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New MP jokes he’s ‘heard far worse’ when asked about being ‘Baby of the House’
Labour’s Keir Mather, 25, will become the youngest MP in the Commons after overturning a 20,137 majority in Selby & Ainsty.
Government plans to boost monarchy funding by 45% – reports
A change to the way the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant is calculated has been introduced as the Crown Estate's profits soar above £1 billion.
‘OilyFans’ billboards show BP chief executive topless after earning £10 million
The campaign group Global Witness said the images are a light-hearted joke about a serious issue.
Tories say Standard was ‘clearly mocking’ its mayoral candidate with front page splash
The party wrote to the newspaper’s editor to express its disapproval at the picture of Susan Hall used on its front page.
Reactions as The Express fail to grasp the basics of inflation
Probably best to leave it to the experts, eh?
Tobias Ellwood facing Defence Committee no confidence vote after Taliban remarks
Labour MP and Defence Committee member Kevan Jones said Mr Ellwood’s Afghanistan video was ‘a step too far’.
Oppenheimer dubbed the ‘most important film of the century’
Christopher Nolan says people have been leaving the cinema absolutely devastated and unable to speak after watching it.
Hacked Off question media blackout over Wootton allegations
The campaign group has asked why a poorly substantiated story on Huw Edwards sent the British press into meltdown while this has been largely ignored.
Anti-Muslim hate incidents ‘have more than doubled in a decade’
The Tell Mama group said it had compiled ‘a decade worth of data from assisting, supporting and ensuring that British Muslims get access to justice’.