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City council approves plans to make SUV drivers pay more for parking

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Starmer orders review of antisemitism in NHS as part of wider crackdown

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Labour will ‘never step aside’ in Wales – McFadden

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China ‘super embassy’ decision put back to December

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MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ by China spy case as No 10 defends Starmer’s approach

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Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

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Firearms officers should receive more support, ex-Met chief tells peers

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Trump's Iran gamble pays off as WWIII doomsayers now praise Israel-Hamas ceasefire

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GOP lawmaker seeks 'permanent' federal presence in Memphis after Trump crime order

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Here's everything you missed from Zohran Mamdani's first Fox News interview

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Grenell praises Trump’s ‘common sense’ foreign policy, slams Biden for avoiding Putin

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Senate Democrats block GOP plan for 10th time, ensuring shutdown lasts into next week

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Soros-backed prosecutor downplays Dem AG nominee's violent rhetoric as 'false outrage'

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MI5 looking at potential risk from out-of-control AI

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UK ends Gaza surveillance flights after return of hostages

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BBC boss Tim Davie backs prosecution of people who evade licence fee

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Labour tax pledge stands, says No 10, as Reeves rolls pitch for hikes on wealthy

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Starmer intervention in China spy case collapse would have been ‘absurd’ – No 10

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One-in-five terror arrests last year was a child under 17, MI5 chief says

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Lord Speaker to step down early from role to care for wife with Parkinson’s

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Number of children in temporary accommodation almost double Wembley capacity

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Republicans push to pay troops, reopen government as Democrats balk

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MI5 boss reveals another China plot has been thwarted

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Sadiq Khan celebrated birthday on £268million superyacht with billionaire friend

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China spy case decision taken ‘purely’ by CPS – minister

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Starmer orders review of antisemitism in NHS as part of wider crackdown

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Starmer orders review of antisemitism in NHS as part of wider crackdown

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Scotland’s classrooms most violent in UK, figures suggest

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Number of Channel crossing arrivals ‘frustrating’, says border security chief

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MI5 faces ‘new era’ tackling terrorism and rise in state threats

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Phillipson: Disengaged boys vulnerable to ‘dark forces whispering poison’ online

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MI5 fought another China spy threat in past week, agency boss says

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MI5 fought another China spy threat in past week, agency boss says

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UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’, warns Tugendhat in call for ‘leadership’

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Starmer intervention in China spy case collapse would have been ‘absurd’ – No 10

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Lord Speaker to step down early from role to care for wife with Parkinson’s

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SUV drivers face paying extra for parking under plans by Welsh council

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SUV drivers face paying extra for parking under plans by Welsh council

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SUV drivers face paying extra for parking under plans by Welsh council

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Alleged Chinese spies were accused of sharing sensitive information about MPs

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Alleged Chinese spies were accused of sharing sensitive information about MPs

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Airline prices to change by ‘less than cost of coffee’ with green fuel guarantee

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Number of children in temporary accommodation almost double Wembley capacity

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How Starmer's Chagos fiasco sent a London council into meltdown

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China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

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Jay Jones’ ‘two bullets’ scandal over violent texts expected to dominate Virginia AG debate

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Rachel Reeves: Higher taxes on the rich 'will be part of the story' at the Budget

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‘Frustrated’: Inquiry chair criticises delay in child sex abuse reforms

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