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'Missing in action' Jeremy Hunt told to stump up cash to end NHS strikes
Paul Nowak, the new head of the Trades Union Congress, called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to come out of hiding and provide extra funding so nurses and ambulance workers can get a proper pay rise
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Rishi Sunak took tax-funded private jet to launch 'green' tax breaks in Scotland
The gas-guzzling 888-mile round trip on a luxury RAF Falcon 900 LX would have released around 4.2 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere
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Rishi Sunak 'concerned' at Scottish gender reforms as clash looms with Sturgeon
It comes amid strained relations over the issue of Scottish independence and threats by the UK Government to block landmark reforms for transgender people at Holyrood last month
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'Never mind the unions, we need minimum service levels for politicians'
Politicians shouldn't be allowed to moonlight, hit the speech circuit, or take a holiday without their employer's approval. Which is us, says Fleet Street Fox
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Keir Starmer tells Rishi Sunak to stand up to Brexiteers and ditch ‘purity club'
The Labour leader called on Rishi Sunak to resolve the issues over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements - and resist 'siren voices' such as Boris Johnson who don't want to compromise
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Boris Johnson given £1m donation by Brexiteer - as his speech payouts hit £1.3m
The former Prime Minister declared the massive donation to his office from Brexiteer crypto investor Christopher Harborne in the latest register of MPs' interests
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Doctor blasts NHS 'warzone' on heated Question Time as minister denies crisis
A Tory minister denied that the NHS was in a crisis during a heated discussion on BBC Question Time last night, after members of the panel and audience urged the government to take action
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'Hero firefighters risk lives to save others - their health should be protected'
As many as a dozen of firefighters who entered the burning Grenfell Tower have since developed terminal cancer. It's feared many of the residents who survived the fire were exposed to toxic fumes
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Terminally ill artist sketches chaotic scene in A&E before discharging himself
The Mirror's Real Britain columnist Ros Wynne Jones writes about terminally ill artist Michael Bryson who discharged himself after 12 hours in A&E without being treated
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'I'm in awe of our tireless nurses from the vantage point of my hospital bed'
Paul Routledge gets a frontline view of how hard our NHS staff work after being rushed into Leeds General Infirmary, and says Rishi Sunak needs to stop his PR photo-ops and get real himself
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Just one in five Brits would vote Tory in an election today as Labour lead grows
The latest survey, by People Polling for GB News, reveals the scale of the challenge facing Rishi Sunak if he is to turn around the Conservatives' fortunes before the next election
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Security had to stop obsessives trying to sneak into Queen's lying-in-state
Parliament's head of security revealed how officials worked to block certain individuals from attending the sombre vigil beside the Queen's coffin in Parliament's Westminster Hall
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Tory failures force families to spend £10k on energy over five year parliament
Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Labour were in charge from 1997 to 2010
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PCSO numbers halve under Tories as people less likely to see officers on beat
A decade of vicious Conservative austerity has halved PCSO levels, with increasing numbers of the public saying they never see officers on patrol.
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Ambulance times and A&E waits hit record worst as possible doctors strikes loom
Labour described the NHS as being in “the biggest crisis in its history”, as patient care worsens and staff stage waves of strikes over pay and working conditions
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Train strikes breakthrough hope as unions and firms knuckle down on new deal
RMT chief Mick Lynch said he was “working jointly towards a revised offer” with the Rail Delivery Group after four hours of talks - and eight months of on-and-off strikes
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Donald Trump jumps ahead of his rival in latest 2024 US presidency race poll
Polls conducted since the beginning of the year for the US Presidential 2024 bid show that former president Donald Trump has overturned what had looked like a healthy poll lead for DeSantis
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Major teaching union won't strike after ballot fails to meet legal threshold
Teaching unions have been balloting their members of the Government's pay offer, which the IFS said would amount to a real terms pay cut of 5% for most teachers due to high levels of inflation
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Jeremy Corbyn in furious clash over antisemitism in Labour on ITV's Peston
The former Labour leader was told he 'only has himself to blame' after he stood by his claim that the scale of antisemitism cases in Labour was 'grossly exaggerated'
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Hundreds of Liberty Steel jobs at risk as firm announces fresh wave of cuts
The company delivered a fresh blow to the sector this morning as the industry battles high energy costs and struggles to compete with foreign rivals
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'Sex at No10 party' as 'flustered' canoodlers spotted 'feeling each other up'
Fresh allegations have emerged about a party the night before Prince Philip's funeral in April 2021 - when stringent lockdown rules still applied to social gatherings in England
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'Boris Johnson still shows disregard for rules and truth - nothing has changed'
In the next few weeks, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face the Commons privileges committee investigating claims he misled Parliament over No10 parties
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'Labour's plan for disabled people is the same as Tories - to push us into work'
Both Tories and Labour politicians are pledging to get disabled people back into work, but what about those of us who can’t work?
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Johnson under fire as Partygate documents 'shredded' weeks before Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson is facing accusations of covering up Partygate evidence. The former PM also allegedly joked that a Downing Street party during lockdown was 'the most unsocially distanced' in the UK
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Tories could close 600 local pools in plans to slash energy bills support
The 85 per cent funding cut risks decimating school swimming lessons, threatens people’s fitness and wellbeing, and also puts safety around swimming pools in danger