All news on the topic: Politics

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'Rishi Sunak has to call an election in 6 weeks - he has no other choice'
The Prime Minister cannot wait until Autumn to call a vote, says Fleet Street Fox. There'll be no-one left in Downing Street by then
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'Tell Netanyahu ground offensive in Gaza would create bloodbath damaging Israel'
There is an overwhelming case for a ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, with the death toll in Gaza – put at 28,176 – and the massacre of 1,200 Israelis on October 7
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NHS crisis sees more than 1.5million people wait for 12 hours in A&E in a year
Hospital chiefs warned that ministers urgently need to draw up a plan to fix the over-stretched health service as figures showed that one in 10 patients waited for 12 hours in A&E
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'Deranged Donald Trump is no friend of Britain - he is a grave security threat'
Boris Johnson rashly endorsed a Trump triumph as “what the world needs” with a caveat about still supporting Ukraine which is why it’s more important that Rishi Sunak and David Cameron break diplomatic convention to publicly identify him as an unacceptable risk
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Water firm bosses to lose bonuses if they dump sewage as Tories nick Labour plan
Ministers have been accused of being 'shamed' into adopting Labour's plans to get tough on water companies after bosses raked in millions in bonuses despite sewage
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'I found it hard coming out, now I might become UK's most senior gay politician'
Jeremy Miles, who will become First Minister if elected leader of the Welsh Labour Party, shared how he found it difficult growing up as a child in the 1980s and later coming out
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Keir Starmer warns Israel's plan to invade Rafah would be 'catastrophic'
Despite growing alarm from countries including the US, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu insists sending troops into the southern Gaza city of Rafah is necessary to eliminate Hamas
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Rishi Sunak told 'swallow some pride' and bring back Boris Johnson by top Tory
Kwasi Kwarteng, who was sacked as Chancellor by Liz Truss after the mini-Budget crashed economy, warned Rishi Sunak that 'something has to change' to prevent electoral wipeout
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Celeb stylist offers tips for Biden to freshen up his look after scathing report
Sara Alviti, a New York and Los Angeles based stylist and beauty consultant, believes she has some helpful tips that could assist frantic Democrats scrambling to try to make the 81-year-old commander-in-chief appear more youthful to the masses
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Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray confirms return to show but also issues apology
Adil Ray has announced that he will be back on the ITV Daytime show this week, taking back presenting duties all the way until the end of May - much to the delight of viewers
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Michael Gove vows to scrap no fault evictions before election after long delays
Housing Secretary Michael Gove made the guarantee today amid fears the Tories were intending to junk their commitments to no-fault evictions after repeated delays
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We borrowed a car with an AI system fitted to see what it's like to live with
Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield spent a week getting to know a new AI system that's being fitted to a handful of mainstream cars to get a glimpse into a new chapter of automotive technology
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Family fight for change after 4x4 driver faces no charges over death of baby, 1
Pearl Black died aged just 22 months, when a Range Rover rolled off a driveway, hitting a garden wall that fell on her as she walked to her local park in 2017. Now her mum Gemma wants to change the law
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'Sunak can no longer stand idly by while families of Brits are in mortal danger'
Dr Salim Ghayyda's appeal to the British Government to help his family fell on deaf ears. He’s now crowdfunding for £100,000 to get them out
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Fujitsu handed £3.4billion in Treasury-linked deals despite Post Office scandal
Despite the firm’s role in the Post Office scandal, it has been handed £1.4 billion worth of deals since the High Court ruled there had been bugs and errors in its Horizon software.
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Tory-run areas more likely to get new schools than Labour ones amid RAAC crisis
Nearly three quarters -72% - of new-build schools due to open by 2030 are in the constituencies of Tory MPs while sites in Labour seats are left to crumble
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NHS doctor begs UK government to save his family in Gaza after 120 days of war
NHS consultant Salim’s parents, eight siblings and 15 nieces and nephews are among hundreds of thousands who fled to Rafah. The city is the crossing point between Gaza and Egypt but they cannot leave as they are not UK citizens
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Lords and Parliament staff scoff 3,000 bags of Cheese and Onion crisps in year
The Walkers potato snacks topped the list of confectionery items sold by Lords retail outlets, shifting 2,580 bags. It was closely followed by Walkers’ Salt and Vinegar variety, selling 2,332, with the standard four-finger Kit Kat in third place, selling 2,298
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Tories quietly change zombie knife ban jail time commitment to 'may face prison'
The Home Office said the policy hadn’t been changed, and that the original release was wrong and was corrected
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Olympic champ Becky Adlington's fury as two swimming pools close every month
Swimming chief estimate that 75% of councils face a swimming pool shortage by 2030 - with almost one in three children already leaving primary school unable to swim a length
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David Cameron's 'green crap' cuts cost families as much as £1k in a single year
In all, the ex-PM’s decision to tear up plans to make all new build homes zero carbon added £2.6 billion to energy bills between 2015 and 2022, according to research from the Green Britain Foundation
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'Labour and business is odd combo - like vodka and tomato or Crouch and Clancy'
When you see Labour going down well with the City, austerity hero George Osborne praising them, it’s a slightly unsettling feeling. Turns out it’s not just me. It used to be you had to wait ages to see how policy was playing out. Now you can get reaction pretty quickly
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Angela Rayner to pledge 'partnership' funding for councils to fix Tory crisis
In a speech to the Labour Local Government Conference in Warwick, the Deputy Labour Leader will say the “biggest obstacle to resolving the crisis” in local government is the Conservative Party
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Starmer says Sunak lacks 'courage' to say sorry to Brianna's mum over trans joke
The Labour leader - clearly still furious about the exchange in PMQs - said Rishi Sunak had broken the first rule of being Prime Minister - "to make every single citizen feel safe and respected in their own country"
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Starmer pledges 500,000 new green jobs 'where you live' - full back to work plan
The Labour leader and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed a united front - outlining the huge infrastructure investments still planned for the party's green plan, despite scaling back the headline £28 billion figure