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‘MONSTER’ WILL BE FREE TO WALK STREETS ALONE
POLICE surveillance of the Madeleine McCann prime suspect has been halted by a German court. Christian Brueckner, 48, who branded himself a “monster”, is free to roam
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KEMI: RESTORE COMMON SENSE TO PUBLIC SERVICES
KEMI Badenoch will today unveil plans to replace equality rules with “common sense”. An end to “box ticking” would see public sector staff focus on their jobs
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BRITAIN WON’T SEND US BACK, BOAST CRIMINALS
DANGEROUS criminals thrown out of EU nations are crossing the Channel because they “won’t be sent back” from England. In a migrant camp on the outskirts of Dunkirk an Iranian man told an undercover reporter that he was coming to Britain to commit...
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NEVER FORGET
FIGHTING back tears on the beach he last saw soaked in the blood of fallen comrades 82 years ago on D-Day, hero Paul Terry says: “Please, never forget our sacrifice.” The 100-year-old veteran wanted to be in Normandy for today’s anniversary, knowing...
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KATE SHARES IN MUM’S JOY
THE Princess of Wales claps with joy as young mum Claire Lorente “rings the bell” at the end of cancer treatment. Catherine congratulated a surprised Claire, 30, as she marked the emotional chemotherapy milestone yesterday at The Christie hospital in...
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POLICE CHIEF APOLOGY FOR HENRY NOWAK TRAGEDY
THE head of the police force that handcuffed dying Henry Nowak said he is “genuinely sorry” but denied that it was two-tier policing. Alexis Boon admitted that footage of Henry, 18, being arrested after he was stabbed by Sikh stranger Vickrum Digwa...
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KEMI FURY AT ‘WHITE LIVES MATTER’ COMMENT
ANGRY Kemi Badenoch hit out at Nigel Farage for declaring “white lives matter just as much as black lives” amid uproar over the knife murder of student Henry Nowak. The Tory chief called for equality and accused Reform UK’s leader of “reinforcing the...
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‘EVERY MEETING I HAVE IS: WHO CAN BE TAXED TO PAY BENEFITS’
LABOUR’S obsession with raising taxes to pay for benefits has been exposed in black and white by senior Cabinet minister Pat McFadden. He told Peter Mandelson: “Every meeting I have is, ‘Who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’. They’re...
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CANCER HOPE FOR MILLIONS AS DRUG DOUBLES SURVIVAL
A DAILY pill can almost double survival times for patients with the deadliest common cancer – in a breakthrough hailed as a treatment revolution. Pancreatic cancer sufferers on the drug lived for twice as long as those on chemotherapy. The...
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FURY AS GERMAN POLICE FAIL TO WATCH MADELEINE SUSPECT
POLICE are failing to shadow Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner around the clock, worried neighbours claim. The paedophile has settled in Kiel, Germany, since leaving prison – and campaigners say he has more official protection than...
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JEWISH PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE ON BRITISH STREETS
TWO shock incidents of antisemitic intimidation were last night blamed for the “erasure of Jews and Jewish culture from Britain’s public space”. British Museum chiefs were accused of “running scared” after they postponed a Jewish history lecture when...
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TIME TO SCRAP ED’S NET ZERO ‘FANTASY’
TONY Blair has attacked Ed Miliband’s net zero “fantasy” as households are warned of a huge hike in energy bills. The former Labour prime minister said the immediate crisis of rising costs and energy demand should be the focus
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STEP UP KEIR TO STOP KIDS DYING
A GRIEVING mum urged Keir Starmer to act now on social media restrictions for under-16s to stop more deaths. She was one of a group of parents who went to No10 with photos of their kids whose deaths they believe were linked to harmful content. Ellen...
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‘MIGRANTS WILL GET HALF OF ALL NEW HOMES’
MIGRANT demand for housing has cancelled out almost half the new homes built since Labour came to power, damning figures show. It has piled pressure on an already inadequate supply and put the dream of home ownership increasingly out of reach for...
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CRIMINALS ARE TAKING OVER OUR HIGH STREETS
VIOLENT criminal gangs are taking over high streets using a number of “Turkish barbers” and vape shops as brazen fronts for illegal activities, experts have warned. An explosion of “dodgy” shops has transformed routine inspections of suspicious...
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‘PEOPLE NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY DID NOT ACT’
A RAPE gang victim abused from the age of 12 wants the police and care staff who failed her to face a criminal probe. “Girl One” said that otherwise the grooming gangs inquiry was “pointless”, adding: “People need to explain why they didn’t act.”...
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STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BREXIT QUESTION ANDY!
ANDY Burnham legs it when asked about Brexit – as his stance on the EU haunts his bid for No10. The wannabe Prime Minister
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NO THANK YOU TO ANOTHER PM WHO DOES NOT BACK WOMEN
LABOUR leader hopeful Andy Burnham has “serious questions to answer” over his views on singlesex spaces, MPs insist. The Greater Manchester
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ENERGY BILLS TO SOAR BY £200 IN ‘ANOTHER FAILED PROMISE’
KEMI Badenoch says a £200 leap in energy bills is “another failed promise” by Labour. The Tory chief also hit out at Keir Starmer as the jobless rate rose to 5%, while vacancies dived to a five-year low. She claimed that ministers are more interested...
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BRITONS WANT TO KEEP PENSION TRIPLE LOCK
BRITAIN has given an emphatic thumbs-up to the pension triple lock amid calls for it to be axed. Two thirds want to retain the state financial guarantee – boosting an Express crusade to save the policy. Almost half (44%) of 18 to 34-yearolds want the...
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‘VOTERS ARE NOT FOOLS AND DESERVE HONESTY’
NIGEL Farage has claimed that Andy Burnham will betray Brexit voters “as he positions himself for power”. Reform UK’s leader said the Makerfield by-election which Mr Burnham hopes will catapult him into No10 ahead of Labour rivals is “a flashpoint in...
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FARAGE: WE WILL GIVE HIM A VERY NASTY SHOCK
NIGEL Farage vowed to give Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham “a very nasty shock” by ending his hopes of returning to Parliament. The Reform UK leader yesterday pledged to “throw everything we can” at the Makerfield by-election, which Mr...
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‘WHERE WE NEED VISION, WE HAVE A VACUUM’
LABOUR was plunged into civil war last night as Wes Streeting quit the Cabinet and Andy Burnham was gifted a potential way back to topple Keir Starmer. MP Josh Simons said he would give up his Wigan seat to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to...
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FINALLY, A MOVE TO BRING DOWN ‘ZOMBIE’ KEIR?
WES Streeting is poised to resign today and try to bring down Keir Starmer. The Health Secretary, above, is set to pounce as one source said: “We now have a zombie
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FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR COUNTRY GO NOW!
FOR the good of the nation and the millions of people he represents, this Prime Minister must resign. Every single minute he spends holed up inside No10, desperately trying to cling on to power, is vital time wasted that would be better served...
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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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