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Rishi Sunak swerves questions on tax reform after publishing vast income details
Due to capital gains being charged at a lower rate than income tax, the Tory leader paid an effective tax rate of just 22% on all his income - almost equivalent to a nurse on £36k
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Rugby and cricket games would always be free to watch live on TV in proposed law
Labour MP John Spellar has put forward a Private Member's Bill calling for the law to be changed to ensure cricket test matches and Six Nations matches are permanently available to watch for free on TV
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Woman claims 'Premier Inn would’ve left me to die in fire as I’m in wheelchair'
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown had been in London to attend a Motability event at the House of Lords when she was stuck on the fourth floor of a hotel in the middle of a fire alarm
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Suella Braverman blasted by Albanian PM over 'disgraceful' migrant comments
Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary
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Victory for 16,000-job Celtic Freeport campaign to benefit wind farms and steel
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the go-ahead for two freeports in Wales, including a development based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven
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Piers Morgan and Donald Trump lock horns as row erupts into savage war of words
Former friends Donald Trump and Piers Morgan continue to launched verbal grenades and now the ex-US President has returned to social media to fire a ratings attack
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Truss set to cash in by telling dinner guests about her disastrous stint as PM
The former Prime Minister is joining the lucrative after-dinner speaking circuit - but is unlikely to command the fees paid to her fellow ex-PM, Boris Johnson
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PM says he wants 'thriving' steel industry but swerves guaranteeing its survival
Rishi Sunak was quizzed about his commitment to the UK steel sector amid rising fears over job cuts and the support needed to switch to "green steel"
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Apprentice star could face probe over £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan to her firm
Marnie Swindells received the sum to help her company through lockdown. It opened for business last month after being incorporated in 2019
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'Boris Johnson partied as my dad died - and he knew exactly what he was doing'
Tiffany Jones’ world fell apart when her dad Colin died from Covid at 11.25pm on December 18 2020 - at that very moment, a Christmas party was in full swing at No 10 Downing Street
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Fury at Boris Johnson from Covid-bereaved families over Partygate testimony
The shameless former PM claimed he was only at leaving dos because it was his job to boost morale and staff deserved drinks as it was 'difficult times'
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'Boris Johnson's evidence was defensive, evasive and insulting'
His claim that it was important for morale that he attended leaving parties was deeply offensive to key workers who toiled through equally long hours in far more gruelling circumstances
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Boris Johnson deflated like someone had stuck a pin in Augustus Gloop
The jury is still out on whether he is in contempt of Parliament but one charge he is bang to rights: his contempt for the public, writes Jason Beattie
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'It's serious for Boris Johnson - it’s hard to see he hasn’t misled parliament'
Former Prime Minister admits there was ‘imperfect social distancing’ at events he attended. That’s a contradiction to what he told Parliament. It proves he lied, writes Chris Bryant
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Tetchy Boris accused of 'deflection mechanism' in icy exchange with Tory MP
Boris Johnson has refused to accept any fault during a crunch Partygate showdown this afternoon in which he could be ousted as an MP over whether he intentionally misled Parliament
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10 standout moments from Boris Johnson's car-crash Partygate defence hearing
The shameless former Prime Minister today tried to deflect blame for the scandal onto advisors, and launched an astonishing attack on Dominic Cummings - who he said had 'every motive to lie'
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Inside Boris Johnson's tetchy grilling - as his Tory defenders turn on committee
Boris Johnson was interrogated for more than three hours over his Partygate claims to the Commons - but not all of it was captured on the TV cameras. Here's what it was like to be in the room for the ex-PM's Privileges Committee evidence
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Hypocrite Tory Lee Anderson to earn £100k from TV show after MP second jobs rant
The Conservative deputy chairman, who previously slated MPs for having second jobs, will work just eight hours a week for the bumper salary, to the £84,144 he already earns as an MP
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Met Police chief told to accept force 'institutionally racist'
Baroness Louise Casey's damning report found 'institutional racism, sexism and homophobia' in the Metropolitan Police - but Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley rejected the 'ambiguous' term
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Sunak finally publishes tax return - sneaking it out during Partygate hearing
The multi-millioniare Tory leader first pledged to publish his tax return during his failed leadership campaign against Liz Truss in the summer of 2022 - and again after becoming PM.
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Boris Johnson claims boozy leaving dos 'necessary' when confronted with pictures
Mr Johnson is fighting for his political future as the Commons Privileges Committee probes whether he misled Parliament - which could see him suspended
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Rishi Sunak wins key Brexit vote - but suffers humilating Tory rebellion
Ex Prime Minister's Liz Truss and Boris Johnson announced they would rebel over the key vote on the Stormont brake on Wednesday alongside hardline Brexiteer MPs on the Tory benches.
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Keir Starmer slams burglary charge rates as crime 'out of control' under Tories
The clash comes after Baroness Casey's damning review into the Metropolitan Police said the force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic
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MP calls on Parliament to debate famous Dolly Parton song in bizarre motion
The DUP's Jim Shannon said I Will Always Love You - which was later covered by Whitney Houston - means the world to his wife and urged the House of Commons to wish the country icon "continued success"
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Bombshell No10 WhatsApps show Partygate panic - and warnings Johnson ignored
The slippery former Prime Minister is arguing that he didn't mislead Parliament intentionally when he denied rules had broken at lockdown bashes because he had received assurances from aides