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Self-employed workers without sick pay are 'illness away from financial ruin'

Self-employed workers without sick pay are 'illness away from financial ruin'

A new report out urges the government to introduce a sickness insurance system for the self-employed, and end the “threadbare support system” that leaves them without security

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Green Party leader says he feels 'compassion' for Angela Rayner but calls on Farage to quit over tax affairs

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Green Party leader says he feels 'compassion' for Angela Rayner but calls on Farage to quit over tax affairs

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Britons encouraged to ‘keep their cool’ for test of emergency alert system

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Britons encouraged to ‘keep their cool’ for test of emergency alert system

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PM shakes up Home Office in sweeping reshuffle after Rayner exit

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PM shakes up Home Office in sweeping reshuffle after Rayner exit

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Social media firestorm erupts after massive Georgia immigration raid: 'Taking bold action'

Social media firestorm erupts after massive Georgia immigration raid: 'Taking bold action'

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Trump roils Chicago Democrats with 'Apocalypse Now' meme hinting at National Guard deployment

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JD Vance clashes with anti-Trump social media personality over cartel killings: 'I don't give a s---'

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RFK Jr’s adviser claims Covid vaccines ‘likely gave Royal Family cancer’

RFK Jr’s adviser claims Covid vaccines ‘likely gave Royal Family cancer’

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Claims at Reform conference that vaccines gave royals cancer 'extremism', says Streeting

Claims at Reform conference that vaccines gave royals cancer 'extremism', says Streeting

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Emergency alert to go off on Sunday with millions of people to receive warning message

Emergency alert to go off on Sunday with millions of people to receive warning message

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Nigel Farage lashes out and calls Mirror reporter ‘disgusting’ after tax question

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UK cannot take US special relationship for granted, Mandelson warns

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UK cannot take US special relationship for granted, Mandelson warns

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Billionaire backer of NYC Democratic socialist Mamdani funds controversial 'woke math' program: report

Billionaire backer of NYC Democratic socialist Mamdani funds controversial 'woke math' program: report

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What is Eswatini? Meet the African country where Kilmar Abrego Garcia could go next

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8 maddest Reform UK conference moments - royals cancer claim to heckler chaos

8 maddest Reform UK conference moments - royals cancer claim to heckler chaos

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Donald Trump posts wild threat to Chicago - with AI picture of him carpet bombing city

Donald Trump posts wild threat to Chicago - with AI picture of him carpet bombing city

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Home Office clearout as Starmer reshuffles top team

Home Office clearout as Starmer reshuffles top team

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Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before

Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before

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Farage ends conference with unity plea after rowing back on small boats pledge

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Farage ends conference with unity plea after rowing back on small boats pledge

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Lucy Connolly wants to work with Reform to overhaul prison system after being jailed for race hate tweet

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Lucy Connolly wants to work with Reform to overhaul prison system after being jailed for race hate tweet

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PM shakes up Home Office in sweeping reshuffle after Rayner exit

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PM shakes up Home Office in sweeping reshuffle after Rayner exit

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Lucy Connolly tells Reform UK conference she would ‘love’ to work with party

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Lucy Connolly tells Reform UK conference she would ‘love’ to work with party

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New deal could see Red Arrows jets built in Scotland

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New deal could see Red Arrows jets built in Scotland

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America's largest gun lobby speaks out as Trump admin mulls possible trans firearms ban

America's largest gun lobby speaks out as Trump admin mulls possible trans firearms ban

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Top Biden officials questioned and criticized how his team issued pardons, used autopen: report

Top Biden officials questioned and criticized how his team issued pardons, used autopen: report

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Jeffrey Epstein saga continues as Congress returns from recess

Jeffrey Epstein saga continues as Congress returns from recess

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DHS fires back at 'activist judges' blocking temporary protected status crackdown

DHS fires back at 'activist judges' blocking temporary protected status crackdown

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‘I had to survive £7 a day with four children. The benefit cap is barbaric’

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Reform vowed ‘Doge’ savings – then spent £13k on complaints about its own councillors

Reform vowed ‘Doge’ savings – then spent £13k on complaints about its own councillors

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Keir Starmer's reshuffle leaves Labour with 'strongest team'

Keir Starmer's reshuffle leaves Labour with 'strongest team'

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What's changed about Reform since last year's conference?

What's changed about Reform since last year's conference?

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Farage says he misspoke that he bought home in Clacton purchased by partner

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Farage says he misspoke that he bought home in Clacton purchased by partner

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Reform campaigning 'to seize control of London doughnut' reveals assembly member

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Reform campaigning 'to seize control of London doughnut' reveals assembly member

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MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he unveils gangster-style White House hangout

MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he unveils gangster-style White House hangout

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Self-employed workers without sick pay are 'illness away from financial ruin'

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Why some longtime gerrymandering opponents are reconsidering their views

Why some longtime gerrymandering opponents are reconsidering their views

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Read Ken Dryden’s obituary for a longtime friend, from earlier this year

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Toronto neurosurgery team implants brain-computer devices in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries

Toronto neurosurgery team implants brain-computer devices in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries

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Minister rules out early election amid Government reshuffle

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Minister rules out early election amid Government reshuffle

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Farage rows back on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win

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Farage rows back on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win

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Lucy Connolly to appear at Reform UK conference

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Lucy Connolly to appear at Reform UK conference

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Trump caps week with bold military moves from Pentagon name change to cartel crackdown

Trump caps week with bold military moves from Pentagon name change to cartel crackdown

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Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani team up to 'fight oligarchy' in NYC

Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani team up to 'fight oligarchy' in NYC

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Farage confirms he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to Taliban in Afghanistan

Farage confirms he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to Taliban in Afghanistan

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CHRISTINA MCANEA: 'Fixing social care is right thing to do, and how Labour proves it’s ready to govern'

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BREAKING: Nigel Farage says he will deport women and children back to Taliban

BREAKING: Nigel Farage says he will deport women and children back to Taliban

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Top Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg addresses Reform defection after Nadine Dorries

Top Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg addresses Reform defection after Nadine Dorries

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Dad shares horror at illegal eviction and landlord who kept removing doors

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Farage shifts on two-week small boats pledge

Farage shifts on two-week small boats pledge

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Starmer resets after Rayner row, but Labour turmoil is a gift for Reform

Starmer resets after Rayner row, but Labour turmoil is a gift for Reform

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Key officials in the Trump administration hold multiple positions. Here's a closer look

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An overview of Trump's increasing threats to deploy the National Guard in major cities

An overview of Trump's increasing threats to deploy the National Guard in major cities

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Why some longtime gerrymandering opponents are changing their views

Why some longtime gerrymandering opponents are changing their views

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Public banned from Commons chamber amid hidden phone probe

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Public banned from Commons chamber amid hidden phone probe

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Lucy Connolly to appear at Reform UK conference

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Lucy Connolly to appear at Reform UK conference

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Farage’s tax affairs ‘irrelevant’ to voters – Tice

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Farage’s tax affairs ‘irrelevant’ to voters – Tice

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Nowhere’s safe in London, claims Reform rising star who wants to be mayor

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Graffiti calling Angela Rayner 'tax evader' removed after resident pays for clean-up

Graffiti calling Angela Rayner 'tax evader' removed after resident pays for clean-up

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