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Independent UK - Politics

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Gordon Brown piles pressure on Starmer over two-child benefit cap

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Nigel Farage responds to calls for him to become Conservative minister

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Sky News presenter mocks Tory minister over police announcement

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Hunt insists there is 'ample opportunity' for unemployed to find jobs

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Tory row over vote to bar MPs arrested for sex offences

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Chinese ambassador summoned after three charged with spying

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Call for inquiry into minister for alleged breach of ministerial code

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Suella Braverman calls for two-child benefit cap to be scrapped

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James Cleverly mocked for forgetting Conservatives' asylum policy

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