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Rishi Sunak hikes tax on domestic flights - but not private jets or helicopters
Details buried in the Finance Bill show that the luxury flight-loving Prime Minister will raise Air Passenger Duty (APD) on flights within the UK - except for private jets and helicopters
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Rishi Sunak still can't say if Rwanda flights will take off before next election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed Theresa May's Brexit warnings to urge the House of Lords 'not to frustrate the will of the people' by opposing the Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Rishi Sunak set to meet just four out of 40 environmental targets, watchdog says
Campaigners have blasted the Government for failing to meet the vast majority of its own targets to protect the environment - several of which are legally binding
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Bungling Tories admit 5,598 asylum seekers have vanished in immigration farce
Tory immigration ministers Tom Pursglove and Michael Tomlinson admitted they don't know where nearly a third of people whose asylum applications were withdrawn are
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PM slapped down by watchdog after 'misleading' claim asylum backlog is cleared
The Prime Minister was accused of telling a 'barefaced lie' when he tweeted that the asylum backlog had been cleared as figures show thousands are still waiting
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Sunak holds bizarre Downing Street press conference to insist Tories are united
PM Rishi Sunak also urged the House of Lords to pass the Rwanda Bill as he delivered a short speech from Downing Street hours after he survived another day of Tory chaos
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​Tory Therese Coffey's attack on Labour backfires in excruciating Commons moment
The Tory MP attempted to scold Yvette Cooper over Rwanda, saying the Shadow Home Secretary couldn't 'get the name of the country right' after referring to Kigali - the capital
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Lee Anderson says he didn't vote against Rwanda Bill as other MPs laughed at him
Tory MP Lee Anderson was mocked after revealing that he planned to vote against Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan - but walked out as Labour rivals were "giggling" and "taking the mick"
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Rishi Sunak to address the nation at Downing Street press conference today
PM Rishi Sunak is expected to deliver remarks at a Downing Street press conference this morning after he survived another day of Tory chaos over his Rwanda policy
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How did my MP vote on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill? See results in full
Rishi Sunak was spared a catastrophic rebellion as right-wing Tory MPs backed down despite threatening to torpedo his controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Tory rebels back Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill even though they say it won't work
Rishi Sunak was survived a humiliating Tory rebellion as MPs backed his Safety of Rwanda Bill - even though many hardliners don't think it's going to work
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Grooming gangs using vapes to lure children as they offer e-cigarettes for sex
Tory MP Peter Gibson claimed children are being exploited 'as mules to fetch and carry the illegal products' and 'as agents by selling the vapes to their friends'
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Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith's controversies and gaffes as he quits over Rwanda
Eyebrows were raised over the decision to appoint Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith to the role in the first place after a string of controversial remarks and gaffes
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Tory MP Dean Russell describes having a heart attack aged 47 in emotional speech
Watford MP Dean Russell said he 'unexpectedly' had a heart attack five months ago and is only here today 'thanks to the swift action of the NHS emergency services'
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PM boasts he's cutting inflation - five hours after figures show it went up
Rishi Sunak whined that inflation was at 11% when he 'got this job' in October 2022 - despite being warned of the figure four months earlier as Chancellor
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Lee Anderson says Rishi Sunak won't stop the boats as he leads Baked Bean Plot
Loudmouth Tory Lee Anderson and his pal Brendan Clarke-Smith quit as the party's Deputy Chairmen to join a Commons rebellion on the PM's Rwanda migrant deportation plan
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Post Office boss admits fat cats may have got money taken from scandal victims
Former Post Office chief Paula Vennells is facing calls to hand back £2.2million in bonuses as her successor admits some money taken from victims may have gone to executives
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Tory candidate ‘proud’ to have flasher ex-MP lover Peter Bone campaign for her
The Tory candidate for the Wellingborough by-election Helen Harrison also attempted to claim the allegations against her partner and disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone were 'untrue'
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Inside Britain's broken bus system ruining lives - lost jobs and people isolated
Children are struggling to get to school and locals are unable to get to work and miss important appointments because bus services are being cut which leaves them unable to get around
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Homes still being built in flood risk areas despite devastation caused by storms
The Public Accounts Committee accused the government of letting existing flood defences fall into disrepair and turning a blind eye to property development in high risk areas
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Fujitsu boss apology must not be the end - they must now investigate
The company and anybody at the top who failed to report the 'bugs and errors' to the Post Office or colluded in covering them up must, if the errors led to prosecutions, face investigation
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Top Tories Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith quit in blow to Rishi Sunak
Tory duo Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith both sided with rebels demanding Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda Safety Bill is beefed up
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Tories attack Sadiq Khan over 'beach party' event established by Boris Johnson
A Conservative Party report said the cash spent on Royal Docks 'beach party', enjoyed by tens of thousands of locals, was 'wasted' and branded it a 'pointless scheme'
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'The Five Families' - All the Tory rebel groups threatening pain for Rishi Sunak
Dubbing themselves the 'five families', in a nod to the US mafia, Tory factions joined forces to turn the screws on Rishi Sunak over the Government's Rwanda legislation
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Controversial Rwanda asylum policy explained as Sunak faces crisis if he loses
Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on the Rwanda asylum policy, which has opened up another Tory civil war after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful