All news on the topic: Politics

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'Rishi Sunak is too weak to make fat cat oil firms pay their share'
In an article for the Mirror, Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said it is 'outrageous ' oil and gas giants are raking in enormous sums as BP reported its profits doubled to £23billion last year
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'NHS workers are achieving the impossible and it makes me feel ashamed'
Polly Hudson is so grateful to NHS staff who cared for a loved one in hospital, and she wants to share the incredible, undervalued work going on behind the scenes
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Tory MP who said Brits using foodbanks can't cook or budget made deputy chairman
The appointment comes just two weeks after Lee Anderson compared Rishi Sunak's Government to the 'band on the Titanic' over its asylum seeker policy, according to a string of leaked WhatsApp messages
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Boris Johnson giving top BBC job to pal was 'a bit banana republic', says MP
Tory donor Richard Sharp is accused of helping Boris Johnson secure a loan of up to £800,000 before the then-prime minister backed his appointment to lead the BBC
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Do you think Harry and Meghan should be stripped of their Sussex titles?
The Duke and Dutchess of Sussex could be stripped of their royal titles by the introduction of a new bill in Parliament - but what do you think?
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Campaigners warning over US tech giant's NHS links as deadline for deal looms
Palantir is in the running for a major contract with the health service, with the initial deadline for applying for the bumper bonanza later this week
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Rishi Sunak's reshuffle in full as Zahawi replaced and 4 departments created
The Prime Minister was forced to shake up his Cabinet after sacking Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi in a row over his tax affairs
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Boris Johnson and Liz Truss must take blame for 'chaos' says ex-Tory leader
Former Conservative leader William Hague slammed remorseless ex-PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss for failing accept responsibility for their disastrous stints in Downing Street
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Holiday warning as passports lost by Home Office reach a 5-year high
The Home Office has reportedly advised that the 10-week deadline introduced during the pandemic would remain in place due to an “elevated” and “volatile” demand for passports
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Little boy died suddenly before 2nd birthday - and nobody can tell his mum why
There are more unexplained childhood deaths in one to nine year olds than those caused by tragic accidents, fires or drowning. Eimear O'Hagan meets the families calling for answers
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Rishi Sunak 'to hold Cabinet reshuffle today' after Nadhim Zahawi sacking
The Prime Minister was left with a party chief when he fired Nadhim Zahawi for breaching ministerial rules amid a major row over the Tory chairman's tax affairs
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Bus services could be slashed within days without new cash pledge, warns Labour
Labour called on the Government to offer new guarantees under the Bus Recovery Grant as a crunch deadline looms for transport operators and passengers
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Speed-up UK weapons production to replace arms sent to Ukraine, warns Labour
The Shadow Defence Secretary makes the plea in an exclusive Mirror interview before he addresses the Royal United Services Institute think tank on Tuesday evening
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Death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake surges to 5,000 as third tremor hits
Around 1,000 rescuers from across the globe, including 74 Brits, will join local teams trying to pull victims from the destruction. UK relief worker Atiqur Rahman is helping with the search for survivors
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Tories still haven't delivered on zero hours contract pledge made five years ago
Labour's Angela Rayner said the Tories' record on workers’ rights is 'one of broken promises and abject failure' as she attacked the government for not delivering on its pledge to tackle zero hours contract
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Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay accused of being 'on strike' from NHS crisis
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting slammed Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay for failing to negotiate with health unions and put an end to strikes - as ambulance workers and nurses both walked out today at the same time
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Train derails with fear growing hazardous materials it is carrying will explode
The National Guard have been called in to help evacuate everyone within a mile radius after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed East Palestine, Ohio, US
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'The Tory end times should be more fun than this'
The government's remaining lifespan can be counted in days but no-one seems to have realised, says Fleet Street Fox. We're due a 1997-style boost of joy, but can Keir Starmer deliver it?
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Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules
Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts
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Students and teachers trapped under rubble of hotel in devastating earthquake
Around 43 students from various universities and 30 students, parents and teachers are trapped under the rubble of the Grand Isias Hotel in Adıyaman, Turkey
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Top Tory admits to spat with 'robust' Dominic Raab who 'tried to get him sacked'
Dominic Raab, who is facing a bullying probe, reportedly tried to get his fellow Tory Sir Robert Buckland fired last August after Sir Robert publicly attacking his plans to tear up human rights legislation
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Next phase for cow vaccine trial fuels hopes of an end to the badger cull
Campaigners hoped the announcement of another step towards a bovine tuberculosis jab for cattle could speed-up the end of the badger-killing scheme in English counties
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See list of local theatres most at risk as Labour warns of funding crisis
A host of regional playhouses are deemed at risk of closure after years of cuts and as families battle the cost-of-living emergency, the party revealed
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Shameless Liz Truss blames Tories for not being right-wing enough after failure
Truss, who has now been an ex-PM over twice as long as the 49 days she was in the top job, moaned about her party’s failure to back her catastrophic mini-Budget plans for £47billion of unfunded tax cuts.