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Public urged to share experiences of Covid crisis with public inquiry
Chairwoman of the inquiry Baroness Heather Hallett said the human stories will help shape her recommendations so the UK is better prepared in the future
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Peers urged to 'stand firm' in opposing cruel Tory 'sacking nurses bill'
The House of Lords will debate the controversial Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill which critics believe would see one in five workers lose the right to strik
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'Prospect that generous post-Brexit US deal could be reached is exposed as myth'
Britain already does an enormous amount of business with the US, exporting more to America than any other single country
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'Widening education gap exposed by lockdown is a time bomb waiting to detonate'
The divide between the haves and have nots at school is growing all the time - so it’s little wonder MPs have warned that some pupils are facing a 'lost decade' of progress if action isn’t taken
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Rishi Sunak denies he's embarrassed about Covid Inquiry seeing his WhatsApps
The PM denied he's trying to stop WhatsApps being handed over due to embarrassment of what they might contain yet the Cabinet Office is going to court to challenge the inquiry's request for unredacted messages
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Rishi Sunak claims voters don't mind him splashing cash on private flights
The Prime Minister has developed a taste for jetting around the UK on helicopters and planes, even when travelling short distances, such as 74-mile trip to Dover by chopper last week
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Calls grow to override stuffy honours protocol and knight rugby's Kevin Sinfield
MPs and peers have joined the crusade to make the fundraising hero and ex-rugby league star a Sir, along with his best friend Rob Burrow
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Voters demand PM prioritise US trade deal - as he ditches promise to strike one
Polling seen by The Mirror shows the public want the UK to strike a trade deal with the US more than any other country as the PM prepares to meet Joe Biden
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Dis Life: 'Genocidal quantities died of Covid - two-thirds of them Disabled'
At the beginning of the pandemic, we wondered whether the vulnerability people felt would translate into better empathy for Disabled people. But it didn’t
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Kiss rocker Gene Simmons stuns MPs with visit to Parliament
The leather-clad rocker stunned MPs when he popped up in the House of Commons as a guest of hard-line DUP MP Ian Paisley, who took him on a private tour
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Inheritance tax should be scrapped, say Mirror readers
We asked for your opinions in the wake of Tory millionaire Nadhim Zahawi leading the charge to get the controversial levy axed.
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Labour on track for 140-seat landslide election victory, mega-poll suggests
Keir Starmer’s party would scoop 470 seats to just 129 for the Tories and 26 for the SNP if a general election was held tomorrow, according to large-scale research
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Fury that Kevin Sinfield could wait years for knighthood due to stuffy rules
The Mirror understands some civil servants are disappointed protocol around awarding honours means Kevin Sinfield may have to wait years to become a Sir
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Government 'trusts' Covid Inquiry chair - despite blocking release of WhatsApps
The Cabinet Office has launched a judicial review - estimated to cost well into the six figures - seeking to block the disclosure of message from ex-PM Boris Johnson and key figures to the Covid inquiry
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Kinnock's Brexit warning to Starmer over EU Single Market and economic pledge
The former Labour leader issued a warning to the current incumbent over meeting his economic vow while remaining outside the Single Market and Customs Union
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UK 'best place in West to live for ethnic minorities', shows Windrush 75 poll
A study to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush docking at Tilbury shows Britain has come a long way - but there is still more to do
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US 'collects UFOs' as part of classified government op, claims whistleblower
Air Force veteran David Charles Grusch is blowing the whistle on clandestine UFO recovery programs he says the U.S. government has been hiding for decades. Some of the recovered spacecraft allegedly contained dead pilots
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Rishi Sunak wimps out of baseball pitch as agenda for US Biden visit explained
The PM is making a two-day visit to Washington DC where he will hold talks with Joe Biden at the White House - but he has declined invitation to throw opening ball at a baseball game
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'Five-year rule is a smokescreen - these two heroes deserve to be honoured'
The clamour is growing after the country was moved to tears by Kevin Sinfield carrying his old team-mate Rob Burrows over the finish line at a marathon
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Rob Burrow's wife joins calls for heroic pal Kevin Sinfield to be knighted
Lindsey explains what Kevin has done through his challenges is give families like hers hope by drawing attention to MND
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MP urges parties to unite to stop killer dog attacks after mum's desperate plea
Wayne David made the plea as MPs were shown a heartbreaking speech by Emma Whitfield, whose 10-year-old son Jack Lis was mauled to death by American XL Bully
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Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford to stand down at the next election
In a statement released this evening, Ian Blackford said he has thought 'long and hard' about his decision as he thanked his colleagues and wife for their support
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Fury as dozens of Tory MPs vote against suspending shamed Covid rules MP
A number of high-profile Tories - including several supporters of Boris Johnson - voted against a 30 day suspension for ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier, who was convicted of breaking Covid lockdown rules
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NATO chief warns Vladimir Putin 'We are one for all, all for one'
Jens Stoltenberg was speaking after a meeting of the alliance's "B9" grouping, made up of former Soviet Union or Warsaw Pact countries
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Bid to end foodbank use by 2030 reaches Commons amid growing calls for action
Scottish National Party MP Chris Stephens will outline plans to make them redundant by the end of the decade, after the Trussell Trust reported record demand