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Braverman is wrong - diversity is one of our strengths, says Baroness Amos
The Labour peer dismisses the Home Secretary's recent assertion that “multiculturalism has failed” and believes the UK should cheer the progress that has been made
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'People dead, towns evacuated - maybe Rishi Sunak could make an appearance here'
Surely the Prime Minister's time would be better spent domestically at the moment, instead of making a trip to world capitals for an exchange of platitudes
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Anger in Israel and Gaza could 'very easily spin out of control'
Former Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says the opening of the Rafah crossing into Egypt is important progress - but extracting British citizens held by Hamas will be very difficult
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No Tory seat is safe if Keir Starmer's by-election blockbuster is repeated
Polling expert Chris Curtis writes for the Mirror: No government has ever lost a seat as safe as Tamworth, while Labour’s victory in leafy Mid Bedfordshire illustrates how there aren’t any “no-go” areas for Kier Starmer’s party.
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Just Stop Oil eye Strictly for high-profile stunt as BBC bosses ramp up security
Protesters have discussed ways to interrupt the hit BBC One show as part of a campaign to step up the climate group’s action this autumn, prompting a security review
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Sky News' Kay Burley's Palestinian ambassador comments 'potentially misleading'
More than 1,500 complaints were made to Ofcom after Sky News anchor Kay Burley made 'potentially misleading' comments following the Hamas attack on Israel
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Gove and Rees-Mogg's seats at risk if Labour repeat by-election drubbing
New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons
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Crisis for RAAC schools as Government won't put mobile classrooms on grass
Aylesford school in Warwick was forced to close 29 classrooms where RAAC is suspected to be present - but can’t be inspected because of asbestos - but they're only getting 9 mobile buildings after officials insisted on them being erected on hard surfaces only
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Georgia Harrison has 'serious conversation about running as Labour Party MP'
Former Love Island star Georgia Harrison has campaigned for better laws around image-based sexual violence following the conviction of her ex-partner, Stephen Bear
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Time is running out as thousands plea for Gaza aid as Israel braced for attack
Air-strikes on the Palestinian Strip continued on Friday as conditions for residents worsened amid rationing of medical supplies as they await aid convoy from Egypt
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'The country is willing Labour to victory - and willing the Tories to leave'
The scale of Labour’s achievement is remarkable - the swing to Labour in Tamworth is the second largest recorded at a by-election since the Second World War
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'Like Oscar-winners, Keir Starmer cleans up everything, everywhere all at once'
Labour made history with its double by-election victories - in Mid Bedfordshire, which Nadine Dorries won in 2019, it was the biggest majority ever overturned at a by-election
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Rishi Sunak meets Palestinian leader as Israel's war in Gaza looms
The Prime Minister held talks with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and also met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on the latest leg of his diplomatic tour
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Strictly Come Dancing star is banned from his kids school parents' evening
BBC's Strictly Come Dancing star Ed Balls has revealed that he was banned from his kids' school parents evening as they were so embarrassed by his stint on BBC show
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This Morning star Matty Lock cause of death shared following inquest
Labour councillor and regular This Morning guest Matty Lock died in September this year, with ITV stars paying tribute to the teenager from Merseyside following the tragic news breaking
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Nuke veteran, 86, delighted to get his medal from the King's man
Great-grandad Jackson Hasson was presented with the nuclear medal by his local Lord Lieutenant, but Tory ministers are still stalling on arranging a Royal event for other survivors
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Mortgage rates hoped to be nearing a peak as UK banks go under the spotlight
Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group are due to update shareholders on their third-quarter earnings and outlook for the year
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Red Arrows displays grounded four times in two years by faults in ageing jets
High-octane shows by the RAF's famous aerobatic unit had to be scrapped or scaled back because of engineering problems with the Hawk aircraft, according to a freedom of information request
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'Rishi Sunak is about to step up the destruction of Britain - to spite Labour'
Rishi Sunak knows he will lose the next General Election. Fleet Street Fox argues that he will abandon hope of saving his party, and instead do all he can to spite Keir Starmer
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American Airlines posts $545 million loss for third quarter as revenue flat
American Airlines posted a disappointing loss for the third quarter of the year
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Joanna Lumley and Ricky Gervais blast Rishi Sunak on trophy hunting import delay
A string of stars have signed at letter to the Prime Minister urging him to deliver on the Tories' 2019 election manifesto, which promised a ban on trophy hunting imports
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Exact date when a UK cap on refugee numbers comes into force
The Home Office wants an annual quota agreed with councils for the number of refugees coming legally - but the move will do nothing to tackle small boats' Channel crossings
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Moment Tory strops off stage as both losers make swift by-election exits
Both the Conservative candidates for Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire rushed off the stage and were ushered out by Tory activists after suffering embarrassing by-election defeats
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Laughing pal of Tory says 'I only back winners' in video - hours before he loses
A woman named Thea tells the Tory candidate for the Tamworth by-election she 'only ever backs winners' and that she always gets 'what I want because I'm that kind of a girl'
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Tory plan to curb teachers' strikes 'hostile act' and 'attack on basic freedoms'
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has written to union leaders demanding talks over a deal so teaching can continue in classrooms even while other teachers walkout