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Minister racks up £11,000 bill for taxpayers using iPad on holiday
The massive taxpayer-funded bill was built up by the SNP's Scottish Health Secretary Michael Matheson, with roaming charges costing over £65 an hour for the seven days he was in Morocco
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Suella Braverman's real name after soap star, religion and upbringing
As Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire for her latest rant over protests, the Mirror takes a look at her personal life, family, and background away from politics
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NatWest won't pay £7.6m to ex-chief executive Dame Alison Rose after Farage row
The former Natwest chief executive Dame Alison Rose resigned in July amid intense political pressure after talking to a BBC journalist about the ex-Ukip leader Nigel Farage's bank account
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Social care shake-up budget stripped of £1bn and hit by delays, says watchdog
Some cash meant to be targeted at the overhaul of crisis-hit social care has been spent elsewhere, according to the Whitehall spending watchdog, the National Audit Office
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Braverman facing sack call over police attack 'that boosts far-right thugs'
Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to sack Suella Braverman, who is accused of empowering the far-right ahead of protests in Central London this weekend
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'Braverman's rhetoric fuels the fire of hate and sets back community relations'
The Voice of the Mirror says that Suella Braverman's dangerous rhetoric is fanning the flames ahead of what should be a time of remembrance for the country
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Union pledges 'absolute resistance' to any bid to revive rail ticket office cull
TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust warned train bosses and ministers they will face the 'force force' of the union if they try to resurrect plans to shut ticket offices
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PM admits Suella Braverman defied him over police row but still won't sack her
Labour said Rishi Sunak has 'no backbone' as No10 confirmed Home Secretary Suella Bravermen did not get permission for a diatribe accusing the police of 'playing favourites'
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Rishi Sunak's key NHS pledge 'in tatters' as waiting list hits record level
Rishi Sunak is accused of failing patients after new figures reveal the NHS waiting list reached a new high of 7.77million at the end of September
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Dominic Cummings has eye surgery and everyone makes the same joke
Former No10 aide Dominic Cummings provoked outrage during lockdown when he drove to Barnard Castle to "test his eyesight". Brutal responses showed people still haven't forgiven him
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Rishi Sunak wastes taxpayer cash on helicopter trip that would be £50 on train
The Prime Minister used a chopper to get to Lincolnshire this morning when it would have taken just an hour if he had caught the 7:27am train from London Kings Cross to Grantham
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Train strike breakthrough as Christmas and New Year chaos set to be avoided
The RMT union announced it had reached an outline agreement with train companies in a dispute that has dragged on for 18 months and caused chaos for millions of commuters
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Dealing with Boris Johnson's team like 'taming wild animals' Covid Inquiry told
In a staggering WhatsApp exchange, Simon Case, now Cabinet Secretary, told his predecessor that the people in the then-PM's inner circle were "basically feral"
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Suella Braverman is 'out of touch' over homeless jibes, say Mirror readers
After Home Secretary Suella Braverman caused outrage for describing people sleeping rough as a 'lifestyle choice' while announcing plans to crack down on tents for the homeless, we asked Mirror readers if they thought she was out of touch.
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Tory deputy chair slaps down Suella Braverman over her homeless comments
The Home Secretary faces a growing backlash over her cruel plan to fine charities if they give tents to homeless people, but Rishi Sunak is refusing to sack her
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Vapers face new weekly tax under Rishi Sunak's plan to deter children
Ministers are plotting a new tax on vaping to make it harder for kids to get their hands on e-cigarettes after countries including Germany and Italy introduced levies
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Tories 'jeopardising national security' over steel furnace shutdown, say MPs
Business Minister Nusrat Ghani was hauled to Parliament for a grilling over plans to shut blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, which comes weeks after Tata announced a similar move at Port Talbot
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Civil service chief blasted 'dictatorship' in Covid clash with Dominic Cummings
Lord Mark Sedwill, who was Cabinet Secretary at the start of the pandemic, admitted emergency planners "couldn't cope" with the crisis and warned of "stupid decisions" in a dispute over Mr Cummings' data
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Record foodbank demand - and it's about to get even worse as winter arrives
Britain’s biggest foodbank network, the Trussell Trust, has given out a record 1.5million emergency parcels in just six months, and warned winter will get even worse
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Anger as figures show one in four kids could be regularly missing school by 2025
Labour will highlight the stark figure during a debate on the King's Speech warning there could be a 'lost generation of school children' without major action from Government
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'Government falling apart as King's Speech full of holes and diluted promises'
The King's Speech was full of holes with Charles surely deserving a better address at the first state opening of Parliament and it was an indication of Rishi Sunak's Government falling apart
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'The King's Speech shows the Tories are visibly running out of steam'
The Tories are so out of touch after 13 years their hopes are vanishing. The glaring missed opportunities would see a footballer dropped, ordered to train with kids and told told to replace square boots.
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Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV in early days of crisis
The ex-PM's former chief-of-staff Edward Lister also told the Covid Inquiry he recalled Mr Johnson saying 'let the bodies pile high' in the summer of 2020 than impose another lockdown
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Keir Starmer accuses Tories of 'giving up' with King's Speech - live updates
The Labour leader warned the Conservatives offered 'only gimmicks, division, and more of the same' after the Government's plans for new laws were set out in the King's Speech
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Rishi Sunak's UK smoking ban explained and who will be affected by law change
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, including in the King's Speech, will see the legal age for buying cigarettes rise by one year every year with new restrictions on vaping