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New Nigeria possible, Obi tells Nigerians in Diaspora: The Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has once again re-echoed the hope of a ...
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New Nigeria possible, Obi tells Nigerians in Diaspora
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Obi not mixing politics with religion, says media aide: The campaign organisation of Labour Party presidential flag bearer in 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Friday ...
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Obi not mixing politics with religion, says media aide
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Obi knocks 2024 budget, calls for focus on citizens’ welfare: 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has vowed to remain persistent in expressing ...
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Obi knocks 2024 budget, calls for focus on citizens’ welfare
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Obi decries insecurity, urges rescue of remaining Chibok girls: Peter Obi, has lamented the deteriorating security situation across Nigeria and called for ...
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Obi decries insecurity, urges rescue of remaining Chibok girls
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You lack power to sack Abure, LP tells NLC: The leadership of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against trying to hijack the ...
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You lack power to sack Abure, LP tells NLC
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I’m not leaving Labour Party, Obi replies NLC: A former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to media reports that he may defect ...
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I’m not leaving Labour Party, Obi replies NLC
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Bean puts FDM on election footing: The island’s third political party, the Free Democratic Movement, has confirmed that it is preparing to fight the next ...
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Bean puts FDM on election footing
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Edo poll: Imasuangbon seeks Akpata’s disqualification: A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, Kenneth Imasuangbon, has asked the court to disqualify the ...
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Edo poll: Imasuangbon seeks Akpata’s disqualification
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Scott demands minister explain go-ahead for development: A decision by a government minister to overturn the rejection by planning officials of a Warwick tourism ...
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Scott demands minister explain go-ahead for development
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Students attack Akpata at UNIBEN, varsity begins probe: Akpata said a senior lecturer who sustained injury as a result of the attack is currently receiving ...
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Students attack Akpata at UNIBEN, varsity begins probe
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Enugu LP chieftain condemns killing of siblings, others: The Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu in the 2023 general election, Chief Chijoke Edeoga ...
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Enugu LP chieftain condemns killing of siblings, others
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Obi, Nigerians in Canada to discuss economy: The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and stakeholders in Canada have concluded plans to ...
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Obi, Nigerians in Canada to discuss economy
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Ajaero not working for APC, says NLC: The Nigeria Labour Congress has kicked against Tuesday’s allegation by the leadership of the Labour Party that its ...
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Ajaero not working for APC, says NLC
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Fire guts LP chairman, Abure’s Abuja house: The Labour Party, on Wednesday, said that the house of its national chairman, Julius Abure ...
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Fire guts LP chairman, Abure’s Abuja house
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IPAC canvasses electoral reforms ahead of 2027: The Inter-Party Advisory Council has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to prioritise electoral ...
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IPAC canvasses electoral reforms ahead of 2027
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So This Happened (243) We Bring You Trending Topics That have Captured The Public's Attention And Sparked Conversations Across Various Platforms ... Show more
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PUNCH Salvo
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LP chairman, Abure, brother discharged from Abuja hospital: The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his brother have been discharged from the ...
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LP chairman, Abure, brother discharged from Abuja hospital
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Fylde MP Mark Menzies quits Conservatives as Tories say conduct ‘fell below standard’
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Fylde MP Mark Menzies quits Conservatives as Tories say conduct ‘fell ...
Quick Glance: Mark Menzies: MP Accused of Campaign Fund Misuse, Party Exit, and Future Election Abstention
  • An elected official accused of mishandling campaign funds has departed from the Conservative Party and declared no intention to participate in the upcoming general election.

  • Following allegations reported in The Times, Mark Menzies revealed his decision after purportedly using political contributions to address medical costs and settle debts incurred from being confined by individuals demanding a substantial ransom for his release.

  • Upon a request for scrutiny by Labour, Lancashire Police disclosed their evaluation of 'details' concerning Mr. Menzies. An internal inquiry by the Conservative Party has been initiated to explore potential improprieties in the utilization of their financial resources.

  • Additionally, the party's internal oversight body will assess whether Mr. Menzies' conduct contravened the Nolan principles of public ethics, encompassing traits like altruism, probity, and candor. The spokesperson affirmed, 'We are prepared to collaborate with law enforcement, if they deem our insights beneficial to any inquiry they opt to conduct.'
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Trent View Medical Practice explains sudden closure and will reopen on Monday: A very good reason for the closure has now been relayed to patients
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Trent View Medical Practice explains sudden closure and will reopen on ...
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York security bollards: 'why traffic cones at Spurriergate?': York bollards: 'Why are traffic cones the only thing keeping terrorists out?' asks our letter ...
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York security bollards: 'why traffic cones at Spurriergate?'
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Council U-turns on plans to sell off part of former golf course: Erewash Borough Council had planned to sell part of Pewit Golf Course but it will now remain ...
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Council U-turns on plans to sell off part of former golf course
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Labour shadow minister in Ipswich to boost election campaign: Shadow cabinet minister Darren Jones has visited Ipswich to join local Labour members campaigning ...
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Labour shadow minister in Ipswich to boost election campaign
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Carol Vorderman praises BBC guest for confronting Laura Kuenssberg: Carol Vorderman has praised a guest on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg for his ...
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Carol Vorderman praises BBC guest for confronting Laura Kuenssberg
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First new bridge over River Trent in 60 years gets green light: Pedestrian and cycle bridge to link Trent Basin to the south bank of the river close to the Hook ...
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First new bridge over River Trent in 60 years gets green light
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Hastings Jack in Green event distances itself from political campaign: Trustees of the Hastings Jack in the Green event have made a public statement stressing ...
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Hastings Jack in Green event distances itself from political campaign
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Foley announced for OBA in St David’s: The One Bermuda Alliance has announced Maurice Foley as its candidate for St David's. Mr Foley ...
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Foley announced for OBA in St David’s
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Island’s political model ‘requires major reset’: The news that Sir John Swan is seriously considering running in the pending by-election in Smith’s North speaks ...
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Island’s political model ‘requires major reset’
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Havant MP says Labour has already given up on seat ahead of General Election: Havant MP Alan Mak says that Labour has already given up on the Havant Constituency ...
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Havant MP says Labour has already given up on seat ahead of General ...
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Ossett named as a ‘banking desert’ to due to lack of financial facilities: Ossett has been identified as a so-called “banking desert” due to a lack of financial ...
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Ossett named as a ‘banking desert’ to due to lack of financial facilities
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Commissioners to meet Victoria Centre traders ahead of closure: Nottingham City Council first announced it was planning to end the lease on the Victoria Centre ...
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Commissioners to meet Victoria Centre traders ahead of closure
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Commissiong backs Sir John’s call for political ‘reset’: A former Progressive Labour Party MP has backed calls for the island to be governed by independent ...
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Commissiong backs Sir John’s call for political ‘reset’
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Locals told 'absolutely no chance' in attempt to halt mosque plans: At points, attendees had to be shushed as they broke into discussion while committee members ...
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Locals told 'absolutely no chance' in attempt to halt mosque plans
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60-plus candidates to fight for Exeter City Council seats: More than 60 people have put their names down to fight for seats on Exeter City Council.
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60-plus candidates to fight for Exeter City Council seats
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Cornish MP has not spoken a word in Parliament this year: New figures reveal how much each MP has spoken in Parliament since the new year - and you can look up ...
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Cornish MP has not spoken a word in Parliament this year
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‘Passionate about advocating for the betterment of the people’ : To some, it may have come as a surprise to see me entering the political ring as the candidate ...
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‘Passionate about advocating for the betterment of the people’
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Reading Labour accused of misconduct at candidate presence at surgery: A Labour councillor and election candidate have been accused of misconduct over the ...
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Reading Labour accused of misconduct at candidate presence at surgery
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50 Questions With Performance Art Legend David Hoyle: Ahead of his three-week takeover at Manchester’s Aviva Studios, David Hoyle discusses his illustrious ...
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50 Questions With Performance Art Legend David Hoyle
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PLP invites community to discuss budget and economy: The Progressive Labour Party is inviting members of the public to an event to discuss the Budget ...
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PLP invites community to discuss budget and economy
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Improving the lives of Bermudians: The One Bermuda Alliance's recent series of opinion columns said in several hundred words what they could have simply ...
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Improving the lives of Bermudians
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Letter: This Government has choked off community energy in Stroud: It is time we all of us looked at the Labour Party’s Local Energy Plans.
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Letter: This Government has choked off community energy in Stroud
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Town deserves equality in healthcare: I am writing as one of the Labour town and district councillors for Devon Ward, which includes Newark Hospital.
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Town deserves equality in healthcare
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The minister giveth and the minister taketh away: “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it” ...
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The minister giveth and the minister taketh away
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We do have a choice: The Progressive Labour Party has been in political power for 22 of the past 26 years. During this period it has convinced the majority of ...
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We do have a choice
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Labour manifesto for Reading in hopes to keep power: Labour, which currently runs Reading Borough Council, has launched its 2024 local election manifesto in the ...
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Labour manifesto for Reading in hopes to keep power
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LP kicks as NLC pickets party’s national secretariat: The LP said it is reviewing the NLC's “criminal actions” and disruption of activities in its national ...
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LP kicks as NLC pickets party’s national secretariat
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NLC writes INEC, warns against monitoring Labour Party’s convention: The NLC asked INEC to restrain its officials from undermining the due administration of ...
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NLC writes INEC, warns against monitoring Labour Party’s convention
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INEC disowns Labour Party convention: The LP had on Tuesday shifted the convention from Umuahia in Abia to Nnewi, Anambra State.
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INEC disowns Labour Party convention
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Obi fetes prison inmates on Easter Sunday: The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Sunday ...
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Obi fetes prison inmates on Easter Sunday
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet meeting update: Follow as the Prime Minister faces questions as Labour talks tax and the economy goes into ...
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet meeting update
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Easter: Nasarawa LP chair seeks prayers for Nigeria: The LP Chairman, Nasarawa State, Alex Ombugu has called for prayers for the state and Nigeria to tackle ...
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Easter: Nasarawa LP chair seeks prayers for Nigeria
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Holy week: Obi seeks divine intervention for Nigeria: The 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to use the final ...
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Holy week: Obi seeks divine intervention for Nigeria
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LP loses petitions challenging Edo LG poll: The Edo State Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal has struck out the appeals brought before it by candidates of ...
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LP loses petitions challenging Edo LG poll
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THE ROUND TABLE: Delta Bloodbath: Senate Meets Service Chiefs As Troops Comb Creeks FG Names 15 Terrorism Financiers, BDCs ... Show more
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LP petitions SGF over vandalisation of national headquarters by NLC: In the petition, the party said the action of the NLC was a clear violation of the 1999 ...
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LP petitions SGF over vandalisation of national headquarters by NLC
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Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins speaks to the media live from Brackenridge.#FOCUSLIVE
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Former premiers recognised for making Bermuda ‘better place’: Three former premiers have been recognised for their devotion to public duty. Sir John Swan ...
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Former premiers recognised for making Bermuda ‘better place’
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Atiku should allow PDP to breathe fresh air – President, political scientists: I was not in any of the states. But from what I have gathered and read ...
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Atiku should allow PDP to breathe fresh air – President, political ...
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Marrying her love for local government is how Kaydian Harty has described her entry into representational politics.www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/18/kaydian-hartys-natural-progression/
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Edwin Allen High are on a mission to regain their title, a title they held for eight consecutive years before they were interrupted by Hydel High last year ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/18/frankfield-clarendon-based-heavyweights-mission/
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Southern senators revive forum, appoint new leaders: They met for the first time on the platform of the Southern Senators Forum to inaugurate the forum nine ...
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Southern senators revive forum, appoint new leaders
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New 93-home scheme gets green light in Cov but not everyone's happy: The brownfield land off New Century Park had previously been earmarked for a school
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New 93-home scheme gets green light in Cov but not everyone's happy
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Wrong electoral choices reason for Nigeria’s suffering – Abure: Abure said the situation of the country was the result of the choices made by Nigerians during ...
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Wrong electoral choices reason for Nigeria’s suffering – Abure
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Post Office hero Alan Bates snubbed in 'surprise' honours list: A honours list was issued ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend
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Post Office hero Alan Bates snubbed in 'surprise' honours list
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Post Office hero Alan Bates snubbed in 'surprise' honours list: A honours list was issued ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend
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Post Office hero Alan Bates snubbed in 'surprise' honours list
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How to MP: Tips from a ‘great parliamentarian’ : As he departs from Parliament, Grant Roberson outlines the skills and requirements for being a successful MP ...
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How to MP: Tips from a ‘great parliamentarian’ 
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PLP declares Lindsay Simmons for Smith’s North challenge: The governing party declared Senator Lindsay Simmons as its contender for the impending by-election in ...
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PLP declares Lindsay Simmons for Smith’s North challenge
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Zarah Sultana lashes out at controversial plan for bin workers: Unite warned more strikes would be likely before Easter - now Coventry MP Zarah Sultana has ...
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Zarah Sultana lashes out at controversial plan for bin workers
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PLP to host Easter fun day: The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting an Easter fun day for residents in Devonshire and Smith’s on Saturday. The free event ...
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PLP to host Easter fun day
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APC, LP back RMAFC on cutting cost of governance
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APC, LP back RMAFC on cutting cost of governance
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Time for Jarion Richardson to step up and take a stance: In less than a week, the OBA's candidate for Constituency 10 has already attempted to back away ...
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Time for Jarion Richardson to step up and take a stance
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