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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

HS2 to Run More Slowly & Cost More Than £100 Billion

Announced as part of the HS2 update by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in the Commons: The new expected cost to complete HS2 is between £87.7 billion and between £102 billion in 2025 prices. The first services from Old Oak Common to Birmingham are expected to start between May 2036 and 2039. The full operation of…

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Express Politics19 May 2026

Reform UK names candidate to take on Andy Burnham in crunch Makerfield by-election

Nigel Farage's party has revealed its candidate for the upcoming by-election.

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Express Politics19 May 2026

Burnham ruthlessly mocked by own party as Cabinet minister savages by-election

Andy Burnham has been ruthlessly mocked by his own Labour party as Cabinet minister Patrick McFadden branded his Makerfield by-election bid a vanity project.

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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

Burnham Wins Labour Makerfield Selection as Only Shortlisted Candidate

The only candidate shortlisted, because why would anyone else have bothered…

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BBC Politics19 May 2026

Labour activists in court amid vote rigging claims

The activists were charged in connection with claims a party database was manipulated to help fix a candidate selection.

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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

Burnham Currently 64% Favourite In Makerfield

At the time of going to pixel, Andy Burnham is the odds-on favourite to win the Makerfield by-election at a best price of 4/7, or an implied 64% probability. Reform have drifted to 2/1, although they haven’t yet unveiled their candidate. Restore Britain are at 11/1 and the Conservatives are a 940/1 afterthought in a…

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Express Politics19 May 2026

Inside the glamorous life of Donald Trump's 'most beautiful' special assistant

The President's glamourous Special Assistant and Communications Advisor Margo Martin is growing in prominence in US politics.

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BBC Politics19 May 2026

By-election to replace Stephen Flynn set for next month

Flynn became the MSP for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine earlier this month.

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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

LIVE: Intelligence & Security Committee Drags Ministers to Commons on Mandelson Files

This rare action from the ISC comes after the government failed to respond or act on its letter of last week complaining about extraordinary redactions to the second tranche of the Mandelson Files release. Watch along… Darren Jones: “The government found a small number of extra documents that it submitted… The second tranche will now…

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Sky News Politics19 May 2026

Who is standing in the Makerfield by-election?

A by-election is set to take place in the constituency of Makerfield, in Greater Manchester, on 18 June.

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Guido Fawkes19 May 2026

EXC: Zarah Sultana Explores Options for New Seats and Mayoral Candidacy

Your Party-ish MP Zarah Sultana is looking for her next elected gig. Planning for the next election at which point Zarah no doubt expects Labour voters to kick her out of Coventry South… Sultana is looking at London and Birmingham. Pollsters have been contacted this week by her representatives who say they want to test…

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BBC Politics19 May 2026

Chris Mason: Inside the shadow contest to be our next prime minister

It is now likely that we will have another new prime minister, possibly within weeks, or perhaps within months, our political editor writes.

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