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49-day PM Liz Truss admits she never gets invited to London dinner parties
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who crashed the economy during her disastrous 49 days in Downing Street, demanded tax cuts at a Popular Conservatism launch event
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Rishi Sunak confronted over failure to meet cancer treatment target for 9 years
Following King Charles' diagnosis, the Prime Minister was challenged on how ministers have not met their target on how quickly cancer patients get treatment for almost a decade
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Ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng who crashed economy says he'll quit as MP
Top Tory Kwasi Kwarteng was the architect of Liz Truss's calamitous mini-Budget, which send markets spiralling and triggered the end of her premiership after just 49 days in No10
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Playgrounds to made more accessible to stop disabled kids being excluded
The Government’s Disability Action Plan will see disabled people encouraged to stand to become politicians while ministers will consider a 2031 Special Olympics World Summer Games bid
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Rishi Sunak skewered over £1,000 bet as families forced to water down baby milk
Rishi Sunak was accused of being 'callous and downright cruel' for making a wager with TalkTV presenter Piers Morgan on whether Rwanda deportations would begin before the election
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Two thirds of parents notice negative effects of screen time on their children
Nearly half of parents (49%) are concerned about the amount of time kids spend looking at phones and tablets, with 53% of children spending more than two hours a day in front of screens
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Cigarettes could be coloured green or brown to encourage people to quit smoking
Dr Javed Khan, who led a major Government review into smoking, said research has found changing the colour of cigarettes makes them less attractive and could help people to quit
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Fury as Tories fail to deliver pledge to ban 'cruel' electric shock dog collars
Animal rights groups including the RSPCA and the Dogs Trust have hit out after the Government failed to live up to its pledge to ban electric shock collars on February 1
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MPs could get bodyguards because of threat of extremists wanting to hurt them
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested he was open to the idea after Tory MP Mike Freer announced he will stand down at the next election after a series of death threats
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'Out of touch' Rishi Sunak blasted for £1,000 Rwanda bet with Piers Morgan
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was criticised for agreeing to a 'deeply distasteful' wager with Piers Morgan over the crisis-hit plan to ship some asylum seekers to Rwanda
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Rishi Sunak dismisses calls for referendum on united Ireland
Rishi Sunak said delivering 'day-to-day things' matter to the public, not 'constitutional change' as he was quizzed on remarks by First Minister Michelle O'Neill
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PM refuses to back Brianna Ghey's mum's calls for under-16 social media app ban
Brianna Ghey's mum Esther Ghey is calling for a law to ensure phones are 'suitable' for kids and for software to alert parents to harmful content their child could be searching for
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'The Tory Party's problems won't be fixed by tax cuts - here's why'
Tory strategists seriously believe they might win the next election, if only they cut taxes, stop the boats, or something something blah blah. Fleet Street Fox argues a £1m cheque for every voter would still make no difference
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Tory Gillian Keegan fails to give her own Government top marks for performance
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she would rate the Government as 'Good' using Ofsted's four-point grading scale, which ranks schools from Outstanding to Inadequate
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Peers launch new attempt to ban conversion therapy after Tory delays and U-turns
A new Bill banning conversion therapy will be discussed in the House of Lords - more than five and a half years after former PM Theresa May vowed to crack down on it
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Piers Morgan confronts PM after his elderly mum spent hours on hospital trolley
In a TalkTV interview, Piers Morgan confronted Rishi Sunak over his 79-year-old mother's experience in hospital - as the Prime Minister admitted he has failed on his NHS pledge
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Threat of Russia, Iran and China using Ireland as 'back-door' to UK, report says
Researchers warn an expansion of Russian, Chinese and Iranian presences in the Republic of Ireland 'signals the intent to infiltrate, and interfere in, the transatlantic community'
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Study finds infant mortality rise linked to poverty as medics warn of 'crisis'
A report by the Academy of Medical Sciences revealed an 'appalling decline' in children's health with the UK's infant survival rate now worse than in 60% of similar countries
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GP waits 'creating a mental health epidemic' in the UK, damning research shows
Almost a quarter of adults said their mental health was impacted by waiting too long to see a doctor, according to Lib Dem analysis of a major survey of 12,000 people
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'UK is world's 21st largest country but 6th biggest spender on defence - why?'
Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire asks where the debate has gone over whether Britain should be bombing Houthis in Yemen, or why millions are being spent on big military projects that don't work
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David Cameron issues warning to Iran as Houthi Red Sea crisis deepens
The UK and the US struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen overnight in the third wave of airstrikes this month as David Cameron issued a warning to Iran
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'Shameless' Tories set for court battle with widows after partners' deaths
Ministers face growing calls to scrap fees of nearly £3,000 for people whose British partner dies to be allowed to remain in the UK ahead of a High Court showdown
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Tory childcare plan in chaos as Gillian Keegan won't guarantee it'll be ready
The Education Secretary said she was 'really confident' parents would be able to access Government-funded childcare but stressed she could not offer an iron-clad guarantee
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Referendum on uniting Ireland will be held within decade, First Minister says
Michelle O’Neill, in her first UK interview as Stormont First Minister, said she believes there will be a vote on uniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the next decade.
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Brianna Ghey’s mum open to speaking to killer’s mum as she doesn't blame her
Brianna Ghey's mum Esther told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg she wanted the mother of Scarlett Jenkinson to know she did not blame her for what happened
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