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Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

MPs Find £5 Billion Asylum System Has No Clear Goals Despite Labour ‘Overhaul’

A report by the Public Accounts Committee of MPs has blasted the government for failing to say what the asylum system is “trying to achieve, or how success would be judged.” Despite all the talk… The asylum system was found to cost the Home Office and MoJ around £4.9 billion in 2024-25 (including £2.7 billion…

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Home Office has 'lost all control' of asylum system warns bombshell report

The cross-party committee said the Home Office's admission that it only knows the location of the "vast majority" of failed asylum seekers was "shocking and unacceptable".

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Rachel Reeves set to go out with a bang – and she’ll blow Andy Burnham sky high

Andy Burnham should be careful what he wishes for.

The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

No 10 says Starmer ‘will not walk away’ if Burnham officially enters Labour leadership contest - UK politics live

Downing Street responded after Andy Burnham publicly admitted that he would consider launching a bid to become Labour leader ‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election Hello and welcome to our UK politics blog. David Lammy has come out in support of the prime minister, saying Keir Starmer would fight in a leadership contest after Andy Burnham said he would join one if elected an MP. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

The Greater Manchester mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.

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Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

Lammy: I Will Support Starmer Until He No Longer Wants to Lead Labour

David Lammy has said the question of replacing Starmer is not coming up in Makerfield among voters. All the Starmer loyalists are still pretending this is a regular by-election… Lammy told Times Radio he was in the constituency: “Of course I support Andy Burnham to become the Member of Parliament for Makerfield. He’s running against…

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch is running rings round Keir Starmer - she's the PM Britain needs

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch looks like the grown-up in the room, writes Jonathan Walker

Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch erupts at 'utter madness' as huge amount of North Sea oil and gas revealed

New research showed the large amount of oil and gas still remaining under the North Sea.

BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

UK in most dangerous period I've known, military chief says

Russian incursions into UK defences risk crossing a line, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton tells the BBC.

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham takes lead over Reform in new Makerfield by-election poll

The Labour politician has a clear lead over Nigel Farage's party in the latest survey.

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

It’s a washout: fighters pull their punches in Question Time’s Makerfield match-off

Andy Burnham takes round one of the big byelection bout while Reform’s Rob Kenyon takes aim at himself Seconds out … Round one. In the left corner we have the middleweight King of the North … Andy Burnham. In the far-right corner we have the total lightweight … Rob “The Plumber” Kenyon. On the undercard, we have three nonentities we can barely bring ourselves to mention. Mike “The Tory” Winstanley, Sarah “The Green” Wakefield and Jake “The Lib Dem” Austin. And if you think these three are dopey,

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

New claimants seek to sue Elon Musk’s xAI after Labour MP’s test case

Jess Asato’s lawyer says others want to take action over demeaning sexualised material created by Grok AI tool New claimants have come forward to take legal action against Elon Musk’s company xAI after the Labour MP Jess Asato launched a test case against the firm over demeaning sexualised material created by its Grok AI tool. A handful of complainants contacted Asato’s lawyer on Thursday in response to coverage of the MP’s decision to sue Musk’s company for damages over its creation and circula

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