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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Labour Furious at Lauren Edwards for Plan to Bring Back Assisted Suicide Bill

On Friday, Guido noted the inevitable civil war that would ensue if a Labour MP brought back the assisted suicide Bill. Just a few days later that civil war is now raging after Rochester & Strood MP, Lauren Edwards, announced her politically clueless plan to bring back Kim Leadbeater’s failed Bill… Labour MPs are in…

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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

If the right wants money for defence, it can start with MoD wastefulness – or even the pensioner triple lock | Polly Toynbee

There is nothing left to be squeezed from disabled people or families, yet some continue to bang the same old drum What’s it to be, warfare or welfare, social or military spending, guns or butter? Hermann Göring coined that phrase calling for re-armament, “Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat.” In her “Britain awake” speech, Margaret Thatcher in 1976 warned that the Soviets “put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns” – though defence spending fell

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Powell Vetting Questions Unresolved After Mandelson Furore

Morgan McSweeney told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee: “Jonathan Powell got appointed too before the necessary [vetting] work”. Westminster has moved on since the release of the damning Mandelson files, Guido has not… Leaked emails show that Jonathan Powell was working in Syria from at least 2012 onwards – including negotiating with terror groups. As…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

WATCH: Defence Ministers Dragged to House of Commons to Answer Questions on Defence Investment Plan

The Speaker has granted Kemi Badenoch an Urgent Question to drag defence ministers to the Commons to discuss the Defence Investment Plan: “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the ability of the armed…

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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

Listen to manufacturers and unions: high electricity prices are killing industry | Nils Pratley

Make UK and TUC are right – ministers need a proper strategy to cut energy costs before there are more closures Britain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relief from high energy prices The manufacturing lobby group, Make UK, and the Trades Union Congress have picked a bad moment to plead for urgent relief for the nation’s industrial companies from sky-high electricity prices. The cabinet is tearing itself apart over defence spending, so even a “one minute to midnight” call for an extra £3bn

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BBC Politics15 Jun 2026

Assisted dying returns to Parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'

Lauren Edwards says she will bring the exact same bill which was narrowly passed by the Commons but ran out of time in the Lords.

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

LIVE: Badenoch Gives Speech on Defence

After James Cartlidge failed to answer on Sunday how the Tories would fund a major boost to defence spending. At least they don’t make it up on the hoof… Badenoch sets out three Tory ‘tests’ for the DIP: Full £28 billion must be committed. Funding for plan must not be backloaded to next parliament. Funding…

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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

REPORT: Architect of Single Market Entry Warns Labour’s EU ‘Reset’ Will Cost Billions

A new Policy Exchange report by Lord Lilley, the Trade Secretary who oversaw Britain’s 1992 entry into the single market, warns that Labour’s disastrous EU ‘reset’ will impose costs exceeding the government’s own estimates of the supposed benefits, all while leaving Britain with no vote over future rule changes. Of which there are guaranteed to…

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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

Labour MPs urge Starmer to set targets to boost number of male teachers in England

Men and Boys group of MPs addresses ‘crisis of masculinity’ and joins campaign for longer paternity leave Government ministers have been urged to set targets to boost the number of male teachers in England, as backbench MPs seek to capitalise on turbulence in the Labour party to influence government policy. With the government in disarray after the shock resignation of the defence secretary this week, MPs are seizing the moment to embark on a battle of ideas, including tackling toxic masculinity

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Express Politics15 Jun 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer to hold press conference after defence spending row

The Prime Minister, who's been warned he's lost all his authority after Defence Secretary John Healey quit, will impose an age limit of 16 on social media services.

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Express Politics15 Jun 2026

Labour civil war explodes as Keir Starmer set for showdown with Donald Trump

The battle to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister has begun

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Express Politics14 Jun 2026

Major assisted dying update as bill set to return to Parliament

MP Lauren Edwards has urged peers in the House of Lords to 'finish the job'.

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