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UK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election looms
Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats...
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Badenoch rejects claim that voluntarily flying migrant to Rwanda just ‘extortionate pre-election gimmick’ – UK politics live
Business secretary defends move, saying it ‘puts to bed myth that Rwanda is not a safe...
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Threat of summer poll a tactic to ward off Sunak revolt, say senior Tories
Rumours of an early election, despite Labour’s lead in opinion polls, being used to keep unruly...
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Tony Blair leads tributes to Frank Field, ‘an independent thinker always pushing at the frontier of new ideas’ – UK politics live
Tributes paid to former Labour minister and welfare campaigner Frank Field, who has died at the...
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Sunak’s weakening of climate targets ‘retrograde’, says former Tory minister
Claire O’Neill, a former climate minister, says PM’s move was to ‘try and create political division...
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Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe – UK politics latest
International concern over new law increases as UN high commissioner for refugees says it marks ‘step...
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‘No more delay’ over Rwanda bill, says Sunak ahead of press conference – UK politics live
PM to publicly warn peers to back down but treatment of Afghans remains a concern for...
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Rishi Sunak says he will make Commons ‘sit and vote until it’s done’ on Rwanda – UK politics live
Prime minister says not getting people into work is ‘irresponsible burden’ as he says ‘next parliament,...
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Sunak faces final showdown with Lords over Rwanda bill – UK politics live
Peers pass four amendments inserting safeguards into bill, including exempting migrants who helped British troopsDavid Cameron,...
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Sunak welcomes Kagame to No 10 as Rwanda scheme hits fresh snags
Meeting to discuss PM’s key policy overshadowed by reports of lack of housing for deportees or...
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Education ‘will grind to halt’ unless pay rises address recruitment crisis, union leader warns – UK politics live
National Education Union leader says morale among teachers is at ‘an all time low’ in radio...
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Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch
Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from...
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Wednesday briefing: What’s in Hunt’s spring budget – and how will he pay for it?
In today’s newsletter: As the chancellor presents a plan aimed at satisfying the Tory faithful, we...
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Lords pass five amendments to Rwanda bill in heavy defeat for Rishi Sunak
Peers, including senior Tories, vote by margins of about 100 votes for changes to legislation, which...
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Home Office announces £31m package of measures to protect MPs facing threats – UK politics live
The investment to improve parliamentarians’ security will include a dedicated police contact to liaise with over...
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Tuesday briefing: Behind the Conservative party’s failure to address Islamophobia
In today’s newsletter: As suspended backbencher Lee Anderson launches a fresh attack, a former Tory MEP...
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PM says Lee Anderson’s comments ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies – UK politics live
Rishi Sunak gave interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting...
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Badenoch under pressure as ex-Post Office chair produces written memo to support claim minister dismissed as lie – UK politics live
Henry Staunton has memo showing Post Office was told to ‘hobble’ into electionGood morning. After the...
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Sunak is warned spending squeeze could lead to Conservative party wipeout at election
As fresh party infighting erupts after two byelection losses, the right are targeting public service funding...
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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...