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Fujitsu should stop getting taxpayer millions after Post Office scandal, say MPs
Japanese technology firm Fujitsu is still being allowed to bid for lucrative Government work even after its faulty Horizon software led to innocent postmasters being sent to jail
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Putin critic found dead after vowing to shed light on 'gigantic corruption'
Alexander Rybin, 39, was discovered by a roadside in Russia’s Rostov region and is the latest in a string of mysterious media-linked deaths - he died after a visit to occupied Mariupol
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South Korea bans dog meat as new law could jail illegal butchers for three years
Recently, surveys have indicated that over half of South Koreans wanted dog meat to be banned, and the majority no longer consume it - but farmers were extremely upset by the bill's passage
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Over 200,000 demand general election now as 'squatter' Rishi Sunak puts off vote
Tens of thousands of people have signed the Mirror's petition calling for a general election now to allow voters deliver their verdict on the last few years of Tory chaos
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Sadiq Khan will roll out free school meals for all primary kids for second year
London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled £140 million plans to extend universal free school meals for the 2024/25 school year, after piloting the approach in state-funded primaries across the Capital from September
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Landlords face crackdown over dangerous damp and mould under Awaab's Law
The Housing Secretary Michael Gove said the law will force landlords to fix homes 'within strict new time limits and take immediate action to tackle dangerous damp and mould to help prevent future tragedies'
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Parents to register home-schooled kids under Labour plan to curb absence crisis
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson vowed to crack down on long term absence after the number of children repeatedly missing class shot up following the pandemic
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Starmer slams Sunak's slow response to flooding as thousands of homes devastated
Touring flooded homes in Loughborough afflicted by Storm Henk Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed the Government's response to the disaster which he says wasn't fast enough
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Mystery fire severely damages Putin family home amid sabotage suspicions
In a shocking video, flames are seen rising from the home of Roman Putin, 45, who is sanctioned by the West for links to his cousin, the Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin
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Junior doctors threaten more strikes if ministers don't return to pay talks now
The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, has threatened further industrial action if Health Secretary Victoria Atkins does not return to the negotiating table
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'Idris Elba's knife crime campaign is welcome, it remains on us to protect kids'
The superstar advocacy of Idris Elba helping to draw attention to the scourge of knife crime will help the conversation, writes Mirror columnist Darren Lewis, but real action begins at home
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Nuked blood: Minister says 'state secret' documents hold no useful information
Defence minister Andrew Murrison was accused of a "disgraceful response" on whether the government holds records of blood and urine tests on its own troops
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Rishi Sunak takes VIP plane to another event despite train taking just two hours
Rishi Sunak has been criticised for getting a plane from RAF Northolt to Warton Aerodrome near Preston just minutes after top Tory Sir Alok Sharma launched a scathing attack on his environmental record
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Rishi Sunak's Treasury 'held up proper compensation for Post Office victims'
Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates
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Tories have failed to deliver on pledge to 'stop the boats' - poll results
Almost 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging to 'stop the boats' more than a year ago. As such, almost 2,000 Mirror readers say the PM has failed to deliver on his promise
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'Idris Elba wouldn't need to ask for a knife ban, if 247 Eton boys had died'
Hollywood star Idris Elba has launched a campaign to ban knives and fund community programmes, says Fleet Street Fox. He wouldn't have to if the country was run by a truly representative Parliament
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Rishi Sunak backs probe into stripping ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells of CBE
It comes as a petition calling for ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE attracted more than one million signatures
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Top Tory slams PM's 'smoke and mirrors' plan for more North Sea drilling
Former Cop President Sir Alok Sharma warned Rishi Sunak was 'not being serious' about tackling the climate crisis as he condemned a law to allow more oil and gas drilling licences
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Check your Sky box today or you could lose 10 popular channels this week
If you don't want to lose a swathe of BBC channels today it's vital that you check your set-top box without delay.
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'The loss of young lives is a scourge on society, it will take all of us to win'
Idris Elba has launched the new Don't Stop Your Future campaign in today's newspaper and the country could come together to say enough is enough
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Idris Elba's issues knife crime plea: 'Together we must end this horror now'
Idris Elba has launched the new Don’t Stop Your Future campaign today which aims to raise awareness of serious youth violence to the very top of the political agenda
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Now even Joe Biden said to have had no clue Defense Secretary was in ICU
Biden did not know the Pentagon chief had been in the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Veteran nuked blood records a 'state secret', admits government
Records of blood testing of nuclear servicemen have been locked away for decades as a state secret, the Mirror can reveal
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Tories pick partner of disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone as by-election candidate
Peter Bone's constituents voted to kick him out of the seat last month after he was suspended from the Commons - paving the way for a by-election in Wellingborough
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School uniform change that could see parents have to fork out £5,165 per child
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson promised to take action to bring down the cost of buying school uniforms as a 'matter of urgency' if Labour gets into power