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and a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. he strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. the conservative party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. it says it's investigating. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. the lack of clarity needs to stop. this was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. when this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. but last night he was suspended from the party. it came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so—called "bad people" who had apparently locked him in a flat. the bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning — that mr menzies called a 78—year—old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. it is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. the £6,500 was provided

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Rachel Reeves: Closing tax gap is 'not rocket science'

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves outlines Labour's plans to tackle tax dodgers.

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Red Sea: New images show British ship Rubymar has not sunk

Houthi claims to have sunk the Rubymar on Monday appear to be incorrect.

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Red Sea: New images show British ship Rubymar has not sunk

Houthi claims to have sunk the Rubymar on Monday appear to be incorrect.

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BBC Verify looks at how Rafah became home to 1.5 million Palestinians

BBC Verify looks at Gaza's southernmost city, which is full of people who have fled their homes.

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Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale admits voting SNP

Kezia Dugdale tells the BBC she backed the party at the 2019 European Parliament election because of Brexit.

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BBC Verify looks at impact of strikes in Yemen

BBC Verify looks at whether the air strikes on Yemen are impacting Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

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General election: Why the battle for votes in Scotland is key

Labour aims for an election comeback from one seat in Scotland, the BBC's Nick Eardley writes.

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everything possible but people cannot be fighting empty—handed. this is why we are calling for our allies to do more and why we are calling for all the political promises to be fulfilled and fulfilled in time and i do notjust talk about money but also the weapons supplies and ammunition pieces. thank you there. joining us from kyiv. the uk government says it has met a promise by the prime minister to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims. according to the home office, more than 112,000 asylum cases were processed by officials last year but labour says the government has been manipulating the figures. nick eardley from our verify team has looking at the claims. the big claim from the government todayis the big claim from the government today is that it has got rid of the legacy backlog of asylum applications. this is what rishi sunak told parliament in december 2022 when he talked about the

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our political correspondent nick eardley has been working with the bbc verify team and looking at the claims. the big claim from the government today is that it's got rid of the legacy backlog of asylum applications. this is what rishi sunak told parliament in december 2022. when he talked about the backlog, number ten said he was referring to all cases before the 20th ofjune 2022. now, the home secretary said this morning they had all been processed, so the government had fulfilled this promise. but it's complicated, and we think the government is going too far in claiming that the backlog of older cases has gone completely. have a look at this. this is the number of cases submitted before the 28th ofjune 2022. when rishi sunak made the pledge in december, you can see there were around 92,000 still to be processed. there's no doubt that the government has brought this down quite significantly. there are big falls, particularly

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