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Yvette Cooper: ‘We’re not returning to the EU. We need to move on’

Yvette Cooper: ‘We’re not returning to the EU. We need to move on’
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Badenoch blames lack of ‘integration’ following Southport conviction

Badenoch blames lack of ‘integration’ following Southport conviction
26.01.2025 7

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Sunday shows round-up: Labour reacts to the Gaza ceasefire

19.01.2025 5

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Sunday shows: calls grow for Tulip Siddiq to resign

12.01.2025 9

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Streeting defends Jess Phillips from Elon Musk

Wes Streeting: Elon Musk’s attacks are a ‘disgraceful smear’ Elon Musk has spent this week calling for the release of the far-right campaigner...

05.01.2025 10

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Angela Eagle: we don’t know how many undocumented migrants there are

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper admits relations with China are ‘a complex arrangement’ An alleged ‘Chinese spy’ with links to Prince Andrew, who also...

15.12.2024 9

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Sunday shows: Rayner ‘welcomes’ fall of Assad

Deputy PM ‘welcomes the news’ that the Assad regime has fallen Rebel forces in Syria have captured Damascus, and Bashar al-Assad has reportedly...

08.12.2024 1

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Sunday shows round-up: Tories dodge migration questions

Louise Haigh resigned as transport secretary this week after it emerged she had committed a fraud offence in 2013, falsely telling police that her...

01.12.2024 3

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Liz Kendall: those who won’t take up work may lose benefits

The number of people not in work has increased significantly since the pandemic, and the government is preparing to cut costs through changes to...

24.11.2024 6

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There is a culture of ‘fear’ in the Church of England, says Bishop of Newcastle

Louise Haigh: ‘If we hadn’t taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely’ With the current £2 bus fare cap due to expire at...

17.11.2024 1

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Partygate was overblown, says Kemi in first interviews as leader

Rachel Reeves: ‘I was wrong’ to say no major tax rises would be needed In her first big interviews since last week’s Budget announced tax rises...

03.11.2024 2

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Jonathan Reynolds: Transport Secretary’s comments on P and O Ferries ‘not the government’s position’

Jonathan Reynolds: Transport Secretary’s comments on P&O Ferries ‘not the government’s position’ This week, Transport Secretary Lousie Haigh...

13.10.2024 2

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Kemi Badenoch: ‘Of course not all cultures are equally valid’

At the Conservative party conference in Birmingham this morning, the Tory leadership candidates set out their stalls. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg,...

29.09.2024 2

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Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t believe I broke any rules… in fact I think I was overly transparent’

Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t believe I broke any rules… in fact I think I was overly transparent’ The Labour conference has got off to an awkward...

22.09.2024 2

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David Lammy: Labour ‘won’t be bullied by Putin’s shameless grandstanding’

This week the prime minister and Foreign Secretary David Lammy flew to the US for discussions involving whether to allow Ukraine to fire long-range...

15.09.2024 4

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Keir Starmer: ‘We are going to have to be unpopular’

In his first major interview in Downing Street, the Prime Minister told Laura Kuenssberg that his government had to do ‘difficult things now’ in...

08.09.2024 4

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Sunday shows round-up: Labour accuse Tories of finance ‘cover up’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is this week expected to announce a £20 billion black hole in the country’s finances. Many believe Labour are setting the...

28.07.2024 3

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Sunday shows round-up: politicians condemn Trump shooting

Today’s British news is dominated by Donald Trump narrowly escaped with his life after an attempted assassination at his rally in Pennsylvania....

14.07.2024 1

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