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Post Office recap - Fujitsu boss says firm has moral duty to pay compensation
Post Office scandal victims Alan Bates and Jo Hamilton were among those who gave evidence to the Commons Business and Trade Committee today on their fight for justice
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Republicans create 'Trump Monster' as GOP is now 'fully-fledged far-right party'
Donald Trump's record-setting win in Iowa has shown the GOP is now a "fully-fledged far-right party" and the other candidates are just "campaigning to be a better version of Trump", it's been claimed
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Boris Johnson's dog fails - from leg humping to killing Queen's swan
Boris Johnson's dog Dilyn once killed a gosling in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, and that's not the only time the pooch has landed the former Prime Minister in hot water
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Late Queen's inappropriate question to Boris Johnson after weird dream
The late Queen was quick-witted and very funny, according to those who knew her best. And she had the best response to Boris Johnson when he confided in her about a dream he'd had
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Boris Johnson backs 'Baked Bean Plotters' as Rishi Sunak faces Tory Rwanda fight
As Rishi Sunak faces a bitter battle between warring Conservative factions, Boris Johnson said he supported amendments from right-wingers aimed at hardening the Rwanda plan
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Donald Trump storms to victory in Iowa in first battle for Republican nominee
Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus by a massive 30-point margin, destroying second-place finisher Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and forcing fourth-place vote-getter entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to drop out of the race
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Donald Trump takes cheap jab at dying Jimmy Carter during Iowa Caucus speech
Former President Donald Trump was declared the 47th president by a supporter during a speech in Iowa on Monday, where he took a swipe at his family and praised his sons
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'I live in chronic pain but won't back assisted dying, kids are being killed'
Despite spending his days in agony, Andrew, who suffers from spina bifida, tells The Mirror why he will never support Esther Rantzen's petition for assisted dying to become legal in the UK
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Controversial Rwanda asylum policy explained as Sunak faces crisis if he loses
Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on the Rwanda asylum policy, which has opened up another Tory civil war after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful
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Starmer 'must seize more votes from Tories than Blair in 1997' to win majority
New analysis shows Labour would need a historic 12.7 percentage point swing from the Tories to get the keys to No10 - larger than the 10.2 point swing Tony Blair won in 1997
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Two popcorn tubs could decide the US presidential nominee amid machine distrust
Iowa caucus voters were seen using popcorn buckets and notepads to vote in the 2024 Republican primary - and this isn't the first time the odd tradition has been seen
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Drivers to save 3p per litre on fuel as stations forced to publish price changes
A new Pumpwatch scheme will force fuel stations to update price changes, with drivers then able to check prices via mobile apps, price comparison websites and sat-navs
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'Houthi missile that hit US container in Red Sea is proof conflict is not over'
The danger of escalation across the region, and Hamas-backing Houthi leaders citing the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza for their own attacks, is a genuine concern
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Sunak in crisis as top Tories Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith defy him
Rishi Sunak has been rocked after two Tory deputy chairmen - Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith - both said they were backing rebels on his Rwanda bill
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Boris Johnson supporters demand Tory MPs send 'letters now' to oust Rishi Sunak
David Campbell Bannerman, chairman of the Conservative Democracy Organisation, said the party's MPs will be responsible for 'Harakiri' if they fail to remove Rishi Sunak
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MP makes bizarre call for everyone in Parliament to publish their own DNA data
Labour MP Barry Sheerman told the House of Commons that he'd done a DNA test and found out he has roots in Ireland and Sweden, and called on all other MPs to do the same
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Rochdale report on aborted foetus in freezer, fatal injection and caged girl
The damning 173-page report in Greater Manchester Police and other authorities' failed handling of Rochdale grooming gangs' abuse of young girls was released today
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DWP says disabled people will be able to apply for grants online from April
Access to Work grants are intended to help people with disabilities, or physical and mental health conditions to get practical support, including special equipment, travel costs, or a sign language interpreter.
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Dictator 'deployed OnlyFans star to spy for his KGB secret service' fearing coup
OnlyFans model Daria Ostapenk has been detained in Poland where she is suspected of collaboration with the Alexander Lukashenko's secret services for up to seven years
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Rishi Sunak won't say if he'll sack top Tory Lee Anderson over Rwanda threat
Lee Anderson, the Conservative Deputy Chairman, is expected to back rebel amendments seeking to toughen up legislation aimed at getting the deportation flights off the ground
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Full list of top Tories set for defeat as poll shows 1997-style election wipeout
The YouGov survey of 14,000 people indicates Cabinet big beasts such as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps could lose their seats at the general election
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'The more we learn, the worse the Post Office’s Horizon scandal becomes'
This is not about vengeance, although some of the wronged are entitled to want that, this is about corporate, judicial and political systems that failed
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'We can't let them off the hook' Post Office campaigners demand bosses punished
A “long list” of people should face justice in court for trying to cover up the Post Office scandal, a former minister has said as sub-postmasters’ champion Alan Bates said “don’t let them off the hook” as he called for compensation as well
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'Experts are scared that terror risk has soared because of Yemen airstrikes'
It is possible the escalation may go up a few more notches before reaching the point of no-return when all sides have to agree to stop or hurtle towards all-out war
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'Union battleground may decide election as huge dividing line remains'
Labour would, for starters, introduce unfair dismissal rights from day one instead of two years into a job, outlaw exploitative zero-hours contracts and put a stop to fire-and-rehire dirty tricks