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Owner of steel giant Tata raked in £3bn profit last year - as 2,800 UK jobs axed
While paying out £1.4billion in dividends, steel giant Tata took £500m from UK taxpayers to build a new arc furnace that won't make up for the 2800 jobs it culled last week
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'Four Labour defeats in a row are a reminder to take nothing for granted'
One hundred years ago the first ever Labour government had to prove they were not 'wild men' who couldn't run the country, writes Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire, and it falls to Keir Starmer to prove the same
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Donald Trump demands '100% of the vote' as he rips into Haley on Truth Social
Donald Trump spent the morning on Truth Social, insulting his opponents and declaring that he should get '100 percent' of the votes in the New Hampshire primary
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'Harry Kane shows the era when kids were ignored or told to shut it is over'
When surveys suggest that perhaps one in every five kids has a problem with their mental health, initiatives like the Mirror-backed Here4You campaign with the support of footballer Harry Kane can make a difference
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Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race while backing Donald Trump
Florida's Ron DeSantis has suspended his presidential campaign against Donald Trump, after once being considered Trump's most formidable opponent in the Republican primaries
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Blundering Tories give flasher ex-MP Peter Bone £5,600 of our money by mistake
The Cabinet Office handed Peter Bone £5,593 in severance pay after he spent 82 days as Deputy Commons Leader even though he was not entitled to anything as he's over 65
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Vladimir Putin announces North Korea trip to establish 'International Order'
North Korea and Russia plan to establish a "new multi-polarised international order" - which is a veiled threat against the US as both countries plan to build a united front against Washington
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UK town that waited 67 years for a train station – and still doesn't have one
The West Lancashire town of Skelmersdal had its rail service cut when town planners tore up the rails in 1956 - locals have been waiting for a train ever since
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Tories take £300k from cannabis millionaire dubbed 'Wolf of Wall Street'
Nigerian-born Lebanese entrepreneur Bassim Haidar lives a life of luxury being snapped with A-listers including Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone, and has donated thousands to the Tory party
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Heartbreaking reason Prince William and Harry attended Eton when they were young
The elite establishment has seen some of the UK's most famous names pass through its doors but less well known is why the princes were sent there in the first place
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Teacher who sleeps in car describes trying to keep up with job while homeless
The number of working professionals like nurses and teachers who have nowhere to call home has rocketed up since 2020 - while at least 140,000 children are thought to be homeless
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'PM Sunak is ignoring the real will of the people by sticking to Rwanda plan'
After threats of rebellion from right-wing Tories over the Rwanda deportation plan failed to materialise, the bill is now headed for the Lords where members are in a fighting mood, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie
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Donald Trump in epic rant about 'Democrats, communists, Marxists, and fascists'
Donald Trump is facing four lawsuits in different states, and has been trying to gather support for his claim that all his legal woes are 'witch hunts'
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'Conversation might soon become a lost art if tech keeps taking over our lives'
Doing things the old-fashioned way allows many people to salvage a little social interaction, writes guest columnist Lisa Riley, but we're losing the art of chit-chat as more tech takes over our lives
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Disgraced ex-MP gets to keep work laptop for big discount after being booted out
A new round of MPs expenses has been published - and along with ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier's top laptop deal, more MPs have put in claims for wellies and a trip to a flag conference
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Kids should be given jabs at home to combat spike in measles cases, Labour says
The UK Health Security Agency declared a “national incident” warning too few youngsters were protected against the potentially deadly virus - Now Labour have called on the government to let health visitors administer vaccines during home visits
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Tories block £30m cash that could help Labour mayor reopen northern airport
Local Labour leaders have been working to revive the scuppered Doncaster Sheffield Airport, providing transport in the north a much-needed boost after Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of HS2
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Fujitsu should set up fund to compensate Horizon families says senior Labour MP
A 2021 inquiry heard the children of wrongly convicted subpostmasters were “bullied” and “spat at” in the wake of the scandal. Now Ian Lavery says Fujitsu bosses should set up a 'substantial trust fund' to compensate families of the victims
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Johnny Mercer pays back £2,000 of taxpayers cash he spent on political leaflets
MPs are banned from claiming expenses for campaign leaflets - and are only allowed to charge taxpayers for non-political informational publications
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Landlords welcome MP's bid for easier pub opening extensions for sporting events
Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck's bill comes after licensees and councils faced an “admin nightmare” when England reached the Women’s World Cup final this summer
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Trump has 'skeletons in his cupboard' that could ruin his 2024 White House bid
As the race for the 2024 Republican candidate got underway with the Iowa caucus on Monday, former President Donald Trump took a lead in the ballots, winning 51 per cent of the votes
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Best and worst UK areas for roaring business – does your town make the list?
Where is the best place to open a small business in 2024? Analysis of government data on SMEs shows where they are thriving and where small business are struggling
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Trump 'mixes up Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley' day after seen with 'hand sores'
During a New Hampshire rally, Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters remarking on the size of number who had gathered before seeming to mix up the Pelosi and Haley
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'Hold Tata's feet to the fire - 3,000 job losses will devastate the community'
The mass cull at Tata Steel works in Port Talbot would devastate workers, families and communities - shutting the last blast furnaces would also mean we have to import steel
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David Cameron's Foreign Office blows £70,000 on Clever Nelly app to help memory
David Cameron, who famously left his daughter at a pub, leads the Foreign Office where thousands of pounds of taxpayer cash is being spent on the Clever Nelly memory app