Politics
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Call for extension to winter fuel payment deadline
Getty Images The Liberal Democrats have called for an extension to Saturday’s deadline to access winter fuel payments, warning tens…
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Peter Mandelson: How the Prince of Darkness became his excellency
Getty Images “I am a fighter.. not a quitter,” Peter Mandelson roared at the Hartlepool election count in 2001. The…
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Government borrowing lower than expected in November
Getty Images Government borrowing fell in November as more money was raised from taxes and less was spent on the…
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Rejected Iver data centre gets Angela Rayner approval
Rejected plans to build a data centre on green belt land have been approved by the housing secretary after an…
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Has John Swinney got the SNP ‘back on the front foot’?
Getty Images It’s been a markedly turbulent year on Scotland’s frequently bonkers political scene, and for none more than John…
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Local authorities given extra £500m to fix potholes
Councils need to “get on” with fixing potholes, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged, as the government announced how it…
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Who is City minister Tulip Siddiq?
Tulip Siddiq has been Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015. When Labour won power…
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I wouldn’t change first five months as PM, says Keir Starmer
House of Commons Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he would not do anything differently, as he came under fire from…
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Unionist parties to pull Stormont Brake for first time
Reuters Unionist parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly will pull the Stormont Brake for the first time in an attempt…
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Minister Tulip Siddiq named in Bangladesh corruption probe
EPA A Labour minister has been named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn (Tk 590…
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