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New Partygate WhatsApps show No10 aides feared 'p**s up' stories getting out
An unrepentant Boris Johnson insisted there was 'no evidence' to show he knew rules were being broken with lockdown bashes - despite the Commons Privileges Committee saying it should have been 'obvious' to him
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Fifth of struggling Brits benefitted from donated food in cost-of-living crisis
The finding comes after grocery price inflation soared to 17.1% - adding £811 to households’ annual shopping bills - and with the Government under pressure to do more to help hard-up households
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Inside Tories' lavish £400-a-night hotel with caviar facials and 7-course menu
Conservative MPs spent the day and night at the Fairmont Windsor Park, the same hotel where Rishi Sunak agreed his new Brexit deal European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.
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Mothers of Manchester Arena victims say ministers have left them 'numb'
The grieving families of teenage sweethearts Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford want the government to change the law so they can register the deaths of their children
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Pablo Escobar's hippos to be removed from Colombia as they go out of control
The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have been declared a toxic invasive species because they have no natural predator in Colombia and pose a biodiversity risk because their faeces changes the composition of rivers
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'If only Harry and Meghan had a house in Windsor, it'd all be so different'
YEAH RIGHT, says Fleet Street Fox. From Megxit to Sue Gray's Partygate report, Britain has to fix its mistakes
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Damning Partygate report says Boris Johnson may have lied - with new photos
A 24-page dossier by the Commons Privileges Committee lays out a string of questions Boris Johnson will have to answer when he is summoned to give evidence in a live showdown in the week of March 20
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Jeremy Clarkson wins 'UK's sexiest man' and isn't the list's only unlikely hunk
It won't earn him diddly squat, but Jeremy Clarkson has apparently been voted the sexiest man in the UK - and he's not the only surprise name on the list
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Omagh bombing families say town thrust back into 'dark ages' after shooting
One of the family members of a man killed in the Omagh bombing has said the recent shooting of DCI John Caldwell has thrust the town in Northern Ireland 'back into the dark ages.' Michael Gallagher, who knows Caldwell, condemned the attack
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MP faces five day Parliament ban over alcohol-fuelled incidents in Commons bar
Neil Coyle, who lost the Labour whip after the complaints, faces the sanctions after a report from the Independent Expert Panel, which considers allegations of misconduct by MPs
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Nick Robinson ends interview with Tory for failing to answer Partygate questions
Furious Tories have tried to claim Partygate inquisitor Sue Gray's move to work for Labour reveals a plot to oust Boris Johnson - but Today programme presenter Nick Robinson pointed out she 'didn't deliver the suitcases of alcohol' to No10
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HS2 boss says delays among options being explored to curb rising costs
Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the HS2 high-speed rail project over the past year has been ‘significant’ as bosses and the Government consider delaying to curb costs
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Boris Johnson 'made plans for tougher Covid restrictions on night of No10 party'
Matt Hancock's leaked WhatsApp messages reportedly reveal that plans were being drawn up for tougher lockdowns that would ruin Christmas for many, on the same night as a Downing Street party
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Matt Hancock wanted to 'get heavy with police' in Covid rule-breaker crackdown
Leaked WhatsApp messages reveal that the former Health Secretary was keen to crack down on those breaking Covid lockdown rules just days before a party was held at 10 Downing Street
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Tory minister put on the spot on Question Time over Matt Hancock messages
Fiona Bruce asked energy minister Graham Stuart whether he found leaked WhatsApp messages from his former colleagues 'embarrassing' on last night's BBC Question Time
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Two-faced Tories give key workers no recognition, praise or reward post-pandemic
The only people who failed to appreciate this were Matt Hancock and the then Education Secretary Gavin Williamson who, like silly schoolboys, sent puerile messages in which Williamson accused teachers of being lazy
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Ministers joked about travellers stuck in quarantine hotels during pandemic
Matt Hancock's leaked messages reveal that ministers and officials made jokes about people arriving in the UK during the Covid pandemic being locked up in quarantine hotels
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Millions of women's jobs paid less than the Real Living Wage, research shows
The study comes as the world prepares to mark International Women's Day next week with a focus on "equity"- and the Living Wage Foundation said: "True equity needs to start with a Real Living Wage"
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Tories book entire £400-a-night hotel in desperate brainstorm bid to save seats
Conservative MPs spent the day and night at the Fairmont Windsor Park where they were bombarded with presentations on how to save their seats at the next election after dire poll ratings
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Voters demand immediate public inquiry into handling of Covid pandemic
A poll for GB News reveals support for speeding-up the probe chaired by Baroness Hallett, following disclosures in the "Lockdown Files" - a leaked cache of Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages
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Teachers rage at 'disgusting' Tory WhatsApps saying they 'really do hate work'
Teachers and unions have hit back after leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe
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Minister says more must be done so sex offenders can't change names and vanish
Sarah Champion told the House of Commons it was "truly chilling" that those who commit horrendous sex crimes can make a "nonsense" of systems to keep track of them
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Trump can be sued by cops and Congress over deadly Jan 6 riot, it is confirmed
The Justice Department has said the First Amendment's free speech protections do not cover Donald Trump's 'incitement of imminent private violence'
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'Our nerves can handle no more - Jeremy Hunt must act now on energy bills'
The Tories continue to run the country making decisions at the 11th hour, says Paul Routledge, but the chancellor must act urgently ahead of the Budget to avoid a cliff-edge calamity
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Partygate investigator Sue Gray quits to take top job under Keir Starmer
The senior civil servant, who authored a bombshell report into lockdown-busting parties in No10, became a household name during the scandal that rocked Boris Johnson's Government
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