Politics

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Tory blasted for saying Johnson '100%' a man of integrity in Partygate defence
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he 'does not believe for one second' the shamed ex-PM knowingly misled Parliament over Partygate - and said Boris Johnson was 100% a man of integrity
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Boris Johnson flogs London home for £200k under asking price
The ex-Prime Minister and his wife Carrie are swapping the townhouse in Camberwell, south London for a nine-bedroom mansion in the Cotswolds that was on the market for £4million
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Boris Johnson has gone 'full Trump' over Partygate 'lies' probe, Tory MPs warn
Conservative MPs turned on Boris Johnson after the ex-PM attempted to discredit a Commons committee inquiry into whether he misled parliament over Partygate - despite photos showing him at gatherings
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Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears
Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'
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LETTERS: 'I'd genuinely be happy for my taxes to be spent on free school meals'
Primary school children across London will be given free school meals from September - but what do you think? Vote in our poll to have your say.
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Matt Hancock plotted to use new Covid variant to 'frighten pants off' public
WhatsApp messages showing the inner workings of the Health Secretary's team at the height of the pandemic were leaked to reporters, including a suggestion from Hancock that they declare a new strain
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Labour challenges Tories to adopt jobs plan to help Brits to return to work
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth says he wants a Labour government to deliver the plan - but has challenged Jeremy Hunt to prove he's "serious about the future of the country"
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Rishi Sunak urged to grip on Covid probe and prevent destruction of evidence
Concern is mounting over the scale of WhatsApp use in government, after thousands of Matt Hancock’s pandemic messages were leaked
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New £50MILLION taxpayer-funded helicopter on order for top Tories including PM
The new chopper, expected to be an Italian-made AgustaWestland AW149, will be a replacement for an aircraft currently in service based at RAF Northolt. It will also be used by senior royals
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At least nine MPs still using TikTok despite growing security warnings
Matt Hancock and Grant Shapps are among the MPs who use TikTok, which is a Chinese-owned social media app, despite governments around the world banning staff and the Parliament account being shut down
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Gay MP feared how football fans would treat him after coming out
Devoted Sheffield Wednesday fan Clive Betts said the reaction had been overwhelmingly positive
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Parties 'missing out on a million votes' by failing to make elections accessible
Voters with disabilities and autism say they’re treated “like an afterthought” - as candidates fail to put out ‘easy read’ policies
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Infected blood victims told they can't bring laywers to meeting with minister
Jason Evans, of the Factor 8 campaign group, said victims had been invited to a meeting with Paymaster General Jeremy Quin on Tuesday - and lawyers had been due to attend
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Children face 'bleak future as waiting lists for special schools soar
Figures show the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are either excluded or waiting for a school place has jumped by 29 per cent since 2020
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'Sunak's wonderful deal for Northern Ireland shows how little I understand'
Sunday Mirror columnist Mark Steel says he thought that when the UK was in the European Union, ALL of the UK was in the UK and had access to the single market in Europe - but he must have been wrong
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'Hancock betrayed families of Covid victims - we need to crack on with inquiry'
Rachael Bletchly says while Matt Hancock was banging on about the 'protective ring around care homes', he and his ­incompetent colleagues were merely covering their own a***s
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Matt Hancock's 41-hour battle to save career after affair with aide leaked
Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock scrambled to save his political career in the hours after footage of him kissing aide Gino Coladangelo during the Covid pandemic
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'Government's Covid shambles laid bare amid Hancock's WhatsApp message mayhem'
Brian Reade says Matt Hancock's WhatsApp fiasco just confirms how incompetent the Tory Government - and he himself - were during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Labour MP forced to call in police after receiving death threat
Preet Kaur Gill, Britain’s first Sikh MP, said she was left with no choice but to call the police. She is also forced to have a bodyguard at her surgery meetings
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Latest WhatsApp leaks reveal Hancock and Sunak clashed over UK lockdown policy
Leaked messages appear to show former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and shamed ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock were at loggerheads during the pandemic over the extent of Tory lockdown measures
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Shameless Boris Johnson brazenly tries to rubbish Sue Gray Partygate report
The former PM claimed it was 'surreal' the Commons Privileges Committee, which is investigating him, will use evidence from Ms Gray given she is poised to become Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Labour dismissed the comments as 'ludicrous'
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Lee Anderson accused of 'parroting misinformation' of anti-refugee protesters
Tory Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson said the protesters, who threw missiles at police, were 'just normal family people' with concerns about the safety of their community
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Learn US lessons to revive manufacturing and slash energy bills, says union boss
GMB general secretary Gary Smith called on the Government to look at how President Joe Biden is planning to boost American manufacturing by switching to green power
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Ambulance strikes suspended as Government finally agrees to union pay talks
After months of waiting, the Health Secretary wrote to unions within hours of GMB ambulance workers announcing they would reduce emergency cover on strike days
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Fifth of struggling Brits benefitted from donated food in cost-of-living crisis
The finding comes after grocery price inflation soared to 17.1% - adding £811 to households’ annual shopping bills - and with the Government under pressure to do more to help hard-up households