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PM ON THE EDGE
SIR Keir Starmer was teetering on the edge last night amid a leadership coup. The beleaguered Prime Minister was hit by a wave of government resignations as ministerial aides quit to join the Labour rebellion against him. At least four senior Cabinet...
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HOW DARE HE? PM PLOTS TO RIP-UP BREXIT
SIR KEIR Starmer will betray Brexit with a plan to save himself being kicked out of Downing Street by his own party. He is today set to announce a push for closer EU ties, saying he is: “Putting Britain at the heart of Europe.” But Reform UK deputy...
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FARAGE’S VOW TO FIX BRITAIN
NIGEL Farage has vowed to fix Britain as he triumphed in the local elections. Reform’s leader said he will “turn our great
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‘IT IS TIME FOR STARMER TO STAND ASIDE’
SIR KEIR Starmer was urged to “stand aside” after Labour’s bruising election losses. MP Barry Gardiner, who served alongside the Prime Minister as the Shadow International Trade Secretary, said yesterday: “Leadership brings
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TAXI FOR STARMER TIME, SURELY!
KEMI Badenoch has said that Labour’s expected election humiliation today may be the end of the road for Sir Keir Starmer. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are going to the polls in what is the biggest set of ballots for two years. Polling...
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‘UNREMOVABLE’
THE UK’S asylum crisis has caused a “complete systemic breakdown” with the vast majority of migrants dodging deportation. Some 96,002 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Eritrea crossed the Channel in small boats between 2018 and 2025....
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FAN BAN POLICE TSAR CAMPAIGNS WITH MAN BEHIND VILE ABUSE
A POLICE leader slated over a ban on Jewish football fans campaigned with a Labour candidate whose husband was linked to vile antisemitic abuse. Simon Foster was pictured with
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CHEERS TO YOU!
VETERANS setting out on a pilgrimage to honour their fallen friends raise a toast to the Express for making it possible. Eleven of the greatest generation travelled to Holland for the 81st anniversary of Dutch Liberation – the first such trip by our...
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RISING FUEL COSTS BLOW TO FISHING BOATS
FISHING boats may be forced to stay in port amid soaring fuel bills. In a “nightmare scenario” for Britain’s struggling industry, trade leaders claim costs may soon outweigh earnings
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‘Antisemitism reveals diseased minds and corrupt societies, and it eventually leads to the Holocaust, which we must not only learn about but never, ever forget so that it can never happen anywhere again...’
A JEWISH D-Day veteran who helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp has issued a stark warning over the surge of antisemitism in Britain. Mervyn Kersh, 101, spoke out after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, North London,...
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‘THESE ATTACKS ARE AN ATTACK ON BRITAIN ITSELF’
A SUSPECTED terrorist knifed two Jewish men in North London before being wrestled to the ground by a volunteer guard and police. The alleged attacker, said to have a history of “serious violence and mental health issues”, repeatedly stabbed an elderly...
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‘YOU ARE PART OF MANDELSON COVER-UP’
KEMI Badenoch accused Labour MPs of being part of the Peter Mandelson scandal “cover-up”. The Tory leader lashed out after they voted against a sleaze inquiry into whether the Prime Minister lied to Parliament over
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PM IS ‘PUTTING WELFARE AHEAD OF UK NATIONAL SECURITY’
KEIR Starmer has been accused of putting funding for benefits claimants ahead of money for defence as a recruitment crisis hits the military. Latest figures reveal the government will take 13 years to deliver on its pledge to boost the reserve armed...
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SHOOTING CHAOS BUT ROYAL VISIT STILL ON
CHARLES and Camilla will still visit the US as planned today, amid tighter security, after shots were fired as a gunman tried to storm a dinner where Donald and Melania-Trump were guests. The suspect Cole Allen, right, was held by armed officers at...
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NOW SAY SORRY TO ‘BADLY LET DOWN’ RAPE VICTIMS
SIR Keir Starmer must apologise to victims of the Rochdale grooming gang and be grilled over his time as top prosecutor, say Tories. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says “disgraceful failures” are emerging over the handling of cases personally...
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THERE IS ONE LAST CHANCE
Dear Express Readers, Once again – please forgive me – I am turning to you in desperation for your help. I know from your wonderful response in the past how crucial it is to you, as it is to me, that everyone should have the right to a pain-free,...
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HERE’S ANOTHER £660M TO STOP THE BOATS
FRANCE has scooped a new £660million migrant payday in Labour’s losing battle on small boats. The handout brings the total spend above £1.3billion since the
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HERO MANAGER SEAN MUST GET HIS JOB BACK!
MORRISONS was last night urged to take back a loyal store boss it fired for trying to stop a violent serial shoplifter. Sean Egan, dubbed “best manager ever” by exstaff, was sacked after grabbing the thief. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said:...
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FOR ONCE YOU ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT PM...’IT BEGGARS BELIEF!’
KEIR Starmer stunned MPs as he agreed that his Mandelson vetting fiasco “beggars belief”. Tories mocked the teetering PM as he blamed top officials for not telling
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‘CRIME COSTS UK TAXPAYERS £90M A DAY UNDER LABOUR’
BRITAIN’S crime crisis is costing at least £33billion a year, research claims. Sex offenders, violent robbers and thieves land taxpayers with a £90million daily bill for police probes, NHS care and court cases. The financial toll also includes the...
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TIME PM TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ERRORS
FURIOUS Labour MPs have turned on Keir Starmer as they urged him to take the blame for the Peter Mandelson scandal. They said the Prime Minister’s excuses “won’t cut it on the doorstep” in the runup to next month’s local elections. Sir Keir is...
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‘STARMER MUST RESIGN AFTER BLATANT LIES TO MPS’
SIR Keir Starmer faces calls to quit over claims he lied to Parliament about Peter Mandelson’s security clearance for his role as US ambassador. The Prime Minister had told MPs “full due process” was followed in the appointment,
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DEMENTIA DRUG EFFECT IS BRANDED ‘TRIVIAL’
DRUGS hailed as the beginning of the end of Alzheimer’s “make no meaningful difference”, a shock review claims. Experts say medicines targeting the toxic amyloid protein have only a “trivial” effect on cognitive function and dementia in 18...
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‘WAKE UP’ PM AND HONOUR HEROES HURT IN LINE OF DUTY
A HERO police officer stabbed in the line of duty is urging the PM to honour injured emergency workers with a medal. Stan Spry, 72, was knifed in the back with such force that medics removed 27 fragments of rib from his chest cavity. Retired sick...
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NOW ‘HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT’ FOR THEIR ‘MORAL FAILURE’ TO ACT
BEREAVED families of the Southport victims want Axel Rudakubana’s parents to be “held to account” for their failure to stop the killer. Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford, inset, said yesterday that the murderous attack would not have happened had the...
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‘THE NHS NEEDS TO CURE ITSELF OF THIS GENDER MADNESS’
AN NHS trust which suspended a nurse for calling a transgender paedophile “Mr” has settled out of court with a large payout. Jennifer Melle was branded a risk for refusing to use the inmate’s preferred pronouns, taken off frontline duty and reported...
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‘The importance isn’t to win wars but to avoid them by being too strong for anyone to dare attack, and it is as important and as vital today as it was back in the 1930s’
SECOND World War veteran Mervyn Kersh has warned Britain needs to bolster defence spending to see off threats from rogue states. The D-Day hero helped to liberate Bergen-Belsen death camp so knows where appeasement leads. With the UK under growing...
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‘UK A LAUGHING STOCK’ FOR NOT STOPPING THE BOATS
RHIANNON Whyte’s mum branded Britain a “laughing stock” as she blamed Sir Keir Starmer over her daughter’s murder by a Channel migrant. Siobhan Whyte said that nations such as the US and Australia are better at stopping the illegal arrivals’ small...
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DOCTORS ‘HOLD PATIENTS HOSTAGE’ WITH STRIKES
RESIDENT doctors have been accused of holding patients “hostage” at the start of their six-day walkout this morning. The strike will cost thousands of appointments and an estimated £50million daily. Shadow Health
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‘VILE’ BETRAYAL OF GROOMING GANG VICTIMS
A SURVIVOR of a Rochdale grooming gang has branded Keir Starmer’s account of her case “vile” and accused him of using it to help his career. Ruby was raped five days a week from the age of 12 to 15 by a group of Pakistanis, who forced her to get...
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King signs up Beckham for his Chelsea bee team
DAVID Beckham’s No7 Man United shirt inspired part of a Chelsea Flower Show garden that has won the King’s backing. Charles was joined at his Gloucestershire residence Highgrove by Sir David, garden guru Alan Titchmarsh and TV host Frances Tophill to...
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FUNERAL HOME ‘MONSTER SHOULD ROT IN JAIL’
GRIEVING relatives told a “monster” funeral home boss to “rot in jail” after he finally admitted leaving dozens of bodies to decay. Robert Bush duped families with the wrong ashes and took
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FUEL SHORTAGES THREATEN HOLIDAYS ABROAD
MILLIONS of holidays abroad may be at risk amid soaring airfares and jet fuel shortages sparked by the Iran war. Airline chiefs fear that disruption to fuel supplies may strike as soon as next
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TRUMP TELLS UK TO ‘GO GET YOUR OWN OIL’
DONALD Trump told Britain to “go get your own oil” as tensions intensified over the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. The US president singled out the UK as he insisted America’s allies should reopen the vital shipping channel themselves. Fuel prices have...
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LABOUR URGED TO HELP BRITAIN’S DRIVERS NOW
KEIR Starmer has been urged to tackle fuel prices now to help drivers and businesses hit by soaring costs as the Iran crisis continues. Forecourt shortages were reported after crude oil prices spiralled as the Strait of Hormuz was shut. Edmund King,...
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KEMI: MY PLAN WILL CUT BILLS BY £200 A YEAR
KEMI Badenoch has vowed she would scrapVAT on energy bills to save consumers £200 a year. The move is at the heart of flagship plans to shield households from rising costs that were triggered by war in the Middle East. The Tory leader also wants to...
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KICK OUT THIS MONSTER AND DO NOT SPEND A PENNY!
AN Afghan migrant who laughed as he raped a girl of 12 should be deported “immediately”, Nigel Farage has demanded. Reform’s leader called for small boat “monster” Ahmad Mulakhil, pictured, to be sent to Kabul so taxpayers do not have to foot the...
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LABOUR’S ‘BAD CHOICES’ CAUSING LOST JOBS
RACHEL Reeves has choked the economy, critics said as it emerged over 33,000 hospitality firms have shut since her disastrous first Budget. Pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels were especially hard hit by the Chancellor’s hike in employers’ national...
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I WILL PROTECT SAFE SPACES FOR WOMEN
SINGLE-SEX spaces for women will be protected in law under a Conservative government, Kemi Badenoch has promised. The Tory leader accused the Labour government of being too weak to confront “the basic truth of biological sex”. She spoke out as she...
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NO MORE MONEY UNLESS FRENCH FINALLY STOP THE BOATS
MINISTERS are being urged to stop giving France money until it halts migrants’ boats. Reform wants Paris to return £700million Britain has handed over amid a “monstrous” deal to block Channel crossings. Nigel
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‘WE MUST WORK TO ELIMINATE THIS ANCIENT SCOURGE’
MINISTERS were urged to act to stamp out antisemitism after arsonists destroyed four Jewish charity ambulances. Senior Tory Chris Philp said the “ancient scourge” needed tougher
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MIGRANT GANG BOSS MADE AXE THREATS TO KILL
THE UK’S soft-touch approach to illegal migrants came under fire after the Express unmasked a begging gang boss as an axe-wielding thug. Iliuta Gruia, right, was among a group who took over part of Park Lane last year. Our investigation revealed he...
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‘EVENTUALLY WE WILL WIN RIGHT TO DIE BATTLE’
THE assisted dying battle will not end even if peers succeed in blocking the bill, campaigners say. They vowed to bring back the fight in the next parliamentary session if the clock is run down. Lord Charlie Falconer, the bill’s sponsor in the Lords,...
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INFLATION TO RISE IN IRAN WAR ‘SHOCK’
BRITAIN risks a surge in inflation as the Iran war sends oil and gas prices skyhigh, experts warn. It comes as the Bank of England stands ready to ramp up interest rates amid the cost-of-living squeeze. Governor Andrew Bailey said yesterday: “War in...
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NEW ROW OVER WEAKER MIGRANT PLAN
KEIR Starmer’s leadership rivals jockeyed for position last night in a row over whether his migrants crackdown will be watered down. The embattled PM sparked talk of another U-turn as No10 refused to say if his tougher immigration plans will be...
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‘PEOPLE ARE DYING IN HOSPITAL CORRIDORS WITHOUT PAIN RELIEF’
PEOPLE are dying in NHS hospital corridors “without pain relief” as hospices face a funding crisis, say critics. Hospices have had to cut jobs and services, so some patients
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STOP ‘POINTING THE FINGER AT BREXIT’ AND FIX ECONOMY
RACHEL Reeves “would rather point the finger at Brexit” than take the blame for her “poor” economic choices, say critics. The Chancellor will today unveil her plans for “deeper” EU ties. Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride said: “Labour are desperate to...
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VIOLENT THUGS WILL BE KEPT OFF CHILD ABUSE REGISTER
THE mum who won her fight for a national Child Cruelty Register is warning of a loophole that leaves violent thugs off the list. Paula Hudgell says those convicted of ABH or GBH are not to be named under current plans due to fears it would overwhelm...
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GET DRILLING TO STOP SOARING BILLS
KEIR Starmer has been urged to open up the UK’s biggest oil field to stop power bills soaring. Critics say the Iran conflict must be a “wake-up call” for the PM to rethink his existing ban on new North Sea licences. Reform MP Robert Jenrick said that...
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KEMI: IT STINKS OF A COVER-UP BY THIS LYING PM
KEMI Badenoch says there are gaps in the Mandelson files and it “stinks of a cover-up” by Keir Starmer. The Tory chief accused the Prime Minister of suppressing key parts of papers relating to the disgraced peer being made ambassador to the US. Mrs...
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PM WAS WARNED ON ‘REPUTATION RISK’ OF HIRING MANDELSON
SIR Keir Starmer was officially warned over Lord Mandelson’s friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before he made him ambassador to the US, files reveal. The PM was told of a “reputational risk” if he handed the top diplomatic post to the...
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TIME TO STOP ‘CRUEL’ STATE PENSION TAX GRAB
RACHEL Reeves must reverse a “cruel stealth raid” that will make the poorest pensioners pay income tax, the Express demands today. Our new campaign Stop Labour’s Retirement Tax wants immediate action to protect OAPs’ dignity after we revealed that a...
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FREEZE DUTY CALL AS FUEL TO HIT £2 A LITRE
RACHEL Reeves has defied pleas to axe a punishing fuel duty hike amid fears petrol prices could hit £2 a litre. The Chancellor said she will continue with her plan despite the Middle East war
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‘INCOMPETENT STARMER IS KILLING SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP’
KEIR Starmer is accused of wrecking Britain’s “special relationship” with the US after Donald-Trump’s latest blistering attack. The president accused the Prime Minister of trying to “join wars after we’ve already won”. He blasted Sir Keir again for...
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CAMILLA’S PLEA FOR CHILDREN TO ‘GET AWAY’ FROM PHONES
THE Queen wants children to put down their phones and pick up a book. Addressing a sharp decline in pupils’ reading for pleasure, Camilla declared that “to get children reading and writing stories...is so
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‘WE CAN’T STAND BY AND EXPECT OTHERS TO HELP BRITAIN’
BRITAIN must go on the offensive against Iran as “we can’t stand by” and expect other nations to help us, Kemi Badenoch has demanded. The Tory leader warned that allies in the Middle East “think that we’re abandoning them”. British military bases in...
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WEAK, WEAK, WEAK!
KEMI Badenoch last night tore into Sir Keir Starmer’s handling of the Middle East conflict, branding him “weak, weak, weak”. The Tory leader had earlier blasted the under-fire PM for his stance on China and protecting Britain, declaring: “Is it not...
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1 MILLION MORE WILL PAY TAX ON STATE PENSIONS
A MILLION more of the poorest pensioners will have to pay income tax in Labour’s State Pensions stealth raid. Rachel Reeves hugely underestimated the number who will be hit by her income tax threshold freeze, it emerged as the Chancellor delivered her...
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TRUMP IS ‘VERY DISAPPOINTED’ IN SIR KEIR OVER IRAN HELP
KEIR Starmer has been slammed for his “pathetic” response to the Middle East crisis, which critics warn is threatening the UK-US special relationship. They lashed out as Donald Trump condemned the Prime Minister for initially blocking the US from...
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HOW DARE YOU!
D-DAY hero Henry Rice yesterday revealed his “hatred” for vandals who defaced a statue of SirWinston Churchill. The 12ft bronze of the wartime leader sited in Parliament Square, London, was daubed with graffiti including “Zionist war criminal” and a...
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‘NO BACKBONE’ TO SOLVE ILLEGAL MIGRANT CRISIS
LABOUR lacks the backbone to stop the boats, critics claimed after only 6% of Channel migrants were deported last year. Official figures reveal just 2,550 were removed, out of the 41,472 arrivals. And the government is “not on
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JUST SAY NON! DON’T REWARD FRENCH FOR BOATS FAILURE
FRANCE must get no more UK taxpayers’ cash until it stops the boats, ministers have been told. Over 600 migrants crossed the Channel yesterday, it was feared, as research showed
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HALF OF ADULTS AVOID GOING TO GP FOR HELP
MILLIONS went without the healthcare they needed as almost half of adults avoided or delayed contacting a GP last year, a poll reveals. The top reasons people gave for putting off a visit included problems contacting surgeries. Others did not expect...
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PLOT TO BRING JIHADI BRIDE SHAMIMA BACK TO UK
SHAMIMA Begum may be plotting to pay people smugglers to help her return to Britain, astonishing text messages from inside her detention camp claim. The nation’s most famous jihadi bride has been held in Syria since 2019 after Islamic State, which she...
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PM ‘AGREED SYSTEM THAT LET CHILD SEX SUSPECTS OFF WITH WARNING’
KEIR Starmer oversaw the use of “paedophile Asbos” that let suspects off with warnings, the Express can reveal. Our investigation found documents from his time as top prosecutor showing he was “drafting and agreeing” the notices with police...
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82% SAY DITCH ANDREW FROM LINE TO THRONE
A HUGE 82% of the public want Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be cut from the line of succession. As MPs echoed the poll’s verdict, the government said it would consider changing the law once a police probe into the arrested ex-prince is finished. He...
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‘THE LAW MUST TAKE ITS COURSE’
WHAT did the King say to Stella McCartney that made her appear so shocked at the opening of London Fashion Week yesterday? It can’t have been as scandalous as the unwelcome birthday surprise for his brother Andrew, which the monarch seemed determined...
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‘PROOF STARMER DOES NOT CARE’ ABOUT VICTIMS OF RAPE
KEIR Starmer “does not care” about the victims of grooming gangs and has ignored their concerns over a “corrupt” inquiry process, survivors have claimed. Three members of the investigation’s victims and survivors liaison panel resigned last year,...
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‘MILLIONS ARE CRYING OUT FOR REWARD OF HARD WORK’
LABOUR was branded the “silent killer of aspiration” as the jobless rate hit 5.2%. One Tory claimed “millions are crying out for the reward of hard work”
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PM ‘SECRETLY PLOTTING TO LOCK’ US BACK INTO EU
SIR Keir Starmer stands accused of selling out taxpayers by plotting to shackle Britain to the EU with deals that will cost billions to escape. Senior Tories said the PM is planning to return our sovereignty to Brussels while committing a future...
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SWITCH ON THE LIGHTS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER
SWITCHING off street lights at night to save money is putting women and girls at risk, campaigners warn. Pedestrians are also feared to be at greater risk of road collisions when councils dim or switch off lighting between 1am and 5am to cut...
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RECOGNISE OUR HEROES WHO PUT ‘LIVES ON LINE’
A GEORGE Cross hero has backed the Daily Express campaign for a medal to honour emergency workers injured putting their lives on the line. Courageous former police officer Tony Gledhill, 88, is one of only two living
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UK STREETS ARE ‘AWASH’ WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS
DRUG cartels are tightening their grip on the UK because Labour has “lost control of our borders in every direction”. Border Force officers seized 148 tons of narcotics
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