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Top Tory blasts Conservative MPs 'swanning off' to host GB News shows
Senior Conservative backbench MP Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee, lashed out at backbench party colleagues who present on the channel
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Radio host tells Sunak: 'Let’s end this right now' as he dodges HS2 questions
The Prime Minister was repeatedly tackled about fears he plans to axe the high-speed line to Manchester, as he carried out a series of local radio interviews from his No10 bunker
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Foodbank heartache as two in five lowest-paid workers forced to rely on handouts
Grim research shows how 39% of people earning less than the Real Living Wage of £10.90 an hour turned to foodbanks in the past month amid the cost-of-living crisis
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Most voters against slashing inheritance tax for richest, poll shows
It will come as a blow to Rishi Sunak as he considers reducing or ditching the charge in a desperate bid to win votes at the next election
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'Suella Braverman's multiculturalism speech was inflammatory and divisive'
Without any supporting evidence she accused gays of trying to game the asylum system knowing full well her singling out of LGBT+ people will fan the flames of bigotry
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Tory peer and party donor says Conservatives don't 'deserve' to win election
Lord Harris of Peckham, who was close to Margaret Thatcher, hit out at the party, saying: "You can't think of many good things that the Conservatives have done and stuck to"
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Mayors blast HS2 chaos as they warn North will be left with Victorian railway
Five Labour leaders from across the North and London urged Rishi Sunak not to scale back the high-speed line amid reports the Birmingham to Manchester leg faces the axe
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Climate chief Alok Sharma becomes 43rd Tory MP to say he'll quit at election
The former President of the COP26 climate summit announced he was quitting Parliament, just days after blasting Rishi Sunak's watering down of net-zero policies
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Green campaigners' fury as drilling approved at Rosebank oilfield in North Sea
Greenpeace blasted the Rosebank oilfield decision by the North Sea Transition Authority, but supporters said it will create jobs and boost the UK's energy security amid the war in Ukraine
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'Spectacle of Matt Hancock carving out a reality TV career makes grim viewing'
With discharging untested Covid patients into homes at the start of the pandemic ruled unlawful at an earlier hearing, Hancock will be at forefront of new court case
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'The UK once led the way on aiding refugees - we must help to keep people safe'
The refugee convention exists for a reason – to keep these people safe, and it’s rooted in a belief that there is a shared humanity with a shared set of rights
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Theft arrests drop 40% in six years in 'embarrassment' for Suella Braverman
Figures released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18
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Gov's disability awareness campaign forgets where negative attitudes are from
Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey has been left unimpressed with the government's latest disability awareness campaign
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Cancer patients should be given legal right to treatment within 62 days
In his conference speech in Bournemouth, Sir Ed Davey said the public are 'desperate for change' as he attacked the Tories' record on crime rates, crumbling schools, and the NHS
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Lib Dem activists sing about 'Lettuce Liz' to tune of The Beatles' Let it Be
Party members, MPs and staff sang the words from a hymn-style booklet at the Liberal Democrats' conference's infamous annual singalong event, Glee Club, in Bournemouth
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Olympic rower James Cracknell bids to become Tory MP in election battleground
The gold medal-winning rower has been selected at the Conservatives' candidate to fight the constituency of Colchester, Essex, where the party's majority is less than 10,000
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Being gay or a woman not enough to qualify for asylum, warns Suella Braverman
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings
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Steelworkers at Tata Port Talbot hold crisis talks with 3,000 jobs on the line
Community union’s general secretary Roy Rickhuss will hold crisis talks with staff at the South Wales factory over the deal between Tata and the Tories for electric arc production
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Ballot papers should come with warnings voting Tory is 'bad for your health'
The Liberal Democrats' leader will use a major speech to attack the Tories' dire record on the NHS - with millions stuck on waiting lists, problems accessing GPs and the crisis in dentistry
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Lib Dem leadership suffers embarassing defeat in row over house building targets
Lib Dem MP and former leader Tim Farron faced boos after he described the target to build 380,000 new homes a year as 'pure Thatcherism' and an 'electoral gift to the Tories'
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Rapists could be forced to serve full sentences behind bars under shake-up
The Prime Minister could block the chance of early release for rapists when the Government unveils it agenda in the King's Speech in November, according to reports
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Tax oil-rich countries which made super profits last year, demands Gordon Brown
The former Prime Minister and ex-Labour leader made the intervention for a windfall levy as preparations intensify for this year's COP28 climate conference in Dubai
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Rishi Sunak won't rule out millionaires' tax cut that would save him £300million
The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to cut death duties and outline a path to axing it completely, as he battles to win back wealthy voters ahead of the general election
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Armed police return to duties so troops no longer needed, says Met Police
The Prime Minister backed a review ordered by Home Secretary Suella Braverman after an armed Metropolitan Police officer was charged with murder over a shooting last year
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Rishi Sunak sharpens axe over HS2 line to Manchester in 'gross act of vandalism'
The Prime Minister was quizzed about plans for the high speed railway, which have already been scaled back and could face another overhaul in a bid to save cash