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BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 2: Conservative Party leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat attends the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, United Kingdom on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Dated: 03/08/2024 Sunderland Central MP Lewis Atkinson speaks to the crowd of helpers as clean up work begins to restore order to the streets of Sunderland this morning (SAT) after a night of violent protests by right wing mobs. See Sunderland riots aftermath round-up

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UK August 4, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

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Kemi Badenoch during a general election business hustings debate at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, UK, on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Picture: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Priti Patel dragged for bizarre post celebrating Olly Murs' baby Getty Images

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Outrage as scandal-plagued GB News is showered with praise at Tory party conference

TV October 3, 2023 By Sabrina Barr

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 09: Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks to Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at reception to celebrate the British Asian Trust at The British Museum on February 09, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

Priti Patel apologises to King for 'embarrassing' him with Prince Andrew letter

UK August 24, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy

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UK August 7, 2023 By Jack Slater

FILE - Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. Several dozen allies of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received honors from King Charles III on Friday June 9, 2023, a list that drew cries of cronyism from opponents of the ousted leader. ???Resignation honors,??? bestowed by the monarch but chosen by the government, are an established but contentious way for departing leaders to reward loyal lieutenants. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

What are resignation honours and why are Boris Johnson controversial?

UK July 12, 2023 By Jon Fellowes

Boris Johnson rewards Partygate allies in resignation honours list

Politics June 9, 2023 By Kirsten Robertson

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UK April 8, 2023 By Nicola Thorp

Caption: Windrush scandal victims still experiencing 'pain and suffering' five years on getty/ REX/ supplied

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UK April 6, 2023 By Josh Layton

Ukrainian refugee Anfisa Vlasova Nine months after arriving in the UK, Ukrainian refugee Anfisa Vlasova is searching for somewhere to spend the night. "I'm just trying to move on and survive," she says. Britain opened its doors to Ukrainian refugees on visa schemes last spring. Now it's a cold, drab day in early February and Anfisa is facing the unthinkable - she is homeless. https://news.sky.com/story/ukrainian-refugees-staying-in-uk-facing-homelessness-as-homes-for-ukraine-placements-end-12813418

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UK February 20, 2023 By Daniel Binns

TOPSHOT - Migrants, picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel, are helped ashore from an Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat, at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on June December 9, 2022. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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UK December 19, 2022 By Joe Roberts

FILE PHOTO: Migrants who arrived onboard a Border Force rescue boat are escorted by Border Force staff, after having crossed the channel, at Dover harbour in Dover

£140,000,000 Rwanda plan fails to stop 36,858 migrants crossing the Channel

UK November 24, 2022 By Joel Taylor

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