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Firefighters vote overwhelmingly to strike in historic 999 walkout
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today said members had voted overwhelmingly for industrial action after more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts and a "derisory" offer by the government
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Do you think Rishi Sunak is 'too weak' to be Prime Minister? Vote in our poll
Rishi Sunak has fired Nadhim Zahawi after he was found to have committed ‘serious breach’ of ministerial code - but do you think the PM was 'weak' in his handling of the scandal?
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Rishi Sunak asked when he will pay nurses 'properly' after speech on NHS
The Prime Minister was taking questions from health workers and members of the public on the NHS as he was told the issue of nurses' pay was the 'elephant in the room'
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Tory likens Rishi Sunak's Government to 'band on Titanic' in leaked WhatsApps
Backbench Tory MP Lee Anderson ranted that any officials blocking Government efforts to stem the flow of small boat crossings may be guilty of 'treason' in a tranche of leaked messages
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One in six headteachers quit working in state schools after just five years
The NAHT, which represents school leaders, warned of an exodus from the classrooms as headteachers quit their jobs and leave the state schools system altogether after just a few years
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'Nadhim Zahawi's lack of an apology shows the arrogance of a wealthy Tory'
Rishi Sunak today sacked Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi after weeks of revelations about his tax affairs but the 55-year-old MP is yet to apologise
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1 in 10 Ministry of Justice staff have 'experienced bullying or harassment'
According to the annual Civil Service People Survey 11% of MoJ staff warned that they had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination - significantly higher than an average across the Civil Service of 7%
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Tories engulfed by sleaze as PM branded 'weak' over Nadhim Zahawi sacking
Rishi Sunak dithered for a fortnight and then finally fired the Conservative Party chairman for breaking ministerial rules seven times
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Rishi Sunak axes 999 targets and is slammed for putting patients at risk
Rishi Sunak is expected to make the announcement on Monday despite concerns from the Labour Party, which says patients will be "left waiting longer than is safe".
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'Rishi Sunak is clearly out of his depth and a complete chancer'
Rishi Sunak, who marks 100 days as Prime Minister this week, and "unpopular" Boris Johnson are proving why the "Conservative Party’s unfit to govern," argues associate editor Kevin Maguire
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'Britain must stand together to protect right to strike as Tories attack'
In an article for the Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak called on workers across the country to support its Protect the Right to Strike campaign day on Wednesday
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Gove admits 'faulty' Government guidance partly to blame for Grenfell tragedy
The Housing Secretary's comments come over five years after the fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, in June 2017 killed 72 people and triggered a public inquiry
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Zahawi's 'snivelling and graceless resignation letter shows his true character'
Rishi Sunak has finally sacked Nadhim Zahawi from the Cabinet amid a row over his tax affairs - The Mirror's Jason Beattie says it lacks any apology or contrition despite several ministerial code breaches
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Zahawi's seven breaches of ministerial code in bombshell ethics investigation
Rishi Sunak sacked the Tory Chairman Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday for 'serious' breaches of the ministerial code after his ethics investigator Sir Laurie Magnus's rapid report into the senior Tory MP's tax affairs
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Is Brexit creating more problems than it was supposed to solve? Take our poll
We voted to leave the European Union more than six years ago now - but things haven't gone quite as well as some had hoped
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Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi sacked by Rishi Sunak after tax row
The top minister had come under intense pressure after it emerged that he had settled a multimillion tax dispute with HMRC while he was Chancellor last summer
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Rishi Sunak's election guru once worked for team advising oligarch pal of Putin
Tory election expert Isaac Levido had a job at lobbyists CT, which gave advice to Andrey Melnichenko, a billionaire who had his luxury yacht seized after being hit by sanctions over Ukraine invasion
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Struggling tenants of Zahawi's family firm 'lost businesses due to late rent'
A Birmingham small business owner was forced to shut down his barbershop after being hounded for unpaid rent money by embattled minister Nadhim Zahawi's family firm
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'Rishi Sunak should call a general election - voters have lost faith in Tories'
The Tory party has seen no shortage of controversies since Rishi Sunak became PM last year - from accusations of bullying to suspensions - all despite his pledge to lead a sleaze-free government
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Tory Treasurer hired by Sunak and Zahawi rakes it in from Russian oil industry
Billionaire Mohamed Mansour is co-owner of a company with a subsidiary supplying machinery to Russia's oil and gas industry, despite sanctions imposed since Putin's Ukraine invasion
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'PM failing to earn anyone's trust and can't end sleaze claims against Tories'
Columnist Keir Mudie says the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is looking increasingly weakened by scandals in his party, as former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi faces growing criticism over his tax error
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Hospital outpatients could get one-hour's notice to fill cancelled appointments
NHS trusts are set to trial new short-notice lists of people who live close to hospitals and can come in at the last moment when appointments are cancelled by other patients
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Union chief demands summit with Rishi Sunak to end wave of strikes
New TUC boss Paul Nowak told the Sunday Mirror in an exclusive interview: “The PM must get me and union leaders into the room to sort this out. We’ll go to No10 tomorrow. The ball is in his court.”
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NHS waiting list frustration leads to fewer donors for transplant patients
Clinicians say potential donors and their families have become less inclined to offer organs while a record 7.2 million patients have treatment delayed.
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Streeting plan to use private beds for NHS patients gets Alan Milburn backing
The shadow Health boss wants to buy excess capacity in the private sector to carry out 233,000 procedures a year to cut NHS waiting lists if Keir Starmer becomes PM
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