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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026

Experts Say Wes Streeting Likely Used AI to Write Guardian Counterattack on Blair

Experts and AI checkers say Wes Streeting most probably used AI to write his piece attacking Tony Blair. Released in the Guardian last night… Streeting’s Guardian riposte includes such phrases as: “But here is the striking weakness at the heart of Tony Blair’s intervention:” “Inequality – the economic, social and democratic fracture running through modern…

Economy
The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

UK risks £125bn hit a year from youth unemployment, landmark report says

Alan Milburn warns of ‘lost generation’ after number of young people not in work or education rises to more than 1m Britain risks a financial hit worth £125bn a year from a worsening crisis in youth worklessness after a rise in the number of young people not in employment or education to more than 1 million. In a landmark government-backed report, Alan Milburn warned Britain’s economy and the public finances were losing billions of pounds a year amid the growing risk of a “lost generation” of yo

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Express Politics28 May 2026

UK households warned of 67% ‘double tax’ as Rachel Reeves makes change

Taxpayers have been issued with a warning by an expert as Rachel Reeves gears up to implement a controversial new rule

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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026

WATCH: Shouty Burnham Adviser Fact-Checked by Former Sainsbury’s CEO on Growth

A two-minute exchange on Peston between Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, the ex-minister and Miliband ally now advising Burnham, and former CEO of Sainsbury’s Justin King. Some facts were checked… Fahnbulleh is now advising Burnham on policy and cut her teeth as head of the capitalism-sceptic New Economics Foundation. The corbynistas are making another move… Her own…

Economy
Guido Fawkes28 May 2026

WATCH: New Labour Grandee Milburn Attacks Reeves’ Tax & Wage Rises in Youth Jobs Crisis

Alan Milburn, former New Labour Health Secretary commissioned by Pat McFadden to produce a report on youth unemployment, has attacked Labour’s tax and wage policies for exacerbating the crisis. His report, out today, suggests there will be 1.25 million young people out of work by 2030… Asked on Sky News about government policies making it…

Economy
BBC Politics28 May 2026

I will find solution to M4 congestion, first minister says

Rhun ap Iorwerth said the Brynglas Tunnels in Newport are an "economic problem for Wales".

Economy
The Guardian Politics28 May 2026

To reverse the ‘greenlash’, Europe’s Green parties should embrace Polanski’s boldness | Tarik Abou-Chadi

Be more strident and ambitious, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’s Greens Tarik Abou-Chadi is a professor of European politics at the University of Oxford European Green parties have been through a phase of stagnation and crisis in recent years. Long gone seem the days of the “green wave” across Europe. Back in 2019, Green parties secured their best-ever result in the European parliament elections, with 74 seats. In the same year, Green pa

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The Guardian Politics27 May 2026

Blair wants to leave our future to the markets. I believe democracy can still shape our lives for the better | Wes Streeting

The inequality caused by technological innovation is not a given. Labour can harness that change to serve society, not dominate it Tony Blair is right about one thing: we are living through a historic rupture. The old certainties of the 20th century are breaking apart under the pressure of technological revolution, geopolitical instability and economic insecurity. AI will transform how we work, learn and govern as profoundly as steam power or electricity reshaped the world before it. Britain nee

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BBC Politics27 May 2026

Student loans inquiry finds many did not understand terms

The Treasury inquiry is looking at student loan plans in England and whether repayment terms are "reasonable".

Economy
Express Politics27 May 2026

Ed Miliband's net zero policies branded 'fantasy' by Tony Blair in blistering attack

Sir Tony Blair called on Sir Keir Starmer to rip up Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net zero targets and reduce the welfare budget.

EconomyEnvironment
The Guardian Politics27 May 2026

Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate

Robert Kenyon castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project on rugby league forum in 2016 Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project promoted by politicians who “peddled the nationalistic pish”, raising more doubts about his commitment to Nigel Farage’s signature achievement. The comments by Robert Kenyon, unearthed on a defunct rugby league forum and first reported by the Telegraph, follow the emergence of anothe

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The Guardian Politics27 May 2026

UK will get no special treatment from EU, European ministers say

There will be ‘no cherrypicking’ of policies, EU says, after Starmer says he hopes to negotiate single market for goods Europe live – latest updates The UK will get no special treatment in its future economic relationship with the EU, European ministers have said, in a further blow to Keir Starmer’s hopes of negotiating a single market for goods. The EU’s ministers for Europe, who met on Tuesday, said they wanted deeper cooperation with the UK, but this had to be in line with fundamental princ

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