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Independent UK - Politics

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Burnham blocks early release for rapists and some sex offenders

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Farage urged to 'come clean' after new questions over £5 million gift

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AI minister says people 'right to worry' about new tech

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Burnham pledges more cost of living support

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Burnham says Britain needs written constitution after devolution push

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John Healey warns supermarkets not to 'rip off' Britons

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BP puts its North Sea oil and gas business up for sale

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MP Diane Abbott readmitted to Labour after year-long suspension

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Ministers back Uefa's 'principled decision' over World Cup boycott

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Farage plummets to lowest approval level since election in new poll

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Andy Burnham poll tracker: PM and Labour's approval ratings in charts

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Burnham vows £8.4bn nuclear submarine investment will create jobs

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George Cottrell 'transferred $2m to mother before Reform UK donations'

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Trump says Burnham will 'open up North Sea' for oil drilling

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Britain's scandalous treatment of Afghan special forces laid bare

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Reform MSP reports lawyer to police over 'hate speech' at protest

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Teachers' names and numbers leaked on dark web after data hack

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Burnham faces questions over how he'll pay for social care overhaul

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Andy Burnham refuses to commit to raising defence spending

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