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Express Politics2 Jun 2026

Major new poll outlines Nigel Farage threat in huge new bombshell for Labour

A survey of nearly 5,000 people across the UK shows support for Reform UK us not driven by satisfaction in the state.

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The Guardian Politics2 Jun 2026

The party dragging Nigel Farage further to the right – podcast

Daniel Trilling on the far-right party threatening Reform’s chances in the Makerfield byelection Does Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain threaten to erode the Reform UK vote share in the Makerfield byelection? “Restore [Britain] have positioned themselves as a harder-line alternative to Reform,” says Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable. “They’re pushing for an even more extreme policy of deportations for unauthori

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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

Reform UK support could plateau as it relies on socially conservative views, study finds

Party could struggle to push ratings as strategy increasingly focuses on views held by minority of voters, research finds Reform UK is becoming increasingly reliant on socially conservative views for political support, and therefore could struggle to push its poll ratings much higher, a large-scale research project led by the leading psephologist John Curtice has found. A study of Nigel Farage’s party carried out as part of the British Social Attitudes report found that while Reform supporters w

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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

‘Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office operators

Government should not be involved in providing redress to victims of Horizon IT scandal, campaigner tells MPs Sir Alan Bates has said that the schemes set up to compensate post office operators over the Horizon IT scandal have been an “utter disaster” and that the government should not be involved in running them. Bates, who led a two-decade fight for justice for thousands of subpostmasters falsely accused and wrongfully convicted for theft and false accounting, has previously accused the govern

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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

Windrush compensation scheme needs significant overhaul, MPs told

Victims should be given legal support to help slash number of claimants denied payouts, says Windrush commissioner The Windrush compensation scheme has failed to repair a grave injustice and needs a significant overhaul, a Westminster inquiry into government compensation schemes heard on Monday. Survivors of the Windrush scandal should be given legal support in making claims for compensation to help slash the number of claimants who are denied payouts and to bring the scheme in line with compen

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy

For decades Labour warned that Conservatives would privatise the NHS. Yet Wes Streeting may ultimately be remembered as the Health Secretary who convinced growing numbers of GP practices that the traditional NHS model is no longer sustainable The post Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Jeremy Clarkson sends brutal 10-word warning to Keir Starmer as farmers 'back Farage'

Former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter lays into 'useless' Labour ahead of new series of farming show

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Bombshell poll shows ‘working class abandon Labour’ as union members switch to Farage

Reform UK leader jubilant as support rockets for insurgent party

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The Guardian Politics31 May 2026

Nicola’s only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the drive

Rather than being one of the shrewdest operators in British politics for a decade, it turns out Sturgeon was just too trusting You know how it is. You wake up and look out the bedroom window. You see a brand new Jaguar worth £81,000 parked in the driveway. You smile to yourself. That’s what you love about your husband. Always nipping out to the shops to buy himself treats. And where’s the harm in that? No one can say he isn’t worth it. And a new car is only a trifle compared with a motor home. T

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Express Politics31 May 2026

Reform UK pledges to 'open the books' on grooming gang scandal and pursue public officials

The pledge has been strongly welcomed by Maggie Oliver, the grooming gangs whistleblower who wants criminal prosecutions of people who refused to stop the rapes

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The Guardian Politics31 May 2026

Disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems | Richard Partington

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for the wider economy Mainstream politicians are rarely direct. It is part of the reason why their populist counterparts thrive: they say it like it is. No nonsense. Let’s get things done. But last week Alan Milburn had a frank rebuttal:“Everybody goes for the bloody easy solution, don’t they? You can’t just go for the easy solution, OK? There are no easy solutions, guys. None. They’re all hard.” Speaking

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The Guardian Politics31 May 2026

‘Labour have lost their way’: voters in Makerfield say it’s time for a change

Andy Burnham and the Reform candidate lead the polls, but issues such as flooding and the state of the high street are main concerns locally The roads that connect the collection of towns and villages that make up this constituency in England are studded with turquoise banners declaring: “Makerfield needs Reform.” Once at the heart of Wigan’s coal-mining industry, and represented by a Labour MP continuously since the 1900s, Farage’s party has gained a foothold here, and with any other Labour can

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