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Rishi Sunak branded 'shameful' for no new defence plans since Putin invasion
As the Prime Minister prepares for the two-day NATO summit this week, he faces mounting criticism at home over the state of Britain’s armed forces and delays to a key Defence Command Paper
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'Tory chaos' means Labour can't to do everything we want to, warns Rachel Reeves
The Shadow Chancellor said Labour's housebuilding plan would put rocket boosters under the industry as the party focuses on stabilising the economy
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Barclays senior staff party at Wimbledon with champagne as mortgage rates soar
Senior staff get complimentary seats at the tournament in one of Wimbledon's executive suites costing up to £4,995 per person after Barclays landed a partnership with the All England Club
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'Delay peer honour for Shaun Bailey until police investigation is complete'
Should Shaun Bailey enter the House of Lords and wrongdoing is subsequently exposed, it would be incredibly difficult to remove him. Even if he quit or was expelled, he would retain his title
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Labour bid to 'prevent another Pincher' with plan to clean up politics
The Deputy Labour leader will set out proposals for an Ethics and Integrity Commission, with the power to independently launch investigations into allegations of misconduct in government.
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Boris Johnson blew £800k painting union flag on another prime ministerial plane
The Cabinet Office initially tried to keep secret the cost of painting the Titan Airways jet. But he was forced to reveal the price following a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office
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Labour launch last-ditch bid to stop Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage
Tory Lords bosses have been urged to step in and prevent the failed Mayoral candidate accepting a peerage within two weeks while police are probing his 'jingle and mingle' bash
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Fresh calls for Brits to get a day off work to vote in general elections
The True and Fair Party is set to launch its pre-election manifesto - and a bank holiday for polling day is among the proposals
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George Osborne gets married after email mystery with David Cameron among guests
Hundreds of well-wishers, including politicians David Cameron, Matt Hancock and Michael Gove attended George Osborne's wedding in Bruton, Somerset, earlier today
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'Over and out for Sunak as doubts grow over whether Tories can finish full term'
Keir Mudie says a lot of people – even Tories – are starting to say a general election should take place sooner rather than later, and there are reports that Rishi Sunak is finding being PM 'difficult'
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New anger at Tory deportation plan as refugees fear war could hit Rwanda
A Syrian refugee living in a Nottingham hotel and facing deportation to Rwanda said he would rather die than take his wife and daughter to the country in East Africa
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George Osborne 'knows who sent wedding email' and calls in cops to investigate
Police are investigating the poison pen letter circulating among George Osborne's guests as he prepares to marry his one-time adviser Thea Rogers in Somerset on Saturday
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'Ticket office closures are an attack on the bonds that tie society together'
No thought has been given to those who need manned ticket offices such as the elderly and the disabled
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'We must expose 13 years of Tory corruption and cruelty before next election'
I cannot bear to see the desolation successive Tory governments have caused - and it will only get worse, writes CAROL VORDERMAN
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Aspiring lawyer murdered on way home from Waitrose in mistaken identity attack
Rashid Gedel, 22, from Ilford, and Shiroh Ambersley, 22, from Wembley, were found guilty of murder following the killing of Sven Badzak, 22, on February 6, 2021
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The VERY special train station worker who faces being made homeless by closures
George lives at the busy Stourbridge Junction station in the West Midlands, which is one of up to 1,000 across England where the ticket office is at risk of closure
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Railway ticket offices plan 'a direct attack' on society as unions blast plans
RMT and CWU chiefs pen joint article savaging review of train station facility that could see closure of ticket offices at transport hubs across the country
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Cruel Tory minister slammed for making refugee centre paint over Disney murals
Outraged cartoonist Guy Venables said the decision to paint over images of Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh at a refugee reception centre in Dover because they were too welcoming was "evil"
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Bitter row over 7 Boris Johnson allies who could be punished in Partygate probe
On Monday the Commons will be presented with a bombshell report which names seven MPs - including former cabinet members Ms Dorries, Sir Jacob as well as Dame Priti Patel - who applied "pressure" to MPs involved in the probe into the ex-PM
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'Tories are certain of electoral defeat - they are trashing the economy'
Mirror reader Colin says the Tories have taken the country to the very brink of collapse and that a Labour government is needed to turn things around. But do YOU agree?
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'The real scandals in the email diary of George Osborne, aged 52 and a quarter'
An anonymous email has been sent to guests on the eve of George Osborne's wedding, says Fleet Street Fox. Pity he's not ashamed about everything else he's done
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Boris Johnson's 8 kids as baby arrives - from love child to lookalike son
Former PM Boris Johnson has been married three times and has eight children after wife Carrie Johnson gave birth to their third child together, a son called Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson
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Boris Johnson's 7 worst moments as PM - sickening Partygate to 'woeful fraud'
Today marks one year since Boris Johnson resigned as PM, after almost 60 MPs quit government or party posts to express their lack of confidence in his leadership
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Tories 'could be reduced to less than 100 seats for first time in 345 years'
A new Calculus poll suggests that any gains made by the PM after Liz Truss's disastrous spell in charge have been wiped out, with Labour recording a 21 point lead as Tories turn on Rishi Sunak
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'It's disappointing Keir Starmer continues to reject free school meals demand'
It was clear that Mr Starmer is genuine in wishing to tackle the snobbery and prejudice that prevent people from achieving their potential