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    Tory MP Andrew Bridgen suspended from Commons for five days

    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 MPs have agreed to suspend a Tory MP after he was found to have displayed a “very cavalier” attitude to the rules in a series of lobbying breaches. North West […] More

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    Tory former minister quits party and praises Keir Starmer’s Labour

    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 A former Conservative minister has quit the party with a damning broadside against the “ideology and self-obsession” of her former colleagues. Claire Perry O’Neill, a member of Theresa May’s cabinet […] More

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    Suella Braverman scraps year-long recruitment process for modern slavery watchdog

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Suella Braverman has scrapped a year-long recruitment process for a new slavery watchdog, further delaying the appointment as the government makes it harder for victims to gain support. The home secretary has committed […] More

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    Major donors call on Rishi Sunak to reform political funding system

    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 Major donors from across the political spectrum have called on Rishi Sunak to reform the system after accusations of a lack of transparency around the flow of cash into Westminster. […] More

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    NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

    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 Planned strikes by NHS workers looked set to go ahead after trade union leaders branded talks with Steve Barclay over pay “bitterly disappointing” and an “insult”. A walkout of ambulance workers will […] More

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    Rishi Sunak ‘considers one-off payment for NHS staff to end strikes’

    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 is said to be considering a “one-off” payment for nurses and ambulance workers to end strikes causing major disruption in the NHS. The prime minister sparked a […] More

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    Wealthy Britons should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Tory peer Ken Clarke

    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 Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke has said Rishi Sunak’s government should consider making wealthy Britons pay to use the NHS. The Tory peer said it was time to discuss “modest” […] More