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    Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65. Friends of Beyer said […] More

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    Boris Johnson ‘nominates his father Stanley for a knighthood’

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson has put his father Stanley forward for a knighthood as part of his resignation honours list, according to reports. The former prime minister, who left office last September, […] More

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    Matt Hancock was ‘like a headless chicken’, says former vaccines chief

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The former vaccines taskforce boss has branded Matt Hancock a “bit like a headless chicken”, as new messages emerged in the leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp correspondence. Dr […] More

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    Top civil servant warned Boris Johnson was ‘nationally distrusted’, WhatsApp leak reveals

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson was a “nationally distrusted figure” during the Covid crisis, the UK’s top civil servant warned according to the latest leaks of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages. Remarks by Simon Case from October […] More