All news on the topic: Westminster

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'The families bereaved by Covid deserve to hear the truth'
Millions of us were angered and disgusted by a dreadful whining noise coming from Westminster this week – the sound of Boris Johnson passing the buck for Partygate.
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Truss set to cash in by telling dinner guests about her disastrous stint as PM
The former Prime Minister is joining the lucrative after-dinner speaking circuit - but is unlikely to command the fees paid to her fellow ex-PM, Boris Johnson
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'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off rails like HS2'
Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?
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Heartbroken mum fears daughter's killer husband will seek revenge after release
Diana Parkes has asked Dominic Raab to block the early release of her daughter's killer Robert Brown, who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer in 2010
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Rishi Sunak faces showdown as he prepares to unveil Brexit deal 'in days'
There could be fireworks in the Commons next week after ex-PM Boris Johnson refused to say whether Rishi Sunak could count on his support over changes to the Nothern Ireland Protocol
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'Nicola Sturgeon is an astute and gifted politician whether you like her or not'
'While it is not this paper's view that Scottish Independence is the right move, the First Minister's calm leadership and passion for social justice should be applauded'
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Nicola Sturgeon going 'could boost Scotland's Labour support in next election'
After Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she would be leaving the role, Labour insiders reveal their hopes for a revival in support ahead of the next general election
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Lee Anderson backs out of deal to deliver 48000 Lib Dem leaflets criticising him
The Ashfield MP told the Lib Dems if they sent him a stack of their new poster pointing some of his quotes on the death penalty, food banks and poverty he'd distribute them himself. So they did. Here's what happened
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London Bridge terror attack hero could be made a saint after saving lives
Ignacio Echeverria sacrificed his life during the London Bridge terror attacks in June 2017. Now calls have been made to honour his memory and make him a saint
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Labour demands Whitehall keep out of local issues like tarting up bus shelters
Yet the Government’s nosy parkers even insist councils get their go-ahead to scrape chewing gum off the streets
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'Dominic Raab: bully or not, he's an insecure little man who couldn't run a tap'
As the Justice Secretary and deputy Prime Minister denies bullying claims, Fleet Street Fox points out that most politicians are unfit for any sort of office
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Full list of everyone Liz Truss blames for her failure as PM
The disaster-prone ex-PM complained she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her wild, uncosted tax-cutting rampage because a "powerful economic establishment" got in the way
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Meet the Labour candidate hoping to oust Boris Johnson at the next election
Labour councillor Danny Beales, who grew up in Uxbridge and South Ruislip before being made homeless at the age of 14, is aiming to overturn Boris Johnson's 7,210 majority at the next election
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Prince Harry ‘unconsciously holds Meghan back’, body language expert claims
A royal expert claims that the way Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hold hands is important in showing their power dynamic and the Duke's "unconscious need to hold her back in some way"
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High streets are dying because most of UK has been 'written off', says Labour
Labour's Lisa Nandy will argue the failure to make use of people's talents in every corner of the country is a 'social crime' that has made it impossible to tackle problems such as 'struggling public services and failing town centres'
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MI6 shuts down top-secret spy school after location accidentally published
The MI6 training centre based in central London had been used to teach agents spycraft and self-defence for many years but key documents linked to the site were published by council officers
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Nandy slams Tories for handing £1 back for every £4 they've taken from locals
Rishi Sunak announced £2.1billion of levelling up funding last week to much fanfare but received a furious backlash from local authorities which did not get any
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Keir Starmer believes 16-year-olds are too young to change their legal gender
Keir Starmer said he had 'concerns' over Scotland's reforms to the law for trans people, but did not say if he would block the law as PM, adding he did not want it to be a 'toxic political football'
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Security had to stop obsessives trying to sneak into Queen's lying-in-state
Parliament's head of security revealed how officials worked to block certain individuals from attending the sombre vigil beside the Queen's coffin in Parliament's Westminster Hall
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Northerners charged more for council tax than southerners - see list showing gap
Eight of the ten cheapest council tax rates in England are in London or the southeast, and none are in the north. The most expensive is in Rutland in the East Midlands, at £2,300 a year
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New laws coming in 2023 that will affect workers, landlords, voters and more
Changes have been made to UK laws which will affect Brits, affecting everything from the cost of your bills, to public transport and people's right to strike and protest