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David Miliband warns Labour must not be seen as ‘defending failed status quo’

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Emily Darlington: ‘Strategic leadership means investing in the life-saving power of vaccines’

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Ben Goldsborough: ‘Let our villages take charge — give rural kids the youth services they deserve’

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Sentencing review proposals will spark ‘crime wave’, Robert Jenrick claims

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Lord Bellingham: ‘Why is Fujitsu still bidding for government contracts?’

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How does politics respond to the UK’s best-kept secret — falling immigration?

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Chagos deal critics would ‘weaken security of the British people’, says defence secretary

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Senior SNP MP says Reform UK advert targeting Anas Sarwar is ‘racist’

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Conservatives called 2024 election to ‘hoodwink’ public over prisons crisis, says Mahmood

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Michael Gove introduced to House of Lords as Baron Gove of Torry

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

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Week-in-Review: Anneliese Dodds gives shape to ‘soft left’ unease in Labour

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Tim Roca: ‘Brexit has left Britain weaker — the UK-EU reset must go further’

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A new Lowe? Reform UK’s civil war will be a protracted farce

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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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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill passes first vote

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Cardiff Council criticised as it tells residents, ‘Trust in Jesus – Come to Church!’

UK Membership of DIGNITAS rises 50% in five years

New amendment to reduce assisted dying implementation deadline to three years

Isle of Man passes Assisted Dying Bill – first local jurisdiction to do so

All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthcare Workers established to highlight key areas of concern for healthcare professionals

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David Miliband warns Labour must not be seen as ‘defending failed status quo’

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Sentencing review proposals will spark ‘crime wave’, Robert Jenrick claims

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Record 81 criminal investigations launched into water companies since general election

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UK, France and Canada threaten ‘concrete actions’ against Israel over Gaza offensive

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Conservative Party slumps to fourth behind Lib Dems, new poll shows

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‘Britain is back on the world stage’ — Keir Starmer’s UK-EU summit remarks in full

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UK-EU summit: Lib Dems urge PM to ignore Brexit ‘dinosaurs’ Farage and Badenoch

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Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch: ‘I am not going to let the Conservative Party disappear’

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Emily Darlington: ‘Strategic leadership means investing in the life-saving power of vaccines’

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Ben Goldsborough: ‘Let our villages take charge — give rural kids the youth services they deserve’

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Lord Bellingham: ‘Why is Fujitsu still bidding for government contracts?’

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How does politics respond to the UK’s best-kept secret — falling immigration?

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Marsha de Cordova: ‘UK-EU summit can be a turning point for young people’s opportunities’

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The London Fire Brigade can’t be allowed to dodge reform

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Danny Chambers: ‘The UK-EU summit is the time to act on veterinary medicines’

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Alex Mayer: ‘Coaches drive opportunity, growth and net zero — Labour can back them’

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Kemi Badenoch will lose any ‘Brexit war’ she starts

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Reform UK ‘flag ban’ presents target for Labour

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When is the next UK general election?

What’s at stake in England’s local elections?

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Carney’s comeback suggests viability of Lib Dem ‘resist Trump’ strategy

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PMQs verdict: In her comfort zone, Kemi Badenoch was still exposed

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How a ‘Stop Farage’ strategy could save Labour and Keir Starmer

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Senior Labour MP calls for fiscal rules to be revised ahead of Starmer grilling

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Anatomy of a Kemi Badenoch row

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PMQs verdict: Keir Starmer confronts his ‘original sin’

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PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch cannot escape the Conservative catch-22

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PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch spurns opportunity to damage Starmer (again)

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Keir Starmer at PMQs with Labour MPs behind him

Local elections fallout highlights Labour’s factional fissures

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Week-in-Review: Reform plots reckoning for Keir Starmer — and irrelevance for Badenoch

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PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch perplexes in pre-election showing

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Week-in-Review: Robert Jenrick’s blatant manoeuvring bodes ill for Badenoch

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Week-in-Review: Anneliese Dodds gives shape to ‘soft left’ unease in Labour

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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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Flexible working and unpaid leave key to getting underemployed back to work

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How the UK regulates sports betting

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The ‘to-do’ list: how the government can deliver for doctors before the next election

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Uncovering the regional ‘retirement readiness’ gaps in the UK

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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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