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The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

Even GB News cringes as Reform turns dementia patients into a political football

Honest Bob was rattled at the idea of joining cross-party talks on social care. Why bother behaving as a serious opposition? When you’ve lost the trust of GB News, when you’re too deranged, too extreme and too outright mendacious for your biggest fan, then you know you are in trouble. You can almost sense the panic beginning to set in at Reform HQ. No longer topping the opinion polls. A new prime minister resetting the dial, the public increasingly choosing optimism over grievance. A party mired

Politics
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

The Five Government Ministers Who Voted Against Trident Renewal

Further to Guido’s reporting earlier today on Louise Haigh, it is only fair to mention that she is not the only sitting government minister who voted against renewing Britain’s nuclear defences in 2016. All while Burnham reheats a previous announcement to prove how serious he is about this… Angela Rayner, Lisa Nandy, Ian Murray and…

Defence
Sky News Politics30 Jul 2026

Harriet Harman: Ban men from running for next Labour leader

Labour grandee Harriet Harman has said Labour should ban men from running in its next leadership election.

Politics
Conservative Home30 Jul 2026

Oscar Houseago: It’s time for the Tories to remember the importance of freedom

As the Party rebuilds, freedom must be treated as the anchor principle from which everything else follows, not one consideration among many, and it is the standard against which the Party's renewal should be judged. The post Oscar Houseago: It’s time for the Tories to remember the importance of freedom appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

Will we pay more tax to fund social care? – podcast

Andy Burnham gave a major speech on Wednesday on his plans for a national care service. He sought cross-party consensus on the issue by speaking to the Tories and Lib Dems. But not Reform UK or the Greens. On Thursday, Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick held a press conference claiming the prime minister wanted a ‘death tax’. But is that what Burnham set out? Plus, Zack Polanski is under fire for a social media post. Is the Green party leader too ‘online’? Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker discuss Read Pete

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Express Politics30 Jul 2026

More than 750 migrants cross Channel on busiest day of year so far

Shocking figure comes despite Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying the plan to stop the boats is 'working'

Immigration
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Khan Hires ‘Diverse Individuals’ to Instruct Met on ‘Equity’ While Police Numbers Are Cut

Sadiq – sorry, Lord Khan is spending tens of thousands in taxpayer cash to hire “experienced and diverse individuals” to instruct the Met on EDI reforms while police officer numbers are falling due to cuts. All in a day’s work for the mayor… Khan is seeking three new members of the London Policing Board to “help…

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The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to UK Two Polish citizens who have lived in the UK for nearly 80 years after their parents fled the second world war have spoken of their terrifying experience after being told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to the UK. In May, while visiting Poland, they learned that although they had been welcomed as refugees after the

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The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates

Bank’s wariness about inflationary pressures from the conflict lie behind decision to hold steady at 3.75% Business live – latest updates There is a threat of high inflation coming to the UK, but only from the conflict in the Middle East which could keep oil prices high for much longer than was expected when Donald Trump first began attacking Iran. It is the war that makes the difference between a benign outlook for inflation and one that puts it back on a rising trajectory, top UK central ban

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Express Politics30 Jul 2026

Pensioners paying billions more income tax in stealth raid

Amount paid by the elderly has jumped by £9bn in the last two years

Economy
BBC Politics30 Jul 2026

Large rise in offenders sent back to prison, figures reveal

There has been a large rise in the number of offenders being recalled to prisons in England and Wales.

Crime
BBC Politics30 Jul 2026

Large rise in offenders sent back to prison, figures reveal

There has been a large rise in the number of offenders being recalled to prisons in England and Wales.

Crime