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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
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'Little ranting Rishi needs to face reality - workers united won't be defeated'
Kevin Maguire argues that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is completely out of touch with ordinary working people as strike action grinds on into the New Year across the UK
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UK only halfway through cost-of-living income squeeze - with worst to come
The bleak analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests the typical household will see their disposable incomes fall by £2,100 over a two-year period
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Brazil's president deploys National Guard as rioters storm Congress and palace
Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have invaded the National Congress Building after months of protests since his election defeat to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Union chief blasts leaked proposal to 'ban' Border Force workers from strikes
The idea was said to have been one of three put forward by officials in the Business Department in a leaked email. A No10 source denied it had ever been considered by Downing Street
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Rishi Sunak accused of 'misleading public' in TV clash as NHS pay talks kick off
Rishi Sunak appeared to finally open the door to nurses getting more money this year - but a union chief slapped him down for misrepresenting talks 'on almost every level'
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Second-job MPs top up salaries by £17m - and Theresa May leads the league table
Around two-thirds of the over £17million of MPs' earnings outside Parliament went to just 20 individuals according to the new analysis of sums declared by politicians
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Use UK steel in British warships to avoid 'double betrayal', urge campaigners
Unions and MPs reacted furiously last year when the Ministry of Defence handed a £1.6billion contract to build three new vessels to a consortium led by a Spanish company
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Tories must bring back Boris Johnson or 'die', ally Nadine Dorries declares
The ex-Culture Secretary praised 'rockstar' Boris Johnson - and said the Tories with Rishi Sunak in No10 are 'heading into the long, cold and brutal wasteland of thankless opposition'