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Rachel Reeves
Labour's Rachel Reeves rules out increasing income tax or NI
The shadow chancellor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg she would face "difficult decisions" on spending.
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'No one going to jail' for avoiding UK national service, says Cleverly
Home secretary says teenagers will not face criminal sanction if they refuse to join military or do volunteer work.
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Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn confirms he will stand against Labour in Islington
The former Labour leader will run as an independent in the London seat he has represented since 1983.
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Simon Case
Covid Inquiry: Simon Case admits decision-making was 'dysfunctional'
Cabinet secretary expresses regret over toxic culture and his "raw" WhatsApp messages.
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Reform UK
Reform UK confirm candidate standing in Macclesfield for next ...
East Macclesfield resident Stephen Broadhurst is running as the Reform Party candidate. The political party Reform UK has put forward a candidate in the ...
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General election
The King and the dissolution of Parliament for a general election
To hold a general election, the Prime Minister must request that the Monarch dissolve Parliament, which means that all seats in the House of Commons are ...
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Iranian President helicopter crashed
Iran's supreme leader prays at president's funeral service
Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash ... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran ...
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Robert Costello
Defense rests in Trump hush money trial without former president's ...
A lawyer who has clashed with Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen — and whom the judge overseeing the hush money case scolded for disrespectful ...
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Unified Reich
Trump social media account shares video mentioning "unified reich"
A video posted to Donald Trump's social media account included references to a "unified reich" among hypothetical news headlines depicting an election win ...
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Julian Assange
Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder can challenge US extradition
It means Mr Assange can remain in the UK for now and challenge US assurances over his prospective trial.
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Risch on ICC Applications for Arrest Warrants for Israeli Officials ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the ...
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Iran helicopter crash latest: Rescue teams search for Iran's President ...
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi made a "hard landing" in adverse weather, state media says.
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'I'm really heartbroken': Jim Acosta gets emotional remembering ...
CNN's Jim Acosta remembers colleague Alice Stewart, a Republican strategist and CNN political analyst who passed away at age 58.
READ MORE ...Civil service jobs
Civil service EDI jobs, spending and networks to be culled
There will be no more standalone civil service EDI jobs outside HR and external spending will require government sign-off.
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Policing teams mobilise during successful week of action in ...
Neighbourhood policing teams and specialist units united last week to help tackle the biggest issues impacting communities in Bridgwater and West Somerset.
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Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-fixer, testifies about hush money ...
Jurors heard Cohen confirm two key details on the stand: Trump knew about a settlement negotiation to Stormy Daniels and Trump directed Cohen to make that ...
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Top US Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial begins
Jury selection begins in trial accusing top Democrat of accepting bribes and acting as unregistered foreign agent.
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UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says ...
Foreign Secretary David Cameron tells the BBC the UK should focus on getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi to stand down as Conservative MP at election
Mr Zahawi was sacked as Tory Party chairman in January last year after an inquiry found he had failed to disclose that HMRC was investigating his tax affairs.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
How Rupert Murdoch quietly helped Mike Johnson survive Marjorie ...
Rupert Murdoch might not be flexing for the cameras, but he did just quietly demonstrate the power he still wields inside the Republican Party.
READ MORE ...Natalie Elphicke
Natalie Elphicke: Tory MP defects to Labour with attack on Rishi Sunak
The MP for Dover says the Conservatives "have become a byword for incompetence and division".
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Suella Braverman
Rishi Sunak needs to own Tory election defeats and change course ...
Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections.
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