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New deputy Tory chairman faces fresh questions 'over link to white supremacists'
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, who is Rishi Sunak's new deputy Tory chairman, appears in photographs with Skegby Scooter Club regular who supports white supremacist punk bands that reference Adolf Hitler
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Tories' huge bills on five-star jaunts uncovered as Labour publish 'GPC Files'
Ministers are supposed to stay in the most cost-effective hotels, under official guidelines - but Tory bigwigs have spent millions treating themselves to luxury on the taxpayer's tab
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Tory MP Jonathan Djanogly and wife face complaints from four more housekeepers
One housekeeper at Jonathan Djanogly's home alleged she was paid less than the minimum wage to work for the millionaire while another claimed to be owed at least £450
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GP surgeries closing earlier as they struggle to afford soaring energy bills
One in 10 GP partners have been forced to reduce time with patients and nearly a quarter have stopped recruiting surgery staff due to the cost-of-living crisis.
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Truss given £15k by billionaire pal of Prince Andrew to help fund comeback bid
Johan Eliasch has given Liz Truss £15,000 to pay for staff and to support her work. Forced to quit as PM after just 44 days in October, Ms Truss launched her political return last week
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Care leavers slam £200m care plan for kids after review says billions are needed
New research says £2.6bn is needed to provide better support for the 82,000 children living in care while the Tories are touting a £200m strategy to fix the broken system
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'Ukraine will be lucky to get Airfix fighter jets from blundering Tory rabble'
After Ukrainian President Zelensky's plea to Britain for warplanes to fight the Russian invasion, columnist Mark Steel warns that the Tory Government's track record suggests he shouldn't expect much
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Labour demands Whitehall keep out of local issues like tarting up bus shelters
Yet the Government’s nosy parkers even insist councils get their go-ahead to scrape chewing gum off the streets
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Ministers admit 4000 phones given to criminals on probation now 'lost or stolen'
Thousands of basic mobile phones were handed out during the pandemic to help keep track of those being supervised by the probation service, including prisoners temporarily released on licence to reduce overcrowding in prisons
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UK to miss primary school targets after Covid sparks slump in key subjects
Ministers want 90% of 11-year olds to meet expected standards in reading, writing and maths by 2030 - up from 53% seven years ago
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Leaked docs suggest Vladimir Putin is mobilising army of ‘kamikaze’ spies in UK
A Russian intelligence source close to the Kremlin has suggested Moscow will "intensify undercover work with secret informants" across the UK, it has been claimed
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Disgraced ex-MP Jared O'Mara still 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide
Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud
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Prison classrooms meant to teach lags skills during rehabilitation lying empty
A picture of an inmate putting his feet up in a deserted classroom was taken at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, which bills itself as a training prison. Inmates at the jail are supposed to learn skills
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Met Police urged to reopen Partygate probe over claims evidence was 'destroyed'
Unmesh Desai, the deputy chair of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee, has written to Met commissioner Mark Rowley asking him to take “new information into account” and revisit the inquiry
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Radio DJ James Whale considered euthanasia after terminal cancer diagnosis
DJ James Whale said had it not been for his wife Nadine he would have ended it all when he was diagnosed with cancer again, as this time it is sadly terminal
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Tories leave Britain as only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid
The Government wants to blame the pandemic and the war in Ukraine for this dire situation rather than admit it is the product of 12 years of Conservative failure
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Veterans' charity boss fired as questions asked about financial irregularities
Trustees left "trying to save" veterans' charity after firing CEO for 32 "misdemeanours"
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Sunak's promotion of Lee Anderson shows the war on woke is alive and thriving
Brian Reade believes the elevation of the 'bring back capital punishment' MP could have a silver lining for Labour hopes at a General Election
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Rail strikes to continue as RMT union members reject 'dreadful' pay offer
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said members were 'loud and clear' in rejecting an offer from Network Rail and operators aimed at ending the long-running dispute over pay and conditions
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Tory chief Lee Anderson moaned party had ruined the NHS in angry rant
Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson complained that NHS services had gone downhill since the Tories took over in a Facebook post that has come back to haunt him
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5 bits of bad news slipped out by the Tories before Parliament's half-term break
Parliament has gone into its half term recess and MPs aren't due to return to the Commons until February 20 - giving the Government an ideal moment to rush out some tricky announcements
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1 in 4 breast cancer patients waiting too long for care as women 'pay price'
Labour warned of a dangerous postcode lottery in accessing healthcare as analysis identifies the North West, South West and East of England as the worst hotspots for women’s health
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Dominic Raab calls for 'zero bullying' despite facing huge bullying probe
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said he is 'confident' he has 'behaved professionally at all times' after civil servants who worked for him warned they had lost weight, suffered breakdowns or even felt suicidal
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Labour comfortably holds seat in West Lancashire with 10% swing towards party
It was the first time the Tory vote in the constituency has dipped below 30% since the 1997 general election, which Tony Blair's Labour party won by a landslide.
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Ukraine's Zelensky to appeal to world leaders against Russians at 2024 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has come under fire after it moved to water down the outright ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
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