Politics

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'Fatcats should not benefit from war profits while Brits struggle to pay bills'
'War profits should not be channelled into the wage packets of bosses already on huge money when householders and businesses are being fleeced in a broken energy market'
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Tory Deputy Chair faces libel claim over 'defamatory allegations of bribery'
It comes less than a week after Rishi Sunak appointed the Tory MP Mr Anderson to the central Conservative Party role - despite a string of controversial comments
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British Gas chief urged to reject £1.6m bonus as millions face huge energy bills
Chief executive Chris O’Shea is expected to be in line for the windfall on the back of a soaring profits at the energy giant, which is forecast to announce a £3billion haul this Thursday
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'Seeds of riot sown hundreds of miles away - and Braverman was silent for hours'
Darren Lewis says the weekend's events in Knowsley reminded him of the troubles seen during his childhood, and it stemmed from years of hostile Westminster fire-stoking
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Pressure mounts on Tories to save terrestrial TV from big switch off after 2040
The Broadcast 2040+ campaign is stepping up its battle - and a petition by a leading pensioners' group has crossed the 10,000-signature milestone, forcing a response from the Government
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Foreign Office splashed £500,000 on lavish rugs and wallpapers in just 12 months
Among the splurges included more than £8,000 at a luxury lighting designer, over £3,000 at The White Company on home decor - and more than £30,000 went to luxury furniture stores
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'I wouldn't have made Channel crossing if I could apply for asylum from abroad'
A traumatised refugee who fled persecution in his native Iran told The Mirror that if the government wants to tackle small boat crossings, it needs to create ways of applying for asylum from outside the UK
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Bus driver strike deadlock finally ended as firm offers massive 18% pay rise
Union bosses have hailed an "important pay victory" after reaching a deal to break the deadlock with London-based bus firm Abellio.
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Mirror readers say Rishi Sunak is ‘too weak’ to be Prime Minister
Around 85 percent of respondents believe the PM is 'too weak' to lead the UK government - but what do you think? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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'Speed will save lives' in Ukraine warning as Russia launches new onslaught
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg will tell a crunch gathering in Brussels tomorrow that Russian president Vladimir Putin is prepared to take heavy losses in a new assault on Ukraine.
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'Long Covid nurses being dumped on a scrapheap by Tories who clapped for them'
The Tories are sending the carers they clapped for to the disability scrapheap without a backwards glance, says Fleet Street Fox. We owe them our lives
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Ex-Labour Cabinet minister in Tony Blair's Government mounts bid to return as MP
Labour veteran Douglas Alexander - who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Governments - announced he was standing in the Scottish constituency of East Lothian at the next general election
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Brit war planes on stand by to shoot down Chinese spy balloons 24/7
The Prime Minister refused to say whether any incidents had been reported in UK airspace, but said the UK is protected by a quick reaction alert force
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Top businessman defects to Labour with blast at Tory's 'f*** business' attitude
Former LGBT+ champion Iain Anderson said he was disillusioned with the Conservative party he's supported for nearly 40 years, saying: 'It’s not the party it used to be - I can’t defend it'
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Top Tory admits divisive Rwanda deportation plan only has 'marginal' benefits
International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell's comments are at odds with the Government after Rishi Sunak made it a key priority to stop people making the perilous Channel crossing in small boats
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Treasury splashed £3,000 on arty photos when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor
Despite already having access to the vast Government Art Collection - some 14,700 works - the purchase of 13 'fine art photographs' was made at the taxpayers’ expense in March 2021
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NHS virtual wards 'no silver bullet' for stretched A&E warns top emergency medic
Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the closure of some virtual wards at 8pm means 'someone’s left holding the baby'
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'Britain is the world's sick nation - it's embarrassing and Tories are to blame'
The Conservatives have made the UK an international embarrassment but, come Autumn next year, Brits will finally be able to take their revenge by voting them out
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Brits face 'cost of loving crisis' as Valentine's Day celebrations bill soars
The average cost of celebrating Valentine’s Day has risen to £159 this year, as the bill for treats like chocolates, red roses and three-course meals rose, according to new analysis
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BBC boss's position 'increasingly untenable' after Boris Johnson loan row
Under-fire BBC Chairman Richard Sharp was accused by MPs of making 'significant errors of judgement' by acting as a go-between for a loan guarantee for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Brexit 'failings' discussed at cross-party talks with minister Michael Gove
The summit was held at Ditchley Park country house and was attended by both Leave and Remain figures and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, reports say
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A&E and cancer nurses set to join next strikes as NHS pay dispute escalates
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is considering fresh industrial action over three separate days, which would run throughout the night, as ministers stonewall on pay demands
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Dominic Raab told me killer doesn't deserve to be freed, says James Bulger's dad
Ralph Bulger had a face-to-face chat with the justice secretary and was reportedly told that Jon Venables doesn't deserve to be released, as the killer prepares to go before a parole board once again
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BBC chair made 'errors of judgement' over Boris Johnson loan, report finds
Labour is calling for BBC chair Richard Sharp to quit following a damning report today by MPs into his role helping Boris Johnson get an £800,000 loan
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'Top Tory's racist ties are a sure-fire way to rebuild Labour's Red Wall'
The controversy surrounding Rishi Sunak's new Deputy Tory Chairman Lee Anderson MP just keeps on growing, with new revelations about his links to neo-Nazi white supremacists