All news by author: Dave Burke

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Rishi Sunak heckled as he gives mealy-mouthed answers to infected blood victims
The Prime Minister was told victims and their families are being 'kept in the dark' about support and compensation, while the PM was jeered as he claimed Government work 'continues at pace'
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Rishi Sunak pressure on NatWest 'shows power Nigel Farage has over Tories'
Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones said the PM's intervention over Dame Alison Rose's conduct was a result of the 'power Farage seems to have over the Tories'
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'Desperate and pathetic' Rishi Sunak slammed for 'gutter' Labour gangs claim
The under-fire Prime Minister, who faces huge pressure to tackle a mammoth asylum backlog and deliver on his pledge to stop the boats, was accused of debasing his office after claiming Labour sided with criminal gangs over immigration
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Clampdown on fake Martin Lewis adverts promised as crooks use celebs in scams
The money saving expert has told MPs that the law needs to be changed to prevent scammers creating adverts falsely claiming well-known figures endorse products
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Brutal by-election losses for Tories as Labour and Lib Dems make historic gains
Rishi Sunak's Government was branded a 'circus of chaos' as the Tory vote collapsed in Somerton and Frome and Selby and Ainsty - while the PM came just 495 votes from a triple humiliation in Boris Johnson's old seat
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Labour pulls off historic win in Selby and Ainsty as MP, 25, gains seat
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Nigel Adams, who is claimed to have quit in a strop after being denied a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Lib Dems 'romp home' in Somerton and Frome overturning 20,000 Tory majority
In a massive blow to Rishi Sunak, Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Dyke swept to victory in a seat previously held by former Tory MP David Warburton
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Tories hold Boris Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat by 495 votes
The by-election was sparked after the shamed ex-Prime Minister quit Parliament in a strop after a damning Commons probe ruled he had deliberately misled the House over Partygate
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Channel Tunnel border checks 'could soon take four times longer' warning
John Keefe, chief corporate and public affairs officer at Getlink, which operates the Channel Tunnel, complained a new EU checks system had been designed "without any consideration" for cross-Channel travel
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39 'late stage' terror plots thwarted as Suella Braverman warns of AI threat
The Home Secretary said plans to target public figures, the London Pride march and landmarks in the capital had been prevented by security services in the past six years
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Ministers blast Coutts for 'calling Nigel Farage a grifter and shutting account'
The former UKIP leader has lashed out at Coutts, which is owned by Natwest, and released 40 pages of documents which he says back up his claim that he was booted out because of his political views
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Tory small boats bill illegal and puts refugees at risk of exploitation, says UN
In a joint statement, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hit out at the draconian Illegal Migration Bill, warning it breaches international law
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Minister finally announces nuclear power 'renaissance' after years of dithering
Grant Shapps admitted he wishes 'we'd got on with it sooner' as the Tories came under fire over slow progress in growing nuclear power in the UK - with Labour branding delays a 'shambles'
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Tory small boats bill 'boosts gangs behind industrial scale sexual exploitation'
In a scathing assessment of Suella Braverman's callous Illegal Migration Bill, Dame Diana Johnson told MPs that the measures will empower criminal gangs who allow women to be raped 'multiple times a day'
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Rishi Sunak relaxes visa rules for foreign builders as we haven't trained enough
The PM faces more blue-on-blue anger after the Home Office confirmed that bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, joiners and plasterers are among those who will now benefit from relaxed visa rules
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Queen's would-be assassin shows need for new AI terrorism laws, Labour says
The Shadow Home Secretary has accused the Government of being "disjointed" and "disorganised" around national security as she pledged new laws to tackle extremism if Labour comes to power
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MP makes savage dig at Nadine Dorries peerage 'strop' as pressure mounts on PM
The former Culture Secretary hasn't spoken in the Commons for more than a year, and has taken part on just five days in the past 12 months.
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Top Tory says headteachers should drive to homes of absent kids to bring them in
The surprising comments came after Tory cabinet member Gillian Keegan said she would "pick them up myself" when asked how she'd get absent children back into school
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Ministers given green light to challenge Rwanda legal ruling at Supreme Court
Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to drop the controversial project after top judges last month ruled it was unlawful because the central African nation isn't a safe place to send refugees
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NHS staff, police and teachers get told pay rise - but it will mean service cuts
Millions of police, NHS workers, police and teachers will get their pay rises, but Rishi Sunak is accused of taking a "wrecking ball" to public services and urged to "come clean" over what he'll cut
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Government humiliated as High Court rules draconian anti-strike laws are illegal
Legislation pushed through by former Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been thrown out by the High Court in a huge victory for unions
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Laughing Rishi Sunak cosies up to Italian far-right PM as he finds new pal
While Mr Sunak often looks awkward at events, this melts away around Italian far-right PM Giorgia Meloni, who he appeared relaxed and warm around at the Nato summit in Lithuania this week
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Archbishop of Canterbury piles more misery on Tories over cruel small boats bill
Justin Welby told the House of Lords that immigration and asylum mustn't be used as as a "wedge issue to divide people" as peers inflicted nine defeats on the Government over Suella Braverman's Bill
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Furious Labour MP demands Oliver Dowden resigns after 'misleading' the Commons
In an extraordinary move, Dawn Butler lambasted Rishi Sunak's number two after he claimed Labour green plans would cost mortgage payers an extra £1,000 a year
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'Horrible and vicious' dog breeding clinics must face clampdown, ministers told
Labour MP Barry Gardiner said he's appalled at the rise of back street canine fertility clinics, where owners are charged thousands for procedures carried out by unqualified staff