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    UK to provide 1,000 more air defence missiles to 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 The UK is sending 1,000 surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine to boost its defence against the Russian invasion, defence secretary Ben Wallace has announced. It comes as Vladimir Putin’s troops were […] More

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    Labour’s Wes Streeting caught on mic calling Jeremy Corbyn ‘senile’

    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 Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting has apologised for calling Jeremy Corbyn “senile” during a Commons row over Rishi Sunak’s continued attacks on the former party leader. Mr Corbyn attempted to raise […] More

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    Rishi Sunak refuses to accept Brexit has damaged trade

    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 Rishi Sunak has refused to accept Brexit has damaged the UK’s trade with other countries – despite the government’s own figures showing a sharp […] More

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    Matt Hancock only ‘squirming with maggots’ for the money, says 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 Matt Hancock is only “squiring around with maggots” on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! for the money, Labour’s Angela Rayner has said. Labour’s deputy leader scoffed at the […] More

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    Climate watchdog attacks collapse in work on energy-leaking buildings under Tories

    Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email An extraordinary collapse in work to tackle the UK’s energy-leaking buildings over the last decade has been revealed, as the crucial Cop27 climate summit continues. Some 2.3 million measures were installed each year through government-backed […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt statement could trigger huge rises in council tax

    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 Households could face massive hikes in council tax under a plan understood to be under consideration by Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt as they struggle to fill a £60bn […] More