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The Guardian Politics6 Aug 2026

Healey urged to be bold on borrowing in first test of Burnham’s growth pledge

Some want the chancellor to exploit newly flexible fiscal rules – others want a more creative approach, such as borrowing from markets With just 12 weeks to go until his first budget, new chancellor John Healey is seeking ways to ramp up public investment, without busting the Treasury’s fiscal rules – and some economists are urging him to be bold. As he settles into No 11 Downing Street, the former defence secretary’s most immediate challenges concern day-to-day government spending. Continue re

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The Guardian Politics6 Aug 2026

Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to ban standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’ Waiting at the bar and trying to catch the bartender’s eye so you can order a pint, before going to stand with your friends and have a catchup, has been how British people have experienced going to the pub for centuries. But Westminster council has been accused of trying to put a stop to it. The council, which has jurisdiction over one of the busiest nightlife districts in Europe –

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Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Tories raise close to £15 million in Badenoch’s first full year as leader

Indeed, what these figures show is a party that left government for the first time in fourteen years and now has the finances of a party in opposition. That’s it. The post Tories raise close to £15 million in Badenoch’s first full year as leader appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Firms face huge fines and bosses could be thrown in jail in new Reform migrant plan

Bosses will be thrown in jail, under a new "Deliveroo Law", amid growing concern over Channel migrants working in Britain's booming black economy.

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Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Politics LIVE: Reform UK to make major announcement at press conference

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is giving a press conference this morning - follow live

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Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Women are being told to bow to the feelings of 1 group of people - and I’ve had enough

OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: If you thought the fight was over on this most crucial of issues you were dead wrong

Express Politics6 Aug 2026

Labour are delusional – Rachel Reeves wrecked the UK and they're still blaming Tories

OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: Their latest Tory target says far more about Labour than MPs realise.

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Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Bob Seely: Superpowers, Great Powers and ‘also Rans’ – but which is Britain?

Ultimately, we should remember a simple lesson: in poker terms, we still have a one of the best hands of any nation, we just need to play it better. The post Bob Seely: Superpowers, Great Powers and ‘also Rans’ – but which is Britain? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: Our justice system is one of Britain’s greatest institutions. It must not lose public trust

Britain's justice system remains one of the finest in the world because it never stood still. Throughout our history, we have strengthened our institutions when they have come under pressure rather than accepting decline as inevitable. The post Festus Akinbusoye: Our justice system is one of Britain’s greatest institutions. It must not lose public trust appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Gia Borg-Darcy: Kingston’s housing plan forgets about infrastructure

20,000 homes means 45,000 to 50,000 more people. Where will they go to school? Where will they see a GP? Where will they park? The post Gia Borg-Darcy: Kingston’s housing plan forgets about infrastructure appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics6 Aug 2026

What will Devon's four new councils mean for you?

The shake-up will need to consider everything from leisure centres and planning to recycling.

The Guardian Politics6 Aug 2026

The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality ‘To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me.” That was the breathtaking response of Prof Jason Arday when the Guardian interrogated the details he provided of an alleged racist campaign of intimidation against him, which involved a severed pig’s head, a masked man wielding a knife and bullets in the post. Arday had been unable to