All news by author: Dave Burke
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'Once in a lifetime' renters' shakeup put forward after years of Tory dithering
Ministers claim 11 million tenants across England will get "safer, fairer and higher quality" homes with no-fault evictions set to be scrapped - four years after the Tories promised to do so
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Top Tory warns Rishi Sunak of 'real anger' from struggling young people
Former chief Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost will tell an audience of right wingers at the National Conservatism Conference that plenty have 'accumulated unearned wealth' under the Conservatives, but many are 'locked out'
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Rishi Sunak pleads with Europe in desperate attempt to start Rwanda
The PM is set to meet the head of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O'Leary in a desperate bid to get the deportation flights - branded a "gimmick" by critics - in the air
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UK's strictest headteacher tells Tory parents to take kids out of 'woke' schools
Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference, Katharine Birbalsingh warned her audience that they will "lose our country" if they don't stand up to "extreme leftist views" which she claims dominates the education system
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Two protesters dragged out after disrupting Suella Braverman immigration speech
Two Extinction Rebellion activists interrupted the Home Secretary as she addressed right-wingers in central London - hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg was interrupted by a similar protester
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Jacob Rees-Mogg admits Tories scored own goal with voter ID 'gerrymandering'
Conservative ex-minister Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the controversial new photo ID requirements had been introduced to swing the elections, but had backfired
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Tory MP fumes we're not having enough babies as she blasts 'cultural Marxism'
Miriam Cates told the National Conservatism Conference that young people choosing not to have babies is a bigger threat to western civilisation than climate change or Vladimir Putin, and ranted about 'cultural Marxism'
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Protester storms stage during Jacob Rees-Mogg speech to warn about 'fascism'
The former Business Secretary was making a speech when a man joined him at the lectern and told the audience: 'I would like to draw your attention to a few characteristics of fascism'
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Rishi Sunak could face another probe - this time over 'misleading' asylum data
Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock branded it unacceptable that three Tory frontbenchers - including the Prime Minister - have failed to correct misleading claims
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Failure to 'get a grip' on vetting undermining national security, MPs find
Labour says the findings of a scathing report into national security vetting is another example of failure by Rishi Sunak's Government
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Labour MP reported to police over alleged sex assault on colleague after party
A female Labour MP reported a fellow MP to the Metropolitan Police in March, claiming she had been sexually assaulted following a summer party in 2021
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Tory war of words erupts as Liz Truss snaps back at 'Instagram diplomacy' jibe
The flash-in-a-pan Prime Minister - who served just 49 days in No10 - is just trying to keep herself relevant by jetting off to the hotspot to rant about China, Tory MP Alicia Kearns, who heads the foreign affairs select committee, said
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Boris Johnson's Partygate defence bill rises to £245,000 - and we're paying
The cost of Boris Johnson's legal defence has gone up for a second time since last August, with calls mounting for Rishi Sunak to intervene and make the ex-PM foot the bill himself
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Tens of thousands of civil servants back summer of 'disruptive strikes'
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) has announced staff at 106 government departments today voted ‘Yes’ for industrial action lasting until November
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Protesters target Suella Braverman's office with 'wrong side of history' plaque
Charity Freedom from Torture fixed a mocked-up blue plaque declaring that the Home Secretary had 'closed the door' on refugees as her Illegal Migration Bill comes under fire in the House of Lords
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Archbishop of Canterbury savages 'morally unacceptable' Tory small boats bill
Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics
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Four in 10 food workers forced to skip meals in 'national embarrassment'
A scathing report published today says nearly one in five people who work in the food industry rely on foodbanks, and demanded that an incoming Labour Government addresses rising inequality
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Tory 'sacking of nurses' law 'will be revoked when Labour comes to power'
Labour peer Lord Ray Collins of Highbury told the House of Lords that the Minimum Services Bill will be revoked when Labour comes to power "fairly shortly"
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Peers plot to kill off 'gimmick' small boats bill as Tories face fresh mauling
Former I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant Lord Brian Paddick is leading a charge to throw out the Government's cruel Illegal Migration Bill, while dozens will tomorrow demand changes
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'Few tears' would've been shed if IRA killed Margaret Thatcher, Gerry Adams says
The former Sinn Fein leader made the incendiary remark about the infamous Brighton hotel bombing at the 1984 Tory party conference, which claimed five lives and left more than 30 people injured
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Plot to force general election now after 'out of touch' Sunak mauled by voters
The Tory wipeout in last week's local elections shows the public no longer has confidence in Rishi Sunak's Government, warned Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey
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Top Tory blames Rishi Sunak's housing blunder for local elections collapse
Ex-Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke said it was a 'major mistake' to cut housebuilding targets - a decision made by Mr Sunak in the face of a Tory rebellion. Labour says this has 'killed the dream of homeownership for a generation'
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Met Police bosses face grilling over 'worrying' Coronation protest clampdown
The head of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee said there are serious questions to answer after protesters were arrested, along with volunteers handing out rape alarms
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Ex-British Army chief launches savage attack on Suella Braverman's Rwanda plan
General Lord Richard Dannatt said the Central African country has a "dark history" and said he would be "uncomfortable" sending refugees there, and questioned why Ms Braverman is "running down" Rishi Sunak's remaining political capital
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Tory chairman mocked as party collapses in areas he visited on campaign trail
Analysis of results in last week's local elections reveal the Lib Dems gained 208 council seats in the Blue Wall areas where Greg Hands visited - prompting sarcastic claims he has the 'Midas touch'
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