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Labour scraps European scrutiny committee in reset of ties with EU
Brexiteers accuse PM of delivering ‘kick in the teeth’ by disbanding group on final day before Parliament’s summer recess
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Rachel Reeves criticises ‘obsession’ with private schools
Chancellor insists 20pc levy on fees is needed as Labour claims policy will raise up to £1.7bn for state sector
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Chancellor’s deputy accused of hypocrisy over scrapping pensioners’ winter fuel payments
Darren Jones told Jeremy Hunt last autumn that retirees would be left ‘anxious’ and ‘concerned’ by any change to the system
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Nigel Farage warns sectarian voting in England is ‘very dangerous’
Reform leader claims record levels of net migration has led to groupings of people who have ‘completely different sets of priorities’
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Starmer to hand teachers and nurses bumper pay rise
Economists say agreeing to 5.5pc pay deal would cost Treasury an extra £3.5bn that could be funded by tax rises
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India expects more visas for nurses and IT staff under Labour than Tories
New Delhi wants to resume free-trade talks with new UK Government
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Council gives £200,000 to Wendy’s burger chain
Levelling up fund grant for fast food giant leads to criticism and petition in support of independent traders
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Tories risk becoming ‘centrist cranks’, says Suella Braverman
Ex-home secretary faces calls to pull out of Conservative leadership race in favour of Robert Jenrick
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British soldiers test smartwatch that controls drones in rollout of latest battlefield tech
Five-year plan to arm military with the latest state-of-the-art, next-generation equipment
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One in four of Starmer’s Cabinet opposed Trident renewal
Six members of Prime Minister’s top team voted against maintaining the nuclear deterrent in 2016 including Angela Rayner and David Lammy
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Sadiq Khan to spend up to £2.5m on TfL diversity training
Four-year scheme aims to ‘embed an inclusive culture’ and reduce ‘microaggressions’
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Intelligence officials forced out of office by potentially dangerous concrete
Civil servants evacuated last autumn when Raac was discovered on the premises
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Strikes are ‘almost inevitable’, teaching union warns Starmer
PM told that Government must agree to inflation-busting pay rises to avoid walkouts
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Starmer rebuffs Zelensky’s request to fire Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia
Addressing the Cabinet, the Ukrainian president urged the PM to ‘show leadership’ by removing limits on how the missiles can be used
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Starmer refuses to intervene over lengthy Just Stop Oil prison sentences
Left-wing Labour MPs have demanded that PM repeals protest laws enacted by Tories