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It always starts with words - threats, excuses, lies and false accusations, writes Paul Routledge, and it needs more than Boris bullsh** to sustain public support

The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” - a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines

More than half of the 2.5million people who are currently 'economically inactive' due to long-term sickness have a mental health condition. Economically inactive people are those who are neither in employment nor looking for work

Boris Johnson claimed the 'best way forward' was to press on with controversial legislation he tried to force through Parliament to allow the UK to rip apart the Brexit deal he signed without EU consent

The former President was visiting the stricken Ohio town of East Palestine in the wake of the devastating train derailment there. He said to a member of staff: 'I know this menu better than you do'

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has come under fire after retailers including Tesco and Asda were forced to put limits on how much fresh produce customers could buy

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was injured by the masked men at the sports centre in Omagh as he attempted to flee, with his attackers shooting him several times

Speaking at a lectern branded with Make America Great Again 2024 on it, Donald Trump promoted his own brand of water but said he was also donating some 'much lesser quality of water'

The London and Manchester mayors have joined Green Party leaders and union bosses including Mick Lynch in calling for Michael Gove to bring in a Scotland-style freeze on rents

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey was challenged over foodbanks running out due to huge demand, and told the House of Commons that people struggling should "consider working more hours"

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace boasted he has 224,000 staff while Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer has an office with just 12 people as they clashed over money for the Armed Forces

'The insurers seem to be saying we should have carried on regardless'

The scheme, devised by the Living Wage Foundation, aims to provide staff with a guaranteed minimum number of hours each week - and "decent" notice of cancellations

Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately 3,000 cases at HM Courts & Tribunals Service

In a keynote speech in Manchester, Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed Rishi Sunak's 'sticking plaster' approach to fixing some of the country's greatest challenges

The government will finally unveil plans for an independent regulator in parliament on Thursday after weeks of speculation - giving fans a say on the running of their clubs

Steel could have a prosperous future if the Government would help firms with the transition to greener forms of production but Kemi Badenoch has undermined confidence

Andrew Drury, 56, met Begum six times between 2021 and 2022, forming a connection so close the pair swapped WhatsApp messages and she told him of her mental health struggles

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) says it plans to take the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to court over 'serious' mistakes about the injustice women born in the 1950s suffered

Sir Julian Lewis, who chairs Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, issued the warning as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute

Former independent commissioners Dame Sara Thornton and Dame Vera Baird accuse the government of victim blaming amid reports of hundreds of children disappearing from hotels housing asylum seekers

Geza Tarjanyi, 61, branded the former cabinet member a "murdering scumbag" as he followed him through Westminster Underground Station and onto a train, a court heard

Campaigners had called for a judicial review into the Met Police decision not to send the shamed former PM a questionnaire over Partygate gatherings in November and December 2020 - even though others present were fined

Unison announced up to 32,000 NHS workers - including paramedics, nurses, blood collection workers, healthcare assistants, cleaners and porters - will down tools on the new March date.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader warned Mr Sunak that at some point the 'irreconcilables' on the Tory backbenches will 'come after him'