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'Blue Wall' of new Tory MPs arrives for first day at Parliament 

Triumphant Conservatives are reporting for duty in Westminster after demolishing Labour's 'Red Wall' of Leave-backing strongholds in the North, Midlands and Wales.




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Boris Johnson to reshuffle Cabinet and bring back Brexit bill

Boris Johnson has vowed to bring back his Brexit divorce deal for MPs to vote on this Friday as he looks to hit the ground running and deliver on the election promises he made to working-class voters.




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Boris Johnson gathers Cabinet and announces Brexit Bill clause

The PM and his top team met in Downing Street after it was revealed that withdrawal legislation is being amended to rule out any extension of the transition period beyond December 2020.




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Boris Johnson cheered into the Commons after election victory

Boris Johnson was hailed as he took his seat on the frontbench, as MPs awaited the first sitting since the Tories secured an historic 80-strong majority.




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MPs get 3.1% pay rise, taking salary to £82,000 plus expenses

The increase - well above the 1.5 per cent rate of CPI inflation - comes after Boris Johnson hailed the new crop of MPs as a 'vast improvement' who could finally secure Brexit after years of dithering.




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Labour and Tory MPs sworn in at Commons carrying babies

Labour MP Stella Creasy and Tory MP Kemi Badenoch were both sworn in while carrying their newborn daughters yesterday.




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Queen's Speech: Terrorists to get MINIMUM 14-year jail terms

The new Tory majority government will end the early release of dangerous terrorists and introduce minimum 14 year jail terms.




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Boris Johnson to offer first-time home buyers big discounts

Boris Johnson could offer first-time home buyers massive discounts to stop them being priced out of their local areas - but experts immediately questioned how it would work.




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Boris Johnson to start points-based immigration system in 2021

A new Australian-style points-based immigration system will be rolled out in the UK in 2021 as freedom of movement from the EU is brought to an end by Boris Johnson's new Tory government.




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Stony-faced Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson at Queen's Speech

Mr Corbyn endured the short trip from the Commons to the Lords this morning alongside the happy Prime Minister in stony silence, less than a week after his party was humiliated at the polls.




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Body language expert on Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn awkwardly walked side by side during the State Opening of Parliament this morning, with Mr Corbyn striking a furious pose.




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Ousted Tory MP Zac Goldsmith to stay as Environment Minister

Conservative former MP Zac Goldsmith is to stay on as Environment Minister and will be made a life peer, Downing Street has announced today.




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Rail unions must provide minimum service levels during strikes

Measures to ensure that 'minimum service levels' are maintained during rail strikes are included in the Queen's Speech.




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Jeremy Corbyn claims to have 'shifted the terrain' in politics

Jeremy Corbyn was cheered to the rafters by the newly-enlarged ranks of Tory MPs as he took to his feet in the debate on the government's legislative programme.




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Boris Johnson urged to overhaul Britain's foreign aid system

Boris Johnson was under pressure on foreign aid last night after cash help for China and India soared. The total foreign aid budget grew £493million from 2017 to hit £14.6billion last year.




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2019 Election map shows Tory-Labour vote is split by old-young

The 'youthquake' Labour needed, but never materialised, would have won them 341 more seats than the 203 they took in December, analysis by Election Maps UK has found.




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Welsh Conservative Party suspends Nick Ramsay after arrest

It is understood Assembly Member Nick Ramsay was arrested last night at his home in Raglan, Usk, Monmouthshire.




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Downing Street abandons Big Ben Brexit bongs cash appeal

Number 10 today suggested Parliamentary decision-makers were standing in the way of the plan to formally mark the moment the UK leaves the EU on January 31 at 11pm.




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Boris Johnson defies MPs and US to approve Huawei 5G role

Boris Johnson spoke to Donald Trump this afternoon as he tried to heal relations with the US after his decision to allow Huawei to help build the UK's 5G network sparked fury.




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Conservative Party rolls out 'I got Brexit done' merchandise with tea towels and fridge magnets

Brexiteers across the UK can get their hands on the items for as little as £5. The products have made available on the Tory party's website. The 'I got Brexit Done' mug is pictured.




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Sales of new petrol and diesel cars could be BANNED by 2035 - five years earlier than planned

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had announced a desire to speed up the current plan for a prohibition which would favour electric replacements by 2040.




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John Bercow reveals he was 'drawn' towards controversial Tory MP Enoch Powell in the 1980s 

Powell was sacked from the Tory shadow cabinet in 1968 for his 'rivers of blood' speech which warned of the dangers of unchecked mass immigration.




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Andrea Leadsom faces sack for 'sexism dig at Boris Johnson'

Andrea Leadsom is facing the axe in the reshuffle after 'lecturing' Boris Johnson about dangers of a 'male-dominated environment'. Liz Truss may survive and Thérèse Coffey given a reprieve.




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Cabinet reshuffle: Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor

Mr Johnson started the day by sacking Andrea Leadsom as Business Secretary, Theresa Villiers as Environment Secretary and Esther McVey as housing minister.




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Dad Chris Skidmore celebrates sacking as universities minister

The Kingswood MP marked the end of his second term in the role by posting pictures on Twitter of himself with daughter Ottolie, who was born in November.




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Cabinet reshuffle: Sajid Javid resigns as he refused to sack staff

Mr Javid broke cover after sending shockwaves through Westminster by falling on his sword over Mr Cummings' plot for a 'bonfire' of all special advisers who will not meekly fall into line.




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Sajid Javid's departure is a victory for Dominic Cummings

Today's ultimatum to Mr Javid to sack his closest team and accept aides answering to Mr Cummings is the culmination of a naked power grab by the maverick strategy chief.




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Pound soars as Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor

Sajid Javid had reportedly tried to resist calls from the PM's chief advisor Dominic Cummings to dramatically increase spending, so experts believe his dismissal could 'open the fiscal floodgates'.




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Andrea Leadsom took her team of advisers for a CHAMPAGNE lunch

Andrea Leadsom, who has twice run for the Tory party leadership and has held a variety of Cabinet posts, took her team of advisers for a champagne lunch at a Westminster hotel after her dismissal.




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The rise of Rishi Sunak, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer

A graduate of £42,000-per-year Winchester College and Oxford University, where he studied PPE, Rishi Sunak is believed to be one of the richest members of Parliament.




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New Chancellor Rishi Sunak says Budget will happen on March 11

Rishi Sunak killed off rumours of a delay to the Budget saying he was 'cracking on' with preparations for the crucial financial package.




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Ministers tell Boris Johnson to 'rein in' aide Dominic Cummings

Government figures reportedly believe the current way in which Number 10 is operating is 'unsustainable' and 'untenable' with Mr Cummings' role a key concern.




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Furious Tory MPs urge government to heed US Huawei warning

Owen Paterson, the former Cabinet minister, said the government's attitude to the Chinese tech giant was 'incomprehensible' given White House opposition to using the firm.




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Priti Patel defended against accusations she has 'bullied' staff

Allies of Priti Patel today leapt to her defence after she was accused of bullying staff at the Home Office.




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US concerns about Huawei 'WILL be raised during Brexit trade talks' with UK

US concerns about the UK's decision to grant Huawei a role in building Britain's 5G network will be raised during Brexit trade talks between the two sides, it has been claimed.




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Civil servant at heart of Priti Patel 'bully' claims faces backlash

Priti Patel is said to have tried to move permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam out of the department after they clashed.




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Two senior civil servants 'quit Home Office amid Priti Patel row'

A top official working in police oversight transferred to the Department of Transport and a member of the Home Secretary's private office left their post in recent weeks




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Boris Johnson's girlfriend Carrie Symonds is PREGNANT

The Prime Minister is already a father, however this will be the first child born to his 31-year-old partner.




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Andrea Leadsom jokes about John Bercow in resignation speech

Ms Leadsom, who frequently clashed with the former Speaker in the Commons, used a ministerial resignation speech to wade in on him again, despite his own retirement in December.




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Priti Patel bullying claims: Boris Johnson backs Home Secretary

Priti Patel was seated next to Mr Johnson for PMQs as he voiced 'confidence' in her and said she is doing an 'outstanding job'.




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Coronavirus UK: Nadine Dorries tests positive for infection

Ms Dorries has sent a message to the Tory MP WhatsApp group this morning asking them to come forward if they were near her in Parliament because it is 'hard to remember everyone'.




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Coronavirus infected Nadine Dorries attended string of public events at Westminster

Nadine Dorries attended a string of public events around Westminster, coming close to hundreds of people in the toxic two-week period where she may have been carrying coronavirus.




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Cabinet minister 'is in self-isolation' as five other MPs also quarantine themselves

A Cabinet minister is currently in self-isolation and awaiting the results of a coronavirus test as five other MPs quarantined themselves following Nadine Dorries' startling diagnosis.




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Budget 2020 at a glance: Key points of Chancellor's speech

The Budget was about containing coronavirus's effect, but there was still room for plenty of other measures though. We reveal what you need to know.




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Budget 2020: Rishi Sunak cuts NI contributions for millions

From next month the threshold at which payments start will rise from £8,632 to £9,500, putting an estimated £100 a year back in the pocket of 31 million workers.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson won't shut schools to halt spread

Boris Johnson is chairing the emergency Cobra committee later where the UK's tactics will shift from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson warns we 'may lose loved ones'

Boris Johnson declared that the UK's tactics have shifted from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee.




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Coronavirus UK: Nadine Dorries reveals mother, 84, has virus

Nadine Dorries, a Tory health minister and Mid Bedfordshire MP who is self-isolating, reassured that her elderly parent is 'doing ok'.




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Coronavirus UK: Nadine Dorries has Twitter spat with MP's wife

Nevena Bridgen (right), whose husband Andrew (left together) is self-isolating, blasted the Mid-Bedfordshire MP, 62, on Twitter, accusing her of not revealing her diagnosis soon enough.




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Coronavirus UK: Jeremy Hunt blasts Boris Johnson's strategy

Mr Hunt, who since leaving the cabinet is chair of the Commons health and social care select committee, believes the Prime Minister should be doing more to encourage social distancing.