All news by author: Ben Glaze
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Oliver Dowden urges activists to 'show Jewish lives matter like black lives'
The Deputy Prime Minister contrasted the support shown for black people in the wake of George Floyd's 2020 killing with the reaction to Hamas' slaughter of 1,400 Israelis
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George Galloway plotting bid to oust Sadiq Khan as London Mayor next May
The 2012 Celebrity Big Brother contestant is considering running in the City Hall contest, where Labour's Mr Khan is seeking an unprecedented third term in power
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Exact pay rise 1.7million workers will get in April in National Living Wage hike
Latest data from the Resolution Foundation suggests that workers aged 23 and over will have to be paid an hourly rate of at least £11.46 hourly rate from next year
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Passport officials handed £2.1million in bonuses as delays wreck holiday plans
Almost 10,000 bonuses were given to passport officials last year despite 360,000 people waiting longer than they should have done to get their documents, ruining travel plans
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Starmer blasts 'shocking' conduct of Tories after Covid Inquiry revelations
The Labour leader said the revelations from Baroness Heather Hallett's public inquiry this week shone a light on the behaviour of those at the top of No10 at the height of the crisis
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British steelmaking facing 'lethal cliff edge' as thousands wait to hear fate
Labour frontbencher Stephen Kinnock, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel, attacked the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's biggest steelworks
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Voters accuse MPs of manufacturing culture wars to distract from failings
A study by King’s College London’s Policy Institute examined how people would feel about being called 'woke' - and how big a problem culture wars are for democracy
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Rishi Sunak 'haunted by Tory imagination ghosts', says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader will use a speech in the North East to outline what he hopes to hear in next week's King's Speech - Charles' first State Opening since becoming monarch 14 months ago
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Humans can curb impact of AI on lives as Rishi Sunak hails tech summit outcome
The Prime Minister made the claim after reaching an agreement with technology firms to vet their models before their release, at the event at former codebreaking HQ Bletchley Park
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Growing fears Tories will axe rusting British warship linked to Parliament
Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster as she languishes in a basin at Devonport naval base in Plymouth with no guarantees she will sail again
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Rishi Sunak heaps praise on Elon Musk hours before bromance date night
In what could be an unusual event, Rishi Sunak will sit down with tech billionaire Elon Musk this evening to discuss the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence
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3,000 steelworkers in limbo as Tata shelves crunch Port Talbot announcement
The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site
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Voters fear AI-fuelled fake news could threaten next general election
A study marking Journalism Matters week comes as world and tech leaders gather for the first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire
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Keir Starmer's car ambushed after he defends not calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
More than a dozen demonstrators who surrounded the Labour leader's Land Rover Discovery were pushed back by police following his speech to the Chatham House think tank
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Halloween horror for Johnson as 'sexist' messages with Cummings to be exposed
Ex-Tory Chancellor George Osborne said the exchanges - which are due to be made public next week as part of the Covid inquiry - could further tarnish the Government’s reputation
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Top 10 places in Britain worst hit by high street shop closures - see list
Analysts have revealed which British towns have been hardest hit by the number of shop closures according to population - and two Tory seats are top of the list
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Ministers accused of 'penny-pinching' over £500 handout to Storm Babet victims
The extreme weather left hundreds of people homeless while at least seven people are believed to have been killed as torrential rain hit parts of the North, Midlands and Scotland
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Rishi Sunak told to keep trophy hunting promise in honour of murdered MP
The Prime Minister faces pressure to deliver on the Tory 2019 election manifesto pledge to ban trophy hunting imports - and to do so in memory of the late Sir David Amess
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'Save TV and radio for pensioners and delay terrestrial switch off beyond 2034'
OAPs fear missing out on their favourite shows as the broadcast signal sent to traditional aerials could be switched off from the mid-2030s - potentially stopping viewers watching TV
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Tories rule out overhaul of Dangerous Dogs Act despite XL Bully horror deaths
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said she was not planning to review the 32-year-old legislation, despite huge criticism of the 1991 Act from experts and animal charities
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Top Tory blames rain coming from wrong direction for Storm Babet floods
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey told MPs experts had got forecasts of storms from the West "down to a fine art" - but Babet blew in from a different direction
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Inflation-busting pay rise announced for 460,000 low-paid workers - see rates
The Living Wage Foundation today releases its annual rates - and the inflation-busting hike will help boost the budgets of hundreds of thousands struggling in the cost of living crisis
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Keir Starmer's plan to save British steel industry as thousands of jobs at risk
The Labour leader spoke to the Mirror after visiting the UK's biggest steelworks, Tata's plant at Port Talbot, South Wales, where 3,000 posts are under threat
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Exact date Rwanda deportation flight of Channel migrants is due for take off
February 24 has been earmarked as the date when a plane carrying asylum seekers who have reached the UK will depart for the Rwandan capital Kigali, it has emerged
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Home Secretary tells police to stop protesters shouting 'Jihad' on UK streets
Cabinet Minister Suella Braverman is expected to raise an incident at the weekend with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley when the pair hold talks later
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