Politics

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Police 'looking into' clip of Sunak not wearing seatbelt as PM issues apology
Wearing a seat belt is a legal requirement for all drivers and passengers - a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'
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Rishi Sunak suggests only 'idiots' want tax cuts demanded by some Tories
The Prime Minister defied Tory calls to reduce the tax burden in the upcoming Budget as well as billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson who said the Government's economic policy was 'stupid'
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Keir Starmer blasts PM for swerving world leaders talks as he makes energy vow
The Labour leader said politicians and business chiefs he had spoken to at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were surprised Rishi Sunak had not attended - and outlined plans for a global energy alliance
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Rishi Sunak accused of pumping levelling up cash into the South - see full list
The Prime Minister denied that the £2billion for more than 100 projects across the country was 'pork barrel politics' - as furious Tories branded it a 'f**k up of epic proportions'
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'Bad taste' Tory MP blasted for using own staff to back up food bank claim
Lee Anderson, who has previously claimed people can cook meals from scratch for 30p, posted a picture of one of his staff members, claiming she earns less than £30,000 but can afford to live in central London and go on foreign holidays
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James Dyson blasts Tories' 'stupid' and 'short-sighted' economic policies
The vacuum tycoon and knight of the realm lashed out at Rishi Sunak's Government over its approach to generating growth - and attacked ministers for hiking taxes on firms
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Will you be reading Boris Johnson's memoir?
Touted as a 'prime ministerial memoir like no other', the book is expected to rake in at least six figures for the former PM
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Rishi Sunak takes taxpayer-funded private jet on jaunt around Tory target seats
The luxury RAF plane took a 41 minute flight from London to Blackpool, then on a 28 minute trip over to Darlington - as the PM visited key seats the Tories desperately need to hold onto in the next election
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Boris Johnson compares Vladimir Putin to 'fat boy in Dickens' in strange speech
The former prime minister also urged his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos to "stop worrying about Kremlinology" insisting Russia will "never" use nuclear weapons
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'Teachers shouldn't need second jobs' - workers explain why they plan to strike
The Mirror has spoken to teachers who are poised to strike on why they plan to join walkouts as talks between union bosses and the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan failed to break the deadlock
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Arlene Phillips and Vicky McClure call on Rishi Sunak to prioritise dementia
The stars will deliver an open letter launched by Alzheimer’s Society and signed by more than 36,000 members of the public to Downing Street - it will urge the Government to deliver on its dementia commitments
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'Clarke's insulting nurses comments prove Tories don't value NHS and its staff'
Today Simon Clarke, who served as a Cabinet Minister when Liz Truss was Prime Minister, had the gall to tell nurses relying on foodbanks they needed to 'budget better and take responsibility'
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Rishi Sunak gives his own wealthy constituency £19m to 'level-up'
The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas
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Rich Tory MP accuses nurses using foodbanks of 'not budgeting properly'
Tory Simon Clarke accused NHS workers of not managing their shrinking personal budgets properly. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who earns £84,000 a year as an MP, sparked fury with his comments
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Nurse confronts Health Secretary during hospital visit in awkward encounter
Steve Barclay was given the stark message at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, North London, on the day thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and patient safety
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Labour calls for probe into Boris Johnson's £800k 'credit facility'
Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards calling for an urgent investigation into revelations of the arrangement between the then Prime Minister and a distant cousin
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'DWP refuse to release disabled deaths reports amid inhumane assessment system'
Last summer it was revealed that the Department of Works and Pensions, were simply refusing to release reports into the true scale of deaths due to being denied benefits or the recommendations - because the investigations were internal
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Rishi Sunak dismisses idea not to share cakes at work for sake of others' health
The food expert suggested creating a 'supportive environment' at work - No 10 gave out mini-cupcakes to reporters in Parliament to show Mr Sunak’s commitment to indulging in sweet treats at work
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Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute
The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'
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UN agency rejects Tory ministers' claims it backs 'draconian' anti-strike laws
The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action
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Ambulance staff and nurses to strike on same day as union unveils four new dates
The GMB union said more than 10,000 paramedics, emergency care assistants and call handlers would down tools on February 6 and 20, and March 6 and 20, in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay
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Top Tory George Eustice says he will stand down at next general election
The former Environment Secretary joins a growing number of Tories choosing to stand down amid fears Conservative MPs will lose their seats due to growing Labour support in the polls
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Rishi Sunak confronted over 'lethal chaos' in NHS after death of woman, 26
Labour leader Keir Starmer told MPs about the tragic case of a woman called Stephanie, from Plymouth, whose mum called 999 - but the ambulance failed to arrive in time
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Do you support nurses and ambulance workers going on strike? Have your say
'People aren't dying because nurses are striking. Nurses are striking because people are dying' says union
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'Out of touch' Tory MP says nurses using food banks should 'budget better'
The comment was made by former levelling up secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke as thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions