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Furious Tories round on Boris Johnson and say he must 'shut up and go away'
Boris Johnson was 'grim-faced' when he reportedly decided to resign on a flight from Egypt - now seething Conservative MPs are begging with the former Prime Minister to stop damaging the party
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Emotional mum of murdered Olivia prepares to celebrate 10th birthday without her
Olivia Pratt-Korbel's devastated mum Cheryl wants to continue to celebrate her daughter's life on what would be her 10th birthday - and is calling on help to ensure her name is never forgotten
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Nicola Sturgeon released without charge after arrest in SNP police investigation
Scotland's longest-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested earlier today as part of Operation Branchform - but Police Scotland said she has been released without charge
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Voters overwhelmingly back tougher penalties for owners of dangerous dogs
Four in five voters believe ministers should introduce tougher penalties for owners whose dogs are dangerously out of control amid calls for tighter curbs
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Nicola Sturgeon arrested under police probe into SNP finances
Scotland's longest serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who stepped down in March, was arrested today 'as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party'
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Wes Streeting: 'I won't apologise for being ambitious - but I'm loyal'
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he wouldn't have taken 20 quid off people in Universal Credit every week'
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Nigel Farage claims more than 10 Tory MPs could join 'insurgent' campaign
The former Ukip leader said the 'gap for another insurgency is actually bigger than it was 10 years ago' and suggested some jittery Conservatives who fear losing their seats could join it
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Hollywood actor delivers brutal TV takedown of 'compulsive liar' Boris Johnson
Scottish star Alan Cumming unleashed a vicious tirade about the former Prime Minister's honesty, as the Tory Party is embroiled in yet more bitter infighting
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Truss blamed for £150-a-week rise in mortgage bills after disastrous mini-Budget
People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss
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Keir Starmer tells Rishi Sunak to 'get a backbone' and call general election now
Keir Starmer said people have had enough of the 'farce' of Tory rule and want a general election now. He also accused Rishi Sunak of losing control as the Conservatives descend into civil war
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'The Tories are in meltdown over energy - it's time to fight for British jobs'
Labour's Ed Miliband writes: "The Tories will tell you we can’t afford to invest in these jobs of the future. Labour says we can’t afford not to invest."
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Donald Trump jokes about charges in first speech since historic indictment
Former US president Donald Trump is trying to persuade Republicans as he continues rallying for the 2024 GOP nomination despite mounting legal woes
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Labour's Wes Streeting 'Cancer stories hit me differently now'
The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from the East End to Cambridge University and Westminster
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'Johnson and Trump are equally deluded and destructive as they face the music'
Keir Mudie says Boris Johnson and Donald Trump operate from the same populist playbook – both turn on the mechanisms that get rid of them, both attack institutions that reject them
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By-election headache for Rishi Sunak as third Tory MP quits in 24 hours
In a tumultuous 24 hours for the Conservative Party, Nigel Adams MP announced on Saturday that he was following the former prime minister Boris Johnson and former culture secretary Nadine Dorries' lead in quitting Westminster
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Breeders create frightening '10 stone XXL Bully dog for £2k which could kill'
The 'XXL' American Bully dog is more likely to lash out and attack humans, experts have warned, because their exaggerated features leave them in distress and pain
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Angela Rayner brands Boris Johnson a coward and slams his 'unforgivable lies'
After Boris Johnson announced he is quitting as an MP, Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner said the former PM is 'a coward' who needs to 'accept responsibility for the consequences of his own actions'
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Disgraced Boris Johnson stands down as MP and attacks Rishi Sunak
Former PM Boris Johnson has quit his seat of South Ruislip claiming he had been 'driven out' following the ongoing Privileges Committee investigation into the Partygate scandal
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How the Mirror broke Partygate scandal that torpedoed Johnson's political career
Our exclusive splash in December 2021 told how Boris Johnson had given a speech at a packed leaving do in November 2020 and staff held boozy parties
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'Boris Johnson skulked off, not with remorse but with a Donald Trump-style rant'
Like a criminal who refuses to come to court for his sentencing, the former PM cowardly quit Parliament rather than hear the verdict of the Privileges committee
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Trump 'hid nuclear weapons secrets in bathroom & shared Pentagon plan of attack'
Friday's historic indictment against former US President Donald Trump claims that he risked national security by storing boxes of classified material in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom and shared a confidential 'plan of attack'
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Carol Vorderman slams 'disgusting' and 'robbing' Boris Johnson as he resigns
Boris Johnson's political career has come to an end, thanks to the former PM resigning as a MP this evening, and Carol Vorderman couldn't be happier to see the one-time Conservative Party leader ousted
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Boris Johnson's comeback hint as he doesn't rule out standing in Dorries' seat
Boris Johnson’s spokesman declined to comment on the suggestion he would stand in Nadine Dorries former Mid Bedfordshire seat - after she quit earlier today
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Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis branded obscene
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners
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Boris Johnson's resignation statement in full as he lashes out over Partygate
The disgraced former PM said he was 'bewildered and appalled that I'm being forced out’ as he announced he would quit as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip immediately