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Independent UK - Politics

Streeting defends Welby's attack on benefit cap – 'literally his job'

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Jeremy Hunt accuses Labour of spreading 'fake news' to win election

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Rishi Sunak's threat of nuclear war failed to move voters

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British decline linked to Brexit, weak leadership and poor finances

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Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory

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Cameron's Bullingdon Club pal endorses Sir Keir Starmer's Labour

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Mortgage repossession claims hit five year high

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Tory MP fails to give specific examples of 'inappropriate teaching'

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MPs urge Sunak to stop plans to 'max out' North Sea oil

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Gordon Brown warns African nations paying more on debt than healthcare

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Starmer's presidential Downing Street pitch as Labour's heir to Blair

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Pollsters warn Sunak: Stoking culture wars can't save Tories

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Backlash over Sunak's 'irresponsible' children's sex education plan

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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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Sunak on front line of 'war against lanyards', Starmer jokes

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Starmer pokes fun at Tory government 'crackdown' on rainbow lanyards

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Sky News presenter mocks Tory minister over police announcement

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'Trans debate' should not be taught as fact, says Tory minister

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

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From inflation to migration, has Rishi Sunak met his five pledges?

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Brexit blamed as court ruling leaves UK immigration policy in chaos

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Esther McVey announces civil service rainbow lanyard ban

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'We can't tackle knife crime on our own,' police chief admits

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Can Labour's new deal for workers satisfy the unions and business?

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Unions and Starmer reach agreement on workers' rights

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Children 'blackmailed into stripping for strangers' on daily basis, says MP

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Tory row over vote to bar MPs arrested for sex offences

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'Up to' 28 ships to be built under Tory plans, says Grant Shapps

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Chinese ambassador summoned after three charged with spying

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China poses 'genuine and increasing' cyber risk to UK, GCHQ chief warns

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Six 'new' ships are from Tory pledge two years ago, Shapps says

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Government to announce £40m package for brain tumour research

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Labour-commissioned report calls for caps on rent hikes

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Rishi Sunak pushes the nuclear general election button

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Call for inquiry into minister for alleged breach of ministerial code

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Tory plan to axe diversity jobs in the Civil Service condemned

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Esther McVey quotes Aristotle as she defends 'common sense' role

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British prime minister warns of 'axis of authoritarian states' in pre-election speech

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Streeting: Furore over Rayner's house sale is attack on working class

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Sunak warns UK faces 'dangerous years' in pre-election pitch to voters

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Sunak rules out January 2025 election in speech addressing voters

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When will the UK general election be?

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Streeting explains why Labour will not end the two child benefit cap

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Nadhim Zahawi lands new job just days after quitting as MP

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Starmer under pressure to investigate Elphicke lobbying claims

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Sunak promises 'bold ideas' in desperate pre-election pitch to voters

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MP abused by ex backs report urging law change on parental contact

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Angela Rayner 'to be interviewed under caution in house sale probe'

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Nadhim Zahawi apologises for 'misdemeanour' over £5m HMRC settlement

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

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Lithuanians vote in a presidential election as anxieties rise over Russia and the war in Ukraine

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Akshata Murty lifts the lid on life in No 10

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How might a Labour revival in Scotland affect politics more broadly?

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