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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...
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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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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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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...