BBC Politics16 Jun 2026
Watch: Defence spending plans fall well short, says Healey
The ex-defence secretary repeats his call for more funding in a Commons speech following his resignation.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
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BBC Politics16 Jun 2026
Watch: Defence spending plans fall well short, says Healey
The ex-defence secretary repeats his call for more funding in a Commons speech following his resignation.
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield
Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote Reform UK politics live – latest updates Tactical voting could be fundamental to a Labour victory in Makerfield, with Green and Liberal Democrat supporters willing to back Andy Burnham to stop Reform from winning. Conversely, Reform’s main competitor for votes on the right is Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party. Polling experts have said that current data suggests the size of their vote share is roughly s
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
Who are the key figures around Andy Burnham and how could they fit in government?
With Burnham predicted to win Makerfield byelection, talk is turning to who would join him if he replaced Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham looks on the brink of returning to Westminster this weekend if polls showing he is heading for victory in the Makerfield byelection are to be believed. It is now clear his intention is to seek to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister as early as possible. Talk in Westminster has turned to who could be part of setting the directio
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
Makerfield voters are giving Burnham the benefit of the doubt. If he fails, the consequences will be grave | Owen Jones
Winning this byelection wouldn’t make Reform disappear. Would Burnham really have the courage needed to see them off in No 10? ‘Well, good,” says a middle-aged woman outside Boots about the prospect of millions of migrants being deported. “Because we want the country safe.” I point out that, even as immigration has risen sharply for the last two decades, by every measure – murder rates, or numbers of people admitted to hospitals because of knife attacks and assaults – violence has fallen steeply
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
UK will have to ‘dial back’ military plans without more funding, says chief of defence
Rich Knighton tells Lords committee he is ‘most concerned’ about impact on day-to-day military activities Britain will have to “dial back” on military operations and exercises in the next few years if the Ministry of Defence (MoD) does not receive extra funding from Downing Street and the Treasury, the UK’s most senior military officer has said. Rich Knighton, the chief of the defence staff, told a Lords committee that he was “most concerned” about the budgets for day-to-day activities – in his
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Conservative Home16 Jun 2026
Rupert Talfourd-Cook: It’s not just about picking the right candidates, but training them how to campaign
Representing constituents effectively, making the case for good policy and winning the arguments that matter are not things we should leave to chance. Politics is a craft, not just a calling, and serious candidates deserve the chance to learn it properly. The post Rupert Talfourd-Cook: It’s not just about picking the right candidates, but training them how to campaign appeared first on Conservative Home.
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
I spent an evening with fans of Lotus Eaters – the hit podcast shaping Britain’s new far-right culture | Oliver Haynes
At a sold-out show in its home town, Swindon, all the bombast and conviction driving this Restore-linked outlet was there to see If I asked you to name a popular politics podcast, what would you think of? Maybe The Rest Is Politics for centrist dads. Novara Media’s Downstream for young lefties, perhaps, or Triggernometry for conservatives. While these podcasts have achieved mainstream success and recognition, the contemporary media landscape also allows fringe political shows to gain huge audien
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Express Politics16 Jun 2026
Disaster for Keir Starmer as rival Wes Streeting delivers Labour leadership update
Wes Streeting has torn into both Andy Burnham and Sir Keir Starmer as the make or break Makerfield by-election looms with Reform snapping at Labour's heels.
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Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026
WATCH: Stamer Insists His “Doubters” Have Been “Wrong Every Time”
Starmer at the G7: “Very many times on my political journey, people have said to me, ‘It’s not possible’. They said it’s not possible to turn the Labour Party around. It’s not possible to win an election. It’s not possible, if you do win an election, to invest in your public services and stabilise the…
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
‘Sadly, things are worse,’ says sister of MP Jo Cox 10 years after her murder
Kim Leadbeater, now an MP, and fellow politicians fear that ‘kinder, gentler politics’ after Cox’s death was an illusion Ten years on from Jo Cox’s murder, Kim Leadbeater fears that the consensus around “kinder, gentler politics” in the wake of her sister’s death was short-lived. “Sadly and regrettably, over the last decade things are worse,” she says. Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and mother of two young children, was murdered outside a library in West Yorkshire in June 2016 by an Engl
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Express Politics16 Jun 2026
Andy Burnham is already plotting his cabinet - and it’s a right old rogue’s gallery
Labour MPs are acting as if Andy Burnham has already won Thursday's by-election and has the keys to Number 10.
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