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Weak central government that fails to deliver is making the nationalist case in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland stronger
Frank Hester allegedly said Britain’s longest-serving black MP made him ‘want to hate all black women’
Labour veteran is making a bid for a third term as the directly elected mayor and ‘King of the North’
The UK prime minister is under pressure from his restive backbenchers as the polls won’t budge
Suspended from the party over bigotry comments, Abbott has recently been the victim of racist remarks by a Tory donor
Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the Conservatives, is reported to have said Diane Abbott made him ‘want to hate all black women’
Too early for certainty on whether the economy is no longer in recession
Former Tory deputy chairman leaves the Conservatives and exposes the fractures that threaten to overwhelm its ‘red wall’
Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt was under pressure to deliver the Tory holy grail of slashing income tax in this week’s budget but the prospect seems remote before the upcoming general election
No surprises in the budget delivered this afternoon by UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt
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