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    Keir Starmer ridiculed for ‘barmy’ suggestion on internal bleeding

    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 Sir Keir Starmer has been mocked on social media for suggesting that people with internal bleeding could self-refer for care rather than see a GP. In an appearance on the […] More

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    Boris Johnson had ‘£800,000 line of credit while at No 10’

    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 is said to have secured a £800,000 line of credit while Prime Minister, backed by a millionaire relative who wanted to run a quango. Canadian businessman Sam Blyth […] More

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    Keir Starmer vows to slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ in NHS

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to get rid of “bureaucratic nonsense” to allow patients to bypass GPs and self-refer themselves to specialists. The Labour leader […] More

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    Brexit: Senior Tories back move to give MPs more say over scrapping EU laws

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight A host of senior Conservatives have backed an amendment designed to give MPs greater oversight over the scrapping of thousands of European Union laws. […] More

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    UK sanctions Iran’s prosecutor general over execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari

    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 UK has sanctioned Iran’s prosecutor general after Tehran carried out the execution of British-Iranian national. Foreign secretary James Cleverly said the government was “holding the regime to account for […] More

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    Rishi Sunak warned of ‘significant’ step-up in coordinated strikes in March

    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 Rishi Sunak’s government should be ready for a “significant” escalation in synchronised strikes across the UK from March, the leader of the country’s largest civil service union has warned. Mark […] More