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'Bad taste' Tory MP blasted for using own staff to back up food bank claim
Lee Anderson, who has previously claimed people can cook meals from scratch for 30p, posted a picture of one of his staff members, claiming she earns less than £30,000 but can afford to live in central London and go on foreign holidays
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Ukraine President Zelensky says Vladimir Putin could be dead in bombshell speech
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging his allies to send more weapons to his army before new Russian offensives
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James Dyson blasts Tories' 'stupid' and 'short-sighted' economic policies
The vacuum tycoon and knight of the realm lashed out at Rishi Sunak's Government over its approach to generating growth - and attacked ministers for hiking taxes on firms
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Rishi Sunak takes taxpayer-funded private jet on jaunt around Tory target seats
The luxury RAF plane took a 41 minute flight from London to Blackpool, then on a 28 minute trip over to Darlington - as the PM visited key seats the Tories desperately need to hold onto in the next election
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Boris Johnson compares Vladimir Putin to 'fat boy in Dickens' in strange speech
The former prime minister also urged his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos to "stop worrying about Kremlinology" insisting Russia will "never" use nuclear weapons
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Brits demand action on assisted dying ban as 1 in 3 say 'bring a bill now'
A new poll found overall, 74% of Brits support legalising assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults
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'Clarke's insulting nurses comments prove Tories don't value NHS and its staff'
Today Simon Clarke, who served as a Cabinet Minister when Liz Truss was Prime Minister, had the gall to tell nurses relying on foodbanks they needed to 'budget better and take responsibility'
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Rishi Sunak gives his own wealthy constituency £19m to 'level-up'
The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas
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Rich Tory MP accuses nurses using foodbanks of 'not budgeting properly'
Tory Simon Clarke accused NHS workers of not managing their shrinking personal budgets properly. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who earns £84,000 a year as an MP, sparked fury with his comments
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Faces of condemned as Iranian freedom protests face execution or death
Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Bambos Charalambous gave just a snapshot of the estimated 18,000 arrested since the Mahsa Amini protests began last September
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Labour calls for probe into Boris Johnson's £800k 'credit facility'
Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards calling for an urgent investigation into revelations of the arrangement between the then Prime Minister and a distant cousin
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Rishi Sunak dismisses idea not to share cakes at work for sake of others' health
The food expert suggested creating a 'supportive environment' at work - No 10 gave out mini-cupcakes to reporters in Parliament to show Mr Sunak’s commitment to indulging in sweet treats at work
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Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute
The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'
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UN agency rejects Tory ministers' claims it backs 'draconian' anti-strike laws
The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action
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Mum who fears for family's health in mouldy home 'offered £100 to buy paint'
Lucy Tilley is desperate "to get out" of her flat in Salisbury after finding mould and damp growth in her bedroom. She claims her housing association Stonewater has offered money to paint over it
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'The Public Order Bill will remove what little voice disabled people have'
The Government sees itself as a nanny looking to protect people, writes disability rights campaigner Anna Morell, but today’s inconvenience is tomorrow’s justice won
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Top Tory George Eustice says he will stand down at next general election
The former Environment Secretary joins a growing number of Tories choosing to stand down amid fears Conservative MPs will lose their seats due to growing Labour support in the polls
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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