Politics

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Liz Truss demands tax cuts a year after she crashed economy with same ideas
The unrepentant ex-Prime Minister will gather her allies for a "growth" rally at Conservative party conference, where she will demand cuts to corporation tax for big businesses
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt threatens families with even tougher benefit sanctions
It comes despite a Government report warning earlier this year that claimants who have faced a sanction get back into work less quickly and earn less when they do
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'Free school meals for every primary pupil is a campaign worth fighting for'
Ending child hunger, guaranteeing a mid-day meal for every primary school pupil in England – to level it up with Wales and Scotland – is a no-brainer as well as only fair.
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Kate Winslet and Olivia Colman join calls for free school meals for primary kids
A host of well known faces today throw their weight behind the Mirror's push for Free School Meals for All to end child hunger and boost children's life chances
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'The Manchester Tory conference is a wake for a dying party'
Watching up close a government disintegrating is like buying a ticket to a zombie movie, with the walking dead stumbling around before the electorate finishes them off
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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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Ex-Education boss Michael Gove says some state schools are like 'teen crèches'
Michael Gove said state schools should provide a more rigorous education, giving the example of one academy that provides activities like 'putting on a play in ancient Greek'
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Failure to complete HS2 will be betrayal of levelling up promises, voters warn
Polling by the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is run by Tory mayor Andy Street, found 72% feel that London and the South East get more money than the rest of UK
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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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Mum whose friend died after benefits struggle in powerful message to Tories
Helen Lomas, 40, was one of thousands of protesters who rallied against Conservative failures outside the Manchester Central Convention Complex, where top Tories were assembled
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All the most Tory things on sale at Conservative Conference - but no Rishi Sunak
While Rishi Sunak was not represented anywhere in the shop’s stock - party faithful could pick up any number of Thatcher-branded novelties, including tote bags, a Christmas jumper and matching baubles
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Sadiq Khan warns against scrapping app that helps homeless people off streets
The Streetlink app allows members of the public to alert local homelessness support services if they see someone sleeping on the streets in their area
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Rishi Sunak's warm-up man Johnny Mercer pocketed £13,500 for being sacked twice
As well as an £8,000 payout after being sacked by Liz Truss, the Mirror can reveal Johnny Mercer was handed £5,500 when he was given the heave by Boris Johnson
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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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Priti Patel attacks attention seeker Suella Braverman for immigration speech
Home Secretary Suella Braverman sparked outrage by telling an American audience last week that multiculturalism has 'failed' and illegal migration poses an 'existential challenge'
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Rishi Sunak squirms as he's told the one word people most often say about him
The words presented to the PM included 'rich', 'himself', 'the rich', 'money', 'not sure', 'no idea', 'upper class', 'greed', 'don't know', 'Britain'', and 'elite'
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Tory tax battle erupts as Michael Gove tells Rishi Sunak to slash levies
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said he would 'like to see the tax burden reduced before the next election' but Rishi Sunak refused to commit to the calls moments later
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Iceland boss quits 'out of touch' Tories in humiliating blow to Rishi Sunak
Richard Walker said many Tories find it hard to disagree that the UK is 'in a considerably worse state than it was when their party returned to power 13 years ago'
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PM criticised for £91billion HS2 'chaos' after not attending any meetings
As Europe’s biggest infrastructure project has been put at risk, official meeting logs reveal Sunak has not met HS2 Ltd once since being appointed to the Treasury in 2019
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Giant billboard poster featuring Sunak in Liz Truss' pocket axed after tip-off
The Labour Party booked the advert for a huge digital billboard on Manchester’s Axis Tower skyscraper to overlook the Tory conference venue but it was canned after word got out
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'Rishi Sunak is only thinking about votes and ignoring that world is burning'
Rishi Sunak is postponing targets essential to getting us to net zero by 2050 as he is only focus on short-term electoral gain - and won't be Prime Minister in 25 years
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'HS2 mess is the perfect metaphor for 13 years of Tory failure'
Labour's Shadow Paymaster General says it's a complete joke that the Prime Minister is apparently going to scrap building the train line that the Tories have already spent £25 billion on
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Michael Sheen among stars to demand Rishi Sunak give UK an extra Bank Holiday
Public figures, including the Archbishop of Cantebury and actor Michael Sheen have called for a 'thank holiday' - an extra day off for people to connect with each other and volunteer'
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Boris Johnson spent £7,000 covering up infamous Number 10 gold wallpaper
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent another £7,000 of taxpayers’ cash painting over the 'gold wallpaper' he decorated his Downing Street flat with during a £112,000 makeover
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Cancer patients have charity cash cut in cost of living crisis
Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications