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BBC apologises to Rupert Lowe over Rape Gang Inquiry report

BBC apologises to Rupert Lowe over Rape Gang Inquiry report
yesterday 2

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Corbyn and Sultana botch their party launch. Again

Corbyn and Sultana botch their party launch. Again
yesterday 10

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Watch: Green party leader struggles to say he likes rival

Watch: Green party leader struggles to say he likes rival
yesterday 1

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Migrant relocation rumours spark Canary Wharf protest

Migrant relocation rumours spark Canary Wharf protest
previous day 2

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Cabinet ministers urge Starmer to recognise Palestine

Cabinet ministers urge Starmer to recognise Palestine
previous day 9

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Cleverly refuses to back Badenoch on ECHR

Cleverly refuses to back Badenoch on ECHR
previous day 7

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Politics / Ex-Unite boss under fire over private jets and million-pound hotel project

Politics /					 													 						Ex-Unite boss under fire over private jets and million-pound hotel project
tuesday 1

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DVSA bosses celebrate ‘progress’ as car test waits worsen

DVSA bosses celebrate ‘progress’ as car test waits worsen
tuesday 20

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Lowe brands Farage a ‘stinking hypocrite’ over crime policies

Lowe brands Farage a ‘stinking hypocrite’ over crime policies
21.07.2025 2

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When will Miliband make up his mind on Mingyang?

When will Miliband make up his mind on Mingyang?
21.07.2025 9

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Commons blow Lords away in shooting cup

Commons blow Lords away in shooting cup
18.07.2025 2

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Shapps accused of trying to ‘rewrite history’ over MoD leak

Shapps accused of trying to ‘rewrite history’ over MoD leak
18.07.2025 2

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Jenrick accuses Yusuf of ‘bulls**t’ over Twitter post

Jenrick accuses Yusuf of ‘bulls**t’ over Twitter post
18.07.2025 4

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Ex-Tory MPs denied special treatment for 2029 election

Ex-Tory MPs denied special treatment for 2029 election

The 2024 election was something of a disaster for the Tories. Two in every three MPs departed the Commons last July, with many cut down while only in...

18.07.2025 9

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Rayner’s youth blunder

Rayner’s youth blunder
17.07.2025 2

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Lefty MPs accept Glastonbury tickets in freebie U-turn

Lefty MPs accept Glastonbury tickets in freebie U-turn
17.07.2025 20

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NHS diversity officer: I don’t know my own sex

NHS diversity officer: I don’t know my own sex
17.07.2025 10

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Will Labour suspend Diane Abbott – again?

Will Labour suspend Diane Abbott – again?
17.07.2025 10

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Foreign national benefits figures are ‘absolute insanity’, fumes Lowe

Foreign national benefits figures are ‘absolute insanity’, fumes Lowe
16.07.2025 10

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Politics / Rael Braverman quits Reform after attacks on Suella

Politics /					 													 						Rael Braverman quits Reform after attacks on Suella
16.07.2025 10

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Sandie Peggie cleared of NHS misconduct

Sandie Peggie cleared of NHS misconduct
16.07.2025 10

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Watchdog: most aid now spent on migrant hotels

Watchdog: most aid now spent on migrant hotels
15.07.2025 20

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Layla Moran’s nimbyism backfires

Layla Moran’s nimbyism backfires
15.07.2025 3

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Gaza documentary report finds BBC misled viewers

Gaza documentary report finds BBC misled viewers
14.07.2025 20

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Wallace’s BBC return ‘untenable’ after complaints upheld

Wallace’s BBC return ‘untenable’ after complaints upheld
14.07.2025 10

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Who are working people? All Labour’s definitions

Who are working people? All Labour’s definitions
14.07.2025 10

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Thatcher hit job piece backfires

Thatcher hit job piece backfires
13.07.2025 40

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Rupert Lowe probed by standards watchdog

Rupert Lowe probed by standards watchdog
11.07.2025 2

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Unite suspends Rayner over Birmingham bin strikes

Unite suspends Rayner over Birmingham bin strikes
11.07.2025 3

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Rachel Reeves’s GDP hypocrisy

Rachel Reeves’s GDP hypocrisy
11.07.2025 2

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Lammy appoints campaign donor to Foreign Office board

Lammy appoints campaign donor to Foreign Office board
10.07.2025 30

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Poll: Speccie is decision-makers’ favoured read

10.07.2025 20

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Watch: Nigel Farage’s bizarre fishing interview

Watch: Nigel Farage’s bizarre fishing interview
10.07.2025 5

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Watch: Is Starmer set to extend the stealth tax?

Watch: Is Starmer set to extend the stealth tax?
09.07.2025 20

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Nearly one in two Brits think Starmer should step down

Nearly one in two Brits think Starmer should step down
09.07.2025 4

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Musk’s AI chatbot praises Hitler

Musk’s AI chatbot praises Hitler
09.07.2025 10

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Gregg Wallace takes aim at ‘clickbait’ BBC

Gregg Wallace takes aim at ‘clickbait’ BBC
09.07.2025 10

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Reform MP to sit as an independent

Reform MP to sit as an independent
08.07.2025 10

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Brighton council leader reports Rod Liddle to the police

07.07.2025 40

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Kemi: Farage is a ‘bullshitter’

07.07.2025 4

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James McMurdock loses Reform whip

05.07.2025 2

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Watch: Steve Coogan’s accidental Partridge moment

04.07.2025 4

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Reform catches Vance’s eye

04.07.2025 4

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Spectator summer party 2025, in pictures

03.07.2025 20

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Watch: Reeves in tears after Labour’s welfare U-turn

02.07.2025 20

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Taxpayer to fund legal bills of ex-SNP chief

02.07.2025 9

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CPS considers further Letby charges

02.07.2025 10

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Watch: McFadden refuses to rule out tax rises after welfare U-turn

02.07.2025 10

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Politics / Boris donors come back to Kemi

01.07.2025 9

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BBC chief left IDF death chants on livestream

01.07.2025 9

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