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Classroom asbestos warning as ministers in the dark over risk at 1,000 schools
The Public Accounts Committee found 700,000 pupils are in schools that need major rebuilding or refurbishment as it warned the deterioration of classrooms is affecting learning
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Nigel Farage's age, wife, home life, and 'embarrassing' bank fiasco
Here's everything you need to know about the former politician and new I'm A Celebrity contestant Nigel Farage as he's set to take on the I'm A Celebrity jungle over the coming days
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Britain has one of 'meanest' welfare systems in Europe, economist warns
The Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the country's welfare system is 'possibly the meanest in Europe in terms of how it treats the unemployed'
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Tory Jeremy Hunt confronted by Laura Kuenssberg over tax cut for richest
Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'
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Tory guilty of racial offence announces he's quitting as an MP at next election
The MP Bob Stewart who surrendered the Conservative whip earlier this month was found guilty of a racially aggravated offence after telling an activist to 'go back to Bahrain'
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Full I'm A Celeb 2023 line-up confirmed - Nigel Farage to Jamie Lynn Spears
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! 2023 kicks off on Sunday and the famous faces taking part in this year's series have landed in Brisbane ahead of their venture into camp
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Tory plot to move Universal Credit goalposts could cost families £500 a year
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is rumoured to be considering slashing the welfare bill by around £1.3 billion by not increasing benefits in the usual way
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Labour would prioritise tax cuts for workers over handouts for rich, says Reeves
As Tory Jeremy Hunt reportedly plots slashing benefits and cutting inheritance tax, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's plan to save working families up to £3,000 a year
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Rishi Sunak given permission to build fence around Grade II listed mansion
A wooden barrier will be erected around Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Grade II listed mansion in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire, against the objections of some locals
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'Tories are constantly throwing an eye-watering amount of money down the drain'
Analysis claims cash has been washed down the plughole in failed projects and incompetence - including £15bn on duff Covid PPE and £2.3bn on the parts of HS2 Rishi Sunak abandoned
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Israel unleashes 'war crime' strikes on two Gaza schools - at least 50 dead
Videos from inside two schools bombed by Israeli defence forces show dozens of bloodied women and children next to school desks as foreign ministries allege 'war crimes'
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Farage's ex-mistress hopes he'll face horrible challenges on I'm a Celebrity
A former mistress of controversial politician Nigel Farage hopes fans will vote to see him put through hell on I'm A Celebrity as the ex-UKIP leader gets up to knees on a jungle trial
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I'm A Celeb's Fred Sirieix rules out Nigel Farage confrontation
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Fred Sirieix has hinted that he and Nigel Farage might not clash – despite him previously being outspoken about the former MEP
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I'm A Celebrity first look as fans can expect 'first show like no other'
Three unlucky celebrities will face a 'show first' as I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! returns on ITV this Sunday, November 19, with a show-stopping line-up of stars
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Suella Braverman bottles it over 'ransom note' warning to Rishi Sunak
Despite describing her old boss as “tepid and timid” and slamming his “lack of moral leadership”, she’s declining to publish the papers proving he accepted her demands before making her Home Secretary
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Rishi Sunak u-turn on plans to cut taxpayer spending on 'helicopter addiction'
Spending was due to be cut from September with the Government promising not to renew a £40million contract which funded the flights - but we can reveal the deal has been extended
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Nadine Dorries' Downing Street tell-all book sells just 5,500 copies in week
Nadine Dorries' supposedly tell-all book about the inner workings of No 10 Downing Street failed to sell as many copies as the ex-Tory minister's own romance novel
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David Cameron told to come clean on links to China before Government return
Rishi Sunak dragged the failed ex-Prime Minister out of retirement this week, making him Foreign Secretary in a move that shocked Westminster
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Ex-Bullingdon Club members hold top government jobs for 85% of time since 2010
Since 11 May 2010, a member of the Bullingdon Club has been either Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, or Chancellor for 4122 days – over 11 years continuously
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Common condition leaves more than two million Brits at risk of going blind
A chunk of the population could be at risk of sight loss because they are living with undiagnosed glaucoma so pressure is being put on the government to establish an National Eye Health strategy
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Donald Trump's nemesis sues Pepsi as river polluted by bottles and wrappers
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Letitia James demands PepsiCo pay compensation for the environmental damage she argues it has caused to New York's Buffalo River
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McDonald's scene of arrests as cops clash with pro-Palestine protestors
At Waterloo station in London five people were arrested during a protest this afternoon while in Manchester pro-Palestinian demonstrators were said to have clashed with police outside a McDonald's
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'Tories bringing ex-PM back from dead is the definition of zombie government'
Columnist Keir Mudie says we can’t continue with these lunatics from the Tory Government falling out with each other, jostling for position while the country burns
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'Nigel Farage wants to become next reality TV star - it will be hard to stomach'
Sara Wallis says Nigel Farage, who has been accused of spewing fascist, anti-Semitic and ­xenophobic views, is going to be hard to stomach on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
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Bake Off judge Prue Leith demands free breakfasts for 4 million schoolkids
Bake Off judge and ­celebrity chef Prue Leith said no youngster should be forced to skip breakfast - and she branded the Government's lack of action 'a disgrace'