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    Boris Johnson gets £2.5m ‘advance’ for speaking gigs

    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 been handed a £2.5m advance for speaking gigs as he boosted his mammoth earnings since being booted out of No 10. It takes the former prime minister’s […] More

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    Watch: Rishi Sunak faces PMQs before President Zelensky addresses parliament

    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 answered questions in parliament today, 8 February, before Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the House. Mr Zelensky is also due to speak to Ukrainian troops. Mr Sunak attended […] More

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    Rishi Sunak’s new Tory chairman hints at date for next general election

    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 new Conservative chairman appeared to hint at the date for the UK’s next general election in a message to party supporters. Greg Hands said he was “up for” […] More

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    MPs should get medals and bigger payoffs, says report

    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 Outgoing MPs should get medals and more generous redundancy payments in a bid to help them move into other jobs, a cross-party committee has suggested. Some MPs experienced “financial challenges and hardship” after […] More

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    Britain’s railways ‘not fit for purpose’ and ‘financially unsustainable’, transport secretary warns

    Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for weekly expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Britain’s railways are “not fit for purpose” and “financially unsustainable”, the transport secretary has said. In the annual George Bradshaw Address in London on Tuesday, Mark Harper described the railways currently as “mired in industrial […] More