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BBC Question Time audience erupts in applause after Labour MP's savage response
One tonight's BBC Question Time MPs were peppered with questions, as the country entered into a recession and the fallout from the anti-Semitic comments of a prospective Labour MP continued
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'We need to fight for the steelworkers and UK's symbol of decline - Port Talbot'
'Steelworkers will march on Friday against plans that would cost 2,500 jobs - its time to fight for the future of Port Talbot - we need serious investment to decarbonise and rebuild after decades of under-investment'
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Rishi’s promises to kickstart economy in tatters as UK plunges into recession
There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year
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Uni student's admission about fellow pupils in tough economy on Question Time
On tonight's episode of BBC Question Time, as politicians of all colours bickered and pointed the finger at one another, one student told a heartbreaking story about poverty at her university
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'Solving the Britain's dire housing crisis will be the key to getting into No10'
Housing campaigner and guest columnist Kwajo Tweneboa sets the record straight on what could be one of the most decisive issues in the next General Election
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'Constant Labour infighting won’t help those affected by war in Gaza'
Paul Routledge rightly addresses the 'phoney war in the Pennine foothills' over the dumping of Rochdale's Labour candidate Azhar Ali, saying it's clouding the party's judgement to fight proper battles
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Two thirds of Brits back Labour's plan for public owned green energy
More than half of those responding to the YouGov poll, commissioned by the think tank Common Wealth, said they thought Labour's plan would have a positive impact on household bills
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'Never again can Rishi Sunak claim to have a plan when his plan is not working'
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Rishi Sunak was 'taking the country backwards' after Britain sunk into recession at the end of last year - despite his vow to grow the economy
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Tory mayor expelled over allegations of anti-semitic WhatsApp comments
Atiqul Hoque, mayor of Salisbury in Wiltshire, was expelled from the Conservative Party after an investigation into claims of anti-Semitism, but has vowed to clear his name
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UK 'isn't prepared' for war as Putin 'looks to launch nuclear weapon into space'
Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged space nuclear weapon plot could 'stymie' a more conventional war in Europe, according to a security and intelligence expert
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Railways need the best of private and public sector working together to thrive
A new strategy calls for a new contractual model which switches decision-making from Whitehall to operators
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Recession could be last straw for voters as Tories face general election wipeout
Critics have lashed out over the 'Rishi recession' announced this morning - just hours after a mega-poll showed the Tories could be left with just 80 MPs after the election
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'I unknowingly slept with my half brother in high school and I feel traumatised'
At least 23 people have come forward claiming they were conceived using the sperm of married doctor Burton Caldwell who told clients the sperm would come from an anonymous medical student
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Brianna Ghey's mum's heartbreaking act so daughter's room is 'how she'd like it'
Esther Ghey said social media firms need to show more moral responsibility as she paid tribute to her daughter, who she said initially wanted to be known as Britney
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'Rishi's recession' shows Sunak can 'no longer claim his plan is working'
Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM
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Elon Musk says 'no way in hell' Putin will lose Ukraine war as he demands US
Elon Musk has called for the US not to send Ukraine a $95 (£75,6) billion aid bill - as there is "no way in hell" that Vladimir Putin loses the war
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NHS nursing recruitment crisis could push health service to complete collapse
A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses
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US Congresswoman tells David Cameron to 'kiss my a**' over Ukraine funding row
David Cameron urged Congress to vote through a package of funding for countries including Ukraine and said: 'I do not want us show the weakness displayed against Hitler in the 1930s''
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Thousands of couples could be separated under new Tory 'Cost of Loving' laws
Under a new Conservative policy due to take hold in the UK in the Spring, thousands of overseas workers could be separated from their families, friends and loved ones
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Tactical voting could lead to 'comfortable Labour victory' in key by-election
Think tank Labour Together, which plays a key role advising Keir Starmer, said the party's vote share could turn 'a razor-thin margin into a fairly comfortable Labour victory'
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Labour will axe candidates who don't meet 'highest standards' after Israel row
A third Labour politician was 'spoken to' by party officials after allegedly attending a meeting of activists that has led to the suspension of two of the party's candidates
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Tories need 'geography lessons' after Network North vow includes South funding
An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon
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18 Cabinet ministers on course to lose seats in Tory election wipeout - list
An MRP poll projects the Tories will face a wipeout at the General Election with possible Cabinet casualties including Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Gillian Keegan
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Bombshell mega-poll predicts Tories will lose three-quarters of seats in wipeout
The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted
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'Labour needs a leader in Wales who can help Keir Starmer win general election'
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock writes for the Mirror on why he is backing Vaughan Gething to be the new Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales