All news on the topic: Politics

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Nadhim Zahawi admits to 'careless error' as he breaks silence on tax bill row
The former chancellor, who attends Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, has been under pressure since it was reported that he paid HM Revenue & Customs a seven-figure sum to end a dispute
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Rishi Sunak won't resign after second police fine, Dominic Raab insists
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was slapped with a fixed penalty notice yesterday for failing to wear a seatbelt in a moving limousine
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Sajid Javid calls for £20 fee to see GP and £66 charge for A&E
The former health chief said the NHS had become unsustainable and the UK should extend "the contributory principle" to tackle waiting times
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Jacinda Ardern's successor as New Zealand PM announced from just one candidate
New Zealand's new prime minister has been announced following the shock resignation of Jacinda Ardern with Education Minister Chris Hipkins the only politician to put his hat in the ring
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'Germany must realise Putin can't be allowed to win and Ukraine allowed to fall'
If President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian forces are to drive the Russian military from their country they need their allies to supply more equipment and munitions
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HS2 uncovers astonishing English Civil War battle previously unknown to history
The astonishing discovery was made along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail line in Warwickshire earlier this month with experts finding more than 200 pistol and musket ball marks on the remains of a medieval gatehouse
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NHS strike on Feb 6 to be biggest ever as nurses and paramedics walk on same day
NHS Providers director of policy Miriam Deakin says the government’s disastrous handling of the NHS has brought nurses and ambulance staff ­to breaking point - and the workers to the picket line
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Rishi Sunak must cancel April's cut in energy support scheme, Labour demands
In a speech on Saturday the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will urge the Prime Minister to pass on a recent fall in wholesale gas prices to struggling households as the cost-of-living crisis bites
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'Voters see through Sunak's market forces game - that's why they back strikes'
Brian Reade says the Tories are fine with huge salaries and bonuses in the private sector - it's the market - but won't apply the same logic to public sector wage rises
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Mega-rich Tory Nadhim Zahawi 'agrees to pay 30% penalty' to settle tax dispute
Reports emerged today claiming that Mr Zahawi agreed to settle a £3.7 million sum with an additional 30% penalty - with an expert suggesting this means he admitted carelessness
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Voters back teachers' strike as they accuse Rishi Sunak of being 'absent'
A Redfield and Wilton poll for the Mirror found 39% support the teachers’ strike compared to 32% who oppose it. The public believes Rishi Sunak has been 'absent' from efforts to end walkouts across public sector
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Law to stop bosses keeping workers' tips edges closer after seven year delay
If the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill does become law, companies could face punishment if they do not pass over tips - a move the government has repeatedly promised but failed to deliver
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Tory slams 'political' complaints as police probe Rishi Sunak seatbelt clip
Conservative MP Scott Benton said 'politicians should be treated equally under the law' when referring to Keir Starmer's Beergate saga but his position appears to have changed
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'Rishi works for us. We give him £530billion a year to spend on us but he won't'
As the Tories tell us hunger is just a matter of better budgeting, Fleet Street Fox can't help but agree
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Deprived areas that missed out and wealthy winners in levelling up chaos
A massive £2.1 billion was distributed between 111 places across the UK whose bids for cash were accepted, but many of the decisions have been met by a massive outcry
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Children breathe in mould covering homes in Housing Minister 's constituency
Several families on one street are living in homes that have turned green on the outside and have mould festering inside as they fear for their lives
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Dad whose son, 12, died during swimming race hails schools defibrillator rollout
The Mirror is campaigning for all public buildings to be equipped with the lifesaving devices - and the Government vowed to put defibrillators in all state schools by June this year
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'Rishi Sunak is dodgy casino boss and levelling up fund is UK's biggest racket'
The Prime Minister oversees one of the biggest rackets in Britain – the Government’s levelling up fund, but instead of allocating the funds based on need, they are predominantly funnelled towards Tory-run parts of the country
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'Only in Tory UK could poorest households struggle with highest energy bills'
Instead of showing any understanding, the energy companies are forcing more and more people on to meters, and obtaining warrants so they can enter homes to fit the devices
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Anger in 'forgotten town' beset by crime after Tory 'Levelling Up' snub
Levelling Up plans in South Shields turned to dust and local MP Emma Lewell-Buck was naturally incensed, telling voters: “Freeports bid – rejected; towns fund bid – rejected; two levelling up bids – rejected. Levelling up is just an empty slogan"
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Calls for Government to ban firms from making poor fit pre-pay meters
Campaigners are calling for energy firms in the UK to be banned from forcefully installing prepayment meters that risk the poorest in the country being left without heating
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'NHS is dying on its knees and crisis shows wider sickness at heart of politics'
Sharon Graham, General Secretary of Unite, says the National Health Service is on its knees but this is just a snapshot of the sickness at the heart of politics in this country
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Boris Johnson views £4.5m country house as wife Carrie goes shopping at Harrods
The Johnsons visited a lavish multi-million pound house in the Kent countryside, featuring nine bedrooms, a wine store, stables, sauna and tennis court
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Tories chose not to respond to looming nurse shortages 12 years ago
A Labour backbencher has revealed the reply he received from a Conservative Health Secretary after raising fears about a cut in training places for budding nurses
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New £70 million ship bought to protect underwater cables from Russian sabotage
The Topaz Tangaroa has berthed at Birkenhead where she will be repainted, fitted with military equipment and renamed before being relaunched for her vital missions