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Boris Johnson living in donor's £20m home on one of UK's most expensive streets
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is living in a £20m property on one of the UK’s most expensive streets. A similar neighbouring property is being offered for rent for £30,000 a month
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GP numbers drop in Sunak's back yard as he faces private healthcare questions
The Conservative leader is expected to come under fresh pressure over whether he uses a £250-a-half-hour doctor when he faces MPs at Prime Minister's Questions
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‘We work best together - but need a Government as caring as people they rule'
Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the Warm Welcome project - supported by the Daily Mirror - which is helping to heat communities amid the cost of living crisis
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Woman who can't afford to heat home over cost of living says 'I wish I was dead'
Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for MP for North Shropshire, has demanded more support for those struggling due to the cost of living crisis after she was contacted by a woman who feels 'depressed'
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Putin’s most senior official to quit over Ukraine war and 'plans to move to UK'
Vladimir Putin's ex-Kremlin chief of staff Anatoly Chubais, who stood down over war in Ukraine, is reportedly planning to move to the UK after a poisoning scare
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Benefit sanctions will continue under Labour as party 'reforms' Universal Credit
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said conditions on benefits were “important” to uphold people's “rights and responsibilities”, and will continue
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Jobcentres to 'broker' over-50s work under Labour after hike in long-term sick
Welfare chief Jonathan Ashworth pledged to “de-risk the journey into work” if Labour get into government - but he warned benefit sanctions would remain for some who refuse to engage
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Brazen Shapps says striking paramedics are 'risking lives' in 'poison' crackdown
The Business Secretary is accused of 'demonising' striking ambulance workers as he turns his fire on the unions - and publishes a Bill to enforce minimum service levels on unions
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Fanatical supporters flock to Bolsonaro's bedside after he's rushed to hospital
Devotees have travelled in recent days to the temporary home of Jair Bolsonaro, a gated community with towering waterslides in Osceola County in Florida, US. He signed autographs, hugged children and took selfies with his adoring supporters
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All UK cat owners could have to microchip their pets soon - for a morbid reason
The Transport Minister said microchipping cats is the best way to reunite owners with dead pets, as campaigners want the law changed to force drivers who hit cats to inform police
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Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps tweet with failed UK rocket
The image tweeted by the Business Secretary appears to show him enjoying a solitary visit to Spaceport in Cornwall. In fact, he was accompanying Boris Johnson on the trip - and the former Prime Minister was originally front and centre in the photograph
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Steelworkers warn of risk of job losses as Tories cut back energy support
The Government is curbing help for firms hit by surging energy prices - raising fears for the future of the UK's fragile steel industry amid sky-high costs
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What's on table to end NHS strike as nurses could get cash - or backdated pay
One minute you'll see nurses maybe getting a cash payment - the next minute the Tories are cracking down on the right to strike. It seems both could be true, but one might be more true than the other...
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Vulnerable children kept waiting hundreds of days for mental health treatment
Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson branded the situation 'disgraceful' and said that children in dire need of help had been left to suffer
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Matt Hancock denies getting fake hair or veneers after he's spotted in Istanbul
'This story has no teeth. It’s hair today, gone tomorrow," said Matt Hancock, who is still paid £84,144 as an MP. His spokesman also insisted he did not buy any knock-off Calvins
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'Tories are responsible for strikes as they refuse to start proper negotiations'
We urge Rishi Sunak to authorise constructive engagement to find common ground with these desperate workers. People rely on the NHS and he is failing to deliver
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Thousands of benefit claimants to be spared reassessments under Labour DWP plan
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will announce a string of planned reforms to the DWP system, in a bid to get more people into work
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Tory Andrew Bridgen suspended from Parliament over lobbying breach - for 5 days
MPs approved a suspension for Andrew Bridgen after a standards body blasted his "careless and cavalier attitude" to the rules. But the punishment is not severe enough to trigger a by-election
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NHS staff told to work harder as pay talks with Tories branded 'an insult'
Health Secretary Steve Barclay was today accused of insulting NHS staff, who the Tories roundly hailed and applauded for their dedication at the height of Covid
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Ex-minister quits Tories with stinging rebuke and heaps praise on Keir Starmer
Claire Perry O’Neill said the Conservatives are now “dominated by ideology and self-obsession” while Keir Starmer is offering "sober, fact-driven, competent political leadership"
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DWP leaves disabled people for months without cash under help-to-work scheme
Waiting times for Access to Work grants have skyrocketed - as one employment advisor told the Mirror 'the delays have caused my customers to lose their jobs'
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NHS strikes go ahead as talks end with no deal despite hopes of one-off payment
An 'angry' Unite rep blasted 'insulting' Health Secretary Steve Barclay for offering no deal after talks lasting an hour - despite Rishi Sunak and Downing Street hinting a cash offer could be on the table
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Should Rishi Sunak admit if he uses a private GP? Have your say
Our Prime Minister has been accused of being 'someone who doesn't use the NHS and doesn't understand the scale of the challenge' in turning the troubled system around. What do YOU think?
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'Fanatics' loot new president's office and storm palace in apocalyptic protests
Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, smashed windows and invaded Brazil's Three Powers Square after his rival was inaugurated
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All UK strike dates from railways to nurses as teachers could announce this week
Here are all the strike dates currently planned or being balloted on for major unions including railways, paramedics, DVSA driving tests, DVLA, NHS nurses, junior doctors, teachers, firefighters and DWP