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STARMER’S DERELICTION OF DUTY
KEIR Starmer was accused of a ‘dereliction of duty’ last night after No10 admitted he did not speak to Peter Mandelson before making him US ambassador. Downing Street said there was ‘no requirement’ for the PM to interview the disgraced peer before...
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KEMI: PM’S ‘TOLD LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE’
KEMI Badenoch yesterday accused Keir Starmer of lying about Peter Mandelson’s appointment, amid growing claims of a cover-up. The Tory leader demanded a sleaze inquiry into whether Sir Keir misled MPS over the disastrous decision to appoint Mandelson...
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NOT FIT TO LEAD THE COUNTRY
KEIR Starmer was facing fresh questions about his judgment last night after handing Peter Mandelson a pay-off worth double what he was entitled to. Downing Street agreed a ‘special severance package’ worth £75,000 for the disgraced Labour grandee...
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BAN PRO-IRAN HATE MARCH
THE Home Secretary was under intense pressure last night to ban a pro-iranian rally in London this weekend. As a Labour minister said the Al Quds ‘hate’ march had no place in British society, 100 MPS and peers told Shabana Mahmood that it would...
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TRUMP: IRAN WAR IS ‘PRETTY MUCH’ OVER
DONALD Trump last night vowed war in the Middle East was ‘pretty much’ over. He claimed the American-israeli operation launched ten days ago was ‘very far’ ahead of schedule. The American President even described the massive US and Israeli onslaught...
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FOUR Strictly stars get the cha-cha-chop
STRICTLY pro Nadiya Bychkova has been dropped as the BBC tries to ‘completely refresh’ the show after scandals and the departure of presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The glamorous dancer, 35, had been on Strictly Come Dancing for eight years...
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TERROR FEARS OVER ‘IRANIAN LONDON SPY CELL’
AN ALLEGED Iranian spy ring was smashed by British police yesterday. Amid warnings that many more cells may be preparing ‘potentially violent operations’ in Britain, counter-terrorism officers arrested four men with Iranian and dual British-iranian...
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STARMER TAKES THE GREAT OUT OF BRITAIN DESPERATE AND DELUDED We can’t put a warship to sea. Trump’s frozen him out. Our nation’s a laughing stock. But PM insists he IS in control
KEIR Starmer was branded delusional last night after insisting he has a grip on the Middle East crisis. At an emergency press conference, the Prime Minister claimed he was delivering ‘calm, level-headed leadership’. But his relationship with Britain’s...
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LABOUR ENSNARED IN CHINA SPY PROBE
LABOUR was plunged into a fresh China spying crisis yesterday after an MP’S husband was arrested. Lobbyist David Taylor, who is married to Labour MP Joani Reid, was held by Scotland Yard on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence...
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A prime minister who Trump mocks as ‘no Churchill’ and a Navy fleet stranded in port
DONALD Trump last night launched another withering attack on Keir Starmer, dismissing him as ‘no Churchill’. In a major blow to the Special Relationship, the US President said he was ‘not happy with the UK’ and branded it ‘very, very uncooperative’
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Rebecca plays a Blinder at Peaky premiere
A SHINY new addition to the Peaky Blinders cast needs a dress to match. Rebecca Ferguson made sure she dazzled at last night’s premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man in a £4,350 gold, lace-trimmed gown from Italian designer Roberto Cavalli. She...
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UK draws up rescue plan for Britons trapped in Gulf states
OFFICIALS are planning to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Britons as fires raged across the Gulf last night. After the US air strikes on Tehran, and Iran’s suicide-drone revenge attacks on tourist hot-spots including Dubai, 94,000 British citizens...
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Police urged to probe ‘family voting fraud’ in sectarian by-election
POLICE were last night urged to investigate ‘clear evidence’ of voter fraud in the Manchester by-election. Amid warnings that Britain is ‘sleepwalking into sectarian politics’, plumber Hannah Spencer cruised to victory for the Greens in the previously...
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Soham killer close to death after being battered with metal pole
SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley was clinging to life last night after a vicious ambush by an inmate in a prison workshop. The monster, who killed ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, is believed to have been bludgeoned around the head...
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IS PRINCE OF DARKNESS UP TO HIS OLD SPIN TRICKS?
SCOTLAND Yard made an extraordinary apology to the Commons Speaker yesterday as a row broke out over Peter Mandelson’s arrest. Detectives told lawyers for Mandelson that Sir Lindsay Hoyle had tipped them off about claims the peer was planning to flee...
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Greens plan to hand illegal migrants free house, a wage and NHS care
ILLEGAL migrants would be given a free house and paid a wage with no requirement to work under the Green Party’s immigration policy. Zack Polanski plans to let arrivals use the NHS for free the moment they enter Britain. And they will be allowed to...
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NOW MANDELSON FACES THE MUSIC
PETER Mandelson was in a police cell last night after being arrested at his London home. The disgraced former minister was led away by detectives over allegations that he leaked sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during his...
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William says he’s ‘not in calm state’ amid Andrew arrest drama
PRINCE William last night admitted he was ‘not in a calm state’ as the extraordinary Andrew drama engulfs the Royal Family. Making his first public appearance since the sensational arrest of his uncle, William accompanied wife Kate to the Bafta awards...
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POLICE TELL ANDREW’S BODYGUARDS: REVEAL WHAT YOU KNOW
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor’s police protection officers have been ordered to tell detectives everything they know. Scotland Yard last night told staff closest to the disgraced former prince to ‘consider carefully anything they saw or heard’ while...
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DOWNFALL
A HAGGARD Andrew Mountbatten-windsor was driven away from a police station last night following his arrest that shocked the world. After being held for 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the stunnedlooking former prince was released...
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BRITAIN FACES ‘1936 MOMENT’, DEFENCE CHIEFS WARN PM
MILITARY and spy chiefs last night demanded Sir Keir Starmer commit to doubling defence spending as they warned Britain faces a ‘1936 moment’. In an unprecedented intervention, the group urged the Prime Minister to increase military investment to 5...
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Pressure piles on Andrew as FOURTH police force probes Epstein claims
PRESSURE mounted on Andrew Mountbat- ten-windsor last night as another police probe was launched into claims linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in the UK. Essex Police became the fourth force in recent days to confirm that it was examining...
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STARMER FORCED TO FACE WRATH OF VOTERS
KEIR Starmer faced new humiliation last night after he was forced by Nigel Farage to abandon controversial plans to cancel elections for millions. In the 14th major U-turn of the Prime Minister’s torrid time in office, ministers announced that...
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SO WHAT ARE THE POLICE WAITING FOR?
POLICE were last night facing mounting calls to launch a full investigation into Andrew Mountbattenwindsor’s role as the UK’S trade envoy. Senior political figures called for a criminal probe into fresh allegations that the disgraced royal abused his...
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MANDELSON’S ‘GHOST FLIGHTS’ ON OLIGARCH JET
PETER Mandelson took ‘ghost flights’ on a Russian oligarch’s private jet to a summit with Vladimir Putin when he was EU trade commissioner, the Daily Mail reveals today. The now-disgraced peer accepted luxury flights aboard a Gulfstream jet controlled...
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LABOUR OPENS DOOR TO TRANS CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
LABOUR last night opened the door to primary school children changing their gender. Long-awaited trans guidance for schools finally arrived yesterday, having been watered down from previous Tory proposals. Instructions drawn up by now Tory leader...
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LABOUR WOMEN’S FURY OVER SECOND PAEDOPHILE CRISIS
The Prime Minister was skewered in the Commons over his decision to hand a peerage to his former communications chief, Matthew Doyle – despite knowing he had stayed friends with a Labour councillor charged with child-sex offences. Lord Doyle’s...
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TEEN HELD FOR ‘TERROR STABBING’ OF BOYS , 12 AND 13 , IN CLASS
A BOY of 13 launched a stabbing rampage in a school yesterday, leaving two children fighting for their lives in a suspected terror attack. In the middle of a classroom just before lunch, a teenager pulled out a knife and stabbed a 13-year-old boy in...
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CABINET BOUNCED INTO GIVING PM STAY OF EXECUTION
KEIR Starmer was clinging to power last night after the Cabinet gave him a late stay of execution. The Prime Minister was rocked when the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar dramatically called on him to resign for the good of the country in the wake...
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SO HOW LONG CAN STARMER CLING ON?
KEIR Starmer’s premiership was in freefall last night after his right-hand man walked the plank over the Mandelson scandal. Downing Street chief of staff Morgan Mcsweeney quit over his part in the disastrous appointment of Peter Mandelson as US...
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Police knock on door of Mandelson’s £12m London home — and remove boxes of evidence
SCOTLAND Yard swooped on Peter Mandelson’s two homes yesterday. Police probing allegations of misconduct in public office raided his £12million London house and rented farmhouse in Wiltshire. As the Epstein scandal continued to engulf the Government,...
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RAYNER: I’M READY TO GO
ANGELA Rayner has told friends she is ‘ready’ to launch a leadership campaign – as Labour MPS warned Keir Starmer that his premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’. The former deputy prime minister, who has quietly amassed a £1million war chest, gave Sir...
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STARMER IN GRAVE PERIL AS RAYNER TWISTS KNIFE
KEIR Starmer’s premiership was in grave peril last night after Angela Rayner led a Labour revolt against his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal. In a dramatic move, the former deputy prime minister forced Sir Keir into a climbdown over the...
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Evidence that damns Labour’s Dark Lord
SCOTLAND Yard began a full criminal investiga- tion into Peter Mandelson last night The move followed more damning revelations about the ex-labour grandee’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. While he was a Cabinet minister, the former spin...
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LABOUR'S DARK LORD NOW FACES A CRIMINAL INQUIRY...
PETER Mandelson was last night facing a police probe after being accused of leaking ‘market sensitive’ information to Jeffrey Epstein while in government. Scotland Yard is reviewing revelations that the architect of New Labour passed on highly...
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EPSTEIN FILES EXCLUSIVE ANDREW IN NEW EPSTEIN LEGAL THREAT
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor faces a new legal threat after a second woman alleged that Jeffrey Epstein flew her to Britain for sex. The unnamed woman says she was taken to Buckingham Palace for tea afterwards. Her US lawyer last night issued an...
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Andrew invited paedophile to Palace a month after his release
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor invited Jeffrey Epstein to dinner at Buckingham Palace days after his house arrest ended. The former prince promised ‘lots of privacy’ to the convicted paedophile shortly after he was granted his freedom
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IS THAT IT?
KEIR Starmer will leave China virtually empty- handed, despite his craven kowtowing, critics said last night. The Prime Minister comes away with only warm words and marginal deals, having flown 5,000 miles with the promise of ‘history-making’ talks...
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COUNTDOWN TO CONFLAGRATION
DONALD Trump last night issued a chilling threat to Iran: make a nuclear deal or face an overwhelming military onslaught. As the US President’s ‘beautiful armada’ of warships moved into position, the Tehran regime said any attack would be ‘an act of...
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REEVES PUTS NAIL IN COFFIN OF HIGH ST
LABOUR’S botched business rates U-turn was branded ‘too little, too late’ last night, amid warnings of a high street meltdown. Rachel Reeves is facing a growing backlash after temporary help on business rates was restricted to pubs, leaving thousands...
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BURNHAM REBELLION GROWING
PRESSURE on Keir Starmer intensified last night as the backlash to his decision to block Andy Burnham continued to grow. One Labour MP called for the Prime Minister to ‘consider his position’ while more than 50 put their names to a letter critical of...
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LAME DUCK STARMER HAS ONLY HASTENED HIS DEMISE
KEIR Starmer was warned last night that the by-election block on Andy Burnham has made it more likely he will face a leadership challenge. On a dramatic day yesterday, the Prime Minister was accused of running scared after personally leading efforts...
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NOW TRUMP DELAYS CHAGOS SURRENDER
SIR KEIR Starmer pulled his deal to surrender the Chagos Islands last night. Just days after Donald Trump blasted the UK for ‘an act of great stupidity’ in signing the strategically important archipelago away, Labour withdrew the legislation from a...
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DOES ANDY BURNHAM HAVE THE BOTTLE?
LABOUR was descending into civil war last night as Andy Burnham was offered a route map towards replacing Keir Starmer. Disgraced former minister Andrew Gwynne yesterday ended months of speculation by confirming he is standing down from his Greater...
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TRUMP: I’ve struck a deal for my big, beautiful piece of ice
DONALD Trump last night dropped his threat to invade Greenland following a furious bust-up with Britain and other Nato allies. Speaking after talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte, the US President said he had agreed ‘the framework of a future deal’...
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BROOKLYN: THE TOXIC FALLOUT
The REAL inside story of what went on at wedding that tore Beckhams apart KATIE HIND ‘Inappropriate’ dancing? How CAN any son be so cruel to his own mother SARAH VINE David’s been left ‘ashen’. But this is why Brooklyn felt he HAD to go nuclear...
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BROOKLYN GOES NUCLEAR
■ Beckham son launches astonishing attack on his ‘controlling’ parents ■ Claims they put family ‘brand’ above everything ■ Says mum ‘humiliated’ him with ‘inappropriate’ first dance at his wedding
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NATO NOW ‘HEADING FOR DISASTER’ IN TRUMP ROW
KEIR Starmer last night confronted Donald Trump over his extraordinary threat to seize Greenland. In an unprecedented rebuke amid warnings Nato was ‘heading for disaster’, he told the US President his proposal to impose tariffs on those willing to...
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LABOUR IS TOLD: NOW PROTECT ALL WOMEN
THE Darlington nurses last night urged ministers to stop ‘dragging their heels’ over national guidance on single-sex spaces. In a landmark tribunal decision, a judge ruled NHS bosses had ‘violated the dignity’ of the eight female nurses, who won their...
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SHAMELESS
■ A scathing report condemns West Midlands Police’s lies over its decision to ban Israeli football fans ■ The Home Secretary declares she’s lost confidence in under-fire Chief Constable Craig Guildford ■ But, astonishingly, he refuses to quit and the...
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FURY OVER LABOUR PAYOUT TO HERMER’S GUANTANAMO CLIENT
A TERROR suspect who was represented by Keir Starmer’s law chief has been handed a ‘substantial’ payout by the UK, sparking outrage last night. Abu Zubaydah, who has been detained by the US authorities since his capture in 2002 in the wake of 9/11,...
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SUPER-STRONG CANNABIS ON PRESCRIPTION
THOUSANDS of Britons are being prescribed superstrength cannabis for anxiety and depression. Despite experts warning of the dangers, private clinics are handing it out after just one video consultation and boast the powerful drug can be ‘delivered...
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PUB U-TURN’S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
LABOUR is gearing up for another humiliating U-turn – as ministers last night signalled a climbdown on tax hikes for pubs. Mutinous Labour MPS were told that Rachel Reeves will announce a package of emergency help within days in a bid to head off a...
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POLICE BLUNDER TO DEFY BELIEF
BUNGLING police told the parents of a teenager he had died in a car crash days before Christmas – when he was actually alive in hospital. It took officers three weeks to realise that they had mixed up the identity of survivor Trevor Wynn, 17, with his...
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GREENLAND RAID WILL FINISH NATO, TRUMP IS WARNED
DONALD Trump was last night warned that any attempt to seize Greenland would spell the end of Nato. The US President has hinted that the minerals-rich island could be next on his hit list following a dramatic raid on Venezuela at the weekend. In a...
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PM FACES REVOLT BY LABOUR’S MADURO APOLOGISTS
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to describe the capture of president Nicolas Maduro as an illegal act in breach of international law. But he is under increasing pressure from Left-wing hardliners – who have already forced him to backtrack on major...
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GIRL FROM UK SCHOOL MISSING IN SWISS FIRE
A SCHOOLGIRL educated in Britain is among dozens missing following the Swiss ski bar inferno that killed at least 47. Charlotte Niddam, 15, babysat for pocket money in Crans-montana but has not been heard from since the fire in the early hours of New...
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CHAMPAGNE SPARKLERS BLAMED FOR INFERNO THAT COST 47 LIVES
A SPARKLER in a champagne bottle is believed to have caused a Swiss ski bar inferno that killed at least 47 revellers yesterday. Families face an agonising wait to find out whether loved ones died in the early hours at Le Constellation in...
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DIGITAL IDS FOR BABIES
NEWBORNS could be allocated digital IDS in a ‘sinister’ expansion of the controversial policy. Ministers have privately raised the prospect of issuing the new technology to children at birth, along with the ‘red book’ of health records given to new...
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Police facing ruin from Labour’s ‘soft justice crimewave’
LABOUR’S soft justice reforms will unleash a crimewave, pushing some forces to the brink of bankruptcy, warn police chiefs. Top brass are bracing for reoffending ‘horror stories’ when resources become so stretched that predatory criminals are left...
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‘EXTREMIST’ IS STILL WELCOME IN UK, SAYS STARMER
DOWNING Street faced a furious backlash last night after saying a controversial Egyptian dissident was ‘welcome’ in Britain. No 10 defended Keir Starmer’s handling of the case of Alaa Abd El-fattah, amid calls for him to be stripped of his British...
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Kemi: I don’t want people who hate our country coming here
KEMI Badenoch today calls for the deporta- tion of an Egyptian dissident, declaring: ‘I do not want people who hate Britain coming to our country.’ Writing in the Daily Mail, the Tory leader says Alaa Abd El-fattah – whose arrival in the UK was...
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‘GHOST’ NUMBER PLATES SCANDAL
NUMBER plates invisible to road cameras are being sold by Dvla-registered suppliers, the Daily Mail has found. Up to one in 15 cars could have ‘ghost plates’ designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Britain’s...
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REEVES’£1BN BOXING DAY SALES SLUMP
LABOUR has been accused of sounding a £1billion death knell to the High Street, with shoppers expected to shun today’s Boxing Day sales. Struggling retailers will lose out on the much-needed revenue as consumer confidence collapses amid Rachel Reeves’...
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STARMER’S HUMILIATING U-TURN ON FARM TAX
KEIR Starmer yesterday watered down the family farm tax in yet another humiliating capitulation to his backbenchers. The threshold at which inheritance tax will apply to farmers will more than double from £1million to £2.5million, halving the number...
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Ex-councillor ‘drugged and raped wife with other men’
A FORMER Tory councillor is due in court today charged with drugging and raping his ex-wife for 13 years. Business consultant Philip Young, a father-of-three, will appear before magistrates alongside five other men, all accused of carrying out sex...
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ALBANIAN KINGPIN SMUGGLING CRIMINALS OUT OF UK
CRIMINAL migrants are avoiding justice by being smuggled out of the UK in lorries. A Daily Mail investigation found an Albanian, who should be behind bars himself, running a network helping crooks flee for £2,500. The mastermind brazenly operates his...
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Shops suffer disastrous December after £30bn Budget tax raid REEVES RUINS CHRISTMAS
RACHEL Reeves was accused of ruining Christmas for retailers as her Budget drives shoppers away from high streets. Customers scarred by the Chancellor’s £30billion tax raid are keeping their purse strings tight, figures show. After Black Friday sales...
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LABOUR’S RUNNING SCARED OF VOTERS
KEIR Starmer was last night accused of ‘running scared of the voters’ as he paved the way to cancel elections across the country. In an extraordinary move, Labour invited 63 councils to postpone next year’s local elections, which are widely seen as a...
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£6BN COST OF STARMER’S NEW BID TO SUCK UP TO BRUSSELS
SIR Keir Starmer was last night accused of ‘throwing billions away’ to reverse Brexit. The Prime Minister signed up to an EU education scheme at treble the previous cost. His ministers defended the bill for rejoining the Erasmus scheme – which could...
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FREE BBC IF YOU LIVE ON BENEFITS ST
MIDDLE-CLASS families face paying more to watch the BBC to help fund free licences for benefit claimants in plans unveiled yesterday. Favourites such as Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors could be placed behind a paywall and advertising introduced...
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DRIVERS WRONGLY FINED IN SPEED CAMERA SCANDAL
THOUSANDS of innocent drivers have been clocked for speeding due to a fault with every speed camera on smart motorways in the UK, the Daily Mail can reveal. In a scandal which could cost the Government millions in compensation, there has been a glitch...
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HERO OF THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE
THE hero who disarmed a gunman during the anti-semitic rampage in Sydney that killed 15 has been praised for saving countless lives. Fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, risked his life to wrestle with the terrorist and help bring the attack on Bondi...
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CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR CHARLES IN HIS CANCER FIGHT
THE King last night revealed he had received a major boost in his cancer battle, describing it as a ‘personal blessing’. In an unprecedented video message, Charles, 77, said his treatment will be significantly scaled back in the New Year. A...
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MINISTER: BRITAIN’S ON A WAR FOOTING
BRITAIN was told to prepare for armed conflict with Russia last night. Armed Forces minister Al Carns said the country was on a ‘war footing’ and warned that the ‘shadow of war was at Europe’s door’. His chilling message came as Mark Rutte, secretary...
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