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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Reeves Says She Will Hike Taxes Again to Pay for Defence Boost

Rachel Reeves told an investors’ conference last night that “borrowing can’t be the only answer” to hiking defence spending: “The money has to come from somewhere… Everyone can see the challenges. We are spending 2.6% of GDP from next April and the pressures are only going in one direction.” Reeves is currently battling John Healey…

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The Guardian Politics10 Jun 2026

Nothing says stupidity like Reform's obsession with destroying British jobs | George Monbiot

The net zero economy is booming, so claims that prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that your pitch? Hammer these questions home whenever you meet a supporter of the party. Or, for that matter, a Conservative, as their party now takes an almost identical line. The figures are stark. They were compiled not by Just Stop Oil or the Green

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Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Ruth Davidson: Graduate loans are a tax on aspiration: it’s time for Fair Fees

A fair system should not trap people in decades of repayments while their balances grow. It should set interest at a reasonable level, protect students from retrospective rule changes and make sure the cost of higher education is shared fairly between graduates and the wider country. The post Ruth Davidson: Graduate loans are a tax on aspiration: it’s time for Fair Fees appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics10 Jun 2026

Most Makerfield voters say offensive posts would put them off candidate, poll finds

Survey in run-up to byelection also finds support for water renationalisation, wealth tax and cap on political donations A majority of voters in Makerfield say they would be less likely to vote for an election candidate if they have posted offensive content on social media, polling shows. The polling for the campaign group 38 Degrees, undertaken by Survation, asked 518 voters in the Makerfield constituency for their views on a range of issues, with 55% saying they would be less likely to vote fo

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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

Labour’s ‘Public-Private Partnership’ Financial Services Unit Has No Private Sector Staff

The government’s flagship “single front door” for international finance, which was sold as a public-private partnership drawing in the City’s biggest firms, hs no private sector staff involvement. At its October 2025 launch, the Office for Investment: Financial Services was billed as “a public-private partnership” bringing together the OfI, HM Treasury, No10, the PRA, the…

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Conservative Home9 Jun 2026

Charles Amos: By George! – Burnham’s land value tax is bonkers

A land value tax simply amounts to theft and it must be opposed by everyone with the slightest regard for private property. The post Charles Amos: By George! – Burnham’s land value tax is bonkers appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Jun 2026

Fury as 359 civil servants work abroad from holiday hotspots

Staff allowed to clock on while abroad 'crosses the line from flexible working into taxpayer-funded globe-trotting'

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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

UK Defence Plan Not Mentioned Once at Cabinet

The small matter of defence spending was not mentioned once at this morning’s Cabinet meeting. The elusive Defence Investment Plan is still without a publication date, and ministers are now in furious clashes over proposed cuts to their departmental capital budgets to fund an uplift. Rather than try to resolve this endless farce, the Cabinet…

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The Guardian Politics9 Jun 2026

Rows over defence investment plan ‘have badly harmed cabinet relations’

Sources say much delayed Dip is close to sign-off but only after some of the Labour government’s worst infighting Cabinet relations have been left badly damaged by the protracted row over the defence investment plan (Dip), according to Whitehall sources who say the standoff has led to some of the worst infighting since Labour took power. Ministers are putting the final touches on the plan, which is expected to be published in the coming weeks after departments agreed to cut their capital budgets

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The Guardian Politics9 Jun 2026

Is Keir Starmer trying to build a legacy or just getting on with the job?

As the Makerfield byelection and a potential leadership challenge loom, there is a sense the PM is looking to create impacts that last As the weeks ticked down to her departure from Downing Street in 2019, Theresa May had a plan. Not only did she want to put a net zero target into law, but she wanted the UK to be the first major economy to do so. And that meant beating the French. “It required the machinery of government to move more quickly than the French parliament,” a No 10 official from the

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Express Politics9 Jun 2026

Shocking figures reveal places in the UK where people are failing to pay their council tax

How much do people in your region owe?

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BBC Politics8 Jun 2026

All the key points from the Makerfield by-election debate

Candidates debate immigration antisocial behaviour, local identity, the cost of living and Wigan delicacies.

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