Politics

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'If Suella Braverman is a fascist, she's the worst sort - a stupid one'
The worst sort of fascist is a stupid one, says Fleet Street Fox. Suella Braverman's ignorance means she normalises what ought to be atrocious
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Have you turned your heating on yet? Have your say
Weather experts say further frost and ice risks are expected over the next few nights - so will you be wrapping up warm or reaching for the thermostat? Or maybe both?
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Rishi Sunak accused of trying to pass 'pointless' new laws to curb protests
Labour leader Keir Starmer said police already have the powers to tackle groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, and called on No10 to talk to chief constables to clarify what they can do
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Do you support teachers going on strike? Vote in our poll
Teachers are walking off the job today as part of a dispute over pay and working conditions - but do you support the strikes? Vote in our poll to have your say.
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All UK strikes dates from nurses to paramedics as teachers on brink of walkouts
Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions
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Ex-Tory MP caught watching explicit video says he might stand at next election
Neil Parish resigned after other MPs spotted him watching explicit videos but says he has 'unfinished business' and would still consider running in the next election
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Paying carers Real Living Wage could help ease NHS crisis, say campaigners
The Living Wage Foundation believes lifting the pay of tens of thousands of care workers could encourage more staff into the sector, relieving pressure on the health service
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Families missing out on £4.25-a-week food vouchers as data shrouded in mystery
The Feeding Britain charity urged the Government to publish the figures - due more than two weeks ago - as soon as possible to show how a revamp of the system is working
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Steel firm cutting 440 jobs urges 'revolution' to save sector on 'life support'
Writing exclusively for the Mirror, Liberty Steel's Jeff Kabel says there is a way to rescue the sector - and help it transition to more environmentally-friendly production
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Millionaire Tory Nadhim Zahawi to 'pay millions in tax to settle HMRC dispute'
Labour say the multi-millionaire former Chancellor - who is chairman of the Tory party - has ‘questions to answer’ over the way his family’s trust held shares in the polling firm he founded
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Keir Starmer believes 16-year-olds are too young to change their legal gender
Keir Starmer said he had 'concerns' over Scotland's reforms to the law for trans people, but did not say if he would block the law as PM, adding he did not want it to be a 'toxic political football'
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Starmer says he's never used private healthcare - but NHS must reform or 'die'
Labour's leader defended his tough stance on NHS reforms, vowing to take on 'bureaucratic nonsense' and 'mind-boggling inefficiencies' in the health service
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Boris Johnson had 'up to £800k credit' to fund lavish life 'with cousin's help'
New claims have emerged about the big spender ex-PM's unusual financial arrangements - despite his £159,000 salary and earnings of more than £1million since he left
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Nurses warn strikes could double next month as pay talks drag on in 'Tory split'
A government source denied claims of a split as the Royal College of Nursing warned it will send members out this Wednesday - and twice as many in February if things aren't resolved
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Keir Starmer hints 4 times he'll ditch uni fees vow saying 'a lot has changed'
Keir Starmer pledged in 2020 to scrap £9,250-a-year university tuition fees - but it could be the latest pledge on the scrapheap as he blames the Tories' 'huge damage to our economy'
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Mirror readers oppose Rishi Sunak’s plans for pupils to study maths until age 18
The Prime Minister said that learning maths will leave students “better equipped for the jobs of the future” during his first speech of 2023. But what did our Mirror readers think?
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'As NHS struggled, Tories were spending money on overpriced or defective PPE'
Of £12billion in PPE contracts doled out as the pandemic took hold, more than a quarter went to Tory donors or the mates of ministers. Conservative Covid cronyism left a bitter aftertaste
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Tory donor's firm paid £11m to deliver PPE now gets £4.5m to destroy it
Clipper Logistics is being paid £4.5million to dispose of Covid kit bought at inflated prices by the Tories but found to be useless. Gowns, goggles and surgical gloves will be incinerated
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'Boris Johnson's plan to get back to No10 is unlikely - Britain needs stability'
Columnist Keir Mudie says that for all the rumours flying around about a big political comeback for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he doesn't pose a threat to Rishi Sunak - for now
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Grant Shapps' anti-strike legislation breaches international law, experts say
The Trade Union Law Group of specialist lawyers claims that would go against worker protection rights enshrined under human rights conventions and international treaties
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Fix NHS crisis by giving care staff national pay and standards, says Union boss
Christina McAnea of 1.4million member Unison says a National Care Service fully integrated with the NHS is the only way to stop 13,000 patients fit to leave hospital staying put and holding up new admissions because they have nowhere to go
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'After banning strikes, Government could ban workers from being angry'
This Government has many other plans to improve efficiency. Soon, nurses will have to bring in their own beds and patients having transplants will be asked to perform the operation ­themselves, writes Mark Steel
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Boris Johnson put £4,445 dinner in New York on government credit card
Mr Johnson took his entourage of 24 out for a meal plus booze while attending the United Nations General Assembly on 21st September 2021
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Loopholes let ex-advisors 'fly under radar' as most become 'shadow lobbyists'
More than half of the 521 Special Advisers who left Whitehall between 1997 and 2017 got jobs in advocacy or lobbying for corporate firms or interest groups
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Armed forces recruits left freezing as barracks heating breaks down twice a day
New MoD figures show that at the Navy’s largest training camp at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hants heating systems have gone down nearly 400 times since last February