£40m pilot scheme launched to increase access to weight-loss drugs and cut NHS waiting lists | Politics News
A two-year pilot scheme is being launched to increase access to weight loss drugs and cut NHS waiting lists –
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Nova Khakovka: ‘New low’ if Russia behind dam attack – Rishi Sunak | Politics News
The prime minister said Russia would have hit “new lows” if it turns out that Moscow is responsible for what
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Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford standing down at next election | Politics News
Ian Blackford, the former leader of the SNP in Westminster, has told Sky News he will be standing down at
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Chinese ‘police stations’ in UK are ‘unacceptable’, says security minister Tom Tugendhat | Politics News
The Chinese embassy has been told running overseas police stations in the UK is “unacceptable” and that “they must not
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COVID rule-breaking MP Margaret Ferrier suspended from House of Commons for 30 days | Politics News
MPs have voted to suspend COVID rulebreaker Margaret Ferrier from the House of Commons for 30 days – which could
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Starmer vows to avoid ‘mistakes’ of coal mine closures in green energy shift | Politics News
Sir Keir Starmer said he will not repeat the mistakes which “decimated” coal mining communities in the 1980s with his
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COVID inquiry chair insists it is for her to decide what material is ‘relevant’ amid row over Johnson WhatsApps | Politics News
The chair of the COVID inquiry says it is up to her to decide what evidence is “relevant or potentially
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Grilling of ITV bosses in parliament ‘not a witch hunt’ against Philip Schofield | Politics News
The chair of parliament’s media committee has insisted a grilling of ITV’s boss in front of MPs next week won’t
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COVID-19: Government ‘too slow’ to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud | Politics News
The government is still being “too slow” to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs
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Sir Keir Starmer to woo union support for green energy plans following criticism over North Sea Oil | Politics News
Sir Keir Starmer will try to persuade trade unions to back his green energy plans after bosses publicly criticised his
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Lord Morris of Aberavon, who was Labour minister under Harold Wilson and Tony Blair, dies aged 91 | Politics News
Lord Morris of Aberavon, the last surviving member of Harold Wilson’s cabinet and the last surviving Labour MP elected in
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Left-wing Labour mayor not ruling out legal action over blocked candidacy | Politics News
A left-leaning Labour mayor who has been blocked from running for another role in the North East has refused to
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COVID inquiry chair Baroness Hallett ‘may have to resign if ministers win WhatsApp battle’ | Politics News
The chair of the COVID inquiry has been warned the “only logical response” if she lost the WhatsApp battle with
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Rishi Sunak says two more barges will be used to house about a thousand asylum seekers | Politics News
Two more barges will be used to house asylum seekers as part of continued efforts to reduce Channel crossings, Rishi
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Third formal complaint made against suspended Labour MP facing sexual harassment allegations | Politics News
A third formal complaint has been made against the former Labour MP Geraint Davies who was suspended over allegations of
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Two more barges will be used to house about a thousand asylum seekers | Politics News
The government is to use two more barges to house an extra thousand asylum seekers, Rishi Sunak has announced. The
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Rishi Sunak is failing at his five priorities, say most Britons in new poll | Politics News
The majority of the British public thinks Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job in delivering on his five priorities,
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Jamie Driscoll: Labour mayor blocked from standing after Ken Loach appearance says process ‘anti-democratic’ | Politics News
A Labour mayor has accused his party of being “anti-democratic” after he was blocked from running in an election for
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‘Hundreds’ of Albanian migrants returned under ‘gold-standard’ deal – but many have absconded or still in hostels, says Jenrick | Politics News
“Hundreds” of migrants have so far been returned to Albania under the government’s “gold-standard” deal with the country, says immigration
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Labour blocks sitting left-wing mayor Jamie Driscoll from standing for new North East role | Politics News
Labour has blocked a sitting mayor from standing for a new role in the North East in a move that
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