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    Rishi Sunak says 100% of women do not have a penis

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has said he believes that 100 per cent of women do not have penises. The prime minister has put himself at odds with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer by declaring that […] More

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    Tory councillor who said ‘all white men should have a Black slave’ suspended

    Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report A Conservative councillor has been suspended after he was allegedly recorded saying “all white men should have a Black slave”. Andrew Edwards, who represents the ward of Haverfordwest on Pembrokeshire County […] More

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    Keir Starmer ‘wettest Labour leader’ on crime in history – Tory minister

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is the “wettest Labour leader” on crime in history, a Tory minister has claimed. Chris Philp said Mr Starmer’s record on crime is “absolutely appalling”. The policing minister even said […] More

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    Junior doctors’ leader apologises for booking holiday during strike

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A key figure behind the four-day junior doctors’ strike has apologised for “undermining” the action by booking holiday as his colleagues walked out. Dr Rob Laurenson, co-chair of the British Medical Association’s junior […] More

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    Watch: Rishi Sunak faces questions over elections and immigration by website Conservative Home

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak was interviewed by the Conservative Home website on Thursday, 13 April. The prime minister was expected to discuss topics including upcoming elections, immigration and Northern Ireland. It comes after Mr Sunak […] More

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    Swiss railway plan to put solar panels on tracks is flawed, UK says

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A plan to lay solar panels down railway tracks like a carpet to generate electricity appears to have a number of flaws, the UK’s Department for Transport has said. Transport minister Baroness Vere […] More