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Rishi Sunak confronted over 'lethal chaos' in NHS after death of woman, 26
Labour leader Keir Starmer told MPs about the tragic case of a woman called Stephanie, from Plymouth, whose mum called 999 - but the ambulance failed to arrive in time
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Mum warns parents after daughter, 11, was groomed on Spotify
'Rachel', a primary school teacher from Greater Manchester, opens up about discovering her eldest child had been groomed to send explicit photographs on Spotify and is working with a safeguarding expert to help other parents
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'Out of touch' Tory MP says nurses using food banks should 'budget better'
The comment was made by former levelling up secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke as thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions
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Jeremy Hunt mocked for 'Mr Bean-esque' video explaining why inflation is so high
The Chancellor was accused of airbrushing out Liz Truss's disastrous economic policy as he blamed Covid, the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices for inflation in a bizarre two-minute video
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Iain Stirling addresses ‘weird’ Love Island replacement of wife Laura with Maya
Love Island voiceover star Iain Stirling has been the commentator on the show since it first launched in 2015
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Ed Balls has Susanna Reid blushing with racy jokes on Gary Lineker studio prank
Good Morning Britain reported on the gaffe on Wednesday morning, after the BBC apologised to viewers who were ‘offended’ by the coverage
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The UK Government has blocked Scottish gender reforms - what it's all about
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned Rishi Sunak's Government the decision to stop the landmark reforms - a constitutional first - will 'inevitably' end up in the courts
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'Paying strike-breaking nurses is a bit rich - what a pity we can't sack Tories'
The £40 per hour inducement to cross picket lines at York Hospital is unlikely to be the only instance of lucrative deals being dangled before the eyes of replacement staff
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Watchdog slams Government over security vetting delays and backlogs
A damning National Audit Office report outlines the scale of delays hitting checks, which Labour said was "a stinging rebuke from the independent watchdog"
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Starmer says 'I know what it's like to struggle with bills' in personal message
The Labour leader has used a party political broadcast to share his experience of growing up - as he vows to restore 'confidence about this country, the British people, and everything that we can achieve together'
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NHS bosses offer nurses £40/hour to cross picket line - but refuse fair pay deal
Recruitment firms are offering nurses £40 an hour to cross the picket line ahead of a two-day walk out, despite Downing Street saying for months there is no extra cash
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Teen died from sudden heart attack as life-saving kit locked in school mins away
Jamie Rees, 18, suffered an unexplained cardiac arrest at a friend’s house in the early hours of New Year’s Day last year and passed away despite his friends' desperate attempts to save him
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'Jenga' lectern used by Liz Truss during 49 days as PM cost taxpayers £4,000
Downing Street has revealed that £4,175 of public money was spent on the higgledy-piggledy lectern that was specially made for Liz Truss, before she was forced to quit
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UK to ban conversion therapy for all - after U-turn on exclusion of trans people
The Government will publish draft legislation setting out its plans for a ban on conversion therapy, which forces people to change or deny their sexuality
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Rishi Sunak U-turn tracker - all the Prime Minister's screeching changes
The Prime Minister has only had a brief stint in Downing Street so far but he has already U-turned on major pledges made during the Tory leadership campaign
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Tory minister breaks ranks to suggest 16-year-olds old enough to change gender
Gillian Keegan's comments came after the UK Government triggered the 'nuclear option' and blocked the landmark gender reforms passed by the Scottish Parliament in December 2022
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Rishi Sunak bows to Tory revolt over tougher punishments for social media bosses
The Prime Minister caved to Tory pressure on the Online Safety Bill after an amendment to make tech chiefs criminally liable if they do not block minors from seeing damaging content garnered dozens of signatures
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Susanna Reid tears Jeremy Clarkson apology apart as he grovels to Meghan Markle
Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid read and commented on the fresh statement from Jeremy Clarkson for his condemned newspaper column on Meghan Markle
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'Those paid to uphold law must find foolproof system to not recruite villains'
Carrick joins Wayne Couzens, the Met officer who kidnapped, raped and then murdered Sarah Everard as she walked home in London, as one of the worst criminals in the history of the force
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Rishi Sunak faces 'sacking of nurses bill' fury at 'insulting' anti-strike plan
Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner branded the Government's controversial Strikes (Minimum Services) Bill 'irrational and so insulting' as protesters gathered outside Downing Street during a tense debate
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Rishi Sunak blocks Scottish Government's gender reforms in constitutional first
The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon described the move on Monday evening as a 'full-frontal attack on our democratically elected Scottish Parliament'
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Teachers back seven days of strikes in February and March - full list of dates
The NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, voted for rolling walkouts from February 1 to March 16 in England and Wales. See the full list of strike dates below
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'Iranians threaten to destroy body of executed dual national Alireza Akbari'
MPs were told doubt has been cast on the timing of his death - and that his corpse could be "destroyed" unless his family cooperated with Iranian authorities
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Boris Johnson to publish memoir 'like no other' of scandal-hit No10 spell
The shamed former Prime Minister - who was ousted in July after a massive rebellion by his own MPs - has signed a lucrative book deal with HarperCollins Publishers
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Rishi Sunak told it would be an 'outrage' to block Scotland's gender reforms
The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if the UK Government uses Section 35 of the Scotland Act to block the landmark reforms it would be showing 'complete contempt' for Holyrood
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