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Full list of everyone Liz Truss blames for her failure as PM
The disaster-prone ex-PM complained she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her wild, uncosted tax-cutting rampage because a "powerful economic establishment" got in the way
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Rishi Sunak and 10 ministers receive nearly £300,000 from oil and gas firms
The revelation came in the week it was announced Shell more than doubled its annual profit to £32billion – its biggest result ever - and sparked calls for an increase in taxes on energy giants
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Tory MP's extraordinary avocado bowl demands to housekeeper 'treated like slave'
Hazel Settas said she was given written instructions highlighting how Tory Jonathan Djanogly and wife Rebecca liked their avocados. The former MP took the MP's wife to court - and won
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'Former PM Theresa May will be appalled at Tory MP's slavery shame'
Two servants at Jonathan Djanogly’s £7million home slaved for 13 hours, with one forced to follow detailed orders on laying out avocado pears
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Tory's housekeeper was 'treated like a slave' and took legal action to get paid
Hazel Settas has opened up about her treatment while employed by ex-justice minister Jonathan Djanogly and his wife Rebecca, who she said told her she was 'worthless'
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Payouts to prisoners cost taxpayers over £30million in six years
The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law
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Rapist cop David Carrick's victim says he set snakes on her in sick punishment
Darciane Nunes Da Silva, who was in a relationship with Met Police rapist David Carrick and was abused by him, is waiving her legal anonymity as she wants to encourage other women to speak out
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Wildlife charity linked to Carrie Johnson probed over £50k interior design bill
Carrie Johnson's boss wife's Victoria Aspinall or her firm received £352,658 over a four-year period from two charities. The £50,000 from Howletts Wild Animal Trust (HWAT) was in 2021
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Cruel British Gas bailiffs got £1.4m in furlough cash during Covid pandemic
Bailiffs forced their way into homes of vulnerable British Gas customers behind on bills. Victims – including the sick and disabled – were forced to have more costly pre-payment meters
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Companies handed £3.7 billion of PPE contracts have links to tax havens
Government estimates show they have provided half a billion pounds worth of PPE that has been left unused.
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Nearly half of Tories want Election this year to sweep Rishi Sunak out of No10
A sensational Sunday Mirror poll today shows that 48% who declared themselves Conservative voters last time either strongly support or support going to the ballot box in 2023 That rises to 61% of all voters
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'Striking firefighters and ambulance workers get blamed for mess Tories caused'
This Government has tried so hard to contribute to the economy, jokes Mark Steel. Nadhim Zahawi went as far as having to pay a £1million penalty when he got caught not paying his tax
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Inside Tory treasurer's cosy dinner parties to link wealthy VIPs with ministers
The super rich were given privileged access to senior ministers at undeclared dinner parties arranged by the billionaire hired as chief Tory treasurer by Rishi Sunak
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Liz Truss has 'half a hope' she can make comeback and lead Tories in opposition
The ex-Prime Minister, ousted after just 50 days after a string of disasters, mis-steps and a mini-budget that threatened to crash the UK economy, thinks she has “lost the battle but this is a long game.”
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Ex-Tory chairman calls for Raab to be suspended during bullying investigation
Sir Jake Berry says the Deputy Prime Minister should be treated like any employee in the private sector, where people facing bullying claims would be stood aside while they're being investigated
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Brexit geniuses stay silent as we lose out by £100bn per year
Brian Reade marks the third anniversary of leaving the EU by lamenting the huge cost the country has suffered as a result
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Boris Johnson's five bizarre claims in interview with superfan Nadine Dorries
In a cosy interview on staunch ally Nadine Dorries's new TalkTV show, Boris Johnson rambled on about painting cows, Tory election prospects and
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TalkTV fans cringe at Boris Johnson's 'car crash' interview with Nadine Dorries
The former Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared on TalkTV to chat with now host – his former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries
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Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson's bond - unwavering ally & 'rock star' remark
Boris Johnson is set to speak with Nadine Dorries about the Partygate scandal that ended his term as Prime Minister in a chat tonight on TalkTV
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PCSO numbers plummet as Tories branded 'asleep at the wheel' - see in your area
Analysis by the House of Commons Library found that the number of community police officers have fallen by more than 4,000 since 2015 across England and Wales. See how your area has been affected
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Rishi Sunak can't call an election as he knows he would lose, says Rachel Reeves
Labour's Rachel Reeves warned that Rishi Sunak is 'holding us back as a country' as he drowns in sleaze scandals - and says he lost to Liz Truss who 'in turn lost to a lettuce... He's not a winner this guy'
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Opponents hit out as rape tweet row Tory escapes punishment despite comments
Councillor Shaun Slator remains suspended from the Conservative Party amid an investigation following his web post about an alleged rape last month
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UK steel industry on brink of 'irreversible decline', MPs warn Rishi Sunak
The Prime Minister has been issued with a stark alert, in a letter seen by the Mirror, about the threat to sector as companies mull job cuts and firms demand help to slash emissions
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Prisoners could soon be able to swap organ for less than year off jail sentence
A bill proposed by Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature would allow prisoners in the US to exchange bone marrow or an organ for time off their sentence, capped at one year
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Joy as new law to protect jobs of pregnant women and new parents backed
Dan Jarvis told MPs they had a "precious opportunity within our grasp to make a real difference to over 50,000 pregnant women and new parents each year"