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'Tax exile' Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe 'loses moral high ground' after anti-UK comments mirror.co.uk/news/politics/j…

'Tax exile' Jim Ratcliffe 'loses moral high ground' after anti-UK comments

It comes after the Manchester United owner - one of Britain's richest men who moved to Monaco in 2020 - came under fire after claiming the country is 'on the slide'

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Andy Burnham's past Donald Trump criticism will be 'no bar' to strong US-UK relationship mirror.co.uk/news/politics/t…

Burnham's past Trump criticism will be 'no bar' to strong US-UK relationship

Labour chair Bridget Phillipson instead described the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's previous criticism of the erratic US President on social media as 'politics'

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Cabinet minister dismisses billionaire "tax exile" Sir Jim Ratcliffe after saying he had "no confidence in the UK" mirror.co.uk/news/politics/j…

'Tax exile' Jim Ratcliffe 'loses moral high ground' after anti-UK comments

It comes after the Manchester United owner - one of Britain's richest men who moved to Monaco in 2020 - came under fire after claiming the country is 'on the slide'

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National anti-misogyny taskforce launched to weed out abuse and sexism mirror.co.uk/news/politics/v…

National anti-misogny taskforce launched to weed out abuse and sexism

Run by the Government, the group will seek to root out harmful attitudes online, in workplaces and within communities, bringing together representatives from multiple sectors

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Warnings pupils are missing out as support staff pulled from duties to cover for teachers mirror.co.uk/news/politics/s…

Pupils missing out as support staff pulled from duties to cover for teachers

EXCLUSIVE: A UNISON report found almost 39% of school support staff covered classes in place of teachers as part of their role, including staff in welfare and technical roles

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Alexander Brown
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Spoke to Sagal Abdi-Wali about diversity being a strength, Burnham bringing back hope, and why Labour is still the biggest vehicle for social change mirror.co.uk/news/politics/s…

Sagal Abdi-Wali hits out at 'hateful rhetoric' in Starmer's old seat by-election

EXCLUSIVE: Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, hit out at criticism from Reform's Zia Yusuf over not being born in Britain, in an attack Labour branded 'straightforward racism'

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Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe 'living on another planet' after attack on UK mirror.co.uk/news/politics/r…

Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe 'living on another planet' after attack on UK

The founder of chemicals giant Ineos, who moved to Monaco from the UK in 2020, had claimed the country is on the slide, hitting out at high taxes and immigration

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Michael Marra announced as new Scottish Labour leader mirror.co.uk/news/politics/m…

Michael Marra announced as new Scottish Labour leader

The North East Scotland MSP called his election a 'singular honour', and now faces the daunting task of turning the party around after Scottish Labour lost its fifth consecutive Holyrood election

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Parents send urgent warning over four-year-olds forced to take school test on touchscreen devices mirror.co.uk/news/politics/r…

Parents send warning over four-year-olds made to sit school test on touchscreens

Anxious parents who have shielded their children from smartphones and tablets have warned the newly digitised Reception Baseline Assessment is at odds with screen time guidance for under 5s

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'Labour cannot let hope of two-state solution disappear' mirror.co.uk/news/politics/i…

'Labour cannot let hope of two-state solution disappear'

'Labour got it badly wrong in stubbornly refusing to join calls for a ceasefire early on in the hostilities', former shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth writes

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Chancellor John Healey under pressure to end housing benefit freeze at Budget. Resolution Foundation warns more than 1.1million are facing a 'cost-of-housing crunch' as gap between local rents and benefit support set to reach record high in October. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/b…

Healey urged to end housing benefit freeze hitting low-income families at Budget

The Resolution Foundation warns more than 1.1million are facing a 'cost-of-housing crunch' as the gap between local rents and benefit support people can claim is set to reach a record high this autumn

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Chancellor John Healey urged to end housing benefit freeze hitting low-income families at Budget mirror.co.uk/news/politics/b…

Healey urged to end housing benefit freeze hitting low-income families at Budget

The Resolution Foundation warns more than 1.1million are facing a 'cost-of-housing crunch' as the gap between local rents and benefit support people can claim is set to reach a record high this autumn

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Trump or Farage… it can be hard to tell the difference!
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Ed Davey faces make-or-break moment to shine as Lib Dem grumbles pile up mirror.co.uk/news/politics/e…

Ed Davey faces make-or-break moment to shine as Lib Dem grumbles pile up

As the Lib Dem faithful heads down to Brighton for the annual party conference, Sir Ed Davey faces questions over the party's position in the polls and whether he's getting through to voters

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Donald Trump announces 'ban on the free press' in furious White House meltdown mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/tr…

Donald Trump announces 'ban on the free press' in furious White House meltdown

In a furious meltdown, the President said CNN, Politico and MS Now, the TV channel formerly known as MSNBC, because they don't report the news in a way that he likes

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Schools urged to provide a minimum of one lesson outside per week under legislation mirror.co.uk/news/politics/s…

Schools urged to provide one lesson outside per week under legislation

EXCLUSIVE: Schools are being urged to provide a minimum of one lesson outside each week under legislation proposed by an MP amid a sharp drop in the time kids spend in nature

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First international leader visits No10 North days after Donald Trump united Ireland row mirror.co.uk/news/politics/d…

First world leader visits No10 North days after Donald Trump united Ireland row

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin became the first world leader to visit Andy Burnham at No10 North before visiting the oldest Irish club in the UK, days after Donald Trump sparked a diplomatic flashp...

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Robert F Kennedy Jr tells anti-vaccine group they have a 'friend at the White House' mirror.co.uk/news/politics/r…

RFK Jr tells anti-vaccine group they have a 'friend at the White House'

Donald Trump's health secretary, was speaking at a convention of Children's Health Defense, which he led for nearly a decade - and was introduced by disgraced British ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield

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Even when parliament is on recess, there’s one Chief Mouser always working hard
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RNLI suspends services in Portsmouth after volunteers abused for saving migrants by far-right thugs mirror.co.uk/news/politics/r…

RNLI suspends Portsmouth services after volunteers abused for saving migrants

Andy Burnham earlier this month hit out at 'appalling' abuse directed at hero crews after they were labelled as traitors online by far-right thugs for rescuing asylum seekers in the Channel

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