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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election Analysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party’s “almost infinite capacity for self-delusion” means it is likely to lose the next election. In a scathing 5,700-word

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful

Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits Did Tony Blair ever mention he was quite good at winning elections? If you happened to miss it, then his 5,700-word opus on where Labour, Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong is here to remind you. Several times. “I led the Labour party for 13 years and through three general elections,” goes the second sentence.

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Sky News Politics26 May 2026

Labour needs 'fundamental reset', says Blair amid leadership crisis

Sir Tony Blair has warned Labour against forcing Sir Keir Starmer to quit without having a proper policy agenda to follow him, in his first intervention since the party was plunged into a leadership crisis.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Reform civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’

Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staff A Reform UK plan to cut the size of the civil service would involve sacking more planning officers than exist and getting rid of at least two-thirds of the psychologists who support prison officers’ welfare, it has emerged. The policy paper, led by the Reform MP Danny Kruger and published in December, promises to save more than £5bn a year by cutting civil service roles, with

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Sky News Politics26 May 2026

Horizon Post Office scandal victims 'don't have luxury of time'

Police have warned that time is running out for the victims of the Horizon Post Office scandal to receive justice, unless millions of pounds are funnelled into the criminal investigation.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts

Campaigners reject claims that tougher rules will deter hiring – and lock young people out of jobs Ministers should press ahead with a ban on zero-hours contracts, campaigners say, despite claims by business leaders that it would deter hiring and lock more young people out of the labour market. The Child Poverty Action Group and the union umbrella organisation the TUC were among eight signatories to a letter to the department of business and trade calling on the government to “ignore the noise”

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Reform UK’s Makerfield byelection candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X

Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’ The Reform UK candidate in this month’s Makerfield byelection appeared to doubt the seriousness of Covid and the efficacy of vaccines for the virus, in another tranche of messages unearthed from now-deleted social media posts. Previously seen messages from Robert Kenyon showed him interacting with far-right figures, and expressing strong support for Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Yusuf in clash with Jenrick over Reform deportation policy

Reform's home affairs chief has publicly disagreed with its Treasury spokesman over what party policy is.

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Yusuf in clash with Jenrick over Reform deportation policy

Reform's home affairs chief has publicly disagreed with its Treasury spokesman over what party policy is.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

The Guardian view on Britain’s economy: to profit politically a recovery must be felt in people’s pockets | Editorial

The chancellor can point to growth and lower inflation, but weak job data, flat living standards and uncertain productivity are no reason to cheer In October 1991, the then chancellor Norman Lamont said he thought he saw some “green shoots” of recovery. He was ridiculed, as Britain was in the midst of a deep recession that it would not clamber out of until the following summer. Insouciant in the face of the scorn heaped upon him, Mr Lamont defended himself robustly, even long after the event – n

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

John Swinney denies 'sweeping Murrell scandal under carpet'

Opposition MSPs have criticised the first minister and ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon following Peter Murrell's guilty plea.

BBC Politics26 May 2026

John Swinney denies 'sweeping Murrell scandal under carpet'

Opposition MSPs have criticised the first minister and ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon following Peter Murrell's guilty plea.