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10:50, 21 Dec Train firms warn of Christmas disruption due to staff shortages 08:12, 21 Dec Lib Dems claim Australia trade deal will cause £94m blow to British farmers and fishermen 07:36, 21 Dec Gender recognition process urgently in need of reform, say MPs 07:15, 21 Dec Nationalities and Borders Bill risks failing victims of modern slavery, say MPs 13:26, 20 Dec £28m announced to support vaccines and emergency shelter for people sleeping rough over winter 12:09, 20 Dec PM hosts emergency Cabinet meeting to consider further Covid restrictions 10:30, 20 Dec Report says plans to raise pension age must be scrapped as UK life expectancy stalls 09:05, 20 Dec Education secretary asks ex-teachers to help fill supply gaps as Omicron cases rise 07:38, 20 Dec Truss to take on Brexit brief in wake of Lord Frost departure 07:20, 20 Dec Govt delivering on 55% of manifesto pledges, says IfG 10:27, 19 Dec Piers Corbyn arrested for telling crowd to ‘burn down MPs’ offices’ 10:16, 19 Dec Additional £22.5m of funding announced to encourage vaccine uptake 10:01, 19 Dec New restrictions to deal with Omicron are ‘inevitable’, says Sadiq Khan 09:34, 19 Dec Sajid Javid refuses to deny plans for more Covid restrictions 10:34, 18 Dec Over half of UK adults have received Covid booster jab 09:40, 18 Dec Labour slates government’s delays on conserving ‘Britain’s rainforests’ 08:27, 18 Dec Sunak must bring back furlough for firms hit by Omicron, says think tank 15:15, 17 Dec EU rules out further Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations 13:50, 17 Dec PM says lack of ‘focus on the issues’ led to by-election defeat