Politics

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Cyclists SHOULD be made to have number plates says new poll
For years now, campaigners have been pushing for some form of registration system, just as with motorcycles - but many fear such measures could turn people off using their pushbike
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'Cowardly' Tory ministers 'refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special'
Alastair Campbell, who will be appearing on the flagship BBC politics show in Clacton-on-Sea, said it is "quite something" that the government won't be represented in front of an audience made entirely of Leave voters
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All you need to know about the Windrush scandal and who was impacted
Despite living in Britain for decades, some of the Windrush generation lost their jobs, were refused medical care or even faced deportation threats because they lacked the proper documentation
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Leave voters' optimism in politics has been 'squandered' since 2016 Brexit vote
UK in a Changing Europe director Anand Menon and researcher Sophie Stowers write exclusively for the Mirror as the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum looms on Friday
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Just one in five Brexit voters thinks it's going well as anniversary looms
A major study by the UK in a Changing Europe think tank and pollsters Public First lays bare 'bregrets' seven years after Britain voted to leave the EU
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Our five simple changes will ease mortgage pain for millions, Labour says
Rachel Reeves made five pledges, including requiring lenders to let borrowers switch to interest-only payments temporarily, or lengthen the term of their loan
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'Bank of England is fighting economic firestorm caused by Tory arsonists'
In the face of this growing disaster, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has acted like a rabbit transfixed by the headlights of a super truck
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Fury as Tory 'extremists' accused of blocking new laws outlawing puppy farming
Conservatives have been criticised after blocking efforts to ressurect their flagship Kept Animals Bill, which would have included tough new measures to clamp down on puppy farms, and banning exports of livestock for slaughter
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Kick shamed Boris Johnson off Privy Council over his Partygate lies, demands MP
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse warned that the lying ex-PM is 'simply not fit to hold any form of public role for a minute longer' as she argued he should not be an adviser to the King
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier repair bill rises to £25m - and you're going to pay
MPs heard the cost of fixing the faulty propeller on HMS Prince of Wales had climbed to £25m - and it will come out of the Navy's budget because the Ministry of Defence did not take out a 'warranty'
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Slippery Rishi Sunak accused of misleading MPs over record NHS waiting lists
Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged Rishi Sunak to come clean after he wrongly claimed at Prime Minister's Questions that 'we are reducing waiting lists'
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DWP's extra disabled cost of living payment barely scratches the surface
For too long when disabled people are given the bare minimum to allow us to survive we’re expected to thank our oppressors
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Ministers pledge new powers to stop families being denied care home visits
Since pandemic restrictions were eased relatives are still facing issues with visiting loved ones - an issue branded a 'dangerous hangover from Covid'
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POLL: Should the Government be doing more to help with Cost of Living crisis?
Nearly 40 per cent of people end the month with no money left, while 24 per cent run out of cash for must-have goods either most months or most days, according to research
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Union leaders urge shipyard welders to get checked for cancer over fumes risk
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions and the Alex Ferry Foundation launch a campaign on Thursday
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Interest rate hikes could see 1.4million Brits lose 20% of disposable income
The Bank of England is expected to raise the base rate - which influences interest rates lenders charge for mortgages, loans and other types of credit - again tomorrow in an effort to curb inflation
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PM confronted over policeman who could lose home after 'Tory mortgage penalty'
Like millions of people across the country James's mortgage is up for renewal in 2024 - and faces a £400-a-month hike in payments
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'Tories clapped for us during the pandemic, now they're threatening to sack us'
Writing for the Daily Mirror Fire Brigades Union member Ben Curson, who works a firefighter in Nottingham, urged ministers to drop anti-strike legislation that will make it harder for key workers to demand better pay
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Tories 'giving green light to puppy smugglers' face demand to reverse 'betrayal'
Labour Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon told Tory MPs they could end up making a conscious choice to allow animal suffering to continue if they don't re-introduce the Kept Animals Bill
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'Britain is a nation of animal lovers - it deserves a government that cares too'
Writing in the Mirror, Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon accused Tory ministers of giving a green light to puppy smugglers, puppy farmers and pet thieves
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Murdered MP Jo Cox's husband to remarry seven years after her brutal killing
Jo Cox, who was Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was repeatedly shot and killed on June 16, 2016, during a constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire and her attacker was jailed
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Labour MP's Windrush grandparents were dedicated to rebuilding post-war Britain
Marsha de Cordova says their legacy not only lives on in Britain’s cherished institutions but in the individual lives rebuilt in homes, in gardens, in kitchens, and social clubs
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'Rishi Sunak chickened out, like a weasel - he fails to rise above low PM bar'
Rishi Sunak promised integrity, but in failing to show strong leadership over Monday's parliamentary vote he's demonstrated he is no better than Boris Johnson
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UK 'ignored Sudan warnings' as MPs told of families who lost 10 loved ones
Members of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee heard that the Foreign Office failed to act despite warnings of impending war in mid-April, with families in the UK now mourning the loss of family members
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What we learned on day austerity chief Osborne gave evidence to Covid Inquiry
The former Chancellor's evidence under oath came just 24 hours after his ex-boss David Cameron became the first politician to face the Inquiry - and was heckled with cries of 'shame on you'