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Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang

Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.

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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future

Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Wes Streeting: how the grandson of an armed robber became a key player in UK politics

Since his childhood in east London, the MP for Ilford North has shown a keen desire for organisational lead Wes Streeting has resigned from government, in a move that could pave the way for a leadership contest. Suspicions have long been swirling that Streeting has his eyes on the Labour party top spot, but who is the man gunning to be – or to help choose – the next prime minister? Continue reading...

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Will Starmer go – and if so, how? Four scenarios in the battle for No 10

A return to Westminster for Andy Burnham is far from guaranteed, while Starmer could fight a leadership challenge and win While Keir Starmer’s authority as prime minister feels terminally undermined following calls from MPs and departing ministers to step down, he remains inside No 10 – for now. So how, and when, might he be removed? Here are some possible scenarios. Continue reading...

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Wes walks, Starmer stays, but has Burnham got the momentum? – The Latest

Wes Streeting has quit his cabinet role as health secretary and called on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister after days of speculation. But Streeting did not launch his own challenge to trigger a leadership contest, so what could be next for Starmer’s government? And has he left the door open for Andy Burnham to return? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot Continue reading...

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Let’s not deny the good work Labour has done. But Starmer is too timid for the radical remedies needed now | Polly Toynbee

Rejoining the EU, massive tax reform, scrapping the pension triple lock – a new leader must summon a sense of emergency and deal with the big issues Labour is in the deepest trouble. A juicy leadership drama ignites all Westminster-watchers, another spellbinding live-action theatre of rising and falling stars, duels, betrayals of trust, new alliances and old ones broken. Some would pull back from this vortex. Is regicide absolutely necessary when “stability” is what people and markets say they w

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Stephen Lillie on the Labour leadership crisis – cartoon

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Labour MP to stand down to allow Burnham run for byelection amid leadership row

Greater Manchester mayor would need to win byelection to launch leadership challenge against Starmer • UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham now has a route back to parliament after a Greater Manchester MP announced he would stand down, triggering a byelection, and putting Burnham in contention to become the next Labour leader. The Greater Manchester mayor has been seeking to return to parliament for months, but was blocked by Keir Starmer from running in the Gorton and Denton byelectio

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Millions of unpaid UK carers ‘living in agony’, says Louise Casey

Government social care commissioner says system relying on exhausted unpaid carers to plug gaps in support UK politics live – latest updates Millions of unpaid carers in the UK are “living an agony” while propping up an outdated, fragmented and confusing social care system, Louise Casey, the head of the government’s adult social care commission, has said. Lady Casey, who is leading an independent review of adult social care, criticised a system that “still behaves as if we are living in 1948 a

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Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Now former health secretary and Manchester mayor could be about to make an unlikely deal to oust Keir Starmer Who said the Labour party needs “a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism … It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates”? Until this morning, almost everyone would have attributed those words to Andy Burnham, the mayor or Greater Manchester. But those were the closing paragraphs of the former health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation l

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Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit key target, figures show

Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reached Hospitals in England have hit a key target for improving the time it takes patients to get treatment, which prompted Wes Streeting to declare that Labour’s “plan for the NHS is working” before departing as health secretary. Streeting had told the NHS to ensure that hospitals treated at least 65% of patients within 18 weeks by the end of March. New NHS England figures published

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Wes Streeting’s resignation letter – what he said and what he meant

The key points in the health secretary’s long letter to Keir Starmer decoded UK politics live – latest updates As resignation letters go it is long – two pages and nearly 1,000 words – and relatively dense. And as ever with such missives, there was plenty of subtext behind the substance. So what was Wes Streeting trying to say to Keir Starmer? Continue reading...

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Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property shortly after receiving £5m gift

Revelation comes as Reform UK leader faces parliamentary investigation into money received from crypto billionaire UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage bought a £1.4m property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from the crypto billionaire, Christopher Harborne. The revelation comes after parliament’s standards watchdog confirmed separately that the Reform UK leader was facing a formal investigation over the gift from the Thai-based businessman. Continue reading...

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‘Is he getting rid of Starmer?’ Profile boost for Streeting in Ilford North seat

Despite slim majority of 528, many constituents of potential Labour leadership candidate seem rather fond of him Wes Streeting’s potential leadership bid has been the subject of mockery from figures within Labour – and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s slapdown of the former health secretary in the Commons on Wednesday went viral on social media. However, in Streeting’s parliamentary seat of Ilford North, his constituents seem rather fond of him and pleased with the prospect that their MP coul

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