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PM turns on Donald Trump in strongest criticism yet - 'UK will not yield' Keir Starmer tells MPs Donald Trump hit out at the Chagos Islands deal for the 'express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland...

Keir Starmer says Trump used words on Chagos Island "for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland".

"He wants me to yield on my position, and I'm not going to do so."

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Nigel Farage moans over £94k salary as he gives excuse for 17 conduct breaches Nigel Farage, who has breached the MPs' code of conduct 17 times by failing to register financial interests on time, gave an extraordinary defence about the money he earns

"I'm not making any money as a result of being an MP, quite the opposite, I'm making it because I'm Nigel Farage and I've got other interests." 😬

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Nigel Farage breaks MPs' code of conduct with 17 breaches Nigel Farage has breached the MPs' code of conduct 17 times by registering financial interests late. This is a Breaking News story.

Nigel Farage breaks MPs' code of conduct with 17 breaches

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Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK at the weekend, wrote to Joe Biden in December 2020 saying failure to 'decolonise' the Chagos Islands was causing international anger

A Reform defector has been accused of a "staggering act of hypocrisy" for griping about the Chagos Islands deal despite begging Joe Biden for an almost identical agreement.

Exclusive from @daveburke12.bsky.social

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Donald Trump slaps UK with tariffs for opposing him on Greenland Donald Trump says he plans to impose import tariffs on goods from a string of countries - including the UK - with eye-watering tariffs as he sticks to his mad plan to own Greenland.

Breaking: Donald Trump says the UK and other European countries will be hit with a 10% tariff "on any and all goods" sent to the US from February 1.

Will go up to 25% from June unless a deal is reached to buy Greenland

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Ex-Tory Chancellor sacked over tax spat defects to Nigel Farage's Reform Former Tory MP and Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi briefly served as Chancellor between July and September 2022 during the dying days of Boris Johnson's premiership

Former Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi who once likened Nigel Farage to Hitler's propagandist has been unveiled as Reform's latest Conservative defector - with @daveburke12.bsky.social

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UK regulator launches probe into Elon Musk's X over Grok deepfake images We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story

Breaking: Ofcom launches probe into Elon Musk's X over Grok deepfake images

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London homicide rate drops as Sadiq Khan blasts those 'talking city down' New data shows London's homicide rate is considerably lower than cities including New York, Berlin, Toronto and Philadephia

London homicide rate drops to historic low - as Sadiq Khan hits out at those 'talking city down'

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DWP delays risk pushing disability PIP benefit claimants into poverty, MPs warn MPs on the Public Accounts Committee said some benefit claimants have been left waiting over a year for their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims to be processed

Benefit claimants risk being pushed into poverty by unacceptable government delays, MPs warn

Public Accounts Committee highlights some people are waiting over a year for their PIP claims to be processed

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Kinnock says the Tories left the country in a state "that would make Charles Dickens furious".

Ending the two-child benefit limit would be the "immediate and direct way of trying to correct the conditions the government inherited," he adds

'Scrap Tory two-child benefit limit to lift kids out poverty' In an interview with The Mirror, the former Labour leader Neil Kinnock said the Tories had left the country in a state that would 'make Charles Dickens furious' with 'intolerable' hardship

Exclusive: Neil Kinnock says the two-child benefit limit should be scrapped to lift kids out of poverty

Former Labour leader says it could be paid for by a tax on assets of the super-rich or extra levies on the top 1%

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Inside Labour's benefits rebellion as Keir Starmer faces biggest revolt yet One MP told The Mirror of those previously wavering on a key benefits vote: 'A lot of people have now decided they are more frightened of the voters than they are of the whips'

Inside Labour's benefits rebellion as Keir Starmer faces biggest revolt yet.

"A lot of people have now decided they are more frightened of the voters than they are of the whips," one MP said.

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Really classy Daily Mirror front page on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945

Front page of @DailyMirror on May 8, 1945 - 80 years ago today.

Prime Minister rules out U-turn on winter fuel cut for millions of pensioners Labour MPs said last week the controversial cut to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners was raised on the doorstep by voters at the local elections as anger mounts

Breaking: Downing Street rules out U-turn on winter fuel payment cut for millions of pensioners

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NEW: Andy Burnham suggests at @resfoundation.bsky.social event the government should introduce a target for new social homes of at least half a million by the end of the decade.

He says it would help "end the housing crisis" and prevent kids from having to put up with "damp and mould"

Single mum Carly Newman used to be employed part-time and received Universal Credit to top up her income. One day she found her claim had been cancelled - leaving her struggling to pay rent.

Here’s what she told me of the welfare system

John Stainton was diagnosed with MS at the age of 60 - but faced a 15-month wait and an appeal process to get the PIP he was entitled to.

The former MoD civil servant, who was awarded an OBE for his work in Afghanistan, says the DWP needs to treat people with more compassion.

DWP claimants give verdict on welfare system - 'You're not treated as human' Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current welfare system is 'consciously cruel' and ruining lives

Benefit claimants give verdict on welfare system - 'You're not treated as human’

@DailyMirror spoke to some people about their experience of Universal Credit/PIP benefits

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DWP claimants give verdict on welfare system - 'You're not treated as human' Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current welfare system is 'consciously cruel' and ruining lives

Benefit claimants give verdict on welfare system - 'You're not treated as human’

@DailyMirror spoke to some people about their experience of Universal Credit/PIP benefits

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'Reform UK may have just enough support to win hundreds of seats from Tories' Sir John Curtice - of the country's top elections experts - writes in The Mirror the Tories 'have the most to lose' when voters head to ballot box in next week's local elections

Elections guru John Curtice writes for The Mirror ahead of next week’s local elections

He suggests the Tories face losing hundreds of seats — they have the “most to lose”.

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Starmer misses anniversary Hillsborough law deadline - 'huge disappointment' Keir Starmer promised to introduce a 'Hillsborough Law' by the 36th anniversary of the tragedy - but No10 insists more time is needed to create the 'best version' of the legislation

Keir Starmer has failed to meet his promise at last year's Lab conference in Liverpool to introduce a "Hillsborough Law" ahead of today's 36th anniversary of the tragedy.

No10 says more time is needed for best version of Bill.

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Nigel Farage to LBC on his pal Donald Trump's tariff chaos:

"I think Trump did too much too soon, rather like Liz Truss did a couple of years ago."

Liz Kendall admits it would be a 'failure' if child poverty is rising in 5 years The Work and Pensions Secretary told The Mirror child poverty "will be going down" - despite a grim official analysis of her department's welfare cuts

Exclusive: Liz Kendall admits it will be a personal failure if child poverty rates still rising at next election

"Child poverty will be going down," she says, despite warning 50k extra kids will be in poverty as a result of last week's benefit cuts

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Andy Burnham tells the Work and Pensions Committee: "Benefits policy in this country is too much - under all governments - been written to create headlines to please certain newspapers and not actually do the job of encouraging the recovery of people to a better position in their life."

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Stephen Fry and Stanley Tucci among stars demanding benefit cuts U-turn Former Strictly judge Dame Arlene Phillips said: 'Our social security system should be rooted in justice and compassion, able to be there for us all...cutting disability benefits is shameful'

Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci, and Arlene Phillips among stars demanding benefit cuts U-turn

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Also suggests almost half (48.9%) of members believe Labour is heading in the wrong direction.