row over a pay
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'Pressing need' for review of local elections amid voter ID fears
The Tories are accused of trying to rig next month's May local elections by introducing new Voter ID requirements that will disproportionately hit younger people
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Vladimir Putin’s cyber warfare chief sent sex toys after his email is hacked
Ukrainian hackers broke into Sergey Morgachev's AliExpress account and ordered several sex toys and gay pride flags in his name in an "symbolic act of moral humiliation"
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Seven bins per house recycling plan put on hold as Tories fear election backlash
Ministers had drawn up plans to make people separate rubbish into seven bins - one each for food, garden waste, glass, paper and card, metal, plastic, and general waste
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Tories' £140m Rwanda deal has seen no one sent there - a year after announced
Priti Patel boasted it would be 'biggest overhaul of our immigration system in decades' - but 12 months later Labour's Yvette Cooper has dismissed it as a 'Tory con'
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Families could save £500 on energy bills under plan to insulate coldest homes
Around 19 million of Britain's coldest homes will get extra insulation to help families save on their energy bills if Labour gets into power, the party has pledged
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'Tory acts of sabotage against our democratic system will deny millions a voice'
Instead of protecting the right to vote, the Conservatives have gone out of their way to undermine it
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Tory councillor finally suspended after saying 'white men need black slaves'
A Tory politician who allegedly claimed 'all white men should have a black slave' in a leaked voice recording has been suspended from his party as an investigation continues
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Hillsborough survivors say rivals' chants can trigger mental health issues
Rival fans singing hateful songs about the Hillsborough tragedy took Charlotte straight back to the night her father never came home - on April 15, 1989, James Hennessy, 29, became one of 97 who lost their lives at a football match
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Desperate Vladimir Putin to send Russian school-leavers to war for first time
A similar move was vetoed last summer but now Vladimir Putin is prepared to throw young lives into his war in Ukraine with new legislation to send 18-year-olds to the frontline
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Rishi Sunak defends photo ID plan that will make it harder for people to vote
The PM attempted to defend the policy, saying it would help ensure elections are 'high-integrity processes' - despite any evidence of large-scale voter impersonation
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Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out Boris Johnson joining his cabinet
Rishi Sunak swerved a question on whether the door was closed to Boris Johnson joining his cabinet in an interview by ConservativeHome's editor Paul Goodman this afternoon
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Dangerous dogs are available for anyone to buy online with no warnings or checks
Hundreds of XL American bullys and American bulldogs are being sold on sites such as Gumtree and Pets 4 Homes. With just a few clicks we found over 20,000 dogs for sale across the country
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GMB's Ranvir confronts Tory over 'disgusting' comments which affected co-star
Ranvir Singh spoke to Chris Philp MP, the Minister for Crime and Policing, about Suella Braverman's comments regarding British Pakistani men which had caused her co-star Adil Ray to be subjected to 'nothing but racism' since
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People who let out homes to holidaymakers could need planning permission soon
The Government is weighing up the move amid fears people are being pushed out of tourist hotspots by people using their homes on sites such as Airbnb
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Tories believe Channel crossings will increase despite 'stop the boats' promise
Ministers are under pressure to clamp down on people-smuggling gangs as record numbers of migrants are expected to risk their lives making perilous journeys in small boats
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Sewage scandal worsens as data shows 3,000 pumps into rivers and sea last year
The number of “high spill frequency” discharges, when raw sewage is dumped frequently in one area, rose 63% on the year before. There were 3,275 spills recorded in 2022, up from 2,008 the previous year
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Average earner needs to work 400 years to benefit from Hunt's pension tax bung
The Chancellor announced a number of pension tax cuts that are set to benefit the top 1% of the population and a new study has found it would take the average worker around four centuries to achieve the same
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A&E staff may see only patients who arrive by ambulance as doctors' strike bites
Expert is worried the NHS will struggle to cope during the “hangover period” from the strikes next week, and says emergency departments may treat only patients arriving by ambulance
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Ambulance waits in Steve Barclay's own constituency among the worst
Category one patients - the most severe - waited an average of 14 minutes for an ambulance to arrive in the Health Secretary's parliamentary seat of North East Cambridgeshire
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Tories pick ex-BNP candidate who wrote vile messages about Meghan Markle
Andrew McBride has been suspended by the party but it is too late to remove him from the ballot paper where he will be listed as standing for the Conservatives at next month's local elections
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Liz Truss takes swipe at Joe Biden as she defends failed tax-slashing plans
Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister was accused of having 'zero shame' as she blamed the 'co-ordinated resistance' during her disastrous time in No10
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Matt Hancock under investigation for 'lobbying' Parliament's sleaze watchdog
The ex-Health Secretary is facing a probe over claims he tried to influence the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards when they were making a decision into a breach of the Code of Conduct