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Keir Starmer faces calls to restore whip to Diane Abbott ahead of election
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told The Mirror said he is appealing to Keir Starmer to allow Diane Abbott to stand as a Labour candidate at the General Election
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Cost of Tory chaos exposed after HS2 farce, migration mess and bottled election
Labour Party campaign chief Pat McFadden said the turmoil will just continue if the Conservatives manage to cling to power as he highlighted costs including mortgage hikes
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Snubbed Post Office hero's blunt 2-word response as Sunak hands gongs to cronies
The 69-year-old campaigner, who led a crusade against Post Office bosses for more than 20 years, was left off Rishi Sunak's surprise honours list - but said he would have refused a knighthood
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Boris Johnson pals tell Rishi Sunak 'it's over' as 9 more Tory MPs could defect
Supporters of Boris Johnson have launched a fresh bid to oust Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after MP Lee Anderson joined Reform UK, the party founded by Nigel Farage
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Two out of three Brits demand an election by summer after 14 years of Tory rule
In a brutal verdict on the Tories' record in office, a majority also believe life has got worse in Britain since 2010, including among more than half of those who voted Conservative in 2019
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Gove and Rees-Mogg's seats at risk if Labour repeat by-election drubbing
New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons
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Sunak will moan about UK's problems after 13 years of Tory rule in major speech
The PM will use his first conference speech as leader to complain the Westminster system isn't working and try to shift blame onto Labour - despite 13 years of Conservative rule
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PM claims an election is 'not what anybody wants' - despite polls showing it is
The next general election has to be held by the end of January 2025 but last month a survey by YouGov found almost 50% of the public want one by spring next year
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Giant billboard poster featuring Sunak in Liz Truss' pocket axed after tip-off
The Labour Party booked the advert for a huge digital billboard on Manchester’s Axis Tower skyscraper to overlook the Tory conference venue but it was canned after word got out
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Truss blamed for £150-a-week rise in mortgage bills after disastrous mini-Budget
People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss
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PM spends £260,000 of taxpayer cash on bash to woo business after economic chaos
Labour accused the Conservatives of using money from the public purse to 'paper over the cracks of their 13 years of economic failure with meaningless photo opportunities'
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Ministers expected to raise state pension age weeks after tax handout to richest
Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the richest, while the low paid are expected to have to work for longer before claiming a state pension
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Officials 'must count cost' of climate inaction to prevent 'drastic' debt rise
Ahead of the Budget, Pat McFadden, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has called for officials to routinely publish data on the financial impact of failing to take action to hit net zero targets
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Tory doesn't know about Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs as he was busy 'shopping'
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly's claim was branded a 'dog ate my homework excuse' by critics as questions mount for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and under-fire Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi