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Nadhim Zahawi's tax bill would have covered rises for everyone in his town
Labour’s number-crunching found amount of Mr Zahawi’s tax that went unpaid until recently would be enough to cover this year’s increase for 86,044 people.
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Black market gambling site visits 'trebled during the World Cup'
Research commissioned by the Betting and Gaming Council, which represents bookmakers, suggested a rise in visits to black market sites that are not regulated in the same way
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'Happy Valley's Sgt Cawood has values we need in a leader unlike PM we've got'
Sarah Lancashire's character in the hit BBC TV show Happy Valley has all the attributes we need, unlike the man we've got, writes the Mirror's Polly Hudson
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Steve Barclay accused of being 'part man, part ostrich' over excess deaths
Shadow Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne accused the Government of 'denial and buck-passing' as he suggested the Health Secretary is burying his head in the sand like an 'ostrich'
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Disabled woman 'left in tears' at being kicked out of Wetherspoons in dog row
Louise Harris said the manager at the Wetherspoons told her no dogs were allowed and would not budge - despite her providing proof of Bella's credentials as an assistance dog
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New 'fire & rehire' rules 'not stopping' another P&O-type scandal, union warns
Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation
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Is it fair to be made to work until you're 68? Take our poll
Changes to state pension age mean millions of us are set to graft for longer - but is it right?
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Tory lawbreaking makes UK look 'unreliable' to global allies, warns David Lammy
The Shadow Foreign Secretary said that police fines for both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunk while in No10 - and Tory legislation that aimed to flout international law 'damages our moral authority and political credibility'
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China can spy on millions of Brits through microchips in fridges and light bulbs
China could use small chips in devices to spy on Britons and a report says the potential threat is much higher than that from Chinese-made components in mobile phone masts which led to a Government ban on Huawei products
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Experienced emergency nurses leaving NHS in 'droves', health leader warns
The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian Boyle told MPs he is worried 'burn out will lead to burn away' with existing health service staff overwhelmed
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Boris Johnson loan probe into BBC chair to be run by father of Senior No10 aide
William Shawcross, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, will lead a probe into Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair. But Mr Shawcross’s daughter, Eleanor, is head of No10’s policy unit
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'Rich pals club' where money, power and connections are linked to Tory scandals
The cast list is small but it involves three Prime Ministers, the party’s chairman and two multi-millionaires
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Rishi Sunak urged to 'grow a backbone' and sack Nadhim Zahawi over £5m tax row
Rishi Sunak ordered a probe and admitted there were 'questions that need answering' as the Tory party Chair and former Chancellor hung onto his job for another day
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Rishi Sunak must stick to promise to publish his tax return, demands Labour
Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to get on with his pledge to publish his tax return, which he made shortly after entering Downing Street
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Boris Johnson to be grilled by MPs over claims he lied over Partygate in weeks
The Privileges Committee, which is investigating claims Boris Johnson misled MPs over lockdown-busting gatherings in No10, is set to begin hearings in March. that will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday
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Tory shame of asylum-seeking children missing from hotel run by Home Office
Darren Lewis is appalled by reports that defenceless kids are being abducted from a Government-run hotel for asylum seekers
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Ex-MP 'tried to claim up to £30,000 to fund cocaine habit' court hears
Jared O'Mara is on trial for allegedly submitting 'dishonest' invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority - prosecutor James Bourne-Arton told a court the former MP had 'a significant cocaine habit'
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Should Nadhim Zahawi resign over tax row? Take our poll
Allies of the Tory chairman say he has no plans to quit despite paying a multi-million pound penalty to resolve a dispute with HMRC - but critics say he has questions to answer
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Tories 'testing the water' for two-tier NHS, ex-PM Gordon Brown claims
The former Labour Prime Minister made the remarks after Rishi Sunak proposed charging patients for missed NHS appointments in the summer and ex-Health Secretary Sajid Javid also raised the prospect of charges
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'These careless Tories couldn't care less about Britain'
Nadhim Zahawi admits he didn't care about paying his taxes, says Fleet Street Fox. Tory carelessness costs lives and livelihoods
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BBC boss in Boris Johnson £800k loan row orders 'conflicts of interest' review
Millionaire Sam Blyth, a distant relative of Mr Johnson, allegedly stepped in to acted as a guarantor to up to £800,000 of credit to fund the ex-PM’s his lavish lifestyle when he found himself in financial trouble in 2020
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Sunak orders ethics probe into Zahawi tax row as pressure on Tories mounts
It comes as the the Tory Chairman desperately clings onto his job amid warnings the row over his tax affairs has made his position "untenable"
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Tory Nadhim Zahawi's position 'untenable' as row over tax affairs deepens
Allies of the Cabinet Minister said he had no plans to quit despite paying a multi-million pound penalty to resolve a dispute with HMRC but critics said he had questions to answer
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A&E delays lead to 350,000 patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted in 2022
Shocking figures show a record 350,000 patients waited over 12 hours at A&E last year. Seven years ago just 1,306 people waited more than that time between a decision being made to admit them and admission
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Small firms to get discounts on electric vehicles under Labour plan
Labour plans to give small firms vouchers so it is cheaper for them to switch to heat pumps and electric vehicles under a £700million scheme to encourage businesses to go green