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'PM's nickname of Dr Death is no joke - his scheme may have fuelled Covid'
Thanks to the Covid Inquiry, we now know the Government’s own advisers had strong reservations about the programme - and one professor referred to Rishi Sunak as 'Dr Death'
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Shoplifters strike on average 1,000 times a day as retail theft scourge soars
There were 365,164 offences in the year to June, up from 292,584 in the previous 12 months, prompting retailers and unions to urge the police to do more to tackle the menace
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Commons by-elections are a shameful symbol of our rotten national politics
Groping allegations, watching porn in the chamber, strops over peerages... change can't come soon enough says Paul Routledge
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Pensioners could be left £760m worse off over Rishi Sunak decision
The benefit for 12 million pensioners across the country is due to rise by 8.5% in April under the triple lock pledge - unless the Tories go ahead with a tweak to the system
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Train strikes set to continue until Easter in fresh rail misery for commuters
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union announced a massive majority of its members had approved the action - for the fourth time in a row since the summer of 2022
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MP tells of 'terrifying' moment she feared dying in childbirth in Commons speech
Tory MP Theo Clarke received a rare round of applause from the public gallery in the House of Commons from mothers and campaigners as she called on the Government to do more to help women who experience traumatic births
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House of Commons may lie empty for 20 years because of building's hidden problem
The Houses of Parliament faces a raft of urgent issues, including crumbling reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), asbestos, holes in the floor and leaking ceilings
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Starmer's message to Labour councillors as several quit over Israel-Gaza stance
In a letter to councillors the Labour leader said 'you have my word' the party will call for the immediate access of food, water, electricity and medicine to people on the Gaza Strip
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Billionaire BlackRock boss backs Keir Starmer saying Labour offers 'hope'
Multi-billionaire Larry Fink, who heads the Wall Street giant, praised the party leader for hauling Labour back to the centre ground of British politics following Jeremy Corbyn's premiership
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Starbucks and workers union sue each other over pro-Palestinian post
Starbucks and the SEIU union that is organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war
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'Labour leadership fears unity starting to fray over Israeli-Hamas conflict'
'Amid claims that Labour’s support among Muslim communities is in free fall, Keir Starmer held a meeting with Labour council leaders on Monday to reassure them,' writes the Mirror's Jason Beattie
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Asylum seeker due to return to Bibby Stockholm tells of fears of going back
The unnamed migrant is among dozens of men taken off the three-story Bibby Stockholm barge in August after deadly Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply
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MP Layla Moran's responds to GMB's Richard Madeley's 'ignorant' Hamas question
Richard Madeley and co-star Susanna Reid were joined on the ITV breakfast show by Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West & Abingdon, as she discussed her relatives being stuck in Gaza
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Cher vows to leave America if Donald Trump wins 2024 election
Legendary singer Cher has threatened to leave the United States if former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, which he's currently the Republican nominee frontrunner for
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Who will win Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections - all you need to know
Rishi Sunak faces a huge test of popularity this Thursday as voters go to the polls for two by-elections after Nadine Dorries and Chris Pincher both resigned earlier this year
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'We should unite in grief for the lost lives but not allow it to sow division'
It is still unclear who was responsible for the deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza - the facts have yet to be established but both sides are engaging in claims and counter claims
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Rishi Sunak jets to Israel for crisis talks as war against Hamas in Gaza looms
The Prime Minister is embarking on a two-day diplomatic tour of the Middle East and is expected to meet other leaders as well as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Joe Biden warns Hamas allies to keep out of conflict as tensions mount over Gaza
In a desperate mission to prevent a broader regional war, the US president also told Tel Aviv's leaders not to commit the same mistakes Washington made post 9/11
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Helicopter addict Rishi Sunak wastes taxpayer cash on 60-mile flight to Essex
The PM was pictured by the Mirror getting on a private chopper at Wellington Barracks in Westminster at lunchtime. He flew to Clacton-on-Sea, which is less than 60 miles away
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Rishi Sunak insists he will meet his target of halving inflation
The Prime Minister, who made bringing inflation down to about 5.3% by the end of the year his "number one priority", said: "We've made great progress but I know there is still a way to go"
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Top Tory 'threatened' by alleged fake policeman who pursued him, court told
The ex-Education Secretary, who gave evidence in court today, said he was 'fearful' after being pursued by a 'very aggressive man' that he could be the victim of a knife attack
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American Bully XLs used as 'weapons' and 'protection' by 'criminal underworld'
MPs were warned of the practical difficulties of neutering tens of thousands of the big, powerful animals after the Prime Minister vowed to ban the breed linked to a string of lethal attacks
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Average UK house prices 'little changed' in August as rental inflation soars
Average UK house prices in August were "little changed" from a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), but rental prices continue to rise
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​Intelligence services' Gaza hospital probe will be published by UK Government
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the Commons British experts were analysing information and would come to their own conclusion, which would then be made public
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PM refuses to condemn Tory candidate who told struggling families to 'f*** off'
Andrew Cooper, who is standing for the Conservatives in Tamworth, is facing questions about his suitability to be an MP after the Mirror uncovered the offensive Facebook post