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The Rwanda bill passing could be just the start of Sunak’s troubles
Problems in the Lords, further legal challenges and the alienation of centrist MPs and voters may await the prime minister

Peter Walker Deputy political editor

17, Jan, 2024 @9:33 PM

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Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill passes third reading in Commons
Flagship policy passes committee stage after tense lead-up in which Tory divisions came to the fore

Pippa Crerar and Rajeev Syal

17, Jan, 2024 @9:30 PM

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Fixing Horizon bugs would have been too costly, Post Office inquiry told
Asked about ‘missed opportunity’ to address problem, Fujitsu developer says focus was on replacing Horizon

Mark Sweney

17, Jan, 2024 @7:36 PM

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Met admits it was wrong to arrest and detain homeless pensioner
Anthony Sinclair says decision to remove him from tent where he lived for eight months in London was ‘inhumane’

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

17, Jan, 2024 @6:03 PM

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Two royal health announcements in one day show different approach since late queen
Buckingham and Kensington palaces announced procedures for King Charles, 75, and Princess of Wales, 42

Esther Addley

17, Jan, 2024 @5:11 PM

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King Charles to be treated in hospital for enlarged prostate
Palace says monarch’s condition is benign and he will attend hospital next week

Caroline Davies and Andrew Gregory

17, Jan, 2024 @4:05 PM

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Social media built narrative that Christopher Kapessa’s death was racist killing, say police
Suggestions that 13-year-old was pushed into river by schoolmate led to online comparisons with Stephen Lawrence murder

Steven Morris

17, Jan, 2024 @3:57 PM

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Man charged with murder after wife’s body ‘found in attic of their London home’
Shane Simmonds, 38, charged with over death of Tia Simmonds and the rape of teenage girl

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

17, Jan, 2024 @3:14 PM

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Post Office IT scandal: minister asks Fujitsu for talks on payouts for victims
Kemi Badenoch’s letter on share of compensation comes after $1bn wiped off Fujitsu’s value

Rob Davies

17, Jan, 2024 @2:51 PM

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Rwanda president: efforts to implement asylum plan cannot ‘drag on’
Paul Kagame also says he would be happy for the scheme to be scrapped

Larry Elliott and John Collingridge in Davos, Ben Quinn and Rajeev Syal

17, Jan, 2024 @2:43 PM

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Woman found dead after car crash in Berkshire named as Maya Bracken
Bracken, 56, had been stabbed and died at the scene in Pangbourne, Berkshire, this month

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

17, Jan, 2024 @1:32 PM

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Why is it so cold in the UK right now – and how long will Arctic chill last?
With temperatures as low as -15C forecast, many want to know when milder weather will arrive

Amelia Hill

17, Jan, 2024 @11:23 AM

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