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    What is the Manston asylum centre?

    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 Under-fire home secretary Suella Braverman is under mounting pressure to relieve “catastrophic overcrowding” at Britain’s main asylum processing centre for Channel migrants. Ms Braverman is reportedly considering plans to house […] More

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    ‘Dog whistle politics’: Tory MP accuses Home Office of ‘deliberate’ decision to allow asylum centre crisis

    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 desperate conditions at a Kent asylum seeker centre were caused by a “deliberate” government decision not to find hotel space, a Conservative MP has alleged. Roger Gale accused his […] More

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    Danish election could pave the way for a centrist government

    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 Denmark’s election on Tuesday is expected to change its political landscape, with new parties hoping to enter parliament and others seeing their support dwindle. A former prime minister who left […] More

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    Rishi Sunak could go to Cop27 climate summit in major U-turn, minister says

    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 is considering attending the Cop27 climate summit if he has time, a minister says, in what would be the first big U-turn of his premiership. The prime minister […] More

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    Akshata Murty: Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife?

    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 Months after her birth in April 1980, Akshata Murty’s ambitious parents left her in the care of her paternal grandparents to build a better life for their young family hundreds […] More

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    In Xi's China, even internal reports fall prey to censorship

    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 When the coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan in late 2019, reporter Liao Jun of China’s official Xinhua News Agency told conflicting stories to two very different audiences. Liao’s news […] More

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    Tens of thousands of Czechs show their support for Ukraine

    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 Tens of thousands of Czechs gathered in the capital on Sunday to demonstrate their solidarity with Ukraine and their support for democratic values. The rally took place in reaction to […] More