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🚨NEW: A man wearing the Burqa in Portsmouth has now been arrested
🚨NEW: Women in Piddington, a village of just 350 people where the government plans to put 1,250-3,500 illegal migrants, have released a video begging female MPs to speak out for them in Parliament
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🚨NEW: Zia Yusuf is preparing for a Reform UK leadership election within the next three months
[@CharlieSimpsonA]
🚨NEW: Knife-carrying criminals in Middlesbrough can avoid jail if they accept mental health support
Cleveland Police allows offenders who admit possessing blades or drugs to avoid prosecution by directing them to support programmes instead
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🚨NEW: Antigua and Barbuda has dropped its oath of allegiance to King Charles just days after the monarch's latest overseas trip to the nation was announced
🚨NEW: Nigel Farage has congratulated Iceland for voting against resuming negotiations to join the EU
"Congratulations to Iceland on voting to keep their independence."
🚨NEW: James Cleverly is set to run for Mayor of London and will resign from the shadow cabinet
🚨NEW: Elon Musk says Birmingham council are moving to ban British and St George's flags because they are "traitors"
🚨NEW: Reform UK has promised to prevent people from voting if their English is not good enough to understand the electoral rules
🚨NEW: Chancellor John Healey will drop his own target of spending 3 per cent of Britain's GDP on defence by 2030 when he presents his first Budget in October, despite resigning from Keir Starmer's government over "inadequate military spending"
[@FT]
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🚨NEW: Westminster Voting Intention:
➡️ REF: 25% (+2)
🌹 LAB: 22% (-1)
🌳 CON: 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 13% (-1)
🔶️ LDM: 11% (=)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 26th August
Changes with 19th August
🚨NEW: The police are set to call for a crackdown on shotgun ownership.
The police watchdog will urge ministers to bring licensing for the firearms more closely into line with stricter rules for rifles
[@Telegraph]
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🚨NEW: Scotland Yard has expanded its fleet of high-performance e-bikes to help catch and arrest phone thieves
🚨NEW: The US has designated Palestine Action a global terror group
They will face the same sanctions as Hamas, al-Qaeda and Isis, with supporters banned from the US for life
🚨NEW: William Clouston has resigned as leader of the Social Democratic Party
🚨NEW: Ofgem announces a 4% rise in the energy price cap from 1 October
It means the typical dual-fuel Direct Debit bill will jump to £1,723 a year, up £60 from the current £1,663 level
🚨NEW: Complaints about the standard of NHS care for people with ADHD or autism have more than trebled in five years
[@Telegraph]
🚨NEW: Andy Burnham is to face a test of his backing for electoral reform when Parliament resumes, with close to 100 Labour MPs pushing for a new voting system
[@GBNEWS]
🚨NEW: Leicestershire, Norfolk and Suffolk police forces have confirmed issuing 'gender-fluid' officers dual male and female ID cards, allowing them to present different gender identity on a given day
Reform UK's Norfolk PCC has ordered an investigation into the policy
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🚨NEW: Home Office staff have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with their fears of the flying of English flags
Staff said the raising of the flag has made them "fear for their lives"
[@StevenEdginton]
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