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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin will not face sanctions over byelection leaflet error

High court judge accepts material distributed without legally required imprint due to inadvertent printing mistake UK politics live – latest updates Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, will not face a sanction for leaflets that omitted the party’s imprint, after a high court judge accepted this was due to an inadvertent printing error. Reform admitted that it sent about 81,000 leaflets to the constituency’s voters from a “concerned neighbour”, which did not

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Jerome Mayhew: The Government’s Railways Bill is coming down, and potentially off, the tracks

There is still time for genuine change to this bill, both in the Commons and then in the Lords. But the Government needs to stop and listen to the concerns of the industry. So far, we have seen no sign that they are listening at all. The post Jerome Mayhew: The Government’s Railways Bill is coming down, and potentially off, the tracks appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Commons uproar as Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer Labour is 'paedo defenders party'

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle had to interrupt PMQs and threatened to throw an MP out

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Badenoch: Starmer’s Own MPs Call Labour the ‘Paedo Defenders Party’

The Labour benches didn’t like that one…

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BBC Politics25 Feb 2026

Andrew 'rude and entitled', says MP

Sir Chris Bryant made the comments at the despatch box of the House of Commons.

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

How is Reform’s charmless candidate still a contender in Gorton and Denton? Ask Labour | George Monbiot

This byelection should have been a stroll for Keir Starmer’s party. Instead, all hope of defeating Matt Goodwin now seems to lie with the Greens Every barb Labour has directed at the Greens can now be returned with interest. “It’s a wasted vote.” “Do you want to see Reform in power?” New polling ahead of the crucial Gorton and Denton byelection this week, while by no means decisive, puts the Greens first on 22%, followed by Reform UK (20%), then Labour (18%), with 31% undecided. But still Keir S

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle Tipped Off Met Police About Mandelson Flight Risk

The Times reports Commons Speaker Linsday Hoyle was the source of intelligence which led Metropolitan Police officers to arrest Peter Mandelson on Monday afternoon. Mandelson was previously scheduled to do a voluntary interview in March before the rozzer swept in after judging him a flight risk… Mandelson was briefing hacks that some conspiracy was going…

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Non-Reform MPs Demand Government Bans Crypto Donations to Reform

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is demanding that parties be blocked until further notice from accepting crypto donations. Only Reform currently accepts them… The parliamentary committee is made up of: 12 Labour parliamentarians 5 Tories 3 LibDems 2 crossbenchers In a letter to Steve Reed the committee demands a “moratorium” on crypto donations…

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Sky News Politics25 Feb 2026

Josh Simons resigns as minister after controversy over information gathered on journalists

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons has left the government amid a row over a thinktank he used to run, which reportedly collected information on journalists.

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

The hard right has high hopes in Gorton and Denton – but a grassroots fightback is under way

As ordinary people feel the effects of divisive rhetoric, a local group is taking action to empower the community “I don’t want to talk about him,” Selina Ullah said, when asked what she thought of Matt Goodwin, the GB News presenter running for Reform in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection. She would rather talk about the hope she took from the national reaction to the murder of her brother, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah – and the memorial campaign afterwards – in the same Greater Manchester con

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Great news! Bookies think Labour can win the next election. Bad news! It’s down to Elon Musk | Zoe Williams

The Reform vote is being eaten into by the Musk-backed Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe. I fear that Labour may read the wrong message from all this It’s just one bookie and it’s just one February day in the week of a chaotic byelection, but it’s happened: for the first time in 18 months, Star Sports has staked Labour as most likely to win the general election. “Keir Starmer’s party have been in the ascendency in the market,” said its head of betting, William Kedjanyi, “shortening into 13/8 f

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Sky News Politics25 Feb 2026

Who is Josh Simons - and why has the ex minister resigned?

Josh Simons may not be well known outside of Westminster, but his name has generated much controversy in recent weeks - and now he has resigned.

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