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Daily Express - Politics

Angela Rayner blasted after taking £20k from oil lobbyist - despite 'cheering on' Net Zero -- The Housing Secretary is facing criticism for accepting the £20,000 donation.

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Huge blow for Sadiq Khan as new poll reveals what Londoners really think of him

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SNP's John Swinney blasted over eye-watering cost of World Cup trip - 'Remember this!'

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Fury as ex-archbishop of Canterbury launches 'divisive' attack on Nigel Farage

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Home Office translates guidance telling asylum seekers not to rape into multiple languages

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Andy Burnham just proved he's clueless - unless he wakes up, Britain will be bankrupt - OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Indiscriminate welfare has not only put an intolerable strain on our...

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Andy Burnham defends shocking new guidance telling asylum seekers not to rape

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Secretive committee to decide who pays Harry and Meghan's £2m security bill

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Andy Burnham breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry ahead of shock UK return

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Richard Tice slaps down Reform UK critics as civil war rages

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Sunday deadline for £150 2026 cash boost for people on 4 benefits

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham just made a surprising but very dangerous enemy as prison plan unravels - Andy Burnham is about to release criminals back onto the streets before they have paid back...

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Shabana Mahmood reveals what she really thinks about France's failure to stop small boats -- The Home Secretary issued a surprising verdict about small boat migrants leaving France

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Andy Burnham just ran out of time – now a terrifying storm is about to sweep him away -- Andy Burnham dreamed of becoming PM for decades. He got there at the worst possible time.

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Labour breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry's return with 'reconciliation hope' -- The bombshell news about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's return to the UK came to light last night.

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Labour's net zero madness 'pushes up supermarket prices and costs taxpayers £877m'

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Andy Burnham's in danger of missing out on one of Britain's strongest assets

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Andy Burnham's already suffered one fate that few if any politicians survive

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How 'diabolical' London roadworks became sad summary of all that's wrong with the UK today

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OPINION - The Government just admitted too many migrants are ignoring our laws - it's so dangerous - Pretending it is not happening silences the survivors, writes Conservative MP Alicia Kearns, the...

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The huge sum Angela Rayner earned outside Parliament - despite attacking 'second job' MPs -- The former deputy prime minister previously attacked MPs who earn money from second jobs.

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Criminal gangs dumping waste to have cars and houses seized -- Massive crackdown planned on crime gangs operating illegal toxic rubbish sites

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Andy Burnham makes huge announcement on giving away some of his £182k salary - The Prime Minister has made the revelation on a visit to the North East.

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Home Office forced to teach migrants that rape is wrong and women are equal to men

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Andy Burnham called out live on ITV and accused of making sweeping statement

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Andy Burnham urged to cut taxes as inflation pushes up costs for households

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Andy Burnham blasted over North Sea oil and gas – 'too chicken!'

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Reckless Russian and Iranian spies 'could spark mass-casualty attack in UK'

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's man-of-the-people image in doubt over lavish freebies – 'not a good look' Prime Minister accepted £345,000 in donations and freebies in the past 12 months as he tries to...

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Reform UK in huge poll boost after Nigel Farage's by-election victory -- Latest YouGov opinion survey puts Reform back in the lead after falling behind to Labour

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Angela Rayner misses the point yet again – this Tory fix can't come soon enough -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: This all takes me back to the most valuable lesson I ever learned.

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Should Labour scrap net zero? -- Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to get rid of the national 2050 target, arguing it is...

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Reform's new £429 PIP payments for claimants on table in DWP overhaul

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Bombshell poll reveals Nigel Farage's 'true chances' in new by-election

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Reform rebel vows to fight to stay in party as civil war rages

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Andy Burnham just got torn to shreds AGAIN - his own advisers are in full revolt

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Labour urged to close 'dangerous' child sex doll loophole -- Possession of a child-like sex doll is not an offence in the UK, but those who import them can...

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Andy Burnham's shocking £345,000 in donations EXPOSED - from Aintree to Glastonbury -- The Prime Minister's donations from the last 12 months have recently been revealed.

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Wake up, Andy Burnham – it's simple-minded Greens, not UK public, risking wildfires -- OPINION - TIM NEWARK: The PM would do better sending out incredibly targeted and specific alerts...

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POLL - POLL: Should the speed limit on UK motorways be raised to 80mph?

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Andy Burnham announces 'absolutely massive' change to buses in UK city

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UK borough on brink of England's biggest ever council tax increase - a whopping £2,650 - Councillors are mulling a 160% increase to help plug a financial blackhole.

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Reform's Zia Yusuf issues furious 'blanket ban' threat to Pakistan as grooming row grows

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Andy Burnham slammed after new shock in Labour sentencing row - 'utterly shambolic'

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Dropping net zero targets could cut £200 off household electricity bills

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Andy Burnham issues three-word response after Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to UK

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ANALYSIS - State pension triple lock is a vital lifeline - but it's under threat like never before

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Andy Burnham on brink of snap election - one nightmare scenario should terrify us all

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Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham have declared war on countryside - they will pay for this -- OPINION: Labour, led by the champion of a big city, launched a tax raid on farming families and...

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Andy Burnham breaks silence after 'exchanging messages' with 'fake Trump official' -- The Prime Minister reportedly believed he was speaking to the White House Chief of Staff.

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Labour's jobs nightmare worsens as new figures paint 'dire' picture for UK -- New figures show that unemployment remains stubbornly high while vacancies have slumped.

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Pensioners warned they may face tax demands after £500 state pension boost in April

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POLL - POLL: Is Angela Rayner right to soften laws on 'illegal' traveller sites? Vote now

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James Cleverly is right to recoil at council's absurd move – get a flaming grip! -- OPINION - LESLEY-ANN JONES: Warning - this latest gem from the world of inclusivity will make...

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Reform UK civil war erupts as key party figure suspended

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Nigel Farage handed major poll boost after Clacton by-election victory

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Angela Rayner's big boast is a complete fantasy - it's about to blow up in Burnham's face

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POLL - POLL: Should benefit claimants be made to clean up high streets?

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Angela Rayner blasted over 'disastrous' policy after 'dire' unemployment figures -- Critics have blamed Labour's tax hikes and workers' rights legislation for the unemployment figures

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Angela Rayner accused of making it easier for travellers to set up 'illegal' sites -- Tories warn Labour is "making it easier for travellers to set up illegal sites".

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Sadiq Khan under fire as London covered in 'ugly tower blocks - 'stop building them' -- The Tories are calling on the London Mayor to stop building high rise tower blocks in the capital.

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Free bus pass rule to end on August 31 for over 14 million people - update from govt

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Andy Burnham's intervention on migrant crisis proves PM has missed point completely

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Migrants sleep under bridges in UK town as fears of 'Calais Jungle-style' camps soar - EXCLUSIVE: New trafficking 'economy' exploits lax visa rules

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Labour MP suspended after questions over taxpayer-funded Covid loan

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John Healey's big gamble will end in disaster - and rain hellfire on Andy Burnham

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Tories to scrap EU red tape to 'save' summer jobs for youngsters

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Andy Burnham's texts to fake Trump aide 'most likely Iran, China or Russia spy op'

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Reform's Robert Jenrick just exposed this - it's a major betrayal of hard-working Brits

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Reform announces huge plan for unemployed to clean parks and repair council houses

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Robert Jenrick just announced massive plan to change benefits system – it's about time -- Whitehall Editor Jonathan Walker was in the room for the dramatic announcement

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Andy Burnham warned 'virtue-signalling' 2030 ban will 'cripple economy' The government is consulting on a major change after concern was expressed by manufacturers

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Should foreign nationals be banned from claiming UK benefits? -- Have your say on whether arrivals from other countries should be blocked from state handouts in...

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Labour are destroying UK farming – Andy Burnham offers only smoke and mirrors

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OPINION - Kemi Badenoch joined an Establishment stitch-up to make a mockery of voters

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Kemi Badenoch could scupper Andy Burnham's dream of Labour rule into 2030s -- Kemi can't afford to be complacent - she must take this chance for the good of Britain.

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Andy Burnham faces bombshell decision - and he's walking straight into a trap

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Bans on swimming pools and window cleaning to save water - even if it rains

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Major Andy Burnham blunder as PM 'exchanged messages' with 'fake Trump official'

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Burnham warned historic parks 'at risk' of destruction after major reforms

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Robert Jenrick sets out bombshell Reform UK plans to end 'foreign welfare rip-off' -- Reform UK sets out plans to slash the welfare bill

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Andy Burnham's depressing idea will breed a low-aspiration generation of children -- OPINION - MIEKA SMILES: I'm absolutely horrified by this sad plan for four-year-olds.

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Louise Haigh sent deafening wildfire alert as fury erupts over 'misuse' -- One person claimed the thunderous wildfire emergency alarm was an 'absolute abuse' of the alert...

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David Lammy keeps taxpayer-funded home for summer despite being sacked

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OPINION - Lee Anderson issues damning verdict on huge scandal - 'Out of control!'

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Andy Burnham issued huge demand over Labour's hated farm inheritance tax raid - The PM faces calls to totally reverse family farm tax after admitting Labour has "a long way to...

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Reform UK pledges to ban foreign nationals from claiming almost all benefits

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Tories pledge major crackdown on illegal traveller sites to end 'two-tier treatment'

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Blow to Andy Burnham as his popularity takes hit in new poll

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Reform UK unveils plan to cut £50 billion a year from soaring benefits bill

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State pension triple lock update as new report exposes huge crisis

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Plan for new generation of defence factories across North East o UK can tackle threats

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OPINION - The scale of pensioner poverty in Britain shames us all - Millions of pensioners face relentless anxiety relentless anxiety as they wonder where the next...

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Reform faces the next big challenge to make Farage Prime Minister -- Nigel Farage's party says it is ready to build on the momentum from the Clacton win and 'fight...

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I exposed migrant smugglers' plot - and the worst is yet to come -- I revealed in January 2025 how smugglers were planning to cram boats with more than 100 people....

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Westminster insider names 3 MPs you'd never want to go to the pub with – and 3 you would

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Voters want change as animal welfare no longer a niche concern

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Teenage criminals in balaclavas are plaguing our town centres - 1 thing must be done now! -- OPINION - JJ ANISIOBI: Hiding faces behind balaclavas and other coverings should not be...

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A 'girls' trip' to Kyiv turned this British activist into Putin's enemy

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Andy Burnham warned military need answers on funding as enemies marvel at UK complacency

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OPINION - 'Andy Burnham is repeating Starmer's biggest mistake and putting UK in danger'

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Parents say say raising vaping age to 21 will protect kids

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High street pharmacists warn of 'medicines shortages crisis' with supply system 'broken' -- Labour is accused of a 'disgraceful' silence as pharmacists say medicines shortage should be...

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Full list of banned items after 'severe' nationwide alert - it's not just barbecues -- The emergency alert issued an immediate ban on certain things including disposable barbecues

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Andy Burnham warned new Labour tax bomb would 'destroy investment' in Britain -- The Prime Minister is warned a tax reportedly under consideration by his team would have 'wealth...

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Andy Burnham warned to scrap woke green policies as they 'make wildfires worse'

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Andy Burnham wanted to knock Farage out - but he's back on his feet

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Farage and Badenoch battle for survival - but there can be only one winner - Nigel Farage has beaten Count Binface but that was never his real enemy, writes Jonathan Walker

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British farmers finally set for extra funding to tackle UK's horror droughts

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This damning stat tells us all we need to know about Burnham's thoughts on small boats

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Andy Burnham's nightmare begins now - his 'bounce' may not last

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Full list of 43 UK towns and villages where households are set for £250 boost

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Petition to ban halal slaughter reaches huge milestone as Government responds

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Andy Burnham creates brand new government role as UK devastated by wildfires

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Sadiq Khan blasted over 'bonkers' £2m a year project 'almost nobody is using' -- Critics have told the Mayor of London and Chair of TfL to scrap the costly scheme that they say...

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Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars -- A Department for Transport review will only consider changes to the way the ban is introduced

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Nigel Farage issues huge warning to rivals in your Express after Clacton by-election win -- Nigel Farage has been re-elected as the MP for Clacton following a by-election.

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Richard Tice slams 'cowardly chickens' after Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election

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Reform insider makes huge second Clacton by-election prediction - Tories should be worried

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'Clacton's patriots stuck two fingers up at the establishment - I'm just getting started' -- EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage writes direct to Express readers after sealing his return to the Commons...

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PC Andrew Harper's mum slams 'injustice' as bombshell polling rocks Andy Burnham

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Nigel Farage's victory has exposed stupidity of haters who didn't have guts to take him on

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ANALYSIS - I walked the streets of Clacton hours after Farage's win - locals didn't want to know

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Andy Burnham's migrant plan 'about punishing people for not voting Labour'

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's latest asylum seeker plan reveals why he can't be trusted on immigration - The answer isn't to move asylum seekers from British cities to British villages, writes Jonathan...

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Andy Burnham thinks his new migrant plan is genius - but it's about to blow up in his face -- Bonkers calls for brothels for asylum seekers show just how ludicrous the small boats crisis has...

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Parliament's probe into Nigel Farage's finances restarts hours after Reform win in Clacton -- The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has re-opened its investigation into the Reform UK...

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Richard Tice claims Reform has evidence of threat to Farage but won't hand it to police

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Lee Anderson fumes at BBC host over Nigel Farage grilling - 'you're very rude'

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More than ONE MILLION people back calls to keep PC Andrew Harper's killers locked up - Fury has erupted after it emerged Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, who were jailed in connected...

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Andy Burnham bombshell as poll shows fewer than one in 10 back controversial policy

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Farage breaks silence with defiant statement after missing Clacton by-election results

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Clacton by-election results in full as Nigel Farage re-elected MP

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Raging Nigel Farage's bombshell Clacton-on-Sea announcement leaves supporters stunned

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Nigel Farage won't attend Clacton by-election count after police warning

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'Am I angry? I'm very angry' - Furious Farage declares victory and erupts at establishment

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What about the exit poll for the Clacton by-election? -- The Clacton by-election took place on Thursday (August 13) with Nigel Farage looking to retain...

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ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election but now faces one big question - The Reform UK leader has won the 'people versus the establishment' by-election.

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Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election as Count Binface gets over 9,000 votes -- The Reform UK leader has won the Clacton by-election.

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Reform UK and Tory councils vow legal war over Burnham's asylum plan

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Fury grows at pro-immigration Labour MP now upset at migrants moving to her town

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Yvette Cooper reveals Keir Starmer migrant bombshell in astonishing attack -- Ms Cooper said Sir Keir had a "bring me solutions, not problems" style of management.

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Kemi Badenoch issues warning to water companies over unexpected bill hikes

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Andy Burnham says he's 'angry' water bills have shot up - but he's doing nothing about it

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Andy Burnham urged to u-turn on Rachel Reeves era to rescue economy

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OPINION - Andy Burnham loyalists are already fretting about one of PM's habits

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Zia Yusuf blasts Vodafone CEO over illegal migrant scandal - 'liable to go to prison' -- It comes after left-wing charity Care4Calais revealed it has dished out 2,221 pre-paid Vodafone...

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Andy Burnham expecting us to cheer asylum policy is sickening – nobody voted for this -- OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Our politicians are gripped by a kind of institutional schizophrenia.

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Britain's asylum seeker hotspots MAPPED: See the areas housing 1,000+ migrants -- Exclusive: Analysis of Home Office records shows nearly every area in the UK has seen a sharp...

7 days ago

John Healey is 'Reeves with a packet of pork scratchings' - we could all pay the price

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POLL: Do you trust Andy Burnham to cut number of small boat migrants arriving in UK?

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Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy - The Prime Minister was briefed this week on how the UK economy could be affected by the war in Iran.

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Trump just put US on brink of meltdown - now he'll shoot Andy Burnham down in flames

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Labour 'building up a mountain of debt' – Andy Burnham has 'no idea how to fix the mess'

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John Healey goes all in on Rachel Reeves's pensions grab - brutal 67% inheritance tax rate

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Only one country has ever made a wealth tax work – and it's not Britain

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Andy Burnham calls for major summer ban on high street staple amid national emergency

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Terrifying warning over Andy Burnham's jail release plan - 'may lead to murder'

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OPINION - I watched Ann Widdecombe's funeral - 1 thing will stay with me - Express reporter Adam Toms was at Buckfast Abbey during the former Conservative MP and Reform UK...

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Ann Widdecombe laid to rest at Buckfast Abbey as friends pay heartbreaking tribute -- The former Conservative MP and Reform UK spokesperson was remembered during a mass where she...

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Andy Burnham 'shows how out of touch he is' over 'disgraceful' migrant plan -- Prime Minister has sparked fury after claiming 'all parts of the country need to play their...

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Zack Polanski's as dim as a cave – here's what he said that convinced me we're doomed

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New parcel rules for Royal Mail, Evri, Amazon deliveries - legislation bid set out

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Nigel Farage is far from done – and Andy Burnham's cowardly dithering proves it -- The wokerati are profoundly wrong yet again.

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Early general election fears erupt as Andy Burnham urged to call snap vote

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Police dogs and Taser armed cops surround Buckfast Abbey ahead of Ann Widdecombe's funeral

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Labour tax anything that moves – blame for hollowed-out high streets lies at their feet

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POLL - Should middle-class areas be forced to house more migrants?

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POLL - Is Andy Burnham right to insist Middle Class towns and villages take more small boats - Over 900 small boat migrants have arrived in the UK in just three days.

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Andy Burnham giving middle classes 'vindictive punishment' in latest migrant plans -- It comes after a 'mega-dinghy' arrived on Monday carrying 230 people across the Channel from France.

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Andy Burnham slammed by every police chief in Britain over latest blunder -- Policing leaders from across the UK have piled pressure on the Prime Minister

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Andy Burnham just got slapped in the face - by the experts hired to tell us he was great

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Andy Burnham calls emergency Cobra meeting as UK faces crisis

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Revealed: 43 areas where households are set to get up to £2,500 off electricity bills - The Government has announced that households living near new pylons are to save thousands on...

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'Woke' policies could cost Britons tens of thousands of pounds in retirement

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Angela Rayner's children 'disgusted' over 1 thing she does

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Labour's migrant failure EXPOSED as mega-dinghy chaos explodes – 'we've lost control'

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Andy Burnham 're-traumatising victims' as he's blasted for constant U-turns

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Fury as Andy Burnham admits small-boat crosssings could continue for YEARS - 'it's chaos!'

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Andy Burnham demands 'all parts of the country' have homes for asylum seekers

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Government breaks silence as Andy Burnham 'could scrap hated Rachel Reeves policy' -- EXCLUSIVE: Officials have issued a statement after being asked if the Government could dump the...

9 days ago

Andy Burnham under pressure to call COBRA meeting as UK on course for hottest summer ever -- The UK is set to record its warmest summer ever - and Andy Burnham has hardly spoken about it.

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ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have been sent a blunt message by terrified voters - There may be only one way to prevent a lefty coalition taking over Britain

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John Healey about to unleash '£25bn Budget tax blitz' - it's worse than Rachel Reeves

9 days ago

Nigel Farage hit by poll blow days before Clacton by-election

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Andy Burnham call to raise £18,000 personal tax allowance hits key threshold -- New figures reveal impact of freeze - and how much people are losing in tax

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OPINION - I've been reluctant to write this but how are 200,000 small boat arrivals not an invasion?

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Nigel Farage slaps down Reform ally Zia Yusuf for branding ex-Defence Secretary 'traitor'

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Donald Trump discovery at her own family home left Stormy Daniels appalled

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Andy Burnham breaks silence on PC Andrew Harper's killers with massive announcement

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PC Andrew Harper's killers set to remain in prison as top Labour figure makes announcement

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Andy Burnham's latest announcement slammed as PM kicks off summer tour

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