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Evening Standard - Politics

Government needs to win back trust of farmers, says Andy Burnham

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Flynn reveals he resigned as Westminster leader weeks before Holyrood election

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Sturgeon's SNP book comments were a 'mistake', says Flynn

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Essex Police full statement amid Farage no-show at Clacton poll count

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Bridge outrage: London council spends £2.3m on doomed dock crossing

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Don't light fires in 'tinderbox' Britain, says Andy Burnham before farms meeting

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Parliamentary probe into Nigel Farage's £5m gift resumes after Clacton victory

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Burnham bans disposable barbecues in response to devastating wildfires

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Farage wins Clacton by-election but Binface gets nearly 10,000 votes

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Farage's Clacton election gamble backfires as sleaze storm reignites

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Nine sets of twins ready to start school in 'Twinverclyde'

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Who is Count Binface? The 'space warrior' who lit up the Clacton poll

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Scottish Labour must be bold in wake of election defeat, says leadership hopeful

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One million sign petition to block Pc Harper's killers from early release

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Essex Police 'did not tell Farage not to attend Clacton count'

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Clacton by-election results in full

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Nigel Farage claims by-election win but shuns count after 'advice from police'

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When will Clacton vote result be announced - and could Binface win?

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Rivals say Clacton result will not make Farage donation questions stop

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Pupils should be able to make A-level choices not based on stereotypes: minister

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Second World War veterans with combined age of 300 take off in Spitfires

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Stormont ministers call on Andy Burnham to deliver 'fair funding' for NI

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A-level top grades rise for third year in a row, likely driven by maths scores

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Rishi Sunak and family 'truly at home' in Yorkshire, former PM's wife says

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'Loser' threat to Nigel Farage even if he wins Clacton by-election

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A-level results: Key numbers and trends

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King's nephew gets the grades to study at Royal Agricultural University

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Binface to Loonies: Who's fighting Farage in Clacton by-election?

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Ten key pledges by Count Binface as he fights Nigel Farage in Clacton

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Relief and excitement as Northern Ireland's A-level students plan next chapter

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Voters go to polls in Clacton by-election triggered by Farage

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Swinney 'absolutely right' to challenge Burnham on vetoed Chinese factory plan

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Minister defends zero hour contracts ban after warnings of costs to employers

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London council slams Khan over demand to build homes on green belt

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Rise in number of top grades awarded in A-levels in Northern Ireland

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World Cup nets a boost for Burnham as GDP grows by 0.4%

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Students to receive eagerly anticipated A-level results

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Farage hopes to return to Parliament as Clacton votes on his future

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Candidates warn against division in pitches to lead Scottish Labour

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PM urges shops to withdraw disposable barbecues from sale over wildfire risk

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Wildfire total for 2026 in England and Wales reaches same as whole of last year

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Both spending and revenue hit record highs in Scotland last year – figures

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Gilruth: 'Hostile times' for women in politics as online abuse 'normalised'

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Fact check: Government sought injunction over Afghan data breach

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Swinney 'irresponsible' to ask PM to reconsider block on Chinese factory plan

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Shoplifters set to be tagged and banned from London town centre

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Scottish Labour facing leadership fight 'it could have done without', MP says

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Affluent areas housing more migrants is matter of fairness - minister

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PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid 'extreme heat' warning and wildfires

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Burnham 'pushing the system' to try to stop early release of Pc Harper's killers

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Farage fight to avoid Clacton poll blow by Count Binface goes global

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Police leaders urge PM to prevent early release of Pc Harper killers

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Burnham plans to free up prison spaces to keep Pc Harper's killers behind bars

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'More affluent areas' will have to house migrants, PM says

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PM vows new powers to rid London highstreets of betting and vape shops

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Farage faces Count Binface 'trashing' unless he wins big in Clacton

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Vape crackdown to give towns 'power to turn things around', Prime Minister says

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Minister describes chasing down London thief who snatched her phone

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Wind farm could have 'significant' impact on islands, conservation chiefs warn

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Sinn Fein has no intentions of collapsing Stormont, John O'Dowd says

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