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Sunak urged to block anyone convicted of sexual offences from standing as MP
Formal rules to block relevant candidates will make it easier to ‘weed out the bad apples’,...
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Keir Starmer paid £99,400 in UK tax on £404,000 of earnings, Labour reveals
Details about leader’s finances for 2022-23 come after Rishi Sunak revealed he paid more than £508,000...
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UK politics live: Labour’s double byelection win shows public ‘wants change’, says Starmer
Keir Starmer says ‘people are ready to put their trust in a Labour government’, as wins...
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Final day of campaigning in Kingswood and Wellingborough byelections – UK politics live
Labour seeking to take two seats from Tories on Thursday amid fraught week of candidate suspensionsMy...
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Labour faces Rochdale byelection backlash after party withdraws support for candidate – UK politics live
Party criticised for delay in acting over comments in which Azhar Ali suggested Israel had allowed...
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Labour’s Rochdale byelection campaign engulfed in antisemitism row – UK politics live
Candidate Azhar Ali issues apology after comments emerge in which he suggested Israel allowed Hamas attack...
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‘The waiting is terrible, I wake up screaming’: thousands living in limbo amid UK asylum backlog
Rishi Sunak said legacy cases had been cleared, but torture victims and others fleeing persecution feel...
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Victoria Atkins claims Labour does not trust parents to brush children’s teeth after criticism of Tory NHS dental plan – UK politics live
Health secretary defends Conservative NHS dental recovery plan after scathing response from the British Dental Association...
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Kwasi Kwarteng to stand down as MP at next election – UK politics live
PM says he is ‘not a betting person’ after making £1,000 bet during an interview with...
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King Charles’s cancer was caught early, says Rishi Sunak
PM says he was ‘shocked and sad’ when told of the diagnosis and wishes the king...
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‘Not a betting person’: Rishi Sunak rows back on £1,000 Rwanda bet
PM says he was ‘taken by surprise’ when Piers Morgan challenged him over likelihood of deportation...
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Sunak ‘out of touch’ for betting £1,000 on Rwanda plan’s success, says Labour
PM also criticised for saying ‘the facts speak for themselves’ when asked if Keir Starmer was...
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Dougie Smith: a mysterious backroom Tory fixer feared by MPs
The man who reportedly once organised sex parties for the wealthy is alleged to be involved...
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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves rules out bringing back cap on bankers’ bonuses – UK politics live
Reeves says she does not have ‘any intention’ of bringing back cap and wants to champion...
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Liz Truss says Sunak’s plan to gradually ban cigarette sales is ‘profoundly unconservative’ – UK politics live
Former PM is fomenting revolt describing proposal as ‘absurd’ as government set to go ahead with...
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Minister admits that previous crackdown on zombie knives contained obvious loophole – UK politics live
Chris Philp says manufacturers found ploy to get around previous ban on previous ban on zombie...
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Thursday briefing: Does the latest round of Tory backstabbing spell doom for Rishi Sunak?
In today’s newsletter: Former minister Simon Clarke has called for the prime minister to walk before...
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‘This is getting silly’: senior Tories criticise Simon Clarke after he calls for Sunak’s resignation – UK politics live
Clarke, a Truss ally, says Tory party should ditch PM ahead of general electionAs Eleni Courea...
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Rishi Sunak warns of further Yemen airstrikes if Houthi attacks continue
PM rejects calls from MPs for Commons vote over military action as pressure grows to clarify...
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Exiled Rwandan who survived murder attempt condemns UK deportation plan
Opposition politician Frank Ntwali says country is unsafe and Sunak’s pursuance of policy ‘quite bizarre’A Rwandan...
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Who was behind poll predicting Tory wipeout – and what do they want?
Nobody seems to know mystery organisation that funded YouGov survey but its agenda is clearAt the...
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Rishi Sunak to hold press conference as minister says Rwanda bill should go through Lords ‘fairly fast’ – UK politics live
Prime minister expected to talk about Rwanda bill after it cleared Commons as Tory ‘rebels’ abandoned...
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Middle East conflicts and the Rwanda bill – Politics Weekly UK podcast
As tensions in the Middle East continue to rise, this week John Harris speaks to Niku...
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Rwanda president: efforts to implement asylum plan cannot ‘drag on’
Paul Kagame also says he would be happy for the scheme to be scrappedUK politics live...