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'Soaking the rich never felt more deserved - the forecast looks good'
Mirror columnist Brian Reade has a fair idea of what lies ahead for Sunak and the country over the next six weeks. And the forecast looks good
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Mirror Chicken gets Michael Gove and Tory pals in a flap as PM ducks election
Our feathered friend made an eggs-traordinary comeback as Tory ministers attended a Cabinet meeting after Rishi Sunak refused to name the date of the general election
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Third UK airport scraps 100ml liquid rule for hand luggage ahead of summer
Aberdeen International Airport has become the third in the UK to allow passengers to keep laptops and liquids in their bags when going through security, with more travel hubs to follow
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The Tory big beasts who could lose their seats as poll predicts Labour landslide
Analysis by YouGov suggests Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Grant Shapps, Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg are among the Tories who lose at the general election
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Dragons' Den star slams 'rubbish job' Tories have done in savage attack
Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis said the Tories have 'no right to stay in power' after doing such a 'rubbish job' in government when asked who was 'investing in' politically
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Sunak will lead Tories into next election despite MPs' plotting, minister says
Cabinet Minister Mark Harper also claimed the Conservatives will win the next general election despite trailing Labour in the national polls and facing a 1997-style wipeout
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Funding threat to lefty councils that roll out anti-car schemes amid crackdown
LEFTY councils that force anti-car schemes on drivers face losing their funding in a new crackdown.Town hall bosses must get support from residents fo
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Are you satisfied with your local bus service - vote in our poll
West Yorkshire bus service Arriva has been ranked as the worst operator in England, with only 66% of satisfied passengers - but we want to know what you think about your local bus company
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Lee Anderson warns Rishi Sunak he's made a mistake by ditching him as a Tory MP
Former Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson criticised the Prime Minister's decision to strip him of the Tory whip, but he said he had not fallen out with him
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PM insists Lee Anderson isn't a racist as Tories admit he could be let back in
Labour leader Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of 'lacking the backbone' to call out Islamophobia after the PM insisted his party does not have a problem with Muslims
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PM treating northerners as 'mugs' as he boasts about cash from axed HS2
At a special Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber Rishi Sunak will say the North and Midlands will receive £4.7billion in funds reallocated from the axed northern leg of HS2
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Non-ULEZ compliant vehicles to be sent to Ukraine
The move has been announced by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vehicles will be used for medical and humanitarian needs
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Universal's plans for huge 500-acre theme park in UK gets backed by government
Universal Studios, which has resorts in US, Singapore, China and Japan, is known for rides such as Revenge of the Mummy, Transformers: The Ride 3D and Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
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Rail unions accuse Tories of 'behaving like ostriches' as they begin new strikes
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today
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Tories block £30m cash that could help Labour mayor reopen northern airport
Local Labour leaders have been working to revive the scuppered Doncaster Sheffield Airport, providing transport in the north a much-needed boost after Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of HS2
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Stonehenge 'risks losing UNESCO world heritage status' because of road project
Ambitious plans to build a tunnel to help the amount of traffic regularly reported near Stonehenge could potentially cost the site its Unesco world heritage status
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'Weak' Rishi Sunak ridiculed over Elgin Marbles snub to Greek Prime Minister
British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles
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Tory civil war looms as rebel MPs vow to raise hell over Cameron and Braverman
Supporters of ousted Home Secretary Suella Braverman have threatened to "raise hell", while the appointment of David Cameron has left MPs "agog and angry" amid fresh WhatsApp plotting by rebels
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Union pledges 'absolute resistance' to any bid to revive rail ticket office cull
TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust warned train bosses and ministers they will face the 'force force' of the union if they try to resurrect plans to shut ticket offices
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'The battle to keep rail ticket offices is over, but the war is not won yet'
The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?
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Tories told to halt 'too far, too fast' closure of railway ticket offices
The Commons Transport Committee said ministers must rethink plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England that will hit the disabled and elderly
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Ticket offices 'could be spared' as watchdogs want bosses to agree concessions
The Daily Mirror is fighting to block the mass closure of 974 ticket officers across England, highlighting the impact on passengers, especially the elderly, and disabled
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Rishi Sunak offers Israel UK support as he insists terrorism 'will not prevail'
The Prime Minister spoke to his Israeli counterpart by phone and said the British Government would do whatever it could to help after at least 700 Israelis were killed
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Rishi Sunak shot HS2 video days before announcement - then said he'd not decided
Until yesterday the Prime Minister insisted no decision over HS2 had been reached - but it later emerged he had filmed an announcement video in Downing Street days earlier
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Station ticket office closures 'fuelling human rights crisis', warn pensioners
The National Pensioners' Convention takes place in London later this month and the railway industry's plan to axe hundreds of front counters will be top of the agenda
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