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'Braverman's rhetoric fuels the fire of hate and sets back community relations'
The Voice of the Mirror says that Suella Braverman's dangerous rhetoric is fanning the flames ahead of what should be a time of remembrance for the country
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Tory donor's firm gets £11.5m contract to supply classrooms to RAAC-hit schools
A firm run by Conservative councillor David Wernick – who has donated £71,000 to the Conservative Party, either personally or through his companies – has been awarded an £11.5m contract to supply classrooms to schools struggling with RAAC
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Covid rule-breaker Boris Johnson pushed for 'bigger fines' for public
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handwritten note to colleagues was shown as the former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel faced a grilling from the Covid Inquiry
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Union pledges 'absolute resistance' to any bid to revive rail ticket office cull
TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust warned train bosses and ministers they will face the 'force force' of the union if they try to resurrect plans to shut ticket offices
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Israel-Gaza war sparked 'wildfire of fake news' as expert gives chilling warning
Melissa Ingle used to work in content moderation at Twitter, specialising in political misinformation, and now she's warned that disinformation across the site could have very real world consequences
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Rishi Sunak's key NHS pledge 'in tatters' as waiting list hits record level
Rishi Sunak is accused of failing patients after new figures reveal the NHS waiting list reached a new high of 7.77million at the end of September
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BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt clashes with MP over Braverman's divisive remarks
Charlie Stayt interviewed Mark Harper on BBC Breakfast about the criticism Suella Braverman received over her 'divisive' language concerning pro-Palestinian rallies
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Labour calls on Sunak to quit if he doesn't sack 'dangerous' Braverman
Rishi Sunak was told that if he doesn't sack Suella Braverman it will prove he's "given up on serious Government" - as minister Mark Harper repeatedly refused to back her
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Dominic Cummings has eye surgery and everyone makes the same joke
Former No10 aide Dominic Cummings provoked outrage during lockdown when he drove to Barnard Castle to "test his eyesight". Brutal responses showed people still haven't forgiven him
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'Out of control' Suella Braverman faces sack call after latest anti-police rant
In her latest rant, Home Secretary Suella Braverman accused police of "playing favourites" over protests, claiming far-right thugs are met with more aggression than left-wingers
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Rishi Sunak wastes taxpayer cash on helicopter trip that would be £50 on train
The Prime Minister used a chopper to get to Lincolnshire this morning when it would have taken just an hour if he had caught the 7:27am train from London Kings Cross to Grantham
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Mouth cancer warning as deaths surge after Brits struggle to see NHS dentists
The British Dental Association said that nine in 10 people survive oral cancer when it is caught early but this drops to a 50% when people are diagnosed late
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Trump's creepy breast implant comment about Ivanka resurfaces amid fraud trial
Creepy comments Donald Trump made about his daughter Ivanka regarding breast implants back during her modeling career have resurfaced as she prepares to testify in her father's $250million fraud trial on Wednesday
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Dealing with Boris Johnson's team like 'taming wild animals' Covid Inquiry told
In a staggering WhatsApp exchange, Simon Case, now Cabinet Secretary, told his predecessor that the people in the then-PM's inner circle were "basically feral"
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Suella Braverman is 'out of touch' over homeless jibes, say Mirror readers
After Home Secretary Suella Braverman caused outrage for describing people sleeping rough as a 'lifestyle choice' while announcing plans to crack down on tents for the homeless, we asked Mirror readers if they thought she was out of touch.
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Tory deputy chair slaps down Suella Braverman over her homeless comments
The Home Secretary faces a growing backlash over her cruel plan to fine charities if they give tents to homeless people, but Rishi Sunak is refusing to sack her
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Tories 'jeopardising national security' over steel furnace shutdown, say MPs
Business Minister Nusrat Ghani was hauled to Parliament for a grilling over plans to shut blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, which comes weeks after Tata announced a similar move at Port Talbot
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Royal rift 'couldn't be wider' after Sussexes 'row over Charles' birthday'
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams has shared his thoughts over speculation that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were snubbed from King Charles' 75th birthday party next week
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Civil service chief blasted 'dictatorship' in Covid clash with Dominic Cummings
Lord Mark Sedwill, who was Cabinet Secretary at the start of the pandemic, admitted emergency planners "couldn't cope" with the crisis and warned of "stupid decisions" in a dispute over Mr Cummings' data
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PM concedes 'disrespectful' pro-Palestine Armistice Day protest will go ahead
The Prime Minister held crisis talks with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley in Downing Street about the rally due to take place in London on Saturday
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Blow for Keir Starmer as Labour frontbencher quits over Gaza ceasefire calls
Imran Hussain quit as Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People in protest at the Labour leader's ongoing refusal to call for a ceasefire from Israel's Defence Forces
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Record foodbank demand - and it's about to get even worse as winter arrives
Britain’s biggest foodbank network, the Trussell Trust, has given out a record 1.5million emergency parcels in just six months, and warned winter will get even worse
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Anger as figures show one in four kids could be regularly missing school by 2025
Labour will highlight the stark figure during a debate on the King's Speech warning there could be a 'lost generation of school children' without major action from Government
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Conduct of Trump lawyers 'surprising' as they 'aggressively protect his honour'
The behaviour of Donald Trump's lawyers is "surprising" but not "shocking" as Alina Habba needs to portray her client as the "victim" to help mobilise support among his base, according to a professor
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'Government falling apart as King's Speech full of holes and diluted promises'
The King's Speech was full of holes with Charles surely deserving a better address at the first state opening of Parliament and it was an indication of Rishi Sunak's Government falling apart