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Express Politics31 May 2026

Prevent counter-terror program accused of putting woke quotas ahead of safety

Britain's Prevent program has been accused of repeated failure and putting racial quotas ahead of protecting the public from extremism and terrorism.

BBC Politics31 May 2026

Sturgeon the master communicator was close to tears - but still faces more questions

The former Scottish first minister’s security in her own power and authority seems to have gone, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

Express Politics31 May 2026

Labour accused of £37m union payback through controversial Employment Rights Act

Labour has been accused of handing a £37million favour to trade unions through the Employment Rights Act, critics say amounts to payback for bankrolling Starmer

BBC Politics31 May 2026

Welsh Labour faces existential crisis, says former minister

Wales' controversial 20mph limit in built-up areas came at a cost to Welsh Labour, says former minister.

BBC Politics31 May 2026

Welsh Labour faces existential crisis, says former minister

Wales' controversial 20mph limit in built-up areas came at a cost to Welsh Labour, says former minister.

BBC Politics31 May 2026

Sturgeon's personal life and politics collide in BBC interview

BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell gives his take on Nicola Sturgeon's first media interview since her estranged husband admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.

Politics
Express Politics31 May 2026

Tories demand SNP face inquiry into £400k Murrell theft

The SNP has been called to face an inquiry into Peter Murrell's embezzlement, with Conservatives saying Nicola Sturgeon has questions to answer.

Crime
BBC Politics31 May 2026

Sturgeon tells BBC: I'm serving a sentence for crime I didn't commit

Scotland's former first minister is challenged by Laura Kuenssberg over the SNP embezzlement scandal, and at times struggles to hold back tears.

Crime
Express Politics31 May 2026

Reform candidate Robert Kenyon launches three-word brutal attack on Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham has put his record as Mayor of Greater Manchester at the heart of his pitch to return to Westminster but Reform wants to turn it against him

Politics
Guido Fawkes31 May 2026

Pat McFadden: Long-Delayed Defence Investment Plan Ready in ‘More Like Weeks Than Months’

Trevor Phillips: “When will we see the defence investment plan?”  Pat McFadden: “Pretty soon, when it’s ready.” Trevor Phillips: “What is pretty soon?” Pat McFadden: “It think it will be more like weeks than months.”  McFadden also backed an inquiry into the SNP-Murrell embezzlement scandal, and said youth employment was “pretty good”…

Defence
The Guardian Politics31 May 2026

Wes Streeting calls for NI tax cuts for businesses to ‘incentivise’ hiring

Labour should also drill for oil and gas in North Sea, says former health secretary and leadership candidate Wes Streeting has called for national insurance tax cuts for businesses, and for the government to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea. The former health secretary and Labour leadership candidate told the Sunday Times there should be a “targeted reduction” of employers’ national insurance contribution as a way to “actively incentivise” hiring, particularly of young people. Continue re

Economy
The Guardian Politics31 May 2026

Disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems | Richard Partington

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for the wider economy Mainstream politicians are rarely direct. It is part of the reason why their populist counterparts thrive: they say it like it is. No nonsense. Let’s get things done. But last week Alan Milburn had a frank rebuttal:“Everybody goes for the bloody easy solution, don’t they? You can’t just go for the easy solution, OK? There are no easy solutions, guys. None. They’re all hard.” Speaking

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