Politics

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'Disability Action Plan fails to tackle issues important to disabled people'
It will sit alongside the National Disability Strategy and work on short-term solutions to the pressing issues disabled people face in everyday life
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Suella Braverman broke law putting lone children in hotels with 154 missing
In a High Court ruling Mr Justice Chamberlain said the routine housing of unaccompanied children in hotels was against the law, and said asylum seekers were treated "less favourably"
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Dis Life: Beach body ready but no chance of getting full access to our coastline
Have you ever tried pushing a walker on sand or pebbles? It’s a challenge worthy of It's A Knockout
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Tanni Grey-Thompson warns disabled people are being driven off railways
The Paralympics legend accused railway bosses of being 'disingenuous' by claiming that plans to shut 974 ticket offices across England may actually help disabled passengers
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Coutts boss quits following Nigel Farage bank account row
Coutts has come in for heavy criticism over its treatment of the former UKIP leader, with an internal memo showing bank officials had voiced concerns over his political views.
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War of words as Sadiq Khan brands Rishi Sunak 'desperate' in attack over housing
The Government announced it was ploughing £200million into building new homes on brownfield sites in the capital - but the London Mayor pointed out that Mr Sunak had caved in to Tory rebels over housing targets
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Withering Emily Maitlis slams Nigel Farage's 'utter entitlement' over NatWest
Former BBC journalist Ms Maitlis hit out at the "power of the populist" after Mr Farage voiced his anger at the "posh private bank" - saying he had turned "utter entitlement into victimhood" during the NatWest row
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Town council tells Nadine Dorries to finally resign as MP in savage letter
Flitwick Town Council in Bedfordshire said residents are 'desperately in need of effective representation' at Westminster and hits out ex-Cabinet minister's work on television
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'Hit and miss' whether kids get food they need as holiday vouchers value slumps
More than two-thirds of local councils in England have either cut or frozen the value of support offered to families entitled to free school meals to help them get through the summer holidays
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Third of kids in care system between 8 and 11 were excluded from school
Damning research reveals pupils in state secondary schools are much more likely to be excluded if they have a history of receiving social care or special educational needs services
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'Tory austerity has left the NHS too weak to do what is necessary to save lives'
NHS England and health authorities in other parts of Britain beginning preparations is a reminder that viruses such as flu can be mass killers
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Carrie Johnson's pal takes brutal swipe at Nadine Dorries as she lingers as MP
Campaigner Nimco Ali asked the former Culture Secretary when she's actually going to resign - almost seven weeks after the ex-Culture Secretary announced she was quitting as MP for Mid Bedfordshire
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Rishi Sunak heckled as he gives mealy-mouthed answers to infected blood victims
The Prime Minister was told victims and their families are being 'kept in the dark' about support and compensation, while the PM was jeered as he claimed Government work 'continues at pace'
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Russia 'preparing fleet for Black Sea blockade' with risk of fresh violence
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Russia must stop holding global food supplies 'hostage' after the Kremlin pulled out of a wartime export deal allowing safe shipment of grain from Ukraine
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'The antidote to women-haters - Barbie movie should be on national curriculum'
For helpless, despairing parents, unsure how to steer their kids against misogyny in a non-preachy way they’ll understand, Barbie is the answer
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'It's vital for disabled people that you oppose train ticket office closures'
It’s great that the consultation has been extended - however, the law requires consultation processes to be twelve weeks and this will take it to just eight
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Do you support plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 - take our poll
Cabinet minister Michael Gove has confirmed that the 2030 deadline is “immovable” and that the Conservatives are committed to banning the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles - but what do YOU think?
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Keir Starmer gave kids choice to eat meat at 10 - and son tempts him with KFC
The Labour leader, who became vegetarian 25 years ago but has gone back to eating fish, said his children were given the choice over how they wanted to eat once they were 10-years-old
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'Why won't Tories take on bad bosses harming workers and wasting taxpayer cash'
Writing for the Mirror, Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones accused ministers of dashing to help Nigel Farage while ignoring ordinary customers and workers
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Rishi Sunak pressure on NatWest 'shows power Nigel Farage has over Tories'
Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones said the PM's intervention over Dame Alison Rose's conduct was a result of the 'power Farage seems to have over the Tories'
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Woman tells Keir Starmer she pulled out own teeth amid NHS dentistry crisis
Figures earlier this year showed that one in 10 people were have resorted to "DIY dentistry"in desperation as MPs called for urgent government reform
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Train companies delay ticket office cull in victory for campaigners
Passengers have been given an extra five weeks to have their say on devastating plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England as the consultation is extended until September 1
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Junior doctors to stage new four-day strike in August in bitter pay row
The British Medical Association announced another wave of 'monthly strike action' and called on the Government to return to the table for talks
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Nigel Farage snaps in furious row with Nick Robinson after NatWest boss quits
Nigel Farage told Today programme presenter Nick Robinson 'I'm sick of your condescending tone' in a heated exchange came after Mr Robinson teased the former Ukip leader about his seven failed attempts to become an MP
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NatWest boss Alison Rose quits as Nigel Farage says 'whole board needs to go'
Dame Alison admitted she made a 'serious error of judgment' when she discussed Nigel Farage's relationship with private bank Coutts, owned by NatWest Group, with a BBC journalist