Politics

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Jeremy Corbyn in furious clash over antisemitism in Labour on ITV's Peston
The former Labour leader was told he 'only has himself to blame' after he stood by his claim that the scale of antisemitism cases in Labour was 'grossly exaggerated'
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Hundreds of Liberty Steel jobs at risk as firm announces fresh wave of cuts
The company delivered a fresh blow to the sector this morning as the industry battles high energy costs and struggles to compete with foreign rivals
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Sadiq Khan blasts Tories for denying Brexit's 'immense damage' to Britain
The London Mayor is expected to demand a shift away from the 'unnecessarily hard-line version' of Brexit towards greater alignment with Europe in his Mansion House speech
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Grim antisemitism report finds 'hostile' culture at National Union of Students
The NUS acknowledged its findings are 'shocking' and said it is committed to tackling antisemitism across 'the breadth and depth' of the union
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DWP planning major benefits shake-up for millions of sick and disabled Brits
Tory ministers are looking at changing the way fit-for-work tests happen as part of a change to the benefit system - but the details have not yet been nailed down
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'Boris Johnson still shows disregard for rules and truth - nothing has changed'
In the next few weeks, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face the Commons privileges committee investigating claims he misled Parliament over No10 parties
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'Labour's plan for disabled people is the same as Tories - to push us into work'
Both Tories and Labour politicians are pledging to get disabled people back into work, but what about those of us who can’t work?
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Tories could close 600 local pools in plans to slash energy bills support
The 85 per cent funding cut risks decimating school swimming lessons, threatens people’s fitness and wellbeing, and also puts safety around swimming pools in danger
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Local chemists suffering £67,000 annual shortfall, say pharmacists' leaders
The Company Chemists’ Association blasted the "truly broken" funding system and warned the Government that pharmacists needed extra cash to help ease the desperate NHS crisis
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Peer suspended for 9 months for lobbying for Covid firm that paid him £57k
The Earl of Shrewsbury was found to have 'clearly' breached the Lords Code of Conduct by 'seeking to profit from membership of the House' last month
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Boris Johnson unveils oil painting of himself looking svelte and smirking
The former Prime Minister once pledged for himself and the nation to lose weight - now it appears a portrait artist has also been tasked with helping him to slim down
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'New offer’ to end rail strikes due today as firms and unions hold crunch talks
The RMT and TSSA will hold talks with rail firms' reps on Thursday - as sources voiced hope that ministers will come up with something new to break the deadlock
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Poorer students face losing £1,500-a-year in 'woefully inadequate' loan rise
The Department for Education (DfE) announced that tuition fees for degrees in England will be frozen and maximum student loans for living costs will rise by measly 2.8% in 2023/24
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Around 100,000 civil servants to strike on same day in major escalation
The Public and Commercial Services union warned the Tory Government the major action will impact public services including benefits, passports, driving tests and airports
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Teachers hit by 5% real terms wage fall - on top of decade of Tory cuts
Three major education unions - the NEU, NASUWT and the NAHT - are balloting their members over whether to take strike action over pay, with the results expected to be announced in the coming days
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Rishi Sunak finally admits using private healthcare - saying he's now got NHS GP
The Prime Minister made the confession as he was grilled in a fiery first PMQs clash of the new year - where Keir Starmer said 'his response to the greatest crisis in the history of the NHS is to threaten to sack our nurses'
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Rail unions laugh in Tory's face and warn deal is 'further away than the start'
The grim verdict came in a fiery committee hearing where leaders laughed in a Tory MP's face - and the RMT's Mick Lynch said he was 'more popular than many politicians in this room'
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NHS unions announce mass boycott of pay body and demand summit with Tories
The 14 health unions – representing more than one million ambulance staff, nurses, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and other NHS workers in England – have demanded direct pay talks with ministers
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Boris Johnson 'boasted No10 party was most unsocially distanced in UK'
'Everyone was laughing' as the ex-Prime Minister made the joke at a Friday night leaving bash during a national lockdown, a source said. He later claimed all rules were followed
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Taxman told to get tough on Covid fraudsters as only 25% of lost cash recovered
Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the Commons public accounts committee, warned HMRC it has a 'moral duty' to pursue fraud after Covid schemes including furlough were found to be 'an open goal' for scammers
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Labour to force Commons vote on ending tax perks enjoyed by private schools
Labour will force a Commons vote today to strong-arm the Government into setting up a new committee to examine reforming the tax perks enjoyed by elite institutions
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Over 270,000 people homeless in England on any given night, research shows
In a damning verdict of the Tories' time in office, the homelessness charity Shelter said the number of people living in temporary accommodation has rocketed by 74% in the last 10 years
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Boris Johnson living in donor's £20m home on one of UK's most expensive streets
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is living in a £20m property on one of the UK’s most expensive streets. A similar neighbouring property is being offered for rent for £30,000 a month
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GP numbers drop in Sunak's back yard as he faces private healthcare questions
The Conservative leader is expected to come under fresh pressure over whether he uses a £250-a-half-hour doctor when he faces MPs at Prime Minister's Questions
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‘We work best together - but need a Government as caring as people they rule'
Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the Warm Welcome project - supported by the Daily Mirror - which is helping to heat communities amid the cost of living crisis