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China's Ambassador To UK Banned From Parliament

Commons Speaker says Zheng Zeguang should not be allowed on Westminster grounds while some MPs remain under sanctions.
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Tory Backbencher Brands NHS And Social Care Tax Hike 'A Poll Tax Moment'

Christopher Chope was one of five Conservative rebels to vote against the plan.
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Some Of England's Most Deprived Areas 'Missing Out On Levelling Up Funding'

Salvation Army warns more than a third of England's poorest regions, including coastal and rural areas, are not benefitting from investment.
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Rory Stewart Apologises For 'Losing His Cool' On BBC Question Time Over Afghanistan

The ex-Tory MP hit out at another speaker on the show for "living in the past".
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Botched Competition Process Throws £1.6bn Royal Navy Warship Project Into Doubt

Labour accuse government of wasting "time and money" after crucial project downgraded.
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Boris Johnson Has 'Full Confidence' In Rishi Sunak Amid Reports Of Rift

Downing Street says there are no plans for a reshuffle following reports the prime minister considered demoting the chancellor.
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MP Who Lost Family To Covid 'Incensed' At Boris Johnson For Not Self-Isolating

Labour's Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi says prime minister's decision not to isolate after aide's positive test 'pours scorn' over British public
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No.10 Defends Under-Fire Alok Sharma's Red-List Travel Globe Trot

Prime Minister's official spokesman says the travel was essential in Sharma's role as COP26 president
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Boris Johnson Refuses To Apologise For Praising Margaret Thatcher's Pit Closures

No.10 stopped short of an apology but said Johnson 'recognises the huge impact and pain closing coal mines had in communities across the UK'
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Tory Culture Wars Show Johnson 'Hasn't Learned Lessons of 2011 Riots'

Labour's Steve Reed says marginalised communities are feeling 'pushed away' by divisive rhetoric
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