Politics
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Chief whip denies claims he told MP she was sacked as a minister due to her Muslim faith
The chief whip has said an MP’s claims that she was sacked as a minister because of her Muslim faith…
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Downing Street Parties: Moves to ‘intimidate’ Tory rebels illegal, says sleaze watchdog chief
Attempts to pressure Tory MPs trying to topple Boris Johnson are illegal, the head of a Westminster sleaze watchdog has…
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Ukraine crisis: Moscow accepts UK talks invite amid fears Russian invasion is ‘imminent’
Russia’s defence minister has accepted an invitation to meet his UK counterpart Ben Wallace amid fears that an invasion of…
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Labour MP Liz Kendall ‘bursting with love and happiness’ after welcoming son Henry via surrogate
Labour MP Liz Kendall has said she is “bursting with love and happiness” after welcoming a baby boy via surrogate.…
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Police to meet MP who claims Conservative critics of Boris Johnson are being ‘blackmailed’
Police will meet with a Conservative MP who has alleged that government figures have been engaging in “intimidation” that amounts…
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‘History catching up with’ Boris Johnson, Wales first minister Mark Drakeford claims
Wales’ first minister has claimed that Boris Johnson’s “history” is “catching up with him”. In a highly-charged intervention in the…
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Train announcements: Grant Shapps to scrap ‘endless torrent’ of messages in ‘bonfire of the banalities’
The “endless torrent” of announcements on trains will be scrapped, the Transport Secretary has said. Grant Shapps has pledged to…
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Whip threatened to pull funding for link road around Bath for rebelling on Brexit, ex-MP claims
A former Conservative MP said a government whip threatened to pull funding for a major link road around Bath if…
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Isotonitazene: Opioid that’s 500 times stronger than morphine faces tougher controls after 25 deaths
Controls could be tightened on a deadly opioid that is 500 times stronger than morphine. Isotonitazene, a synethic opioid that…
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Pension scandal: Long-term underpayment of thousands is a ‘shameful shambles’, says group of MPs
The long-term underpayment of state pensioners, an unknown number of whom will have died without receiving what they were owed,…
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