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Reform promises agency to ensure illegal migrant removals
The party's new home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be a "burning" priority for a Reform UK government.
BBC News - UK7 months ago
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Telegraph suitor considers legal action against UK government over rival bid
Exclusive: Figures led by New York Sun owner may seek judicial review after restrictions lifted on DMGT offerFigures involved in a rival bid for the Telegraph are drawing up legal action against the g...
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The minister and the alleged smear campaign: key unanswered questions
Josh Simons, who is at centre of scandal in which journalists were falsely linked to a ‘pro-Kremlin’ network, faces questions over candour of his statementsThe Cabinet Office minister at the centre of...
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Reform UK’s ICE-style deportation plan condemned as ‘sadistic’
Zia Yusuf sets out proposals and calls migration an ‘invasion’, as rights groups decry ‘grotesque’ measuresUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK’s plan to create an ICE-style deportation agency h...
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Inquiry into Andrew’s Epstein links not ruled out as police searches continue
Calls mount for Mountbatten-Windsor to be dropped from royal line of succession Police searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home on the Windsor estate in Berkshire continued on Sunday as a...
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say
Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and searchReform UK would create an ICE-style agency dedicated to deporting hundreds of thousands...
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Lobbyist in Labour Together scandal has been investigating Guardian reporter, say reports
Tom Harper reportedly made inquiries as recently as last week about Henry Dyer, who has been reporting on rowA lobbyist who examined journalists on behalf of an influential thinktank has now been accu...
The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
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Defence secretary says he hopes to deploy British troops to Ukraine - as it happened
European leaders said in December that Europe was ready to lead a “multinational force” in Ukraine as part of a peace agreement proposalSearches are expected to continue today at Andrew Mountbatten-Wi...
The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
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Former PM Gordon Brown urges police probe into whether Andrew used RAF bases to meet Epstein
Reports say the former prime minister has demanded a full investigation into Andrew's role as UK trade envoy.
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The pressure is building on government to reform student loan repayments
It's a debate that's gaining momentum, and ministers could score some political points among millions of graduates in England if they choose to reform the student loans system.
Sky News - UK7 months ago
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Minister says children in England will get support more quickly under Send overhaul
Bridget Phillipson says government is ‘not taking away support’ as she prepares to announce changesUK politics live – latest updatesBridget Phillipson has pledged that under the government’s overhaul...
The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
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MPs to discuss inquiry into trade envoy role after Andrew arrest
A cross-party committee will also look into the appointment and accountability of UK trade envoys.
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Matt Goodwin is running: the search for Reform’s elusive byelection candidate
Nigel Farage’s man in Gorton and Denton has a huge public platform, and a taste for culture war. What happens when he concerns himself with bin collections?On a bracingly cold February night in Levens...
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Government 'inflamed tension' over Maccabi fan ban, say MPs
Intervention over the banning of fans at the Aston Villa match was late and clumsy, MPs say.
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Alba Party 'unlikely' to stand in Scottish Parliament election
Leader Kenny MacAskill said the party faced an "immediate crisis" and it was unlikely it would be able to register for the Holyrood elections.
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Labour minister faces calls to be sacked over false claims against journalists
Guardian investigation showed Josh Simons falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQPoliticians from across the spectrum have said a minister should be sacked after a Guardi...
The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
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Starmer 2.0: could a more authentic PM revive Labour’s appeal?
After surviving a coup, and with his critics chastened, No 10 insiders say a more combative PM is up for taking the fight to Reform UKTwo days after Keir Starmer had been disowned by the Scottish Labo...
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Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report
City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husbandA woman who was nearly killed by her abusive husband has been invited to advise the government o...
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MPs considering investigation into Andrew’s role as UK trade envoy
MPs will meet on Tuesday to discuss the former prince, as it emerged he pestered ministers for a bigger government roleAn influential committee of MPs could launch an inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-W...
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What parents, students and teachers want to see changed in the government's SEND reform
Some government plans for SEND were leaked earlier this week. But what else do families want to change?
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