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Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

MPs Find £5 Billion Asylum System Has No Clear Goals Despite Labour ‘Overhaul’

A report by the Public Accounts Committee of MPs has blasted the government for failing to say what the asylum system is “trying to achieve, or how success would be judged.” Despite all the talk… The asylum system was found to cost the Home Office and MoJ around £4.9 billion in 2024-25 (including £2.7 billion…

PoliticsImmigration
Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

Lammy: I Will Support Starmer Until He No Longer Wants to Lead Labour

David Lammy has said the question of replacing Starmer is not coming up in Makerfield among voters. All the Starmer loyalists are still pretending this is a regular by-election… Lammy told Times Radio he was in the constituency: “Of course I support Andy Burnham to become the Member of Parliament for Makerfield. He’s running against…

Politics
Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

New Ofcom Chairman Suggests Regulator Could Take Even Harsher Approach to GB News

The new chairman of Ofcom has suggested that the internet/broadcast regulator could take a much tougher approach against GB News. Two-tier regulation… Former Channel 4 chairman Ian Cheshire was yesterday formally appointed as new chairman the regulator. He spoke to the Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee of MPs late last month about GB News. Asked…

Politics
Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

Labour Party Launches Short-Form Video Training Programme for Volunteers

The Labour Party is pushing ahead with its digital communications strategy by opening a “political content creator” programme for over-18s. The point is to train Labour fans to get better at “creating engaging short-form videos to support the party’s online presence”… Called the “For You Project” – named after TikTok’s algorithm page – the programme…

Politics
Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

Streeting Accuses Reform of “Echoes of the 1930s” Over Henry Nowak’s Murder

Wes Streeting has accused Reform of acting in a way that has “echoes of the 1930s” with regard to Henry Nowak’s murder. It was always going to happen… Streeting told a LabourList drinks reception in the Commons last night: “We have seen it in the last 24 hours, the way in which [Reform] have sought…

PoliticsCrime
Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

FLASHBACK: Darren Jones Denied Sending ‘Warm Message’ to Mandelson Two Weeks Ago

On the 24th May after reports that there were “warm messages” between Mandelson and Chief Secretary to the PM Darren Jones, the minister denied it on broadcast. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg he said: “No, I was asked what was going on in Downing Street… This was the week that I had just arrived as Chief…

PoliticsDefence
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

Mahmood Avoids Media Amid Burnham Deal Talk

Shabana Mahmood has not done any media since before she went into Downing Street and told Starmer to set out a path for his leaving office. Shy? The Home Secretary was not even due to give the Commons statement on the Henry Nowak case. Until it became such big news that she took the place…

Politics
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

SPOTTED: McSweeney Busy Lunching British Media in London

Morgan McSweeney has cultivated an impression post-resignation that he’s ploughing the global security and disinformation furrow, with briefed-out appearances in Kyiv and Prague inevitably described as “rare” by hacks. What’s the McIavelli really up to… McSweeney is this week back in the UK and busy briefing senior media figures across the political spectrum. Lunching one…

Politics
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

WATCH: Labour ‘Growth Minister’ Claims Rejoining the EU is Inevitable

Here is Labour’s “Growth Minister” – three words that should never sit next to each other in a sentence – Lord Livermore standing at the Lords despatch box claiming it is an “inevitability” that Brexit will be undone: “We are seeking to mitigate at the margins the huge damage done to the UK economy by…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

WATCH: Farage Tells Starmer to End ‘Two-Tier Policing’ in Britain

The usual squawking from all the non-entity MPs sitting around Farage who know they’re on camera when he’s speaking…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

BBC’s Chorley Forced to Apologise to Farage Over Newsnight Interview

Posted on X this morning by Matt Chorley and tellingly retweeted by the BBC Press Office account: “I owe Nigel Farage an apology. During last night’s Newsnight we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage’s comments about ‘pure, cold rage’. However I referred to ‘white…

PoliticsReformCrime
Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

Burnham Congratulates Himself for Raising Taxes in Manchester

Andy Burnham has declared that the best example of his ability to make tough choices was his raising taxes in Manchester. Implosion on contact with Downing Street incoming… Burnham invited the New Statesman to see how popular he is in Makerfield with a pre-selected run of door-knocks. Asked by the magazine’s political editor Ailbhe Rea…

PoliticsEconomy