8 h. ago Calls grow for ‘embarrassing’ Prince Andrew to leave Royal Lodge

Senior Tory Robert Jenrick says it’s ‘about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private’ as ‘the public are sick of him’

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8 h. ago Four out of five Britons want Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

A YouGov poll showed 80% of people want Andrew to have his Duke of York title officially removed amid calls for him to quit his Windsor mansion.

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10 h. ago Robert Jenrick accused of fomenting division by backing burka ban

The Tory shadow justice secretary said there was ‘a strong argument’ for a ban on the face coverings.

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11 h. ago Kemi Badenoch branded 'too weak' after Robert Jenrick 'burqa ban' demand

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being 'too weak' to stand up to Robert Jenrick after he called for the burqa to be banned

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13 h. ago Andrew is an 'embarrassment' and should be booted out of mansion, Robert Jenrick blasts

Shadow Justice Secretary says it is “disgraceful” taxpayers are effectively subsidising him to live in a 30-room luxury home with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson

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14 h. ago Prince Andrew should be 'kicked out of home and vanish' as people are 'sick of him'

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick argued the disgraced royal has become an embarrassment to his family and the country, adding taxpayers should no longer 'foot the bill'

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15 h. ago Victims can have confidence in grooming inquiry, minister says after two quit

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday and criticised the Home Office.

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16 h. ago Fury as taxpayers foot bill for Andrew's life of luxury: Prince is an 'embarrassment' to his family and should be kicked out of Royal Lodge after not paying rent for 22 YEARS, Robert Jenrick says

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said it is disgusting that taxpayers are subsiding him to live in a 30-room mansion with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson when he should be paying £200,000 a year.

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18 h. ago Fury at taxpayers footing bill for Andrew's life of luxury: Prince is an 'embarrassment' to his family and should be kicked out of Royal Lodge after not paying rent for 22 YEARS, Robert Jenrick says

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said it is disgusting that taxpayers are subsiding him to live in a 30-room mansion with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson when he should be paying £200,000 a year.

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19 h. ago Ministers must ‘grip’ grooming inquiry after two survivors quit panel – Jenrick

Robert Jenrick also suggested that the inquiry should be chaired by a senior judge with experience of family and criminal law.

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33 h. ago Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to condemn the comments by Katie Lam, a former Home Office shadow minister and now a whip for the party. Lam was previously a special adviser to Boris Johnson and is often described as a rising star of the new intake. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Grooming gang survivor quits national inquiry citing ‘toxic environment’

Fiona Goddard said there had been instances of ‘condescending and controlling language’ used towards survivors.

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4 d. ago Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

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5 d. ago Voices: ‘Fantasy economics’: Readers warn of housing chaos if stamp duty is scrapped

Our community is divided over Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to scrap stamp duty, with one warning it would ‘do absolutely nothing for renters or those already priced out’

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5 d. ago Tories put pressure on Starmer following release of China spy case statements

Kemi Badenoch questioned why the final witness statement submitted in the case set out Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to relations with Beijing.

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6 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: 'She's not a lawyer,' Starmer snapped at Kemi. In his book, there's no worse insult

Here is what I saw when Sir Keir Starmer, MP, KC, PM, rose to his hind legs to try to ambush Kemi Badenoch on the Jonathan Powell-'China spying' affair.

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6 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: 'She's not a laywer,' Starmer snapped at Kemi in his book... there's no worse insult

Here is what I saw when Sir Keir Starmer, MP, KC, PM, rose to his hind legs to try to ambush Kemi Badenoch on the Jonathan Powell-'China spying' affair.

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6 d. ago Watch in full: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling over China spy case

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch faced off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (15 October).

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6 d. ago Starmer to publish China spy case evidence as he battles Tory ‘cover up’ claims

The Government will publish the evidence submitted by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins.

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6 d. ago Starmer pledges to publish crucial evidence in collapsed China spy case

Sir Keir Starmer made his announcement in a statement to the Commons before tetchy exchanges with Kemi Badenoch on the China spy trial collapse scandal

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