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Parents of organ donor hero call on Tories to finally do the right thing for NHS
Paul and Emma Johnson are speaking out for nurses like those who looked after their transplant patient son Max, who ushered in Max’s Law for an opt-out system of organ donation in 2019
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Delete TikTok from your phones to keep your data safe from hackers, says MP
Tory Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, suggested the video-sharing platform is linked to China’s efforts to build a “tech totalitarian state”
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'Warring hat-trick of Tory calamities are a tragedy for the British people'
Kevin Macguire looks at how Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak being at loggerheads is bad news for all of us as Truss tries to blame everyone but herself
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Andy Burnham: Desperately sad to see NHS on its knees with goodwill in balance
Writing for The Mirror, Andy Burnham calls on the government to give nurses the pay rise they deserve and get the NHS back on track
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Fears over Brexit 'backdoor' for trophy hunters to bring home sick souvenirs
Campaigners have moved to ease fears a forthcoming ban on imports of animal skins, severed heads and carcasses could have a 'loophole' created by the Northern Ireland protocol
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Changing how pharmacies work could free up 42 million GP appointments a year
The Company Chemists’ Association said the sector could “significantly increase access to primary care”, cut annual hospital readmissions by 65,000 and deliver 10m extra routine vaccinations each year.
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Boris Johnson's 40 hospital pledge falls flat - just 10 have planning permission
The pledge was a key plank of Boris Johnson's 2019 general election manifesto - and Rishi Sunak will be banking on progress ahead of an election
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All the best reaction to Liz Truss' 'deranged' political comeback
Liz Truss' bonkers 4,000-word comeback essay has prompted quite a lot of reaction this sunny, Sunday morning. Here's some of the best comments and funniest responses to her comeback bid
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Truss' Home Secretary says her plan 'clearly' wasn't right and ignored 'reality'
In a 4,000 word screed, Liz Truss blamed everyone from the "economic establishment" to Joe Biden for getting in the way of her bonkers plan for unfunded tax cuts - but even her own ministers say her plan was to blame
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Tory minister admits son is on pre-pay energy meter - because 'it's convenient'
Last night, Labour's Shadow Climate Secretary Ed Miliband branded Grant Shapps "do-nothing" over his response to the scandal
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Grieving couple whose daughter, 27, died abroad don't know where grandkids are
Judy and Sean Devlin last saw 27-year-old single mum Kelsey in 2021 when she flew to Islamabad with children Zara and Zain after being told her Pakistani mother-in-law was dying
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China threatens 'resolute' response after US shot down spy balloon
The balloon, which China has insisted is a weather balloon which was blown off-course, has been shot down over the Atlantic after crossing the Carolinas
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Full list of everyone Liz Truss blames for her failure as PM
The disaster-prone ex-PM complained she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her wild, uncosted tax-cutting rampage because a "powerful economic establishment" got in the way
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Rishi Sunak and 10 ministers receive nearly £300,000 from oil and gas firms
The revelation came in the week it was announced Shell more than doubled its annual profit to £32billion – its biggest result ever - and sparked calls for an increase in taxes on energy giants
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Tory MP's extraordinary avocado bowl demands to housekeeper 'treated like slave'
Hazel Settas said she was given written instructions highlighting how Tory Jonathan Djanogly and wife Rebecca liked their avocados. The former MP took the MP's wife to court - and won
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'Former PM Theresa May will be appalled at Tory MP's slavery shame'
Two servants at Jonathan Djanogly’s £7million home slaved for 13 hours, with one forced to follow detailed orders on laying out avocado pears
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Tory's housekeeper was 'treated like a slave' and took legal action to get paid
Hazel Settas has opened up about her treatment while employed by ex-justice minister Jonathan Djanogly and his wife Rebecca, who she said told her she was 'worthless'
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Payouts to prisoners cost taxpayers over £30million in six years
The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law
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Rapist cop David Carrick's victim says he set snakes on her in sick punishment
Darciane Nunes Da Silva, who was in a relationship with Met Police rapist David Carrick and was abused by him, is waiving her legal anonymity as she wants to encourage other women to speak out
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Wildlife charity linked to Carrie Johnson probed over £50k interior design bill
Carrie Johnson's boss wife's Victoria Aspinall or her firm received £352,658 over a four-year period from two charities. The £50,000 from Howletts Wild Animal Trust (HWAT) was in 2021
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Cruel British Gas bailiffs got £1.4m in furlough cash during Covid pandemic
Bailiffs forced their way into homes of vulnerable British Gas customers behind on bills. Victims – including the sick and disabled – were forced to have more costly pre-payment meters
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Companies handed £3.7 billion of PPE contracts have links to tax havens
Government estimates show they have provided half a billion pounds worth of PPE that has been left unused.
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Nearly half of Tories want Election this year to sweep Rishi Sunak out of No10
A sensational Sunday Mirror poll today shows that 48% who declared themselves Conservative voters last time either strongly support or support going to the ballot box in 2023 That rises to 61% of all voters
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'Striking firefighters and ambulance workers get blamed for mess Tories caused'
This Government has tried so hard to contribute to the economy, jokes Mark Steel. Nadhim Zahawi went as far as having to pay a £1million penalty when he got caught not paying his tax
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Inside Tory treasurer's cosy dinner parties to link wealthy VIPs with ministers
The super rich were given privileged access to senior ministers at undeclared dinner parties arranged by the billionaire hired as chief Tory treasurer by Rishi Sunak