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Jerome Mayhew MP: ‘Nationalising our best railway early is the wrong priority’

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George Freeman: ‘Harnessing fusion is the ultimate test for Labour’s industrial strategy’

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UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time

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Lorraine Beavers: ‘The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront’

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Caroline Dinenage: ‘The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind’

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The regional investment summit: a welcome vision for growth – now let’s deliver it

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Commons speaker introduces Macron with tribute to Britain and France’s shared history

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Speaker Hoyle pays tribute to ‘giant of the Thatcher era’ Lord Tebbit

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Labour rebels offered eleventh hour concession on welfare cuts

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‘With a heavy broken heart’: Disabled Labour MP says she will vote against welfare cuts

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Will the Green Party embrace a populist turn?

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Week-in-Review: Reform UK’s incompetent insurgency

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Robert Jenrick: the Conservative who gets opposition politics

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Cross-party MPs brand voting system ‘dangerous’ in an era of electoral volatility

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Rent is “unaffordable” in 30% of local authorities

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Winter Fuel Payments increased to 11.6 million in 2023

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Eight pharmacies closing every week in England

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State of the Nation 2024: A deep dive into social mobility in the UK

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BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners

Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment

Success! RE to be included in the National Curriculum

BASC warns Natural Environment Bill poses risks to deer management

Terminally Ill Adults Select Committee won’t hear from the terminally ill

Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment

Royal College of Psychiatrists’ approach to assisted dying ‘inconsistent with the membership’

Lords Assisted Dying Select Committee told: ‘patient autonomy is essential’

Lords Assisted Dying Select Committee to begin taking evidence

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Animal health ‘fundamental’ to rebuilding trust with rural communities, says Labour MP

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Labour branded ‘nasty party’ after minister calls Ed Davey ‘fat bloke in wetsuit’

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Immigration crackdown necessary for ‘open, generous, tolerant’ society, Mahmood says

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Back electoral reform to embed ‘progressive majority’ and thwart Farage, Starmer urged

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Andy Burnham criticises ‘climate of fear’ in Labour with vow to continue ‘debate’

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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission

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Nigel Farage ‘on the side of predators’ with Online Safety Act criticism, says Labour

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Farage urged to rule out Liz Truss joining Reform UK after ally’s defection

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MP Comment

Jerome Mayhew MP: ‘Nationalising our best railway early is the wrong priority’

MP Comment

George Freeman: ‘Harnessing fusion is the ultimate test for Labour’s industrial strategy’

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UK government must back the Global Fund at critical time

MP Comment

Lorraine Beavers: ‘The silent killer the national cancer plan must confront’

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Caroline Dinenage: ‘The future of science is animal-free – Britain must not be left behind’

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The regional investment summit: a welcome vision for growth – now let’s deliver it

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Starmer is governed by polls, not principles – voters can sense it

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Olivia Blake: ‘Why cross-party leadership on climate policy is essential’

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Week-in-Review: Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now

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Week-in-Review: The calling of Keir Starmer

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Week-in-Review: Mandelson scandal exposes fragility of Starmer’s standing

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Week-in-Review: Starmer has every reason to fear a deputy leadership election

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‘Treat us as two peoples’: Ersin Tatar on the future of Northern Cyprus and the UK’s role

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Keir Starmer could learn to fear a left insurgency

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One year of Keir: why Starmer now faces a reckoning

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The surprise strengthening of Rachel Reeves

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Frontline NHS services have no money to spare – here’s where to find it

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Animal health ‘fundamental’ to rebuilding trust with rural communities, says Labour MP

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NHS second worst health system in new global ranking

Could the 10 Year Health Plan do more to support our NHS?

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The government needs money — clinical negligence reform is a solution

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The need for a FRC scheme in clinical negligence cases

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An agenda for change: the MDU’s parliamentary priorities

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No quick fixes for new government when it comes to NHS

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Why governments should care about blockchain

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Beware a Starmer ‘super majority’: why the Conservatives are warning of a Labour landslide

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Week-in-Review: The Conservative doomsday clock strikes midnight

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Electoral Battleground: Could Tunbridge Well’s ‘Tory Town’ title be coming to an end?

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After six months and a revival narrative established, have we reached ‘peak Sunak’?

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‘And on this Wokerati stuff, the Home Secretary is vegetarian so eats more tofu than I do’

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‘A resolution could’ve been reached sooner if the government had been willing to talk earlier’ says CEO of the NHS Confederation

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‘All you have to do is add the word ‘cats’!’

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‘Attacking where I went to school is attacking hard working aspiration’, says Sunak

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