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Collusion starts to cause angry calls from Parliament (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cahoots

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'collusion' is the definition.
(to be 'in cahoots' is to collude with someone)

'starts to cause angry calls from parliament' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
'calls from parliament' becomes 'hoots' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letters of 'cause angry' is 'ca'.
'ca'+'hoots'='CAHOOTS'

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(Other definitions for cahoots that I've seen before include "(In) conspiracy" , "In such agreement" , "In - means colluding" , "Collusion" , "League" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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