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Express Politics28 May 2026

Major bombshell as huge new Labour cover-up exposed

Sir Keir Starmer's party is facing yet more bombshell allegations.

BBC Politics28 May 2026

Starmer defends policy decisions as he hits back at Blair

Former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair has accused the government of having "no coherent plan" for the country.

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BBC Politics28 May 2026

Sturgeon says she was deceived and betrayed over Murrell embezzlement

The former first minister said she was "coming to terms with being married to someone she did not know" after Peter Murrell's guilty plea.

The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme

London authority’s new Tory-led administration delivers significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme Enfield council in north London has withdrawn from the government’s new towns programme, in a significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme. The move by the new minority Conservative-led administration could present one of the first tests of Rachel Reeves’s planning reforms, designed to curb the use of judicial reviews against new infrastructure. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

The Guardian view on jobs and training: boosting young people’s chances should be a national mission | Editorial

Colleges and placements can help the 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds who aren’t earning or learning. But what they need most is work For a few days at least, political attention is focused on young people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training (known as Neets). A report from the commission led by Alan Milburn, a former health secretary, shines a bright light on a group that needs it. The document concentrates on analysis, with recommendations due in the autumn. Describing prob

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

The Guardian view on energy shocks: winter is coming – and Labour needs a plan | Editorial

Clean power remains essential. But until it arrives, Britain must stop LNG made scarce by the Iran war setting gas and electricity prices The US-Israel war on Iran will drive household energy costs in Britain to their highest level in two years over the summer. This has given fresh impetus to calls for the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, to change course. The cabinet minister is vulnerable because he promised cheaper bills if Britain embraced his clean, green power plan. Critics, including Labou

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Keir Starmer defends policy choices in rebuttal of Blair’s criticism

PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997 Keir Starmer has dismissed Tony’s Blair’s argument that his government is on the wrong track, saying he is implementing the policies needed for today, not the very different situation faced by Blair in 1997. “You won’t be surprised to know that I don’t agree with much that Tony says about what the government is doing,” Starmer said during a visit to an apprentice training centre in west Lo

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BBC Politics28 May 2026

Sturgeon says she was deceived and betrayed over Murrell embezzlement

The former first minister said she was "coming to terms with being married to someone she did not know" after Peter Murrell's guilty plea.

Express Politics28 May 2026

Rejoiners target Makerfield by-election in campaign to reverse Brexit as milestone passed

A petition calling on Britain to apply to rejoin the European Union has passed 100,000 signatures and the Rejoin the EU Party will compete in Makerfield

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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this | Polly Toynbee

The new and excoriating account of the dire prospects for UK young people is a call to action. It could be the Beveridge report for our time The diagnosis is dire. Alan Milburn has published the first part of his forensic report on the lives and chances of young people, their fate after leaving school or college, the inadequacy of their health, education and pastoral care, and the reluctance of employers to hire them. This is a “moral crisis”, he says. There are now more than a million young pe

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Express Politics28 May 2026

Nicola Sturgeon admits 'worst week of my life' as estranged husband guilty of taking £400k

The former Scotland first minister said she has had "probably the worst week of my life" after her former husband admitted to embezzling more than £400k.

The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest

A landmark report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, employment or training. The former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was a mounting economic risk to the country, and urged a fundamental reset of policy covering schools, the health service and the welfare state. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, Richard

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