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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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UK ‘COLONISED BY MIGRANTS’ CLAIMS UNITED CHIEF
BRITAIN has been “colonised by immigrants” who cost “too much money”, one of the UK’s richest men has declared. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire part-owner of Manchester United, called for politicians to “show some courage” by slashing migration and...
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LABOUR’S TAXES ARE ‘SHAMEFUL ASSAULT’ ON HIGH STREETS
KEMI Badenoch accused Labour of a “shameful assault” on high streets, amid warnings that small firms face an apocalypse. The Tory leader pledged she would reverse the decline of town centres and kickstart a jobs boom. She vowed to end the scourge of...
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RESIGN NOW! PM ON BRINK AS CALLS TO GO MOUNT
SIR Keir Starmer had to plead for his future as Labour’s Scottish chief joined demands for the Prime Minister to go. Anas Sarwar put the “nail in the coffin” as No10 communications chief Tim Allan quit, a day after chief of staff Morgan McSweeney. The...
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ARE STARMER’S DAYS NUMBERED AS KEY AIDE RESIGNS?
SIR Keir Starmer’s future at No10 was more uncertain than ever as his right-hand man resigned over the Lord Mandelson row. Morgan McSweeney quit as the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, taking full responsibility for his role in Mandelson’s appointment...
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‘DEATH WISH’ TV LICENCE FEE HIKE ‘HURTS’ US ALL
A RISE in the TV licence fee for millions is a “death wish” for the scandal-hit BBC, say MPs. The £5.50 increase to £180 a year was confirmed yesterday despite claims of bias at the broadcaster. Green Party MP Sian Berry warned that “yet another bill...
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DAILY STATINS SAFE FOR MILLIONS MORE TO TAKE
MILLIONS more people can safely be given statins as the cholesterol-busting drugs do not cause most of the side effects blamed on them, experts claim. A landmark study has found “incontrovertible” evidence that statins are not behind conditions such...
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THANK YOU... FOR BACKING CANCER CARE CALL
CANCER patients will get personalised plans to help them cope with the psychological toll of their diagnosis, in a major victory for the Express’s Cancer Care campaign. Health Secretary Wes Streeting – himself a kidney cancer survivor – called the...
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EDWARD’S CALL ‘TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF EVIL EPSTEIN
PRINCE Edward has urged people to “remember the victims” of sick paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke of Edinburgh became the first royal to respond to the latest Epstein Files release in which his brother Andrew features more
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LET’S PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM KNIFE HARM
THE mother of a 15-year-old boy killed by a fellow pupil a year ago today is calling for mandatory knife arches in all schools and colleges. A report into the fatal stabbing of tragic Harvey Willgoose warns that concerns about the killer were not...
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PM WANTS TO ‘REWIND’ FREEDOM BREXIT GAVE US
KEIR Starmer has come under fire for trying to “rewind” Brexit, suggesting voters were tricked into leaving the EU. The PM blamed the 2016 decision on false promises – and took aim at Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK is ahead of Labour in polls. But Mr...
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SOPHIE’S PLEA: DON’T SNATCH HOPE AWAY FROM US
TERMINALLY ill mother Sophie Blake has issued a desperate plea to seven peers blocking the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords. The 52-year-old, who has stage four breast cancer, fears a change in the law will come too late for her if a small...
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KEMI: MY PARTY IS FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS
KEMI Badenoch has blasted “drama queen” defectors to Reform UK as “not serious people”. The Tory leader suggested those joining Nigel Farage’s ranks were motivated by sour grapes. She said: “I’m sorry you didn’t win the leadership contest; I’m sorry...
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QUELLE TOTALE FARCE!
KEIR Starmer’s flagship migrant policy was called a “total farce” as Shabana Mahmood admitted Labour has taken in more people from France than it sent back. The Home Secretary said 350 asylum seekers arrived under the “one-in, one-out” deal in its...
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NOW STOP THE HATE
Despite being born to her skeletal mother Anka in a concentration camp and having 15 of her family murdered by the Nazis, Eva Clarke, 80, is still hopeful for a better future if we stand up to prejudice and tackle rising antisemitism
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LABOUR WAR AS STARMER BLOCKS BURNHAM BID TO BE MP
KEIR Starmer today faces his biggest Labour civil war yet, after he blocked Andy Burnham from trying to become an MP again. The party’s National Executive Committee yesterday voted 8-1 to reject the Manchester mayor’s bid to stand in a city...
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‘WHAT A BLOODY CHEEK!’
FURIOUS relatives of British troops killed in Afghanistan have railed against Donald Trump for diminishing their sacrifice by claiming Nato allies “stayed a little back” from the front line. They demanded Sir Keir Starmer stand up to the US president...
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BRITAIN NEEDS BETTER CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS
CHARITIES, campaigners and the Express today urge ministers to ensure mental health is a key part of the long-awaited National Cancer Plan. A blueprint to improve care is due out next month – but Express reporter Robert Fisk, pictured, who is living...
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OUR STRUGGLING PUBS WILL FACE YEARS OF TAX RISES
RACHEL Reeves was accused of “costing Britain jobs” after it emerged that our struggling pubs face years of huge tax rises. Tories said the Chancellor, below, is “shutting up shop” in the nation’s high streets. Meanwhile the Treasury admitted that tax...
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PM ‘OUT OF HIS DEPTH IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER’
KEMI Badenoch said Sir Keir Starmer is “out of his depth” on the world stage after Donald Trump humiliated the PM over his surrender of the Chagos Islands. The Tory leader said the US president was “dead right” to accuse him of “great stupidity” for...
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‘WE WILL NEVER BE SILENCED FOR TELLING TRUTH’
THESE defiant nurses are uniting and refusing to be silenced amid an NHS “witch-hunt” against women. One may be struck off today for “misgendering” a paedophile patient, despite a court ruling a woman is defined by biological sex. But Jennifer Melle...
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FEARS TRUMP’S TARIFFS THREAT WILL RIP NATO APART
DONALD Trump’s tariff threats to those opposing his bid to take over Greenland “risk a dangerous downward spiral” that could rip Nato apart, Europe warned. Russia yesterday hailed the “collapse of the transatlantic union” after the US president...
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JENRICK JOINS REFORM WITH BLAST AT ‘ROTTEN’ TORIES
ROBERT Jenrick has dramatically defected to Reform UK after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch, as the battle for the Right of British politics exploded into open warfare. Mr Jenrick unleashed excoriating attacks on Tories he had left behind as he joined...
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TELL TRUTH ON ‘FANTASY’ COST OF NET ZERO PUSH
ED Miliband’s net zero project could land the taxpayer with a huge bill of £9trillion, a report has claimed. Officials have deliberately and consistently underestimated the cost of heat pumps, renewables and electric vehicles, according to the paper...
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PHARMACIES IN CRISIS AFTER LABOUR’S TAX RAID
LABOUR’S high street tax grab will hurt patients as more pharmacies are driven out of business, the Chancellor is warned. More than 650 closed in England and Wales last year, and many others could follow amid hikes in business rates and employers’...
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CHEERS! IT’S YET ANOTHER ‘TOO LATE’ U-TURN FROM PM
PLANS to ease huge business rates rises on pubs are “too little, too late”, claimTories. Sir Keir Starmer’s latest U-turn, after climbdowns
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BRITAIN TO BE HIT BY MAJOR SNOW STORM BLAST
THE big freeze is set to take a stormy turn with blizzards bringing chaos across the UK. Met Office forecasters warned of a rare “multi-hazard” event lashing the nation with wind, snow and rain as Storm Goretti sweeps in. Up to eight inches of snow...
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NEW WARNING OVER ‘HIDDEN’ DANGER OF SALT IN DIET
MILLIONS of us are risking our health by eating too much salt. The average workingage Brit has as much as there is in 155 packets of crisps every week. But most of it is “hidden” in everyday foods such as bread, cereals and ready meals, making it...
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FEARS STARMER IS PLOTTING A ‘FULL-BLOWN BREXIT BETRAYAL’
SIR KEIR Starmer has been accused of betraying Brexit by edging closer to the EU single market. Angry MPs hit out as he insisted Britain should “go further” in strengthening ties with Brussels. Reform UK’s Richard Tice warned: “When the Prime...
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GET A GRIP ON SOCIAL CARE CRISIS
A CRISIS in social care meant more than 6,000 people died as they waited to hear if they would be given urgently needed help. The toll highlights the delays faced by adults who seek support. Campaigners accused ministers of failing to act, after a...
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LET THEM HEAR THE TRUTH TO STOP MILLIONS MORE SUFFERING
DAME Esther Rantzen is urging the public to help the assisted dying bill by writing to peers who oppose it. Members of the House of Lords must be reminded of the “pain and suffering” dying people will endure if the landmark legislation fails,
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MEDDLING EURO JUDGES TAKE ON SHAMIMA CASE
SHAMIMA Begum’s UK return bid was revived as Strasbourg judges challenged Britain’s stance on the jihadi bride. Her lawyers welcomed the “opportunity” as the European Court of Human Rights demanded the
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FURY AS STARMER REFUSES TO DEPORT EGYPTIAN ‘EXTREMIST’
FURY has erupted over Keir Starmer’s refusal to deport an activist accused of spouting antisemitic and racist abuse. Dual-national Alaa Abd El-Fattah – whose return to the UK from Egypt was celebrated by the Prime Minister – branded Britons “dogs and...
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NEW CARE HOME INSPECTION PLANS ‘PUT RESIDENTS AT RISK’
THOUSANDS of care home residents could be put at risk under a shake-up of inspections. Campaigners warn some services might go for up to 10 years without being fully assessed amid changes to how the Care Quality Commission
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CRIMINALS OUT FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER EARLY RELEASE
MORE than 8,000 criminals were freed to enjoy Christmas at home – thanks to Labour’s early release scheme, figures show. Some 8,269 inmates who had been sentenced to at least two years in jail were let loose between January and June. This included...
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FIGHT GOES ON TO COMPLETELY SCRAP FARM RAID
FARMERS will fight on following Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the “cruel and immoral” inheritance tax raid. The Prime Minister watered down Rachel Reeves’ cash grab in a surprise U-turn yesterday, following a passionate backlash from rural...
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LET’S ALL BACK BRITAIN’S ‘VIBRANT’ HIGH STREETS
POST Offices will lead the comeback of vibrant high streets following a revamp next year, bosses promise. Branches are set to increasingly fill the void left by banks closing, and will offer services from advice for small businesses to prescription...
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‘PUT MONSTERS WHO ARE CRUEL TO CHILDREN ON A REGISTER’
CHILD abuse monsters should be named on a national register to save lives and spare victims’ suffering, a campaigner has demanded. Paula Hudgell, whose adopted son Tony was horrifically injured by his birth parents, warned that abusers currently think...
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ROBOT SURGERY REVOLUTION TO SAVE NHS MILLIONS
ROBOT surgery is set to save the NHS millions by slashing recovery time for urgent operations and freeing up beds in a care revolution. Surgeons will control instru
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VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
THE thrifty Prince and Princess of Wales recycled a spring photoshoot for their Christmas card this year. William, Catherine and their three children posed among the daffodils at Sandringham in April for Josh Shinner. The Waleses dressed down in...
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STAND UP TO THE UNIONS ...BAN DOCTORS STRIKES
KEMI Badenoch has called on the Prime Minister to “show some backbone” and ban doctors from striking. The Conservative leader condemned the government for “failing patients”, as health chiefs warned the damaging
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RECOGNISE THE BRAVE HEROES INJURED IN LINE OF DUTY
FORMER PC Pam White, hit by the IRA Harrods bomb that killed three colleagues 42 years ago today, wants ministers to at last honour injured 999 heroes. Three civilians also died as the blast ripped through crowds of Christmas
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FARMERS WILL TAKE OWN LIVES TO AVOID ‘CRUEL’ TAX
KEIR Starmer was attacked yesterday for refusing to drop his “cruel” tax raid on farmers despite warnings that some may kill themselves. Reports claim some elderly and terminally ill farm owners are considering taking their own lives before the...
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THE HERO OF BONDI BEACH
A HEROIC passer-by disarmed a gunman as a father-and-son terror attack on a Jewish festival left at least 16 people dead at Sydney’s Bondi Beach yesterday. Fearless Ahmed al-Ahmed “saved many lives” after launching himself at one shooter who opened...
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GOOD NEWS BY STICKING TO DOCTOR’S ORDERS
THE King has announced a welcome milestone in his cancer recovery, which he credits to following doctor’s orders. Charles, 77, shared his good news for Christmas, revealing his treatment can be reduced in the new year. In an emotional video message,...
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STOP ‘RECKLESS’ STRIKES AS NHS FIGHTS SUPER FLU
DOCTORS are under mounting pressure to abandon their “reckless” strikes as the NHS faces a “worst-case scenario” with rocketing flu cases. The number of patients in hospital with so-called “super flu” soared to
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THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH BREXIT!
KEIR Starmer was accused of “handing our country over” to Brussels as Rachel Reeves became the latest Cabinet minister to hint at joining an EU customs union. Nigel Farage said the PM has stopped pretending he accepts the Brexit vote
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‘How many more sexual assaults will it take until this government does something to stop our women and girls being thrown to the wolves?’
IN full public view, two teenage Afghan asylum seekers dragged a terrified 15-year-old girl away from her friends to a secluded spot where they brutally raped her and forced her to perform a sex act. If these horrifying details offend – then I’m...
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