Politics

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Sunak warned AI being racist or sexist is immediate risk not human extinction
An expert in AI ethics has warned the Prime Minister to focus on the 'real' risks of artificial intelligence including how its use in health systems could mean treatment is biased towards people with white skin or men
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Three Grenfell families still in temporary accommodation six years on
Royal Borough of Kensignton and Chelsea Council confirm that there are three families of 201 displaced by the tragedy who still haven't yet moved into their new homes
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Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 2 as Government admits rules caused 'pain'
The Department of Health's legal representative Fiona Scolding KC told the Covid Inquiry that different decisions may have been made with hindsight, as the probe continued its examination of the years leading up the pandemic
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Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes
NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk
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Up to 90 more hotels could be needed to house Channel migrants, MPs told
Home Secretary Suella Braverman was grilled about plans to accommodate new arrivals crossing the Strait of Dover as plans for more barges flop
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Keir Starmer mocks Rishi Sunak for not blocking Boris Johnson's crony honours
The Prime Minister and Labour leader clashed in the Commons as the shadow of the former Premier loomed large over the chamber for Mr Sunak's weekly noon grilling
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Train drivers vote to continue striking for next six months in blow to commuters
Aslef balloted 12,500 of its members at 15 train operators, with most voting by more than 90% in favour of continuing with strikes and other forms of industrial action
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MPs cheer as it's officially announced in Parliament that Boris Johnson has quit
Chief Whip Simon Hart told MPs that a by-election will take place in Uxbridge and South Ruislip after the disgraced former PM announced he would stand down over Partygate
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Should cyclists be made have number plates - take our poll and have your say
Several countries around the world have already tried it – with limited success. But cyclists in Italy will be made to have licence plates, indicators, insurance and wear helmets following a proposed law by its government.
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150,000 NHS appointments to be cancelled as junior doctors go on strike today
Patients face huge disruption as medics in the British Medical Association begin a 72-hour walkout in their bitter dispute with the Government over pay
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9 in 10 doctors expect NHS to get worse, poll shows on eve of 72-hour strike
The British Medical Association polled 2,000 doctors on the eve of their three day strike from 7am following a decade of below inflation pay deals
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Families would automatically get Healthy Start food vouchers under new law
Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck wants to change the law so those eligible for the Healthy Start scheme are automatically signed up to stop them from missing out on vital support
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Government didn't think through the impact of lockdowns, Covid inquiry is told
As victims’ families reveal their pain, the probe into the handling of the health crisis hears that the impact of closing down the country was not fully considered
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'Still questioning our pro-choices, after mum who took abortion pill is jailed'
The shocking case of the mother sentenced to 28 months in prison after taking abortion pills after the legal limit has thrown up more debate over this complicated and confusing issue, and left Polly Hudson wondering what it is to be truly pro-choice
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Boris Johnson sends 11th-hour letter to Partygate inquiry - delaying report
David Campbell Bannerman, chairman of the Conservative Democracy Organisation, said Tory MPs on the Privileges Committee should be “brought to book” as he warned they faced deselection
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Covid Inquiry: 5 key things from Day 1 of evidence as bereaved share heartbreak
Three years on from the start of the pandemic, the Inquiry heard how the virus 'left in its wake death, misery and incalculable loss'
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SNP to send flowers to 'most impressive politician' Nicola Sturgeon after arrest
Nicola Sturgeon's thoughtful colleagues in the Scottish National Party in Edinburgh decided to rally round their crisis-hit former leader by ordering her some stems
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Sunak to be told to scrap 'cruel' two-child benefit policy in PMQs confrontation
The Labour MP Kim Johnson, who will raise the issue in the Commons on Wednesday, said the controversial policy that restricts benefits is 'as cruel as it is ineffective'
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Bereaved families tell devastating stories of loss to Covid inquiry - full video
In a heart-breaking 17-minute film, people from across the UK spoke through their tears about their devastating experiences of losing spouses, parents and siblings during the pandemic
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Boris Johnson 'pressed Rishi Sunak over knighthood for his father'
The former Prime Minister reportedly urged the current PM to back his 82-year-old dad becoming a Sir in the resignation honours list which has triggered bitter Conservative Party infighting
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UK 'might not have been well prepared' for pandemic, Covid Inquiry hears
The Covid Inquiry is beginning its long-awaited evidence sessions today, with key players summoned to shine a light on the UK's handling of the pandemic
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Nadine Dorries blasts Rishi Sunak and top aide as 'privileged posh boys'
The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Faces of Brit Covid victims whose families deserve to know truth about pandemic
The Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice action group put forward 20 families to act as witnesses but none have been chosen to given evidence in Module 1
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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson trade blows as Tory civil war erupts over peerages
The Prime Minister and his predecessor indulged in a public slanging match over Johnson’s bid to give peerages to his cheerleaders
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What is happening with the Covid-19 Inquiry this week and why it matters
More than three years on from the first lockdown, the Inquiry will carry out the first in-depth investigation into what happened during the Covid crisis, which led to more than 227,000 deaths in the UK