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Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to halve workforce funding
The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'
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Tory MP filmed typing his birthday for phone password in 'careless' gaffe
Former junior minister James Morris has been labelled "careless" after being filmed on a live committee stream typing in his date of birth to access his mobile phone
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Tories slip out plan to halve social care workforce fund as MPs on Easter break
Care minister Helen Whately announced she is slashing the £500million fund that had been promised to improve the recruitment and retainment of social care workers
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Liz Truss told family of British hostage in Iran he was not her 'problem'
Blunders made by both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were highlighted by the Commons foreign affairs committee in their report on hostages such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Morad Tahbaz
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Tory ministers recycle wet wipe ban announcement for the third time in 5 years
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will pledge to consult shoppers and industry on outlawing wet wipes containing plastic fibres over concerns they are creating fatbergs in Britain's sewers
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Nigel Lawson dies as Sunak leads Tories hailing Thatcher's pivotal Chancellor
Nigel Lawson, who served in the Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 91. The father of TV celebrity Nigella Lawson represented the constituency of Blaby from 1974 until 1992
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'Suella Braverman won't allow facts to get in the way of a good scaremongering'
For a Conservative Party without a plan, a Home Secretary determined to start a race war is a perfect distraction
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'Stop the gloats - Suella Braverman has got a flipping cheek'
The Home Secretary 'flipped' her second home allowance to claim £25,000 in energy bills for her own family, says Fleet Street Fox. She's got a flipping cheek
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'Braverman milks taxpayers to cover bills on her home while the rest of us pay'
Nurses, teachers, firefighters, police, council workers, armed forces and everybody else hurting in a terrible cost of living crisis can’t just Braverman-style fill in a form.
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'Tory Government is no Robin Hood - they steal from the poor and give to Rishi'
You’ve got to laugh when the Tories falsely claimed Britain was bankrupt under Labour, despite national debt being more of a steep hill than today’s mighty mountain
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'Braverman's attitude sums up the Tories - out of touch and their needs first'
While Ms Braverman has been able to claim £25,000 over the last five years towards her heating bills and other household costs, there are families who are going without food because they cannot afford to heat their homes.
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Anti-Tory parties urged to oust Conservatives from 'tragedy councils' - see list
The campaign group Compass wants progressive parties to work together rather than compete for votes across swatches of the country, saying cooperation could help oust Conservatives
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Red Wall Tory blasts housebuilding fail as he demands 90,000 social homes a year
West Bromwich West MP Shaun Bailey attacked successive governments' records on meeting housebuilding pledges in an essay for the centre-right think tank, Bright Blue
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Keir Starmer must win over 'Stevenage Woman' to secure Labour election victory
Think tank Labour Together suggested the party needed to lure over this sort of voter - who previously backed the Tories - to propel Keir Starmer into Downing Street
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Tories blow £8million giving council offices free portraits of the King
Councils, courts schools, police forces and fire and rescue services will be able to apply for a free, framed portrait of King Charles, as part of a scheme to “celebrate his new reign”
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'Labour may still be ahead in polls but Tories are starting to look stronger'
Keir Mudie says many other pollsters have the Labour Party lead narrowing and the performance of Rishi Sunak, whose personal ratings are improving, is a bit of a headache as well
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Keir Starmer vows to relieve Brits' money worries with council tax freeze pitch
The Labour leader expressed his "frustration" with Rishi Sunak's Tories, who he said had failed to "relieve the worry felt by millions of households when their council tax bill lands on the doorstep”
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Boris Johnson's father branded 'state dupe' over film with Chinese broadcaster
Stanley Johnson, 82, will retrace the Silk Road journey made by 13th-century merchant Marco Polo. The three-part film is being jointly produced by China Central Television and UK company One Tribe
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Ministers warned not to create loopholes for rogue landlords in new renter rules
Campaigners fear the new, rapid timescales for evicting ‘nuisance’ tenants will be used as a ‘backdoor’ by rogue landlords
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Rishi Sunak urged to block suspended Tories from standing for party in election
Currently six former Tory MPs sit in the Commons as independents over disciplinary matters - including allegations of sexual assault, harassment and drug abuse. Only one has ruled out standing in the next election
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LETTERS: 'Boris had drinks, yet we couldn’t have a proper funeral for mum'
Mirror reader Patricia Withers says if the former PM manages to 'get away' with Partygate then 'there really is no justice'
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Railways still in chaos 60 years after Beecham Report wrecked our train network
This week in 1963, Dr Beeching wielded his axe that shut down more than half of Britain’s stations and closed 5,000 route miles of track - costing 67,000 workers their jobs
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Salt of the earth with a Savage tongue, this Liver bird was a hero
Brian Reade reflects on the life of Paul O'Grady, whom he met on numerous occasions
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Labour councils spend £4.24 more per person fixing potholes than Tory town halls
But the Tories issued a staunch defence of their own spending on fixing roads - then refused to provide the evidence
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11 bits of bad news the Tories slipped out as Parliament heads into Easter break
In typical fashion the Government published a series of written statements, documents and reports as MPs head on a two-week break. Here The Mirror looks at some of the news that slipped out on the last day before recess
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