The Independent – ‘PM running scared over Tory sleaze’
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The Independent – ‘PM running scared over Tory sleaze’
The Independent claims Boris Johnson is “running scared” over the Tory sleaze storm as the Labour leader says the PM has chosen to “cower away” after he missed a House of Commons debate.
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Tory grandees warn of ‘monumental’ party rebuild as infighting breaks out on eve of conference
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Rosie Duffield slates Labour ‘sleaze and nepotism’ as Badenoch warns of Tory ‘stitch-up’ – UK politics live
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Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield’s resignation letter in full
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Austrian far-right party hopes for its first national election win in a close race
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Boris Johnson claims Covid originated in lab, in U-turn in his views
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