Former shadow chancellor claims rebellion a genuine point of conscience, not a coordinated attack on governmentLabour will be pushed to act on abolishing the “indefensible” two-child benefit limit, the former shadow...
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Read MoreDeputy leaders at the despatch boxes as Sunak and Starmer attend Westminster service for 75th anniversary of the NHSYesterday Sajid Javid, the Tory former health secretary, called for the creation of a royal commission to...
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Read MoreAmnesty International say there is ‘nothing fair, humane or practical in plan’ as Human Rights Watch calls bill ‘illegal’ and ‘unworkable’Downing Street has said that Rishi Sunak is going to...
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IDF airstrike on Beirut that killed at least 14
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