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Sue Gray wants to name Downing Street Covid rule-breakers
It could lead to further delays in the publication of Grays’s full report
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Keir Starmer to face police investigation over alleged lockdown breach
The Labour leader has faced mounting pressure over a video of him drinking a beer and eating a curry with colleagues
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Sadiq Khan says “London stands with women” in US amid Roe v Wade leak
The London Mayor says the landmark abortion ruling “cannot and must not be undone”
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The true price of the cost of living crisis
In the UK, we are experiencing the worst decline in living standards since the Industrial Revolution as the price of the basics – energy and food – soars, forcing more than a million people into poverty. But there is an alternative…
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Sue Gray’s “damning” parties report could force Boris Johnson to resign
“Sue’s report is excoriating. It will make things incredibly difficult for the Prime Minister”
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London court approves Julian Assange’s extradition to the US
The order will now have to be approved by Priti Patel
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How Ukraine Won the Battle for Kyiv
Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to ravage the country. But it is far from the swift victory Putin no doubt anticipated. As Ukrainian resistance continues, Oz Katerji reports from deep within the Kyiv battlefield on a story that news headlines alone can’t begin to scratch the surface of: how the red beast was beaten into retreat from the capital city
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Boris Johnson expected to apologise to Parliament over COVID lockdown parties
The Prime Minister was fined last week for attending parties held in Downing Street during lockdown
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Dan Stevens uses ‘The One Show’ appearance to make dig at Boris Johnson
“What you’ve got is a criminal for a leader”
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Chris Mason to succeed Laura Kuenssberg as BBC Political Editor
“To lead the best team of journalists in the business on the best news patch of the lot is something I’d never even dared dream of,” said Mason
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined for attending lockdown parties during Covid
The Prime Minister and Chancellor have both been issued with Fixed Penalty Notices
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Rishi Sunak faces fresh scrutiny after holding US green card while chancellor
The green card, which Sunak only surrended some 19 months into his Chancellorship, may have reduced his taxes on international income
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Rishi Sunak under pressure over multi-millionaire wife’s non-dom tax status
Chancellor told to “come clean” as popularity plummets
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Has Privatisation Failed the UK?
From energy companies to the travel network and the creeping privatisation of the NHS, Obsidian Adebayo asks whether Margaret Thatcher’s vision of a competitive Britain has built a better nation
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Jamie Wallis comes out as Britain’s first transgender MP and reveals rape ordeal
“I’m trans. Or to be more accurate, I want to be,” said Wallis.
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Partygate: police to issue 20 fines to attendees of Downing St lockdown events
Boris Johnson faced calls to resign in January after he admitted attending a party during lockdown
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Can Labour Win Again with Young People Disillusioned?
Without the empathetic draw of Jeremy Corbyn or inspiring left-wing ideals, the Labour Party is in trouble. Its success — and the future of British politics — will be defined by what its youth, Generation Left, does next
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe criticises government at post-release news conference
“How many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? Five?”
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Ofcom revokes UK licence of Kremlin-backed Russia Today channel
The regulator found that RT is “not fit and proper to hold a license in the UK”
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe touches down in UK and reunites with family
The British-Iranian charity worker has finally seen her husband and daughter again nearly six years of being detained in Iran