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Bombshell mega-poll predicts Tories will lose three-quarters of seats in wipeout
The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted
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18 Cabinet ministers on course to lose seats in Tory election wipeout - list
An MRP poll projects the Tories will face a wipeout at the General Election with possible Cabinet casualties including Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Gillian Keegan
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'Labour needs a leader in Wales who can help Keir Starmer win general election'
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock writes for the Mirror on why he is backing Vaughan Gething to be the new Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales
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Ban pavement parking right now, say thousands of Mirror readers
Most Mirror readers want to make it illegal to park on pavements, but some think such a bold move would actually cause more problems than it solves. What do you think?
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Former Tory Home Secretary hopes 'dangerous' Rwanda Bill is struck down by court
Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'
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Tory MP says he's put 'bulletproof clingfilm' on home amid security fears
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis said he and his colleagues shouldn't 'have to live like that' after a string of high-profile cases have seen MPs, including Tobias Ellwood, targeted
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Labour suspends second election candidate in just 24 hours over Israel comments
Graham Jones, the former Labour MP and parliamentary candidate for Hyndburn, allegedly referred to 'f***ing Israel' in a meeting with party activists in Lancashire
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Keir Starmer insists he was 'decisive' by ditching Rochdale Labour candidate
Labour leader Keir Starmer has been criticised after the party originally backed Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali over Israel remarks, only for further comments to come to light
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Rishi Sunak made RAF jet fly 200 miles to pick him up from TV grilling
Rishi Sunak was met at Teesside International Airport in Darlington by an RAF jet which had travelled just over 200 miles from London as he filmed a GB News show
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Labour Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali 'ditched after he hit out at Jews in media'
It is claimed Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali lashed out at "people in the media from certain Jewish quarters", leading to Labour withdrawing support for him
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'Tory cronies are benefitting from the public services the party wrecked'
Questions must be asked when an IT firm part-owned by the Prime Minister’s wife received almost £7million in public sector contracts last year, even if Downing Street and the Cabinet Office insist it is all above board
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Labour ditches Rochdale by-election candidate over offensive Israel claims
Azhar Ali had been picked as Labour's candidate for the Rochdale by-election on February 29, but has been dumped over his claim Israel allowed the October 7 attacks
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'McVey wants to be Superman - hopefully the ballot box will be her Kryptonite'
Esther McVey, the ironically titled Minister for Common Sense, wants councils across the country to spend less on diversity and is threatening to withhold money when they come asking for it
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Uncle of Tory minister accuses Government of acting like 'despots' over Rwanda
Lord Tugendhat, who is the uncle of Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat, savaged the Government's Safety of Rwanda Bill that he described as 'quite extraordinary'
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Matt Hancock was chauffeured to Covid Inquiry in a Jag paid for by taxpayers
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was ferried to and from the Covid Inquiry in a chauffeur-driven Jaguar even though he'd resigned in disgrace two years previously
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Firm part-owned by Rishi Sunak's wife got millions in Government contracts
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty holds a £619million stake in Infosys, which saw an almost 50% increase in its public sector work last year, figures have releaved
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PM should apologise for his remark about transgender people, say Mirror readers
Many have called for the prime minister Rishi Sunak to apologise to the parents of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey following his jibe about transgender people in the Commons.
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'Rishi Sunak has to call an election in 6 weeks - he has no other choice'
The Prime Minister cannot wait until Autumn to call a vote, says Fleet Street Fox. There'll be no-one left in Downing Street by then
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Rishi Sunak gives verdict on Joe Biden's mental agility after memory warning
Rishi Sunak's official spokesman insisted the PM has no concerns about US President Joe Biden's mental agility after an report questioned the 81-year-old's memory
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David Cameron issues warning to Israel as Joe Biden calls Netanyahu an 'a**hole'
The Foreign Secretary called for Israel to 'stop and think seriously' - while US President Joe Biden allegedly called the country's PM Benjamin Netanyahu an 'a**hole' three times
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Tories face mauling in countryside as rural voters turn on them - see your area
New polling by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) found that Sir Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy Hunt and Therese Coffey are among the Tory MPs at risk of losing their seats
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Rishi Sunak insists everything is fine despite warning UK may go into recession
Rishi Sunak claimed the economy has 'turned a corner' as he faces a tricky week which could see official figures confirm the UK went into recession at the end of last year
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'Tell Netanyahu ground offensive in Gaza would create bloodbath damaging Israel'
There is an overwhelming case for a ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, with the death toll in Gaza – put at 28,176 – and the massacre of 1,200 Israelis on October 7
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NHS crisis sees more than 1.5million people wait for 12 hours in A&E in a year
Hospital chiefs warned that ministers urgently need to draw up a plan to fix the over-stretched health service as figures showed that one in 10 patients waited for 12 hours in A&E
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'Deranged Donald Trump is no friend of Britain - he is a grave security threat'
Boris Johnson rashly endorsed a Trump triumph as “what the world needs” with a caveat about still supporting Ukraine which is why it’s more important that Rishi Sunak and David Cameron break diplomatic convention to publicly identify him as an unacceptable risk