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'Shameless Johnson's grotesque bid to get dad knighted is nauseating nepotism'
Boris Johnson’s brazen bid to elevate his alleged wife-beater and sexist predator dad to a knighthood is utterly nauseating, appalling nepotism - we feel sorry for the honest people who earned their titles and watch aghast as the entire system is demeaned
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Tories 'hitting firms hard' with 'yo-yo' tax rates that keep going up and down
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to pledge to end the "11th hour" approach to corporation tax taken by the government as Jeremy Hunt faces calls not to hike it in next week's Budget
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'Honours system rewards duty and courage - concepts alien to Boris Johnson'
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson doesn’t care that he is devaluing the system with his 100-strong resignation honours list - any more than he appears to care his father has been accused of sexual harassment and domestic abuse
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Outrage as shameless Johnson nominates alleged wife-beater dad for knighthood
A discredited ex-PM making his discredited dad a Sir, could anything better sum up the establishment’s sense of entitlement... could anything better sum up Boris Johnson?
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'Digitised NHS too hard for the old, life would be frightening for mum today'
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's mum's final years were happy, she had carers and could phone for help, but life for her today would be frightening and confusing as a digitised NHS proves too hard for older people to access
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Cutting rail and bus fares would 'be vote winner at next election' says Burnham
The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor spoke exclusively to the Mirror on the margins of the Transport for the North conference in Newcastle
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Rishi Sunak resorts to Channel 'gimmick' as France refuses to take back arrivals
The Prime Minister will travel to Paris on Friday, but has failed to persuade French President Emmanuel Macron to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel
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Tories accused of pedalling Boris Johnson's 'conspiracy theories' over Sue Gray
In a salty remark to the Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg accused the respected senior servant of "conniving in secret meetings" and Conservatives vented their anger over Sue Gray's departure to become Keir Starmer's chief of staff
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Firefighters call off strike action as union accepts new backdated pay offer
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said members voted "overwhelmingly" to accept a pay settlement is for 7% backdated to July 2022, plus an additional 5% from July 2023
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Boris Johnson's much-anticipated honours list - 12 most controversial figures
The shamed former PM looks set to cause yet another headache for Rishi Sunak after putting his dad Stanley forward for a knighthood. Here we look at some of the controversial names believed to be in line for honours
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'Arise Sir Stanley Johnson of Outrage-by-Sea, for services to moral corruption'
Boris Johnson has nominated a supposed wife-beater for a knighthood, says Fleet Street Fox. The fact it's his own dad just adds to the outrage
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Tories told to 'get on' with HS2 as Labour vows to build rail line in full
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told the Tories to 'Get on with it, stop wasting taxpayers’ money as she renewed the party's promise to construct the track's eastern leg
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More than 17,000 NHS consultants would vote to strike in ballot next month
The British Medical Association held a consultative ballot to find out if NHS consultants would be prepared to strike over pay and pensions. It will now proceed with a formal ballot next month
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Boris Johnson 'seeks knighthood for his OWN dad Stanley' in cronyism row
The shameless ex-Prime Minister has apparently included his dad Stanley in a 100-strong wish list for honourees, which is currently going through vetting
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Social media ads launched to urge tenants to complain about poor social housing
The campaign comes after the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in his home
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Tory 'Sack the Nurses Bill' would breach human rights, find experts
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is calling on ministers to reconsider 'draconian' anti-strike legislation that would make it easier to sack workers who head to picket lines
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'Rishi is proving disagreeably slippery - and Tory civil war is still vicious'
Kevin Maguire says "venomous" Tories are still fighting among each other while the rest of the nation struggles with economic failure, falling living standards and declining public services
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WhatsApps show Matt Hancock tried to take credit for Covid vaccine
In one leaked WhatsApp message, Matt Hancock warned “It MUST NOT be Alok!” as he insisted he should get publicity rather than business secretary Sir Alok Sharma
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Exact time pubs will stay open until on Charles' coronation weekend
Pubs will be allowed to stay open until 1am on King Charles's coronation weekend after 77% of the public who took part in a month-long consultation backed the move
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Whitehall boss warned Boris Johnson is 'nationally distrusted' in WhatsApp leak
Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020
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Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'
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Meat 'could flood into Britain from countries with weaker welfare rules'
Farmers are worried a new super-trade deal with countries including Mexico, Vietnam and Chile could lead to a massive increase in beef and pork imports from abroad
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Tory blasted for saying Johnson '100%' a man of integrity in Partygate defence
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he 'does not believe for one second' the shamed ex-PM knowingly misled Parliament over Partygate - and said Boris Johnson was 100% a man of integrity
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Rishi Sunak's 'half-baked' immigration plan 'will punish desperate refugees'
Critics have warned proposed legislation banning people who come here on small boats from making asylum claims will bring chaos while failing to end the dangerous Channel crossings
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Boris Johnson flogs London home for £200k under asking price
The ex-Prime Minister and his wife Carrie are swapping the townhouse in Camberwell, south London for a nine-bedroom mansion in the Cotswolds that was on the market for £4million