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The Guardian Politics30 May 2026

Rise in youth unemployment driving more to homelessness, UK charities say

Centrepoint warns young people facing ‘huge scarcity of work opportunities’ after Alan Milburn’s report on crisis The growing number of young people not in work or education is driving more into unstable housing or homelessness, charities have warned. A government-commissioned review into the crisis facing young people in the UK said there could be a 25% rise in young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) to 1.25 million by the early 2030s without intervention. Continue reading

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Express Politics30 May 2026

Nicola Sturgeon faces yet more humiliation after ex-husband's embezzlement shame

Peter Murrell is expected to pay back the £400,000 he stole from the SNP.

Express Politics30 May 2026

Andy Burnham has bombshell plan for 'unfair' asylum hotels if he becomes PM

Labour's Makerfield by-election candidate is preparing to upend asylum accommodation

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Guido Fawkes30 May 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 997,324 visitors visited 912,554 times viewing 889,323 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Adam Boulton Retweets Fake ‘Britain Erects’ Poll Public Reform Spat Between Jenrick and Yusuf Over Immigration Policy Farage Reports Hope Not Hate to Charity Watchdog Over ‘Pro-Labour Leaflets’ Andy Burnham Hits Back at Blair…

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Express Politics30 May 2026

Everyone thinks Keir Starmer is a goner except one man - and he's not giving up

The sun is out and it's ice-cream time at Westminster, but Keir Starmer is hard at work and has no intention of stopping, says Jonathan Walker

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Express Politics30 May 2026

Ed Miliband's Net Zero zealotry will collapse - and it's for these bombshell reasons

OPINION - ROSS CLARK: Miliband's mad obsession has no legs - unfortunately for us, he's there to prop it up.

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Express Politics30 May 2026

Keir Starmer seems to be competing with himself to come up with most ridiculous policies

OPINION - ROBERT FISK: Are Labour determined to show how bad a job they can do?

Sky News Politics29 May 2026

Burnham allies plan cross-party council to stop a Reform UK government

Allies of Andy Burnham will form a new "council" of cross-party figures to discuss working together to stop a Reform UK government.

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The Guardian Politics29 May 2026

UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis

Exclusive: Some fear raising rate for people aged 18-20 will exacerbate unemployment while others point to lack of evidence Rising rates of youth unemployment have created a split at the top of government over how fast it should meet its promise to give young people the full minimum wage. Peter Kyle, the business secretary, is understood to believe now is not the time to give 18- to 20-year-olds the full minimum wage, which Labour promised to do in its manifesto. Continue reading...

The Guardian Politics29 May 2026

The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson: the government must come clean on vetting | Editorial

The first mistake was appointing the peer despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The next would be claiming his security risks were properly managed It is telling that the person who first floated the idea of Peter Mandelson as the next UK ambassador to America was probably himself. He seems to have looked at his global contacts and thought: this is why I’m useful. Whitehall’s security vetters, UKSV, looked at the same contacts and thought: this is why he’s not. The latest revelations illustrate

BBC Politics29 May 2026

Labour reports Farage's alleged Russian phone hack to police

On Sunday, Reform sources claimed to a newspaper that their leader's phone may have been hacked.

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BBC Politics29 May 2026

Labour reports Farage's alleged Russian phone hack to police

On Sunday, Reform sources claimed to a newspaper that their leader's phone may have been hacked.

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