All news by author: Ben Glaze
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'Only Labour can save British steel industry from annihilation', warn workers
Shadow Business Minister Sarah Jones held talks with union officials on the margins of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, amid fears over jobs at Port Talbot plant
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Scottish leader fears family trapped in Gaza will not make it through the night
Scottish First Minister and nationalist party leader Humza Yousaf revealed his fears for his parents-in-law as Israel's military avenges the terrorist attacks by Hamas
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Keir Starmer to outline plans for 10 years as PM in speech to Labour conference
The Labour leader will declare he is ready to unleash a 'decade of national renewal' as he makes what could be his last conference speech before a general election
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Mark Drakeford piles pressure on Keir Starmer over free school meals
In an exclusive interview, the First Minister of Wales also urged caution about a general election victory and revealed what he was most looking forward to in retirement
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Air strikes pound Gaza after hundreds of Israelis killed in Hamas attacks
The latest figures show that 600 Israeli citizens were killed by militants who crossed the border - and at least 413 Palestinians have died in air strikes from Israel
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Five more years of Tories is 'greatest risk' to British defence, warns Labour
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey will highlight Tory cuts to the military as he addresses Labour activists at the party's annual conference in Liverpool on Monday
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Rishi Sunak offers Israel UK support as he insists terrorism 'will not prevail'
The Prime Minister spoke to his Israeli counterpart by phone and said the British Government would do whatever it could to help after at least 700 Israelis were killed
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Sunak hails deals with three European countries to tackle Channel migrant crisis
The Prime Minister spoke out after attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, where leaders discussed tackling people smuggling gangs
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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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Tory minister roasted for 'party of facts' claim in car-crash interview
BBC Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire clashed on air with Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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Station ticket office closures 'fuelling human rights crisis', warn pensioners
The National Pensioners' Convention takes place in London later this month and the railway industry's plan to axe hundreds of front counters will be top of the agenda
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PM leaves door open for Farage Tory return but ex-UKIP boss says: 'No, no, no'
Rishi Sunak refused to rule out letting the arch Brexiteer back into the Conservative Party, but Nigel Farage ruled out a return citing high net migration, tax and differences over Brexit
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Sunak confronted over OAP forced to choose between giving up dog and foodbank
The Prime Minister was tackled over the heartbreaking decision faced by dog-lover Bill Martin, 80, when his pet fell ill over the summer and needed an operation
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Emergency Cabinet meeting expected as PM drops big hint he'll axe HS2 to North
The Prime Minister is set to order a Cabinet meeting where top Tories are expected to formally sign the death warrant for plans to run the high speed line to Manchester
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Britain 'best place in the world to be black', says top Tory Kemi Badenoch
The Business Secretary told adoring grassroots activists at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester the UK 'is a country that sees people and not labels'
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Rishi Sunak fails to hand pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry
The Prime Minister - who was Chancellor during the crisis - changed his phone 'a number of times' since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and messages weren't backed up
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Top Tory attacks 'woke' bankers as he brands UK arms industry 'power for good'
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps launched a passionate defence of the British arms industry when he addressed a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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Tory defence chief blasts 'unhelpful' Elon Musk for foiling Ukrainian attack
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps lashed out at the Twitter billionaire after he admitted thwarting a seaborne assault by Kyiv on Russia's Black Sea fleet at anchor in Crimea
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UK 'must keep sending weapons to Ukraine even if Trump wins back White House'
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted British support for Kyiv must continue, regardless of whether the Republican wins the US presidential race taking place next November
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Tory transport boss defends plan to shut hundreds of rail station ticket offices
Cabinet Minister Mark Harper doubled down on moves to shut 974 railway station front counters in a bid to save money, despite the plan triggering a huge backlash
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British fighter jets sent to Poland to protect NATO ally from Russian aggression
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps revealed the deployment of British fighter jets to NATO ally Poland to deter Russian aggression following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine
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Rishi Sunak torpedoes Defence Secretary's plan to send British troops to Ukraine
The PM slapped down Defence Secretary Grant Shapps after he said he was holding talks with Army chiefs about moving a British-led training programme for Ukrainian troops to the war zone
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Tories strip £90billion from defence during 13 years of cuts to the military
The House of Commons Library calculated that £90.3billion more cash would have been injected into the armed forces if the Conservatives stuck with spending 2.5% of GDP on defence
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