🚨The Conservatives may perform better in the general election if MPs oust Rishi Sunak and replace him as leader, exclusive polling for i newspaper suggests

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I worked as a teacher for a month at a school run by conspiracists who believed they were battling a sinister plot against humanity. The children were taught that crystals could cure them of illnesses and that Bill Gates was going to force them to eat insects.

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Exc: Rwanda flights will only carry ‘couple of dozen’ migrants each, Cleverly indicates to colleagues inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Michelle Donelan says “we have been very transparent” about all the legal costs in her libel case, after it emerged yesterday the total bill is £34,000

But Govt officials told us last month that the £15,000 was the “full and final” amount and there were no other legal costs

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Keir Starmer joins calls for 🇬🇧 military budget to increase to 2.5% of GDP.

He tells i newspaper: 'On defence spending, obviously we want to get to 2.5% as soon as resources allow that to happen.'

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The Govt has confirmed after an FOI request by Research Professional News that Michelle Donelan’s legal fees cost an extra £19,000 on top of the £15,000 libel bill

Funny that on Monday it blocked my FOI asking the exact same thing and said a public interest test was needed

EXCL: UK taxpayers have paid out more than £34,000 to cover cost of science minister Michelle Donelan’s libel case - more than double the sum the government previously admitted.
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Excl: An intriguing letter from July 1999 that adds further credibility to claims there was a second IT scandal at the Post Office BEFORE Horizon, potentially involving hundreds of sub-postmasters.

It was sent by Post Office heads of retail network Lynn Hobbs and Eddie Herbert🧵

I think there are few journalists who know as much about the Covid Inquiry (which will rumble on for years even when it's not top of the news agenda) as Ruby does - she would be a great hire anywhere but especially at news orgs interested in quality reporting of the inquiry.

“Silent prayer” may still be allowed near abortion clinics in spite of government’s promise to clampdown on anti-abortion protestors - worrying exclusive from Jane Merrick inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

EXCL: Asylum seekers are being moved out of RAF Wethersfield - and back into hotels.

Wethersfield was unveiled as a flagship Home Office policy... to reduce the cost of housing people in hotels🧐

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Great stuff by Poppy Wood exposing this.

UKCT, the group I run, will not stop working to highlight theses issues, hold unis to account, and educate the regulator etc.

Our campaign --> ukctransparency.org/projects-2/ccp…

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'Top British universities have been accused of allowing Chinese interference after hosting meetings with the Chinese ambassador in which he told students to uphold the teachings of Xi Jinping and serve “the motherland”, i can reveal.'

EXCLUSIVE: Senior Conservative party officials worked on plans to hand over its entire membership database for a commercial venture that promised to make tens of millions of pounds. My scoop on the 'True Blue' app, with Henry Dyer
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A row over childcare escalated on Wednesday as Bridget Phillipson claimed the Government’s plan for the sector was “built on sand” amid concerns over recruitment

Poppy Wood reports

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MPs who pushed Michael Gove to water down laws to protect renters’ rights have received £450,000 in donations and earnings linked to landlords since the last general election, i newspaper can reveal.

Important story from our Alexa Phillips 👇
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