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Britain's dental health crisis exposed as hundreds of children in hospital
The latest data shows 40% of kids don't have regular NHS check-ups and that 104,133 children went to hospital with rotten teeth over the past five years. In 2022 alone there were 116 extractions every day
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Over £300m of taxpayers' money spent by govt on Covid VIP lane is 'lost'
Firms that landed massive pandemic contracts have now stopped trading, meaning that hundreds of millions of pounds spent on unusable PPE is likely to never be recovered
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Rishi Sunak hikes tax on domestic flights - but not private jets or helicopters
Details buried in the Finance Bill show that the luxury flight-loving Prime Minister will raise Air Passenger Duty (APD) on flights within the UK - except for private jets and helicopters
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Rishi Sunak still can't say if Rwanda flights will take off before next election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed Theresa May's Brexit warnings to urge the House of Lords 'not to frustrate the will of the people' by opposing the Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Rishi Sunak set to meet just four out of 40 environmental targets, watchdog says
Campaigners have blasted the Government for failing to meet the vast majority of its own targets to protect the environment - several of which are legally binding
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Fujitsu boss dubbed postmaster 'nasty chap' who wants 'to rubbish' firm in email
Fujitsu manager Peter Sewell made the remarks about subpostmaster Lee Castleton in a 2006 email ahead of his legal case with the Post Office over apparent shortfalls
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Keir Starmer opens up over 'distant' relationship with dad Rodney in ITV show
Labour leader Keir Starmer admitted he regrets not talking to his dad about the distance between them before he died in 2018 - three years after he was elected to Parliament
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Bungling Tories admit 5,598 asylum seekers have vanished in immigration farce
Tory immigration ministers Tom Pursglove and Michael Tomlinson admitted they don't know where nearly a third of people whose asylum applications were withdrawn are
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Postmistress accused of stealing £30k died alone in hostel and lost everything
Fiona McGowan was 47 when she died alone in a homeless hostel - having lost her job, children and health due to the Post Office Horizon Scandal, her family have said
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Jeremy Hunt calls for 'light touch' AI regulation
Speaking at the World Economic Forum event at Davos, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said there was a need for some "guard-rails" around generative AI.
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PM slapped down by watchdog after 'misleading' claim asylum backlog is cleared
The Prime Minister was accused of telling a 'barefaced lie' when he tweeted that the asylum backlog had been cleared as figures show thousands are still waiting
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Keir Starmer starts talks with civil service to prepare for Labour government
Labour leader Keir Starmer has written to the Cabinet Secretary to begin talks as the Tories sunk to their lowest level in the polls since the debacle of Liz Truss's government
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Trump's bloody red hands 'are syphilis' says ex-Clinton advisor in wild claim
Former adviser to Bill Clinton, James Carville, spoke candidly on YouTube about his theories behind what caused the red marks seen on Donald Trump's right hand as he waved to reporters
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Sunak holds bizarre Downing Street press conference to insist Tories are united
PM Rishi Sunak also urged the House of Lords to pass the Rwanda Bill as he delivered a short speech from Downing Street hours after he survived another day of Tory chaos
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​Tory Therese Coffey's attack on Labour backfires in excruciating Commons moment
The Tory MP attempted to scold Yvette Cooper over Rwanda, saying the Shadow Home Secretary couldn't 'get the name of the country right' after referring to Kigali - the capital
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Lee Anderson says he didn't vote against Rwanda Bill as other MPs laughed at him
Tory MP Lee Anderson was mocked after revealing that he planned to vote against Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan - but walked out as Labour rivals were "giggling" and "taking the mick"
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Rishi Sunak to address the nation at Downing Street press conference today
PM Rishi Sunak is expected to deliver remarks at a Downing Street press conference this morning after he survived another day of Tory chaos over his Rwanda policy
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Queen Camilla's five-word lie at Coronation that concerned worried sister
Queen Camilla's younger sister Annabel Elliot acted as her attendant on the day of the royal coronation - and she has shared an behind-the-scenes look inside the big day
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How did my MP vote on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill? See results in full
Rishi Sunak was spared a catastrophic rebellion as right-wing Tory MPs backed down despite threatening to torpedo his controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Tory rebels back Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill even though they say it won't work
Rishi Sunak was survived a humiliating Tory rebellion as MPs backed his Safety of Rwanda Bill - even though many hardliners don't think it's going to work
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Politician withdraws bill to decriminalise sex with first cousins after 'error'
US Representative for Kentucky Nick Wilson, a Republican, who in 2018 won the Survivor series, filed a bill seeking to remove first cousins from the state's criminal incest law but later withdrew it
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Grooming gangs using vapes to lure children as they offer e-cigarettes for sex
Tory MP Peter Gibson claimed children are being exploited 'as mules to fetch and carry the illegal products' and 'as agents by selling the vapes to their friends'
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Lee Anderson's worst controversies and weird moments as he quits Tory party role
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, who quit as Tory Deputy Chairman over Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan, regularly courted controversy with his outbursts during his 11 months in the job
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Veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd dies aged 73 after leukaemia battle
Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd died peacefully at home after leaving hospital last week to spend time with his family when doctors said his illness had become untreatable
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Tory MP Dean Russell describes having a heart attack aged 47 in emotional speech
Watford MP Dean Russell said he 'unexpectedly' had a heart attack five months ago and is only here today 'thanks to the swift action of the NHS emergency services'