Yahoo News General Election 2019
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Boris announces spending plan for neglected towns
Prime minister says new measures will focus on rail links and pub closures. Boris Johnson has announced another election package costing hundreds of millions of pounds for neglected towns, some of which will be spent in marginal constituencies. Concentrating on rundown high streets, the closures of pubs and post offices and the restoration of rail links, the prime minister has claimed that the measures will build upon the £3.6bn towns fund first announced in July. Towns that have been singled ou
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Fears of rotting vegetables at border lead to new delays over post-Brexit digital border checks
Starmer warned fresh delays to third stage of Border Target Operating Model ‘prove Brexit doesn’t work’
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Reform's Nigel Farage backtracks on claim parliament's security team told him not to hold in-person surgeries in Clacton
Nigel Farage has backtracked on his claim parliament's security team advised him not to hold constituency surgeries over fears he could be stabbed. The Reform UK leader said last month he had been advised not to hold the "old-style" physical meetings between MPs and constituents in his Clacton seat when asked if he was holding in-person surgeries on an LBC radio phone-in show. Mr Farage said the guidance had been given by the "Speaker's office", Sir Lindsay Hoyle's office, which helps MPs carr
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Sue Gray was 'always a goner,' claims Boris Johnson after she quit role as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
Alastair Campbell fuels criticism of mis-steps in Sir Keir Starmer’s first 100 days
