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Keir Starmer has his say on Michael Gove's 'spineless jellyfish' insult
The Labour leader accused the Tories of having nothing to say about what they have done in government after Cabinet ministers lined up to insult him at last week's Tory conference
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Keir Starmer tells why his wife won't be introducing conference speech
In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, the Labour leader Keir Starmer spoke about how his wife Victoria, who works in the NHS, is a helpful sounding board for ideas
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Rishi Sunak 'totally ignored' older people in Tory conference speech
Silver Voices, which campaigns on behalf of over-60s, said the PM’s conference speech had no clear answer on the social care crisis or hospital waiting lists
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Transport boost for north as local Labour leaders near deal to revive airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed last year despite a huge local campaign to keep it open - but thanks to a Labour new deal, flights could return within two years
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Sadiq Khan urges changes to voter ID rules to stop thousands losing vote in 2024
Speaking ahead of Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the London mayor called on the government to expand the list of acceptable identification for younger voters
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Timetable and key moments from Labour Conference as Starmer heads to Liverpool
Voters will find out how a Labour government would change the country as Keir Starmer lays out his vision for Britain at the party's four day conference in Liverpool
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Billionaire Tory donor could switch to Labour after blasting Rishi Sunak
John Caudwell donated £500,000 to Tories ahead of the 2019 election, but he has become increasingly critical of Tory policies, especially when it comes to the environment
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'The Tory team are talking their way to relegation and won't win next election'
Columnist Brian Reade says the Conservative Party conference was the bluntest of admissions that for 13 years the Tories have done nothing but make this country worse
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Labour's Bridget Phillipson savages 'undeliverable' Tory plans to axe A-Levels
The Shadow Education Secretary accused the Tories of resorting to 'gimmicks' after 13 years of failure as the Prime Minister this week announced he wanted to merge A-levels and T-levels
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California rail bosses to visit HS2 to see British expertise days after leg axed
The American delegation will arrive on Wednesday for a two-day trip organised by Kemi Badenoch’s Business Department that was supposed to showcase best practice
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Imprisoned activist wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight for women's rights in Iran
An acclaimed activist who has spent years behind bars for fighting for women's rights and opposing the government in Iran has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize
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'Dear the Labour Party: it's time to let Keir Starmer off the leash'
It's a year until polling day but the Labour Party is being too cautious, says Fleet Street Fox. Keir couldn't lose even if he put on a blond wig and started talking about pork markets
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Humiliated Tories get so few votes they lose deposit in by-election disaster
Labour crushed its main challenger the SNP while the Tories faced humiliation and were forced to forfeit a £500 deposit after failing to win over 5% of the vote share
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Biden 'forced' to build 20 more miles of border wall using Trump-era funds
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he 'can't stop' the construction of another 20 miles of border walls along the US-Mexican border in Starr County, Texas, due to a legal restriction
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Labour win Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election in major boost to Starmer
Keir Starmer hailed a 'seismic result' his party in a by-election triggered by the recall of shamed MP Margaret Ferrier, with a 20.4% swing from the SNP to Labour
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'Braverman's anti-immigrant rhetoric is whipped up by a fear of losing power'
Suella Braverman's anti-immigrant rhetoric is whipped up by desperation and fear of losing power, and she is far from alone in the Tory ranks, says Ros Wynne-Jones
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'PM's rail pledges as fake as the 40 new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson'
A supposed £36billion package of transport projects announced by Rishi Sunak in the wake of the HS2 scrapping have already been shown to be as fake as Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' claim
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Government 'lost control' of Covid pandemic by ditching contact tracing early on
The Covid inquiry has heard that the Government 'lost control' of the pandemic and 'abandoned basic public health protection' when it privatised the Test and Trace system
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'Boris Johnson's dithering responsible for thousands of needless Covid deaths'
The Covid Inquiry has showed that Boris Johnson was in a blue funk during the Covid-19 crisis and he should never be allowed to hold public office again, says Paul Routledge
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Supervised toothbrushing in schools under Labour plan to 'rescue' NHS dentistry
Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled plans for an extra 700,000 emergency appointments to stop 'horror stories of DIY dentistry' after reports of patients yanking out their teeth
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Labour voters backing Lib Dems in 14 seats 'could help oust Tories' - full list
The Compass campaign group has published details of 14 constituencies where the Lib Dems are best placed to topple the Conservatives - and urged Labour supporters to switch allegiance
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Rishi Sunak's HS2 replacement plan - delays, re-announcements and broken vows
The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises
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Labour politician relives horrifying dog attack as he lay on pet to protect her
Welsh Senedd Member Jack Sargeant recalled the terrifying moment he and King Charles Cavalier Coco were targeted by two off-the-lead Staffordshire Bull Terriers
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Fury at Tory 'toxic' language as transgender hate crimes soar by 11% in a year
Latest Home Office figures show 145,214 hate crimes were reported in England and Wales last year, up from under 105,000 five years ago. Despite a slight overall fall, transgender hate crime rose by 11%
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Rishi Sunak reported to police after Nicola Sturgeon joke in conference speech
The Prime Minister cracked a joke about the former Scottish First Minister, who was arrested in June as part of a probe into SNP finances. An Alba Party politician has alleged contempt of court
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