Politics

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UN refugee laws that Suella Braverman wants to tear up explained
The Home Secretary is set to demand the United Nations Refugee Convention is ripped up as she's accused of trying to make the world more dangerous for torture survivors
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Lib Dem activists sing about 'Lettuce Liz' to tune of The Beatles' Let it Be
Party members, MPs and staff sang the words from a hymn-style booklet at the Liberal Democrats' conference's infamous annual singalong event, Glee Club, in Bournemouth
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Olympic rower James Cracknell bids to become Tory MP in election battleground
The gold medal-winning rower has been selected at the Conservatives' candidate to fight the constituency of Colchester, Essex, where the party's majority is less than 10,000
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Being gay or a woman not enough to qualify for asylum, warns Suella Braverman
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings
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Steelworkers at Tata Port Talbot hold crisis talks with 3,000 jobs on the line
Community union’s general secretary Roy Rickhuss will hold crisis talks with staff at the South Wales factory over the deal between Tata and the Tories for electric arc production
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Russia owes almost £6million in unpaid fees for London's congestion charge
The Lib Dems have called for the Russian Embassy to pay the £6million congestion charge bill and for the money to be donated to Ukraine by UK authorities
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Lib Dem leadership suffers embarassing defeat in row over house building targets
Lib Dem MP and former leader Tim Farron faced boos after he described the target to build 380,000 new homes a year as 'pure Thatcherism' and an 'electoral gift to the Tories'
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'Rishi Sunak has no vision so he's turned high speed rail into slow car crash'
Greater Manchester night time economy adviser Sacha Lord says the PM is failing to plan for the future by threatening to scrap the HS2 link between Birmingham and Manchester
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Tax oil-rich countries which made super profits last year, demands Gordon Brown
The former Prime Minister and ex-Labour leader made the intervention for a windfall levy as preparations intensify for this year's COP28 climate conference in Dubai
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Rishi Sunak won't rule out millionaires' tax cut that would save him £300million
The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to cut death duties and outline a path to axing it completely, as he battles to win back wealthy voters ahead of the general election
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Rishi Sunak sharpens axe over HS2 line to Manchester in 'gross act of vandalism'
The Prime Minister was quizzed about plans for the high speed railway, which have already been scaled back and could face another overhaul in a bid to save cash
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Boris Johnson's excuse to nanny after she was 'sacked by Carrie'
Nanny Theresa Dawes says she was sacked by Carrie Johnson days after starting work for her after her mum saw her enjoying a glass of wine with Boris to celebrate the birth of baby Frank
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Tories will fail to meet manifesto target to end rough sleeping by 2024
There was a 26% increase in rough sleeping in autumn 2022 - compared to the previous year - while the number of people living in temporary accommodation broke records
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Patients left 'waiting in pain' as their operations cancelled over ten times
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey, whose party obtained the damning figures on operation cancellations, said it is 'a scandal that patients are being so catastrophically let down'
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Scrap payouts for ministers who break rules or serve under a year, Lib Dems say
The Lib Dems want severance pay scrapped for those who serve under 12 months after its research showed over half a million pounds was paid to ex-ministers in one year
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'If Rishi Sunak carries on like he is he'll sign the Tory Party's death warrant'
Rishi Sunak only cares about the next General Election - this anti-change Premier trashing our country is creating problems with a strategy lacking coherence or intellectual substance
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'Rishi Sunak is yesterday's man - people detest a fake, a dummy, a fraud'
Winning at the 2024 election is all that matters to Rishi Sunak and he's not even very good at that, Kevin Maguire says, as polls show nobody rates the Prime Minister
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Thousands of nurses feel 'invisible' after being excluded from NHS pay deal
A community nurse, 59, who works in the independent sector in the south of England, said it was a 'shock' to be excluded from the pay deal - meanwhile others continue to strike
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Links between Labour and US Democrats revived as crunch election year looms
Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership has paved the way for tighter links with US Democrats ahead of next year’s crunch elections in Britain and America
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Suella Braverman under fire after 'interfering' in Chris Kaba 'murder' case
Chris Kaba, 24, was unarmed when he was shot and killed in south London last year - the head of the CPS cautioned there should be 'no commentary' while the murder case is active
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Burnham fumes northerners being treated 'like second-class citizens' if HS2 axed
The northern leg of the high speed line from Birmingham to Manchester has been thrown into doubt - with the PM and Chancellor expected to discuss the fate of the route this week
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Sunak plots £7bn tax cut for richest 4% as he threatens Universal Credit raid
Rishi Sunak is considering scrapping inheritance tax even though fewer than 4% of people reach the threshold to incur the tax - which can be up to £1million for a couple
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Millions set for huge pensions rise as Tories avoid triple lock 'suicide'
The PM had consistently refused to say whether the key policy would be included in the Conservative Party ’s manifesto at the next election but
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Donald Trump praises 'smart' Sunak for rolling back 'ridiculous' climate targets
The former US President praised the PM for having 'very substantially rolled back ridiculous "Climate Mandates"' after Rishi Sunak weakened his net zero targets this week
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Rishi Sunak 'condemns millions' to paying £500-a-year more in bills after U-turn
New analysis found the PM tearing up plans to force landlords to make homes more energy efficient would mean families paying £500 a year more in energy bills