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Express Politics29 May 2026

Andy Burnham is U-turning on everything - except his biggest mistake of all

Andy Burnham is turning out to be a curious choice for next Labour leader.

The Guardian Politics29 May 2026

Minister insists Labour will not apply national living wage to all over-18s before election – UK politics live

Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report Good morning. Last night Alan Milburn suggested that he would like the government to drop its commitment to pay all people over the age of 18 the national living wage. The former Labour health secretary was speaking after he published a major report on the rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet)

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Guido Fawkes29 May 2026

WATCH: Torsten Bell Insists Labour Not to Blame for Youth Unemployment Disaster

Budget Man Bell on Sky News, asked if hiking taxes and the minimum wage has contributed to sky high youth unemployment: “Isn’t your government part of the problem?” “No, we’re part of the answer…” He also revealed the country can expect the elusive Defence Investment Plan… when it’s ready.

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BBC Politics29 May 2026

More pharmacies in England to prescribe medication from autumn

The £340m deal will see five common conditions added to the list of things pharmacists can prescribe medication for from this autumn.

Conservative Home29 May 2026

You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now

Right now, who is going to bet that any of the current Cabinet will be in their current role by the end of this year. Whatever happens in the Labour civil war, the Opposition shouldn't interfere, and simply adapt to what emerges at the end of it all.  The post You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics29 May 2026

POLL: Would you like Tony Blair to return as Labour leader? Vote here

Readers can vote in our poll on if they would like to see a comeback by the former Labour leader.

Express Politics29 May 2026

Peter Murrell's embezzlement shame raises three questions that must be answered

OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: There's something rotten about this story.

Conservative Home29 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions

A national conversation implies the nation supports defence. What nation? The SNP opposes nuclear submarines at Faslane, Sinn Fein is against the £50 million Defence Growth Deal in Northern Ireland and Plaid Cymru backs rural resiliance [sic] but ducks defence.  The post Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem

Child-rearing generates massive public returns. We price it as a private cost. That is not sustainable. A tax system designed in the mid-twentieth century for a very different demographic trajectory is producing predictable results. The post George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster

You cannot concrete over productive farmland in one location while removing farmland from production elsewhere, all while arguing that viability is marginal and infrastructure funding uncertain. The post Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics29 May 2026

We know what former SNP chief Peter Murrell bought with £400,000 of embezzled funds. What I’d like to know is why | Gaby Hinsliff

His guilty plea means motive will for ever be a mystery. It just proves that the world can look as hard as it likes at someone’s marriage and never know what’s going on It sounds like the haul of an unhappy trophy wife, filling her empty days with retail therapy. Three Fortnum & Mason advent calendars, seemingly priced for those to whom money is no object; a pair of incomprehensibly expensive Lalique crystal salt and pepper grinders; several hundreds of pounds’ worth of Le Creuset; and no fewer

Express Politics29 May 2026

Britain's armed forces battle fraud crisis as 'culture change' demanded

The 'normalisation of fraud' is condemned as the Ministry of Defence is condemned for lacking a strategy to stamp out this crime ahead of new investment

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