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Row over Sue Gray's salary as Keir Starmer's chief of staff 'earns more than him'

Wes Streeting slams Tory 'lies' on social care - but stops short on Labour's plan

opinion'Free school meals and scrapping two-child benefit cap would pay off in the end'

Liz Truss fanclub demands Jacob Rees-Mogg gets top Tory job as party is too left-wing

Bold plans needed to end years of lagging behind G7 as rents outstrip wages

John Mayor attacks 'un-British' Rwanda scheme as Tory hopefuls plot to bring it back

Tory leader hopeful Kemi Badenoch mocked for McDonald's 'working class' claim

Diane Abbott says 'I got no support from Labour after Tory donor said I should be shot'

Shamed Boris Johnson to be grilled by BBC's Laura Kuenssberg over scandal-plagued time in No10

Keir Starmer insists England won't face Euros ban over football regulator fears

Date set for abortion clinic buffer zones as Labour fast-tracks law change

Keir Starmer told UK needs deterrent to stop small boats crisis by new border chief

Lib Dem member arrested after sexual assault claim at late-night conference party

Prisoners say 'no hope outside' jail as first inmates recalled after early release

Esther Rantzen hails Keir Starmer for promise to allow vote on assisted dying

opinionAll smiles now for Ed Davey, but the real test for Lib Dems is still to come

NHS should be 'winterproofed' with £1.5billion fund to stop yearly crisis, Ed Davey says

Ed Davey dances, claps and sings ABBA in truly horrifying Lib Dem Conference cringe moment

Extreme weather threat 'worse than terrorism' as floods and heatwaves surge, minister says

Minister confronted over cruel Italian sea rescue law after Keir Starmer cosies up to PM

Keir Starmer will do 'difficult things' first as he faces pressure to boost spending

Minister says she's not sure how Keir Starmer can justify Coldplay freebie

Donald Trump tells of terror as 'four or five' gunshots heard in 'assassination attempt'

opinionMany will think Keir Starmer crossed the line meeting Italy’s Giorgia Meloni

B&Q boss doesn't have a problem with key Labour election pledge

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey vows to 'finish the job' of defeating Tory MPs in major speech

'I had just four days left to live without major surgery - the NHS gave me my life back'

Keir Starmer brushes off criticism over praise for Italy's hardline migration plan

opinion'Depraved and disgraced Huw Edwards betrayed family, BBC, audiences and young victims'

Keir Starmer dismisses suggestions of taxpayer-funded wardrobe amid row over wife's clothes

Huw Edwards case left Keir Starmer 'shocked and appalled' as newsreader spared jail

Keir Starmer's wife Victoria pictured at London Fashion Week amid donor clothes row

Keir Starmer says he's giving millions to hard-right Italian PM to tackle migration

Keir Starmer hits it off with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni who swooned over Rishi Sunak

Yvette Cooper slaps down taxpayer-funded clothes fund amid PM donor row

Jeremy Corbyn 'attends talks over forming new Collective political party'

Keir Starmer names new border security chief as he jets to Italy for talks on small boats crisis

Energy firms should help struggling pensioners losing winter fuel payment, says Octopus boss

Keir Starmer hits back at negative briefings against top aide Sue Gray - 'wildly wrong'

Britain will not be 'bullied' by Putin's threats of war, David Lammy says

Keir Starmer accused of breaking rules over gifts of clothes to wife Victoria

Diane Abbott warns Keir Starmer not to take Black voters for granted

opinion'Keir Starmer's boldest public health drive would be facing down harmful nanny state digs'

Keir Starmer has already made 'two big mistakes', Lib Dem leader warns

Keir Starmer 'open to' processing asylum-seekers offshore just like Italy

Handwritten note reveals how senior Tories really felt about their 'fun' time in power

Keir Starmer still committed to votes at 16 despite leaving policy out of King's Speech

Labour mayor Richard Parker says mess left by Tory predecessor Andy Street was 'a shot of realism'

opinionHeaven knows Keir has made us miserable now but he'll get blame for winter deaths

Keir Starmer defends 'painful' decisions as PM's popularity ratings tumble

opinionHarris has more work to do if she wants keys to the Oval Office after first CNN interview

Moscow threatens to 'melt' Ukraine capital as Kier Starmer flies home from Biden talks

Ex-Commons speaker John Bercow to bring 'Order!' to prison lags with new public speaking classes

Rishi Sunak's recruitment drive 'toothless' after hiring zero new dentists

opinion'Lib Dem leader Ed Davey's silly stunts pay off - and the Tories should be very worried'

Tata Steel closure leaves 2,800 out of work - but could net bosses millions in profit

Nigel Farage takes part in just a fifth of Commons votes - as he defends lucrative second job

Joe Biden says 'I don't think much about Putin' as Keir Starmer visits White House for Ukraine talks

Frustration from carer dad Ed Davey as Lib Dem leader blasts: 'they don't understand'

Dame Esther Rantzen's direct plea to PM on assisted dying - 'nothing bossy, but please'

Donald Trump's 'cats and dogs' conspiracy claim ducked in five-word response by Keir Starmer

UK hits back at 'baseless' claims from Russia of 'spying and sabotage'

Social media firms warned over 'humiliation' of users as change in law announced

Keir Starmer hits back at Vladimir Putin's war threat to UK over Ukraine missiles

Tories took another £5m from Frank Hester - the donor in Diane Abbott race row

Keir Starmer insists he has no secret report on impact of winter fuel payment cuts

Major update on junk food adverts on TV and online as date set for changes

Kids get free music lessons in new plan to unlock potential in disadvantaged areas

Keir Starmer gives major NHS change warning - 'no more money' as report finds 'serious trouble'

NHS in 'critical condition' amid widespread collapse in patient access to care

UK policing minister has purse stolen at policing conference

Martyn's Law finally put forward to prevent repeat of Manchester Arena bombing

Grenfell fire witness in heartbreaking speech about children killed in blaze that 'sunk community'

opinionLack of justice for the 72 victims of Grenfell fire is a warning that none of us are safe

9 NHS bombshells from damning Lord Darzi report - shock cancer stats to horror A&E queues

Volodymyr Zelensky pleads to use long-range missiles as Putin branded 'fascist'

opinionHillsborough review findings an ‘understatement’ after bereaved were treated like the enemy

Winter fuel payments: Call to publish pensioners deaths analysis dodged by Keir Starmer

North-South split emerges in grim report into opportunities for young people

Public inquiry ordered into paramilitary murder of Pat Finucane after '35 years of cover-ups'

Steel giant Tata to bag £500m of taxpayers' money - despite 2,000 workers losing jobs

Winter fuel payments cut plan passes but Keir Starmer faces revolt - how your MP voted

Cruel £3,000 fee for grieving widows to remain in UK finally scrapped

Latest Tory leadership candidate kicked out of race to replace Rishi Sunak

Children suffering from diabetes, scurvy and anxiety due to poor diets 'scandal'

opinionKonnie Huq says 'easy decision' to back free school meals for hungry kids

Winter Fuel Payments explained after warning cut could kill 4,000 pensioners

US and UK accuse Iran of providing weapons to Vladimir Putin's war machine

Keir Starmer tells unions of 'light at the end of tunnel' - as heckler shouts 'tax the rich'

UK prisons start releasing 5,500 criminals early but some victims 'unaware' - all you need to know

First UK prisoners released early aren't happy about it - 'it's a bit s**t'

Winter Fuel Payments explained - what will change and who is affected amid death warning

Prisons must stop 'churning out crooks who wind up back in jail' to fix overcrowding, minister warns

Keir Starmer facing showdown with Labour rebels over Winter Fuel Payment cut

opinionGrenfell cover-up and wall of silence could happen to any of us

Thousands of police to get anti-social behaviour training to tackle crime 'epidemic'

Keir Starmer says Tories 'salted the earth' as he issues pay deal warning

Dentists and doctors demand free school meals to fix 'devastating' kids' diets

Prisons crisis risks becoming 'homelessness crisis' as hundreds of inmates released early

opinion'I don't want to free prisoners early but this is legacy of guilty Tories'

Tory voter ID rules stopped over 16,000 from having their say in General Election

Idris Elba tells Keir Starmer: 'My son is 10 - help me save him from knife crime'

Watch as Nigel Farage brutally torn apart by TUC boss - 'Putin apologist fraud'

Idris Elba joins Keir Starmer for anti-knife crime summit in Downing Street

Bad bosses issued warning over 'Victorian-style' work practices - 'think again'

opinion'Keir Starmer has repaid the country's trust with unnecessary cruelty'

Keir Starmer admits to Laura Kuenssberg that Winter Fuel Payment cut is 'unpopular'

opinion'Trades Union Congress has changed hugely - but it's not all for the better'

Keir Starmer tells thugs he won't bow to violence and slams 'racism' in Southport riots

Laura Kuenssberg confronts Keir Starmer over Grenfell-style cladding on homes - 'You're the PM'

Keir Starmer admits true reason Margaret Thatcher portrait was moved from No10 office

Labour must tax richest Brits instead of 'pick pocketing' pensioners, says Unite's Sharon Graham

Councils will be allowed to run local buses as Labour scraps Thatcher's ban

Keir Starmer brands Tory handling of NHS 'unforgivable' ahead of damning report

Workers 'cheated' out of £2billion in holiday pay by bad bosses, says TUC

Tories planning huge change to speeches at party conference - 'it's going to be wild'

Tory frontrunner Robert Jenrick's dog accused of 'attacking' a Pomeranian

'Appalling' conditions at Government-approved dog quarantine centre - as probe launched

Grenfell survivor warns more lives will be destroyed if justice delayed to 2030

Yvette Cooper welcomes summer drop in small boat crossings at crisis summit

Prisoners could be sent to Estonia in desperate bid to tackle Tory jail crisis

Rishi Sunak to duck out of four-day Tory conference after 'a few hours'

Grenfell fire families 'feel sick' as construction millionaire fat cats enjoy luxury lives

opinionGaza mums desperate for baby polio jabs put UK parents to shame as our vaccine take-up stalls

opinionWe're no longer proud to be British after being lied to over Grenfell and Hillsborough scandals

'Our desperate families are just numbers on a spreadsheet to tower block owners'

Plan to use former Red Arrows base to house refugees scrapped as poor value for money

Tory bid to scupper Ed Miliband's state-owned energy firm fails embarrassingly

Pensioners 'worried sick' about heating their homes without winter fuel payments

David Lammy rubbishes claim US was angered by decision to cut Israel arm sales

opinionFirms can make my £160m fortune by caring for their workers, pledges Richer Sounds boss

Angela Rayner vents frustration over Ibiza video backlash and judgement women face

David Cameron accused of failing to give Grenfell families 'respect they deserve' after silence

Grenfell families who lost loved ones to greed must STILL wait for justice after seven years of pain

Thousands of blocks of flats still have dangerous cladding 7 years after Grenfell tragedy

Hereditary peers to be booted out of House of Lords within months

Wealthy Brits must pay more tax to 'level playing field', TUC leader tells Keir Starmer

opinion£400 pension boost isn't as good as it looks – but there is one way to fix winter fuel robbery

Disgust as 'exodus' of MPs leave Commons without listening to Grenfell statement

Bosses at failing water companies could be jailed for up to two years under new law

Grenfell fire: Seven deadly areas of blame from 'dishonest' cladding firms to 'defensive' Government

Grenfell Tower fire caused by 'decades of failure' as inquiry finds 'systematic dishonesty'

Grenfell Tower report: 10 alarming findings from 'bullying overlord' to racism

Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership contest as ex-Home Secretary gets just 14 votes

Grenfell inquiry LIVE: Report names and shames culprits of 'decades of failure'

Keir Starmer gives update on Oasis tickets scandal and lashes out at profiteers

Rishi Sunak openly laughed at for claiming Tories left behind a 'robust' economy

Grenfell Tower inquiry is 'not a day of justice' - families need prosecutions, campaigners say

Keir Starmer faces Labour rebellion over winter fuel payments cut, MP warns

Plea for new way to stop Channel boats as six kids and pregnant woman among 12 dead

Mums given chilling Snapchat warning as police target scammers in dawn raid

Tony Blair says he would have done more to ease 'strain' of immigration

MPs to vote on Winter Fuel payments as changes planned to let more pensioners keep it

Shop staff have lost eyes, miscarried and had to move home after attacks, horrified peers told

Boris Johnson wades into row as UK defends partial Israel arms sales ban

RAF ace wins medal review 70 years after top secret nuclear missions

Pregnant mum shot in head in front of dying lover makes urgent plea to government

Bombshell Universal Credit survey finds half of claimants ran out of food

Voters deliver brutal one-word verdict as Tory leadership rivals clash

How to prevent thugs snatching your phone on streets - as new crackdown launched

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