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Praise for Jack Monroe as supermarket doubles access to low-priced goods
"It’s making me cry how life-saving this will be for so many families. I don’t even think ‘proud’ covers it."
Full list of Tory MPs who voted for real-terms benefits and pensions cut
Labour MP Beth Winter described the proposal as a vote to "increase the level of poverty in this country."
Macron & Putin’s meeting on an huge table got the meme treatment
"Macron and Putin agree to settle Ukraine's fate over a game of air hockey."
Fury after PM condemned mob who yelled Savile slur at Starmer
"They were responding to your own deliberate and despicable lies. But you know this, ‘Big Dog’," wrote James O'Brien.
Tax them! BP profits soar to eight-year high as energy prices skyrocket
The oil giant reported annual profits of £9.45 billion for 2021, renewing calls for a windfall tax on fossil fuel producers.
Watch: Spicer gives Dorries’ BBC interview The Room Next Door treatment
"Nearly snorted my tea out of my nose," wrote one very amused viewer.
Huge levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water in Cambridgeshire
One professor said the more the chemical gets absorbed into the body, the higher the risk of various diseases is.
Benny Andersson’s reaction to ‘Abba party’ at Downing Street is brilliant
The Swedish pop superstar was speaking ahead of Tuesday’s Brit Awards where his group is nominated.
Green activists and businesses hit out at Gove’s levelling up plan
The government only mentioned “the green industrial revolution and transition to net zero” second bottom on a list of 16 priorities.