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The problem with the Angela Rayner story? No one actually cares: It is convenient for the Tories to have her in the public stocks
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The problem with the Angela Rayner story? No one actually cares
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Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of short-lived premiership
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Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of ...
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UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling: The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first ...
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UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling
Quick Glance: British Law on Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
  • The new British deportation law aims to curb illegal migration and secure the reelection of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

  • However, experts doubt the effectiveness of the law in stopping illegal migration to the UK.

  • Rishi Sunak is under significant pressure due to political challenges in the election year, including inflation and healthcare issues.

  • The Rwanda law intends to deport migrants without valid papers to Rwanda, although the efficacy of the law is being questioned.
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Michael Gove can't guarantee no-fault eviction ban before election: The Conservatives first promised to end landlords' ability to evict tenants with no reason in ...
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Michael Gove can't guarantee no-fault eviction ban before election
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Liz Truss says Tories are part of a Blairite attempt to silence her: Reform UK leader Richard Tice said the Conservative Party is 'socialist' and ...
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Liz Truss says Tories are part of a Blairite attempt to silence her
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists: Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister had previously declined to rule out standing to be Tory ...
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists
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Britain’s Sunak vows to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in 10-12 weeks: With elections looming and his party plummeting in the polls, British Prime Minister ...
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Britain’s Sunak vows to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in 10-12 weeks
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election: More than 60 are Conservatives and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election
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Labour veteran Frank Field dies: Frank Field was first elected in 1979 and served as an MP until 2019. A lifelong campaigner on welfare ...
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Labour veteran Frank Field dies
Quick Glance: Farewell to Frank Field: A Life Dedicated to Social Justice
  • The former Labour minister and advocate for poverty alleviation, Frank Field, has passed away at the age of 81.

  • Throughout his career in Westminster, Lord Field championed social causes such as child poverty and modern slavery for over four decades.

  • Field succumbed to a long battle with cancer in a care home in London. He advocated for a 2021 bill on assisted dying in England and Wales.

  • His family emphasized that Field will be mourned by admirers in the political realm, but most of all missed by those fortunate enough to have experienced his laughter and friendship.
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British grocery inflation dips to 3.2%, says Kantar: UK grocery price inflation fell for the 14th month in a row in April, partly driven by an increase in ...
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British grocery inflation dips to 3.2%, says Kantar
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Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These charts suggest not
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Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These ...
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Everything seems to be going wrong for Rishi Sunak: With just two weeks until local elections that will likely go badly for his governing Conservative Party ...
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Everything seems to be going wrong for Rishi Sunak
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Tories predicted to lose upwards of 400 seats in local elections: Election analsyt says it could be a bad night for the Conservatives
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Tories predicted to lose upwards of 400 seats in local elections
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New temporary leader of West Northants Council speaks out following resignation of former leader Jonathan Nunn
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New temporary leader of West Northants Council speaks out following ...
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Why didn’t the Tories nationalise the railways?: The Conservatives can crow all they like about the benefits of privatisation – and make whatever claims they ...
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Why didn’t the Tories nationalise the railways?
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Laughing at Liz Truss only proves her point: Westminster has stopped listening: There are problems piling up across Whitehall which will take creative thinking ...
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Laughing at Liz Truss only proves her point: Westminster has stopped ...
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Scottish Tories to lodge no-confidence vote in ‘lame duck’ Humza Yousaf after Green deal ends
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Scottish Tories to lodge no-confidence vote in ‘lame duck’ Humza Yousaf ...
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Rishi Sunak Hit by Fresh Poll Blows as Working Age Voters Desert Tories: UK voters of working age have turned their backs on the governing Conservative Party ...
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Rishi Sunak Hit by Fresh Poll Blows as Working Age Voters Desert Tories
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UK Conservative lawmaker suspended over allegations of misusing funds: Britain's governing Conservative Party has suspended one of its lawmakers while he is ...
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UK Conservative lawmaker suspended over allegations of misusing funds
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Rishi Sunak's attempt to ban smoking is nuts, says Boris Johnson: The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying ...
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Rishi Sunak's attempt to ban smoking is nuts, says Boris Johnson
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax controversy: Angela Rayner usually relishes standing in for Keir Starmer at PMQs when the Prime ...
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax ...
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Mark Menzies to Stand Down as MP in Fresh Blow to Sunak's Tories: A Conservative lawmaker facing misconduct allegations said he’ll stand down as a Member of ...
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Mark Menzies to Stand Down as MP in Fresh Blow to Sunak's Tories
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The Rwanda policy isn’t the answer to the Tories’ electoral woes: Rwanda has become something far bigger than policy for the Tories and there is a risk that it ...
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The Rwanda policy isn’t the answer to the Tories’ electoral woes
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Nigel Farage is cancelled at last and he’s never been happier: Thanks to the Brussels police the National Conservatism usual suspects could feel they really were ...
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Nigel Farage is cancelled at last and he’s never been happier
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Crumbling Blue Wall: The councils where Tories are bracing for a ‘pasting’: Local elections next month will shed light on whether the Conservatives really are as ...
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Crumbling Blue Wall: The councils where Tories are bracing for a ‘pasting’
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The Tories deserve our contempt: The Telegraph reported at the weekend that the Conservative party appears to be attempting, in its selection process for ...
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The Tories deserve our contempt
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The UK’s broken immigration system is literally killing people: MP Dawn Butler says we have a broken migration system that literally kills people ...
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The UK’s broken immigration system is literally killing people
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It’s not sleaze that will finish off the Tories – it’s incompetence: Public standards matter, but living standards matter more to many people
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It’s not sleaze that will finish off the Tories – it’s incompetence
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Paddy McGuinness signed up to BBC show to 'kick the boot in the Tories': Paddy McGuinness has revealed he signed up to BBC show Question Time to 'kick the ...
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Paddy McGuinness signed up to BBC show to 'kick the boot in the Tories'
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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless plastic': People are increasingly breathing, eating and drinking tiny particles of plastic ...
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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless ...
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MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009: The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures.
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MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009
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Belgian mayor orders end to NatCon conference attended by Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage
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Belgian mayor orders end to NatCon conference attended by Suella Braverman ...
Quick Glance: Brussels Police Shut Down Right-Wing Conference with Farage and Braverman
  • Brussels police stormed a right-wing conference attended by Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman after orders for the event to be shut down.

  • The controversial National Conservatism Conference was closed to ensure public safety.

  • Despite police arriving and giving attendees 15 minutes to leave, speeches continued.

  • The conference, hosted by Viktor Orban and the Edmund Burke Foundation, aimed to strengthen national conservatism principles in Western countries.
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Scotland's wobbling pro-independence party ditches coalition with Greens: Opponents said on Thursday they would seek to oust the leader of Scotland after the ...
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Scotland's wobbling pro-independence party ditches coalition with Greens
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MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy: Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 ...
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MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy
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Sunak vows to end 'sick note culture' as UK election looms: LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled planned welfare reforms Friday to end Britain's "sick ...
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Sunak vows to end 'sick note culture' as UK election looms
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How much trouble is Angela Rayner in?: Rayner is under fresh pressure after the Mail on Sunday published a series of photos appearing to suggest Lowndes Lane was ...
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How much trouble is Angela Rayner in?
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Conservatives' loss of support among young people is 'ticking time bomb' for party
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Conservatives' loss of support among young people is 'ticking time bomb' ...
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Unpopular Sunak in ‘doom loop’ as UK PM stares at election defeat: LONDON: He’s failed to meet key pledges, hit an opinion poll low, and even cramped the style ...
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Unpopular Sunak in ‘doom loop’ as UK PM stares at election defeat
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Inside the battle to oust Sunak: hardcore anti-Sunak plotters haven’t given up yet
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Inside the battle to oust Sunak: hardcore anti-Sunak plotters haven’t ...
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Ottawa injects another $36.4-million into vaccine injury compensation fund: To date, a private firm called OXARO has received $56.2 million from Ottawa to run ...
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Ottawa injects another $36.4-million into vaccine injury compensation fund
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The King and I: Why the Tories’ latest campaign poster had to be pulled: In case you missed it: the jagged montage of images – now deleted – was designed to make ...
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The King and I: Why the Tories’ latest campaign poster had to be pulled
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What happened to the Tory promise to balance the budget?: This morning it was revealed that last month the government was forced to borrow £11.9 billion ...
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What happened to the Tory promise to balance the budget?
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Nigel Farage says ‘big political decision’ to be announced when quizzed on joining Conservative Party
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Nigel Farage says ‘big political decision’ to be announced when quizzed on ...
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Liz Truss isn’t done yet: The more the Tories fracture and fragment, the further Sunak’s supremacy is eroded
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Liz Truss isn’t done yet
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Reform UK apologises for sacking dead York general election candidate for 'inactivity'
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Reform UK apologises for sacking dead York general election candidate for ...
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Conservative researcher Christopher Cash charged with spying for China: Two men Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash were accused of spying for China and have ...
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Conservative researcher Christopher Cash charged with spying for China
Quick Glance: Charges Filed Against UK Ex-Parliamentary Researcher for 'China Espionage'
  • London's Metropolitan Police has accused two men, researcher Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, of violating the Official Secrets Act.

  • The charges coincided with the announcement of the arrest of three German nationals suspected of spying for China and accessing secret maritime technology by German investigators.

  • The British duo is alleged to have transmitted 'articles, notes, documents or information' to a foreign state between 2021 and the previous year.

  • In September, the Met Police disclosed the arrest of a man in his twenties on espionage suspicions. The Sunday Times revealed his parliamentary researcher identity.
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Sunak has weakened his position over smoking ban, Tories warn: Kemi Badenoch has come under fire for voting against the legislation 
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Sunak has weakened his position over smoking ban, Tories warn
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Hazard ahead: Are cuts at Tesla a warning sign for the EV market in Canada?: Tesla has hit a series of roadblocks, including increased competition and declining ...
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Hazard ahead: Are cuts at Tesla a warning sign for the EV market in ...
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What is there left to say about the Tories?: Spare a thought for us political commentators. We stare into the void between now and a (presumed) decisive Labour ...
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What is there left to say about the Tories?
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The Old Vicarage: Medieval building with network of underground tunnels could be demolished for car parking
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The Old Vicarage: Medieval building with network of underground tunnels ...
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Liz Truss, UK prime minister for 49 days, refuses to rule out fresh leadership bid
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Liz Truss, UK prime minister for 49 days, refuses to rule out fresh ...
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Don’t blame the Lords for Rwanda delays. It’s the Tories’ own fault: I know for a fact that many Tories are very unhappy about the Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Don’t blame the Lords for Rwanda delays. It’s the Tories’ own fault
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Jonathan Pie comic: Having a pop at Brexit and Tory voters is 'gross': Tom Walker, the actor who plays satirical news reporter Jonathan Pie, told ITV News what ...
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Jonathan Pie comic: Having a pop at Brexit and Tory voters is 'gross'
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UK Labour Would Take China Security Threat Seriously, Lammy Says: A UK Labour government would recognize that the Chinese Communist Party poses “real security ...
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UK Labour Would Take China Security Threat Seriously, Lammy Says
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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s: Polls show significant support for curb to protect children but some Tories uneasy with idea ...
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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s
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About Last Night: Habs lose season finale but the future looks bright: The Montreal Canadiens lost their final game of the 2023-24 season 5-4 in a shootout to ...
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About Last Night: Habs lose season finale but the future looks bright
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Eliminated from playoffs, Laval Rocket end season with home-ice loss: For the first time in three seasons, the Canadiens' AHL affiliate won't be playing ...
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Eliminated from playoffs, Laval Rocket end season with home-ice loss
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Rossendale and Darwen MP in sex pest and tax dodger MPs warning: A SENIOR East Lancashire MP has warned that recent Parliamentary scandals make the House of ...
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Rossendale and Darwen MP in sex pest and tax dodger MPs warning