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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Ian Acheson: A review of our Prisons system must not be so broad it gets blurred

The risk with a system‑wide mandate is that distinctly different threats – overcrowding, organised crime, Islamist extremism, chronic under‑staffing – are flattened into a single story about “pressure”. The post Ian Acheson: A review of our Prisons system must not be so broad it gets blurred appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

New map shows areas in UK that 'suffer' most if Burnham makes major tax change on homes

Members of the public in certain areas will 'suffer' more than others under a major tax change being weighed up by Burnham

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it?

Currently we tax young people for getting an education that often doesn’t enhance their income, tax employers for hiring them, tax them for coupling up, ration the asset they most need to access adult life, and, when they fall into depression and despondence, reward them for giving up. The post Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job

He's led the SBS and Special Forces' work is about small teams delivering strategic effect. It’s inherently political and led by people who see the bigger picture. In Parliament, he's also been one of the few of the Labour Parliamentary intake who has stood out. The post Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses

In ten days-time, a man who spent three quarters of his working life in London, and most of that time in politics, will step into Downing Street and try to convince the country that he is an outsider. He’ll presume to tell us about the Makerfield test, Manchesterism, and “doing things differently.” The post Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009

Councils purchasing commercial office blocks, hotels and shopping centres, building substantial property portfolios on the basis of low interest rates and overly optimistic investment returns has left an enormous burden on taxpayers. The post Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Reform’s Fleet Street ‘spoilers’: how party deploys tactic to get ahead of stories

Richard Tice’s NCA leak claims in the Telegraph would not be the first time Reform has used a more sympathetic outlet UK politics live – latest updates Late on Tuesday afternoon, as the British media was absorbing Nigel Farage’s shock decision to hold a byelection amid scrutiny over his finances, his Reform UK party supplied the Telegraph with a different story. The article revealed that Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, had accused the National Crime Agency (NCA) of leaking financial inf

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Outrage as thousands of pensions payments delayed for months – 'persistent failures'

Some elderly people are forced to sell their homes or run up massive debts after being left out of pocket

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Hurrying Burnham Has Less Than Three Years Before Parliament Must Dissolve

Tomorrow is the 9th of  July. That will be three years out from the last possible date for the dissolution of the current Parliament under Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The present Parliament first met on 9 July 2024… Unless dissolved earlier, it automatically dissolves at the beginning of 9 July 2029, five…

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him Britain’s politics was never so weird. First, the people of Makerfield choose who should be the new prime minister. Now the people of Clacton are to confirm the man who is currently his most popular challenger. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is still running ahead of all other parties, and he is ahead of all other current leaders. It would be foolish to underestimate him. Farage i

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Burnham Policy Chief’s ‘Hobby Horse’ Plan to Hand Out ‘Free Basic Energy’ Costing Tens of Billions

The “hobby horse” of Andy Burnham’s transition policy chief is a “free basic energy” subsidy which would cost tens of billions of pounds per year. Here we go again… Figures who have worked with ex-energy and housing minister Miatta Fahnbulleh expect her to revive a policy she championed at the New Economics Foundation, of which…

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps

A legal case on behalf of some 700,000 people against the country’s biggest housebuilders could be a catalyst for much-needed industry reform Every new government – at least for the past decade or so – has come into office with a promise to build more homes. New ministers don a hard hat, take a trip out to a recently completed development and smile indulgently as a bright young couple get given the keys to a smart-looking new-build. Then follows a speech about aspiration. The unspoken truth will

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