News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

Filtering by:Tag: housing×Clear all

507 headlines found — Page 1 of 43

Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power

The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy… The ‘highlights’: Public ownership of energy and water (national corporations), housing and transport (city-region scale), and care (municipal). They’re at pains to insist this isn’t “nationalisation”, obviously… Let Thames Water fall into special administration and…

EconomyHousing
Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons.

It is a housing project masquerading as transport policy. Let there be no doubt: this is not the railway that London needs most right now. The post James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons. appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflection

While PM’s desire to fight was strong, time with his inner circle at Chequers sharpened his sense of the inevitable On Friday, as the dust settled on Andy Burnham’s thumping victory in the Makerfield byelection, Keir Starmer was in defiant mood. “I have said repeatedly, I am not going to walk away,” the prime minister said, adding: “Let’s pull together as a party and a movement.” Just 48 hours later, one of his most loyal ministers was on the BBC sending a very different message. “I don’t want t

PoliticsHousing
Express Politics20 Jun 2026

Labour accused of hiding true cost of 'failure' to secure Britain's borders

A council is braced for a £3million funding shortfall as Labour faces calls to fully fund the costs which come with housing asylum seekers.

ImmigrationHousing
BBC Politics19 Jun 2026

Why candidates dress up to run in major UK elections

Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.

PoliticsHousing
The Guardian Politics19 Jun 2026

Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s

Amid UK government proposals for a ban, experts discuss what other activities might really serve children well When a Lancashire schoolgirl was asked what she would do if the proposed social media ban for under-16s came into effect, her answer hit a national nerve: “Stare at a wall,” she deadpanned. The clip went viral, not least because it distilled a question many parents have been asking themselves about the consequences of the government’s proposed social media ban. Continue reading...

Housing
The Guardian Politics19 Jun 2026

Two men jailed for arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer

Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc imprisoned for seven years and two years respectively Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc have been jailed at the Old Bailey for seven years and two years respectively for arson attacks on property connected to Keir Starmer. Lavrynovych, 22, from Ukraine, and Carpiuc, 27, from Romania were found guilty on Monday of conspiring to commit arson on a car and two properties linked to the prime minister. Continue reading...

HousingCrime
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Jail Sentences Handed Out for Arson Attacks Targeting Starmer’s Property

Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc have been jailed at the Old Bailey for seven years and two years respectively for plotting a series of arson attacks targeting the Starmer. Brings an end to that brief chapter…

Housing
BBC Politics19 Jun 2026

Labour minister responds to Burnham win

Housing minister Steve Reed recalled previous Conservative leadership contests.

Housing
Express Politics19 Jun 2026

Rachel Reeves just torpedoed UK - and she’s about to sink Andy Burnham too

Britain may be on course for a new PM, but he'll inherit exactly the same problem as the current one.

Housing
Guido Fawkes19 Jun 2026

Starmer Loyalist Steve Reed: Burnham Won’t Destroy Labour With Leadership Fight

Starmer-loyal Housing Secretary Steve Reed is on the broadcast round for the government this morning. Reed said of Starmer: “He’s made clear his own position… That he’s not going to walk away and that he would he would fight it if there was a challenge. But we’ve got to focus not on internal debates in…

Housing
Conservative Home19 Jun 2026

Georgia Gilholy: The assisted suicide lobby is desperate but we shouldn’t give in

The country has more urgent concerns: immigration, crime, energy, industry, housing. It is extraordinary that, at the whim of one backbencher and a well-funded lobby, Labour seems destined to be drawn into wasting time tearing itself apart still further over radical social change. The post Georgia Gilholy: The assisted suicide lobby is desperate but we shouldn’t give in appeared first on Conservative Home.

ImmigrationHousingCrime