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Sir Keir Starmer in the House of Commons

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People around the world left tributes to those who were killed at Dunblane. Pixcture: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (Picture: Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans for digital ID cards

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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey falls off a paddleboard in Lake Windermere in a pre-election stunt last year (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Why the Tories are dying and Lib Dems must urgently stop being a joke Ian Johnston

Reform UK's Sarah Pochin and party leader Nigel Farage after the party won the seat in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election

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Two Labour MPs ‘astounded’ to be denied entry to Israel

Keir Starmer addressed MPs after Sunday's summit

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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey delivers his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Brighton (Picture: Carl Court)

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SNP leader in the House of Commons Stephen Flynn.

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Starmer seems to have forgotten what politics is really about Christine Jardine

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TV election debates show leaders refusing to have a real conversation Alexander Brown

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Sir Ed Davey, UK Lib Dem leader. Image: Mark Hall/Getty Images.

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to Treflach Farm in Treflach, Shropshire. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Sir Ed Davey says SNP situation as no confidence vote looms a 'total mess'

The Isle of Skye lies in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, which was originally held by Charles Kennedy and is being targeted by the Lib Dems at the coming general election. Picture: Getty Images

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Former subpostmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates, accompanied by his wife Suzanne Sercombe, arrives at Aldwych House in central London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Alan Bates tells Horizon IT inquiry the Post Office tried to 'outspend us'

A car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike (Photo by AFP)

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People outside Buckingham Palace in London, after the Princess of Wales revealed she is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak warns that extremist forces are ‘trying to tear us apart’

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has written to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey calling on them to support a fresh ceasefire motion.

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King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer following treatment for an enlarged prostate. Picture: PA

Sunak and Yousaf send well wishes as Charles praised for going public on cancer

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being urged to hold a debate on the strikes in Yemen.

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Toby Jones and co-stars in Mr Bates vs the Post Office. Picture: ITV

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is urging people to focus on "the promise of a brighter future" in his latest Christmas message. Picture: Jacob King/Getty Images

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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey after giving his keynote speech during the Liberal Democrat conference at the Bournemouth Conference Centre.

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Nadine Dorries has resigned her parliamentary seat.

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Sir Vince Cable. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson quits: calls for general election as Johnson branded a ‘coward’

Food-price inflation is an increasing problem for many people (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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The newly elected leader of Plymouth council, Tudor Evans takes a selfie photograph with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Labour Party leader Angela Rayner

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Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed by broadcaster Iain Dale at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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