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MPs demand temporary ban on crypto donations to UK parties
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It comes amid concerns the anonymity of crypto could be used to get round rules on foreign donations.
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defends student loan change https://t.co/Om40wq22gj
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Some graduates in England say "punishing" student loan repayments have led them to cut their hours at work.
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GPs told to guarantee same-day appointments for urgent cases
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New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed.
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Justice Secretary David Lammy lifts cap on court sitting days to cut cases backlog
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The justice secretary said every crown court in England and Wales will be funded to hear as many cases as possible next year.
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Government publishes thousands of Sturgeon inquiry files
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Ministers have released a tranche of documents after the information commissioner launched legal action.
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Labour MP Dawn Butler asks BBC for explanation over racial slur during Baftas broadcast
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MP asks why racial slur was not removed from the Bafta Film Awards show when it was on a two-hour delay.
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Reform by-election campaign boss suspended over tweets
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Reform UK's Gorton and Denton by-election interim campaign boss Adam Mitula made the posts on X.
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UK MPs back release of documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a UK trade envoy https://t.co/OpoKF9zPpi
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The former prince travelled the globe as the UK's trade representative between 2001 and 2011.
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"He's rightly apologised" On #PoliticsLive Lib Dem MP Layla Moran responds to comments made by her party's leader Ed Davey in 2011 praising the work of Andrew as a trade envoy Follow live: https://t.co/WgWrni8Pu8
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Keir Starmer orders ethics investigation into minister over Labour Together claims
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Josh Simons ran the think tank when it commissioned a report which investigated the background of a journalist.
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On Tuesday's #PoliticsLive Joe Powell MP, Labour Layla Moran MP, Liberal Democrat Emily Sheffield, Former editor of the Evening Standard 12:15pm BBC Two https://t.co/DWCAnp5Pjp
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"I praised him, and I regret doing that back then." Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, apologises for comments made about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 2011, as his party push for documents on the former prince's appointment as a UK trade envoy to be released.
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“That’s the culture shift we need to make happen.” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson answers @annaefoster's questions about a ‘boys’ club in Downing Street’, following Lord Mandelson's arrest yesterday.
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The Liberal Democrats will table a motion to force the government to release files on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a UK trade envoy, following his arrest last week. Chief political correspondent @HZeffman explains more.
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'We can't fix everything at once' On #BBCBreakfast Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson was asked whether the Government will review Plan 2 student loans taken out by nearly six million graduates between 2012 and 2023 in England https://t.co/k2wUdt8FMj
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'I'm really sorry i said those words I didn't know what we did now' As the Liberal Democrats push for the publication of documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a UK trade envoy, leader Sir Ed Davey was reminded on #BBCBreakfast about comments he made as a
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Reform vows to overhaul pension schemes for new local government workers
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Reform plans to end more generous defined benefit pension schemes for new local government workers if it wins office
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Lib Dems in bid to release files on Andrew trade role
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The party wants documents on the former prince's appointment in 2001 to be published by ministers.
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Number of workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown
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There has been a 181,000 increase in the number of zero-hours contracts since Labour was elected.
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'The public want to know why the former Prince Andrew was appointed to this very privileged position' Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey told #BBCBreakfast why they will call in Parliament for documents to be released on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a UK trade
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