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Would you support a smoking ban in areas outside pubs and restaurants - poll
Clamour for change comes after a Government-commissioned review last year recommended a ban on lighting up outside any premises that sells food and drink to ensure hospitality is smoke-free
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Millions on state pension set for huge triple lock rise as exact amount emerges
Average pay - including bonuses - went up by 8.5% between May and June, new data shows. This means the state pension is likely to go up by at least the same amount
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Angela Rayner brands Tory Levelling Up nothing more than 'sham and a scam'
In her first speech as Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Angela Rayner will warn that 'false promises' and 'sound bites' from the Tories have left the British public feeling 'levelled down'
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Unions vote to resist anti-strike law which could see staff sacked over walkouts
Unions backed a motion urging 'non-compliance and non cooperation' with the Tory Strikes Act, creating a policy of defiance against the legislation passed in July
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Assessment consultation is likely to land Disabled people right back on benefits
Mirror columnist Anna Morell has strong feelings about Disabled people being told to 'look for employment' and is calling on the government to do more for people with health issues
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Trophy hunting 'like apartheid' says campaigner amid fresh fears for import ban
Adam Cruise, the acting chief executive of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, spoke out as peers prepare to debate plans to stop hunters bringing their "prizes" back to Britain
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Unite chief warns 'too timid' Keir Starmer workers 'can't wait for jam tomorrow'
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said Labour mustn't be 'too timid to talk of hope, too Conservative to make change' in a fiery speech to the Trades Union Congress
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Truss warns of 'Chinese infiltration at Westminster' after suspected spy arrest
The former Prime Minister made a rare intervention in Parliament during an emergency debate on the alleged national security scandal gripping Westminster
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Top Tory blames 'voter apathy' for election mauling as he denies rebelling
Jonathan Gullis, a leading member of the New Conservatives faction, outlined a list of demands after penning a report warning the UK is 'lagging behind' on vocational skills
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No10 refuses to back Dangerous Dogs Act after latest horror attack on girl
Asked by the Mirror if the 1991 legislation was 'fit for purpose', the Prime Minister's spokesman instead said the Government had asked for new advice on measures it could take
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Parliamentary researcher arrested over 'spying for China' says he's innocent
Reports of the spying allegation have sparked alarm in Westminster, with Rishi Sunak yesterday confronting the Chinese Premier after the accusation came to light
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Business leaders outline five-point plan to boost North at next general election
The Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank is publishing its demands to political parties, as the annual Great Northern Summit takes place today in Bradford
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Victims being 'badly let down' as a third of crimes take over 100 days to charge
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that “under the Tories, too many criminals are getting off' and victims are being left facing lengthy waits for justice
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'Victims can't trust ministers to deliver - justice delayed is justice denied'
Dame Vera Baird quit as Victims Commissioner nearly a year ago as she 'no longer believed that Conservative ministers had the interests of victims at heart' but since then 'the situation has got worse'
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Unions to report Tory Government to UN watchdog over 'spiteful' anti-strike law
TUC leader Paul Nowak said the crackdown was a product of a 'desperate Conservative Government spoiling for a fight with unions to distract from their dire economic record'
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40 inmates moved out of Wandsworth Prison after terror suspect escapes
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said around 40 prisoners were taken out of the Category B prison as a probe into how terror suspect Daniel Khalife got away is carried out
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Rishi Sunak hints he could wait until last possible moment to call election
Despite trailing Keir Starmer's Labour in the national polls, the PM insisted he can cling to power and revealed that he wants to remain in No10 until at least 2030
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Wages 'levelled down' under Tories, says Rayner on visit to key battleground
Labour's deputy leader will visit Blackpool on her first official engagement in her new role of Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary, after she replaced Lisa Nandy this week
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Gordon Brown blasts Donald Trump as he rallies against 'aggressive nationalism'
The former Prime Minister accused Mr Trump - who is bidding to become US President again - of exploiting Americans and turning on scapegoats, while also slating Hungarian PM Viktor Orban
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Home Office ordered to stop work on Dambusters RAF base in fresh asylum blow
West Lindsey District Council has issued a temporary stop notice, forcing workers on the site - where Suella Braverman wants to house 2,000 asylum seekers - to down tools
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Ministers back down on threat to 'name and shame' schools over RAAC forms
The Department for Education (DfE) faced a huge backlash after warning school leaders that those who don't return a RAAC survey by today could be "named and shamed"
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Radiographers vote to join doctors in biggest strike in NHS 75 year history
Up to 20,000 radiographers will walk out on October 3 when consultants and junior doctors also down tools in England amid an almost complete shutdown of non-urgent care in the NHS
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Rail ticket office cull set to be debated by MPs as petition passes 100,000 mark
The petition showing 'the power of the public' against the Tory-backed cull of 974 ticket counters comes just a fortnight after hundreds marched to No10 in protest at the plans
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Tories' 'monumental failure' as offshore wind farm plan flops
Labour's Shadow Energy and Net Zero Secretary said the failed auction as an 'absolute disaster for Britain' and Tory ministers should be 'hanging their heads in shame'
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Rishi Sunak warns trade deal with India may never happen
The PM played down expectations on getting a deal as he insisted it was 'not a given'. An agreement was due to have been signed by October last year - but negotiations stalled
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