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MPs Accused Of Treating Staff Safety Concerns As An 'Afterthought'

Workers remove the scaffolding from parts of the Palace of Westminster. Unions have accused MPs of treating staff safety in the crumbling palace of...

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Boris Johnson Will Hand Over All Messages To Covid Inquiry – Including Old Phone

Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has said he is willing to hand over “all unredacted WhatsApp” messages to the Covid inquiry – including material...

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Former Union Boss Manuel Cortes To Appeal Against Dismissal After Bullying Probe

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Boris Johnson Grew 'Bored' With Covid-19, Former Aide Claims

We tend to speak fairly openly about our own anxieties as parents, how juggling so many responsibilities and expectations can leave us wide awake with...

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Boris Johnson's WhatsApp Messages Handed Over To Cabinet Office

ITV's Dame Carolyn says there has been “a lot of inaccuracy” in the reporting, and that the former employee Schofield admitted to an affair with...

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Accusations Of A ‘Cover-Up’ In Battle For Boris Johnson's Covid WhatsApps

A photo of the author. Last spring, I was approaching my 50th birthday, and I was single. Getting back into the dating groove after COVID-19...

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Rishi Sunak Accused Of 'Cowardly Cop Out' As Suella Braverman Avoids Investigation

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman Rishi Sunak has been accused of a “cowardly cop-out” after he ruled that Suella...

24.05.2023 7

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'How Many Strikes Before She Is Out?' Angela Rayner Attacks Suella Braverman Over Speeding Saga

If you’ve been online in the last few years, chances are you will have seen at least one of the endless TikToks, tweets and articles about the...

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Who Wants To Be A London Mayor? All The Runners And Riders Trying To Beat Sadiq

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan The next election for the mayor of London will take place on Thursday, May 2, 2024. It is a powerful position to hold,...

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Suella Braverman Swerves Straight Questions Over Speeding Allegations

Home secretary Suella Braverman Suella Braverman ducked and dived straight questions on whether she asked civil servants to arrange a private...

22.05.2023 5

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'Robotic' Rishi Sunak Left Stumped After Being Asked What It's Like To Lose

Andy Rourke  The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke has died aged 59, his former bandmate Johnny Marr has said. A post on Marr’s Twitter account said...

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Cost Of Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral Revealed By Treasury

King Charles III follows the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her State Funeral on September 19, 2022.  ...

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'I've Got My Life Back': Labour MP Opens Up About Depression Battle

Young woman holding elderly hands When I was visiting my husband, Norman, in his care home, I would listen to both sides of that age-old debate about...

18.05.2023 5

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MPs' Probe Into Coronation Arrests Descends Into Slanging Match

Oliver Dowden made such a gaffe in the Commons that SNP MP Mhairi Black couldn't help laughing Oliver Dowden made quite the gaffe in the middle of...

17.05.2023 5

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'Our Childcare Policies Will Make It Easier To Have A Family,' Minister Says

Every once in a while, a post comes along that really makes you wonder how other people can perceive the world so differently.  In 2015, we had The...

15.05.2023 3

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Boris Johnson's Partygate Legal Bill Could Have Paid For 100,000 Free School Meals

Former prime minister Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson’s taxpayer-funded legal costs for the partygate inquiry could have paid for almost 100,000...

11.05.2023 6

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Joe Biden Says He Visited Ireland To Make Sure The ‘Brits Didn’t Screw Around’

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story imagines what the 17th and 18th Century love story may have looked like Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story...

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‘What Are You Playing At?’ Furious Brexiteer Asks Kemi Badenoch

Mark Francois Mark Francois has torn into business secretary Kemi Badenoch over the government’s “massive climbdown” on Brexit. The staunch...

11.05.2023 6

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Boris Johnson’s Friends Warned Him Not To Back ‘Intellectually Wrong’ Brexit

Then London Mayor Boris Johnson arrives home in London on February 21, 2016. Boris Johnson’s friends tried to stop him backing Brexit, saying they...

11.05.2023 7

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Campaigners Target Suella Braverman's Office Over 'Cruel' Migrant Plan

Suella Braverman and a campaigner outside her constituency Protesters have targeted Suella Braverman’s constituency office with a fake blue plaque...

10.05.2023 6

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Justin Welby Launches Blistering Attack On 'Morally Unacceptable' Illegal Migration Bill

Justin Welby Justin Welby has launched a blistering attack on the government’s “morally unacceptable” plan to deport migrants.  The...

10.05.2023 4

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Justin Welby Launches Blistering Attack On 'Morally Unacceptable' Illegal Migration Bill

Prince Harry touched down in the UK briefly for King Charles III's coronation – but he's set to return again in June for a lawsuit. Prince Harry...

10.05.2023 2

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Keir Starmer Refuses Seven Times To Rule Out A Deal With The Liberal Democrats

Rishi Sunak, Jordan Neely protests and Russia have all made the news recently It was hard to avoid the news around King Charles III’s ...

09.05.2023 7

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Rishi Sunak Defends Controversial Police Powers Used To Arrest Protesters At Coronation

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts as he has his blood pressure checked by pharmacist Peter Baillie, during a visit to a GP surgery and...

09.05.2023 7

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Boris Johnson Planned To Oust Rishi Sunak As Chancellor Before He Quit, Aide Claims

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Boris Johnson planned to oust Rishi Sunak from his job as chancellor shortly before he resigned, an ally has claimed....

09.05.2023 10

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Furious CEO Of Republic Says Police Should 'Hang Their Heads In Shame' Over Arrests

Protesters and Graham Smith from Republic Furious republicans have told the police to “hang their heads in shame” after protesters were arrested...

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Tory MP Lee Anderson Rinsed Over Tweet Telling Republican Protesters To 'Emigrate'

Deputy chair of the Conservative Party Lee Anderson. Tory MP Lee Anderson has been accused of trying to “cancel” republican protesters after he...

07.05.2023 10

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Labour Tries To Shut Down Talk Of A Coalition Government With The Liberal Democrats

Wes Streeting and Ed Davey Labour’s Wes Streeting has insisted they are “not entertaining” the prospect of a coalition with the Liberal...

07.05.2023 10

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Cabinet Minister Blames Tory Local Election Losses On Covid And Ukraine War

Culture secretary Lucy Frazer Culture secretary Lucy Frazer has blamed Tory losses in the local election on the pandemic and the Ukraine war.  The...

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'This Is Not What Democracy Looks Like': British MPs Furious Over Coronation Arrests

Protestors from the group Republic gather in their hundreds in Trafalgar square to say 'Not My King' in central London. Furious MPs have criticised...

06.05.2023 5

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Key Moments From The Coronation Of King Charles III

King Charles III stands after being crowned during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, on May 6, 2023 in London, England. The coronation of...

06.05.2023 6

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Republican Protesters 'Preemptively' Arrested Ahead Of King Charles III's Coronation

King Charles III will be crowned today The coronation service has been altered after significant pushback over asking the members of the public to...

06.05.2023 4

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Tears At The Polling Booths As Voters With Incorrect ID Turned Away

When you first download the TikTok app you don’t know the journey you’re about to go on. You thought you’d only use the app for a few minutes a...

04.05.2023 6

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Downing Street Denies Backing Ron DeSantis Over Donald Trump

King Charles III is set to be crowned on Saturday, May 6 King Charles’s coronation hasn’t even happened yet and people are already getting...

03.05.2023 9

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Majority Of Brits Think Government Must Intervene To Stop AI Taking Their Jobs

Abstract image of a server room seen through the face of an artificial intelligence robot. A majority of Brits think the government must step in to...

03.05.2023 10

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Sue Gray Refused To Co-Operate With Inquiry Into Job With Labour, Government Says

Sue Gray and Keir Starmer An inquiry into Sue Gray’s proposed move to the Labour Party has been put on hold after the partygate investigator...

02.05.2023 3

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Not All UK Politicians Are Keen To Swear An Oath Of Allegiance To King Charles

Voters across England and Wales will go to the polls on Thursday. The Conservatives are on course to lose 800 council seats at Thursday’s local...

02.05.2023 6

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'You’re Being A Nimby': James Cleverly Grilled On Opposition To Asylum Centre

Florence Pugh at the 2023 Met Gala After cementing herself as a red carpet queen in recent history, Florence Pugh pulled out all the stops at this...

02.05.2023 9

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Train Drivers' Union Hits Back At 'Bizarre' Claims They Are 'Targeting' Eurovision

Union boss Mick Whelan and the UK's Eurovision entry Mae Muller A furious union boss has hit back at “bizarre” claims they are targeting the...

30.04.2023 10

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Ron DeSantis Praises Kemi Badenoch For Her War On 'Woke Ideology'

Badenoch and DeSantis Hardline US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has praised Kemi Badenoch for her fight against so-called “woke ideology”....

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'Not Very Humble': Minister Grilled Over Broken Relationship With Striking Workers

Mark Harper and Sophy Ridge A cabinet minister has refused to state a single thing the government has done wrong in its negotiations with striking...

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Tories Should Be Making Gains At Next Week's Local Elections, Keir Starmer Says

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner. Keir Starmer has suggested the Conservative Party should make gains in next week’s...

30.04.2023 10

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BBC Chairman Richard Sharp Resigns Over Breach Of Code On Public Appointments

Johnson and Sharp BBC chairman Richard Sharp has resigned ahead of the publication of a report that found he breached the code on public...

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Jewish Former Labour MP Says She Feels Sad Over 'Icon' Diane Abbott's Anti-Semitism Row

Meghan Trainor attends the 2022 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Meghan Trainor, 29, has...

27.04.2023 10

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Even Jonathan Gullis Has Called Out Ministers Over Their Comments About Migrants

Gullis and Jenrick Tory hardliner Jonathan Gullis has called out ministers for their controversial comments about migrants.  The Red Wall MP said he...

27.04.2023 10

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Rishi Sunak Refuses To Apologise For UK's Role In Slavery

Sunak and Ribeiro-Addy Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise for Britain’s role in the slave trade and rejected calls for reparations. He was...

26.04.2023 4

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Tory London Mayor Hopeful Is 'Uncomfortable' With Rwanda Migrant Plan

Suella Braverman and Samuel Kasumu A former Boris Johnson aide hoping to become mayor of London has said he is “uncomfortable” with the Rwanda...

26.04.2023 6

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Minister Slammed Over 'Disgusting' And 'Sickening' Comment About Migrants

We’re sorry. We’re so, so sorry. But yes, really, the headline of this story is true. Let us explain.  Over the past twenty years there’s been...

26.04.2023 20

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Rishi Sunak Seeks A Deal With The EU To Ease Passport Checks Caused By Brexit Chaos

Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray (wearing hat) holds an anti-Brexit placard during the demonstration outside Downing Street.  Rishi Sunak wants a...

25.04.2023 9

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'Oh Sh*t We've Got No Plan:' Bombshell Book Reveals Boris Johnson's Brexit Reaction

Then a "Vote Leave" campaigner Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in central London on June 24, 2016.  A shocked Boris Johnson admitted...

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