All news by author: John Stevens

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Towns with most cold homes as Labour vows to cut energy bills - check your area
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged families would save hundreds of pounds on their energy bills under Labour's plan to insulate five million homes across the country
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Boris Johnson's top adviser gives brutal assessment of Tory election chances
Lee Cain, who worked as No10 Director of Communications when Boris Johnson was PM, said the Conservatives are in for a 'pretty heavy defeat' as Rishi Sunak struggles
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Voters fooled by deepfakes of Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan amid election fears
A study conducted on behalf of strategic communications firm Charlesbye found that voters believed fake clips of the Labour leader and London Mayor were genuine
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Lee Anderson warns Rishi Sunak he's made a mistake by ditching him as a Tory MP
Former Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson criticised the Prime Minister's decision to strip him of the Tory whip, but he said he had not fallen out with him
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Labour's 1.5million new homes would boost Britain's economy by £23billion
Keir Starmer has pledged to get Britain building again with 1.5million new homes in the first five years of a Labour government, which Britain Remade says would support jobs
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Lee Anderson says he has Muslim friends as he insists 'I'm not racist'
Lee Anderson told GB News he did not understand what Islamophobia was after he was suspended by the Conservatives for claiming Sadiq Khan was controlled by 'Islamists'
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PM insists Lee Anderson isn't a racist as Tories admit he could be let back in
Labour leader Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of 'lacking the backbone' to call out Islamophobia after the PM insisted his party does not have a problem with Muslims
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Lee Anderson says it would be a 'sign of weakness' to apologise over racism row
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has insisted he won't apologise for claiming London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by 'Islamists" as Tory ministers suggest he could be welcomed back
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Nigel Farage says Lee Anderson is welcome to join Reform UK after suspension
Lee Anderson could be tempted to join Nigel Farage's party, formerly known as the Brexit Party, after he was suspended by the Conservatives over a slur on Sadiq Khan
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Lee Anderson suspended by Tories as he refuses to apologise for 'racist' slur
Ex-Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson has had the party whip suspended after he refused to apologise for claiming London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists
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Lee Anderson branded 'racist' over Sadiq Khan slur as PM urged to kick him out
Ex-Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson claimed that London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists as he appeared on GB News where he's a presenter
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Poll shows Labour now leads the Tories even amongst the country's wealthiest
A survey of High Net Worth Individuals by wealth management firm Saltus found they were almost twice as likely to back Keir Starmer over Rishi Sunak at the election
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Junior doctors get public backing ahead of five-day strike as ministers blamed
Ahead of the junior doctors' strike that begins this weekend, polling by Savanta shows the majority of people back the medics in their fight with the Government over pay
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Top Tory told Lindsay Hoyle he would 'unleash hell' in bid to pressure Speaker
Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart heaped pressure on Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle not to allow a vote on Labour's call for a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of chaotic debate
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Rishi Sunak faces another nightmare by-election as Scott Benton loses appeal
MP Scott Benton has lost an appeal against his suspension from the Commons over a lobbying row. It means there will likely be a by-election in his Blackpool South seat
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Tories told to compensate Alan Bates and Post Office victims instead of fighting
Liam Byrne, chair of the Commons Business Committee, demanded Post Office bosses and ministers end the blame game and get cheques in the post to victims of the Horizon scandal
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Tory MPs glued to mobile phones on day ministers tell pupils to get off theirs
Conservative MPs sat checking their mobile phones in the Commons just hours after ministers announced a clampdown on devices in classrooms over fears they're a distraction
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Mobile phones to be banned in schools - full plan with rules for teachers too
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told headteachers that mobile phone use should be prohibited throughout the entire school day, including break and lunchtimes
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Postmasters demand Tories are punished at ballot box for compensation delays
Victims of the Horizon IT scandal accused ministers of not matching their words with action as a former Post Office boss claimed he'd been told to delay compensation payments
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Council tax bombshell will see households hit by £523 extra on their bills
Figures buried in Office for Budget Responsibility documents suggest the amount raised from council tax is set to reach £57.4billion - double what is was under Labour
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Tory minister pocketed £8,000 pay-off then returned to job seven weeks later
Maria Caulfield received £7,920 in severance when she was sacked as a Health Minister in September 2022, but kept the money when she returned to her old department weeks later
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Ex-Post Office boss claims he was told to stall on compensation until election
Henry Staunton, who was chair of the Post Office, claimed a senior civil servant told him to stall on paying compensation to Horizon victims such as ex-postmaster Alan Bates
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Labour demands Putin stands trial at the Hague after killing of Alexei Navalny
The Shadow Foreign Secretary demanded the Russian leader be put before an international tribunal as the UK considers more sanctions after the death of the opposition leader
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Parents resort to credit cards as childcare costs swallow up to half of incomes
Campaigners warned that becoming a parent will become a 'luxury' without action to tackle the spiralling cost of childcare as families take on debt and use their savings
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18 Cabinet ministers on course to lose seats in Tory election wipeout - list
An MRP poll projects the Tories will face a wipeout at the General Election with possible Cabinet casualties including Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Gillian Keegan