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Evening Standard - Politics

National security 'can't come at the expense of social security' – Andy Burnham

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Who is Sagal Abdi-Wali, the Labour candidate for Holborn by-election?

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Labour candidate selected to replace Starmer in London by-election

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Is Westminster council really stopping vertical drinking?

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West Bank trade ban is Britain showing 'leadership', says Burnham

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Reform UK under criminal investigation amid allegations of donation rules breach

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Fact check: Fake Portsmouth protest images and asylum hotels pledge

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Reform in crisis as Met Police launch criminal probe into donations

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Mahmood agrees Channel migrant intelligence deal with Belgium

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MPs launch party funding inquiry after Peter Murrell's embezzlement from SNP

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Police investigating donations to Reform UK after claims in TV documentary

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Police must urgently consider if more could have been done over protests – No 10

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Burnham: I won't cut Britain's benefits bill to boost defence spending

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Burnham sets out conditions for second Scottish independence referendum

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Air con for all London buses by next summer after drivers' strikes

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Miliband 'regrets' Israeli response to West Bank trade ban

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Cleverly wins wave of Tory backing to fight Khan in London Mayor race

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Ed Miliband rejects notion that Israel sanctions put British Jews at risk

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London MPs among 11 banned from Israel over West Bank sanctions

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Abuse of volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', RNLI chief says after protests

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Streeting says UK 'won't flinch' in support for Kyiv as £100m pledged for winter

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Miliband risks backlash from US and Israel as UK announces West Bank sanctions

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Burnham promises 'frank and constructive' engagement with China in call with Xi

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Government has 'given the go-ahead' to Heathrow expansion, says Chancellor

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Stella Creasy speaks out as man who harassed her on Tube avoids jail

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UK facing backlash to sanctions over Israeli West Bank settlements

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Farage calls for ban on face coverings in public after migrant demos

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Polanski faces Green Party fight to get selected in London by-election

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UK commits £100m to boost Ukraine air defences over winter

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John Healey unveils £150m fund for northern firms in push for growth

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Healey pledges to 'draw line' under rising business costs in push for growth

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Holborn & St Pancras by-election set to be held next month

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Labour to announce sanctions over Israeli West Bank settlements in 'reset'

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Who are the candidates to replace Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras?

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Minister rejects reversing £20bn tax on firms to boost jobs for young

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Chinook crash widows call for meeting with PM as he reaches 50 days in office

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Police minister blames Tories for Portsmouth and Dover anti-migration protests

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Burnham and Trump agree need to continue working towards ceasefire in Ukraine

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Burnham: We must stop politics of poison seeping into our streets

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Three Holyrood committees decline to work with UK Parliament on party finances

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Angela Rayner withdraws council reorganisation decisions after new legal advice

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Protest organiser confronts Zia Yusuf at scene of Portsmouth migrant arrivals

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Bayeux Tapestry exhibition 'an enormous act of diplomacy', says museum curator

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Writ issued for Holborn by-election fight between Polanski and Labour

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Vehicles damaged and police officers injured in anti-migration stand-off

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Council: Home Office has 'questions to answer' on Portsmouth migrant landing

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Swinney refuses to say when NHS job cut numbers will be announced

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Chancellor John Healey declines to dampen fears of tax rises in Budget

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Moment protesters wade into sea as migrants arrive in Portsmouth

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Council demands Soho pubs support after 'vertical drinking' ban row

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Third of public back assisted dying law only with more palliative funding – poll

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'Boohoo': Jenrick mocks protester after clip of Reform UK audience pulling hair

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University of St Andrews students take part in traditional pier walk

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Andy Burnham joins King and Queen at church service in Scotland

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Jamaican politician: Why not seek reparations if UK paid slave debt until 2015?

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Swinney can't give 'specific figure' on NHS job losses under planned reforms

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Minister accuses Reform's Zia Yusuf of 'straightforward racism'

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Police response to Dover anti-migrant protest to be scrutinised

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Growth cannot be reserved for London and big cities warns Chancellor

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Farage says Reform is ready to tackle small boats, after conference donation row

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