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Labour to reaffirm green credentials with commitment to clean energy jobs
The pledge to boost employment comes as deputy leader Angela Rayner prepares to visit EDF’s Hartlepool Power Station to discuss the plans to make Britain a clean energy superpower
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'Yet again the Tories claim credit for fixing a mess of their own making'
This is not the only instance of Government trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes - they tried the same ruse with police numbers
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Doctors are being offered four times their salary to break NHS strikes
Bumper overtime rates worth thousands of pounds are being offered to doctors to tempt them to do extra shifts covering for colleagues taking part in industrial action for better pay
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Donald Trump will have police mugshot taken in moment of humiliation
Trump and 18 allies face charges over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia, in a nearly 100-page indictment detailing dozens of acts to undo the defeat
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Sanda Bullock initially rejected 'The Blind Side' movie over Michael Oher fears
Oscar award-winning actress Sandra Bullock initially feared that she would be responsible for ruining Michael Oher's 'journey' for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy in 'The Blind Side'
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Nurse says Sunak 'has his head in the clouds' after disappointing hospital visit
One nurse took aim at the Prime Minister for still having his 'head in the clouds' after his California holiday as he promised more NHS hospital beds - without the staff to take care of them
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UK ammunition production surge will take two years, Tories forced to admit
The Prime Minister boasted of an eightfold increase in the manufacture of 155mm artillery shells, but now it has emerged it will take until 2025 to build up capacity
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Trump's 'mobster' indictment is 'serious trouble' as he faces 20 years in jail
Former president Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted with racketeering under Georgia's RICO law for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election
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PM hails 900 new NHS beds for winter - but 12,000 have been cut since 2010
The Prime Minister returned from holiday in California to visit Milton Keynes University Hospital and announce the extra capacity - but Labour pointed out how many have been lost
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'Evasive' Rishi Sunak 'must come clean' over Bibby Stockholm warnings, PM told
The Prime Minister swerved a question on whether he'd been warned about health risks for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge - where Legionella bacteria was found last week
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Scottish by-election key 'stepping stone' in path towards a Labour majority
Labour is seeking to overturn the SNP's 5,320 majority at the by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West - a seat that has repeatedly switched allegiances since 2010
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Fury as right-wing Tories call for vote on ripping up green pledges
Tory malcontents are accused of trying to 'wage a culture war' over the UK's Net Zero commitments as weak Rishi Sunak is urged not to cave in by environmental groups
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ISIS and al-Qaeda 'back in Afghanistan' after 'policy failure' ex-diplomat warns
The UK diplomat who was Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan when the Taliban surged back to power has spoken out on the second anniversary of Western troops' withdrawal
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Priti Patel has epic strop at Home Office, branding it 'secretive' and 'evasive'
The former Home Secretary accused the Government of being "secretive about its intentions" over the use of the former RAF base in Wethersfield in Essex, in a fresh headache for Suella Braverman
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Tories 'failing brave Afghans' in 'shameful saga' 2 years after Taliban takeover
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has hit out at ministers over the treatment of heroes who helped UK forces during more than a decade of combat operations in the war-torn country
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34,000 child grooming crimes reported as Tories dither on online safety laws
Figures published today by charity the NSPCC show there were over 6,300 cases of sexual communication with a child recorded last year alone - up 82% in five years
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Pensioners blast 'disdainful' Tories as ministers rule out ageism public inquiry
The Silver Voices campaign group hoped its petition would trigger a probe into alleged discrimination against older people, especially around accessing online services
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Top doctor warns scrapping two-week targets won’t help 'biggest cancer crisis'
An oncologist said 'failure is failure however you measure it' as it emerged the NHS is set to ditch a target for suspected cancer patients to see a specialist within two weeks
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Children 'leaving school without the skills companies need', warn experts
A college principal and leading regional business chief have raised fears about how youngsters are being equipped for industry, as A-level results day looms this week
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'The Tories are taking the fight to Labour - and Labour is still winning'
Labour is still winning in the polls despite aggressive Tory spin, says Fleet Street Fox. Perhaps that's because the Tories are spinning themselves down the plughole
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Bibby Stockholm bacteria outbreak may have been known 3 days before evacuation
Steve Barclay claimed ministers took very swift action by removing asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge on Friday, despite Dorset Council claiming it notified a Home Office official on Tuesday last week
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Cost-of-living putting youngsters off university as they prepare for results day
The finding comes from study by the Co-op and children's charity Barnardo's and is published as teens get ready to receive their A-level, T-level and BTEC results this week
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Real terms pay cuts of 9% fuel wave of strikes with more days lost than in 1980s
An estimated 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more than at any point since the 1980s, according to research by the Resolution Foundation think tank
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10 big fires Rishi Sunak has to put out in UK after PM returns from holiday
From the Bibby Stockholm farce to the staggering incompetence ministers showed during 'Stop the Small Boats' week, rising NHS waiting lists and yet more infighting, the PM will have a full inbox on his return
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'We must loudly support Human Rights Convention - or face disaster like Brexit'
Supporters of the European Convention on Human Rights must seize the moment and confront right-wing propaganda demanding the UK leaves it now - or risk a Brexit-style disaster, argues Kevin Maguire