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Labour MP Rosie Cooper, who was targeted in a neo-Nazi assassination plot, has resigned, saying the events of the past few years had “taken their toll”.The West Lancashire MP said it had been an “incredible privilege and honour” to serve her constituents for 17 years as she accepted the position of chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.Ms Cooper was the victim of a plot by neo-Nazi paedophile Jack Renshaw who wanted to kill the MP with a machete. More

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 has demanded answers on how much Liz Truss knew about her No 10 chief of staff Mark Fullbrook being questioned as a witness as part of an FBI inquiry […] More

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 Jacob Rees-Mogg has hinted that government support with energy bills for schools, hospitals and care homes could continue in a year. The business secretary announced on Wednesday plans to slash the cost […] More

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 government must take “urgent action” to tackle the surge in abuse, threats and intimidation suffered by election candidates across the UK, the Electoral Commission has said. Around four in […] More

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 Vladimir Putin is “sending tens of thousands of Russians to their deaths”, the UK’s defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace was responding to the news that the Russian president would […] More

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 Liz Truss’s plan to cut taxes for the rich and corporations is not “trickle-down economics”, a Conservative minister has said. The prime minister on Tuesday said the rich would get […] More

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 Energy bills for businesses, charities and the public sector are to be capped for 6 months from October the government has confirmed. Shops and independent local pubs will be among […] More

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 government is set to cut stamp duty as part of Liz Truss’s attempt to drive growth in a mini-budget later this week, according to reports. The economic blueprint, to […] More