All news on the topic: Politics

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'I don't want London to be playground of the rich - so I'm building homes'
Writing for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he's determined to build a London for everyone as figures show the capital has exceeded targets by starting work on 116,000 new affordable homes
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Britain faces Northern 'brain drain' as 4 in 10 young people to leave for work
Some 44% of 16 to 21 year olds expect to have to move from the North to improve their career chances, according to a study Atkins and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank
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Nurses fear being taken to court over treating patients in corridors, warns RCN
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has revealed its members worries about being taken to court because of patient safety amid huge pressure on the struggling NHS
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'Liverpool did UK and Kyiv proud - but fears of public war fatigue are growing'
Public support in Britain for Ukraine similarly remains strong but MPs report enthusiasm is waning with more gripes about the cost heard on doorsteps.
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'Britain deserves a General Election now but Sunak runs scared from calling it'
Sunak runs scared from calling it a general election, and the unelected PM is expected to barricade himself inside No10 until autumn hoping for something to save him
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Keir Starmer demands a general election now to end 13 years of Tory hell
In an interview with the Mirror, Keir Starmer warned that struggling families cannot afford another day of this Tory government as he urged Rishi Sunak to hold an election
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'Struggling families want to know how Keir Starmer would make lives better'
Following Labour’s success in the local elections, Keir Starmer will face questions on how exactly he will make life better for the millions struggling up and down this country
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Labour could bring back maintenance grants for low income students if elected
Maintenance grants were scrapped by the Tories seven years ago, despite the average student in England having loan debt of around £45,000 when they graduate
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BAFTAs 2023 winners list in full as Kate Winslet wins and The Responder snubbed
The 2023 BAFTA TV Awards saw a host of stars of the small screen pick up awards as the ceremony celebrated the best of this year's television
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Mystery of man who started seeing the world backwards after being shot in head
Patient M miraculously survived after taking a missile to the head during the Spanish Civil War but his injuries left him seeing the world very differently to his reality
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Brits hit by anti-social behaviour must be classed as victims, ministers told
Vulnerable people who are repeatedly targeted by thugs who stamp on their flowers or throw beer bottles in their garden are not classed as victims so are not eligible for support
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Supermarket bosses hauled into No10 as inflation rips through family budgets
The crunch showdown comes as the Lib Dems revealed figures showing how customers are still being hit in the wallet even when production costs fall
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Fresh pleas to save steel industry as Business Secretary finally visits plants
Top Tory Kemi Badenoch waited almost three months to visit a steelworks then went to two in a fortnight, where she heard bosses plead for government support to save the struggling industry
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Disney bans strip clubs, tattoo and booze shops from land but not prisons
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been locked in a long-running feud with entertainment giant Disney for more than a year since Disney publicly condemned a bill which would restrict lessons on sexuality in classrooms
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Jacob Rees-Mogg claims Brexit prevented success of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine
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Fulham fans troll Rishi Sunak with chant as PM watches Southampton get relegated
Rishi Sunak may have to travel to Rotherham and Stoke next season if he wants to watch Southampton after they were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday afternoon
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Manufacturing boom for towns, country and coast 'could pump £70bn into economy'
A study by the Centre for Progressive Policy think tank has calculated the potential impact of reviving heavy industry across swathes of Britain
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Labour looks at giving EU citizens and 16 to 17-year-olds general election vote
Millions of EU nationals could be given the right to vote in UK general elections under Labour, along with 1.4 million 16 and 17-year-olds in a major boost to the size of the electorate
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RCN leader says nurses must get double-digit pay rise or risk months of strikes
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will begin voting on May 23 for further strike action up to Christmas after the union's six-month mandate expired at the beginning of the month
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'Boris Johnson left UK in chaos but has fallen on his feet again with £3.8m pad'
The former Prime Minister recently splashed out £3.8million in cash on a plush country manor, just months after leaving Downing Street in disgrace and hurling the country into months of chaos
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Boris Johnson paid cash £3.8m for 9-bed home – after 'complaints over salary'
The former Prime Minister is said to have complained about his £164,080 salary while in power – but has managed to find a way to splash £3.8m in cash on a grand new manor house for Carrie and the family
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Healthcare firm owned by Tory grandee landed £53million in NHS contracts
Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft controlled Medacs Healthcare when it was handed 10 NHS deals worth up to £53million between September 2021 and December 2022, contract notices have revealed
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Charles' very specific seating plan for Coronation put special guests in sight
Among the 2,200 guests at King Charles' coronation at Westminster Abbey last weekend were special guests from his life leading to the crowning moment, including aides and friends
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Tory donor whose mum put Boris Johnson up rent-free gets £12.7m Government deal
Wrightbus, owned by Jo Bamford, son of JCB mogul Lord Bamford and Lady Bamford, will get £6.4m of taxpayers cash as part of the deal
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Tory civil war as Priti Patel blasts Sunak at Boris Johnson-backing conference
Disgruntled right-wing Conservatives, frustrated at the direction the party is taking, descended on Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation