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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026

Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"

Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.

ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026

Troubling Evidence Of Corruption

The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform

RestoreRemigration24/02/2026

Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang

Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.

PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026

The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future

Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

Professional classes stand in way of tax on the super-rich | Phillip Inman

If the prime minister wants to make the system fairer he will need to upset the professional classes with a land value tax The professional classes act like a Praetorian Guard for the super-rich. Having acquired some of the trappings of being rich, they defend the privileges of wealth – land, property and pensions. They do this as if they – company managers, lawyers, doctors, judges, senior civil servants, architects and chartered this and thats – were the main beneficiaries. Continue reading..

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

Can Japan avoid a Liz Truss-style shock as its PM embarks on a giant spending spree?

Sanae Takaichi’s blueprint to inject £1.7tn and double economic growth leaves many investors fearful International investors are asking where Japan’s prime minister will find the ¥370tn (£1.7tn) of extra cash that she wants to invest in 17 industrial sectors by 2040. Such is the scale of spending by Sanae Takaichi’s coalition government that many in her own party fear she is about to blow up the Japanese economy, triggering a Liz Truss-style economic shock. Continue reading...

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Express Politics25 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham just slapped state pensioners in the face - he's done a Rachel Reeves

Andy Burnham's plan to exempt the poorest state pensioners from income tax doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Economy

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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham says he 'might be in trouble' after risky comment in No. 10 North

The new PM made the admission as he opened a meeting of the National Economic Council on Friday.

Economy

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

US Treasury Pressures Burnham Over Muslim Brotherhood Sanctions

The US administration wasted no time in indicating what direction it wants Burnham to take on Islamist extremism. Overnight the US Treasury said Mahmoud al-Abyari, a dual Egyptian-Austrian citizen, will be subject to a travel ban and asset freeze. He is based in London, which deliberately puts pressure on the UK authorities to follow suit……

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Civil Service Recruits Taxpayer-Funded Social Media Team in Manchester to Promote Burnham

The Civil Service has multiple current openings for social media jobs in Manchester as part of the Government Media Unit. This propaganda team churns out X and TikTok clips to promote Burnham’s administration… The posts include ‘senior social creator’, ‘social videographer’, ‘social video lead’, ‘social strategy lead’ and ‘head of social creative and production’. They’re…

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability

The lesson of the past decade could not be clearer, as political stability and fiscal credibility are not optional luxuries for governments. They are the foundations on which the mortgage market, and with it the financial security of millions of British households, depends. The post Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham to spend first working day at new No 10 North in Manchester – UK politics live

PM will chair the inaugural meeting of the national economic council that will aim to shift economic decision-making away ‌from London The housing secretary, Angela Rayner, has said the new Andy Burnham administration is on “borrowed time” to turn the country around. Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Rayner said the flurry of announcements made by the new prime minister – cap on bus fares, VAT cut on electricity bills and support for pubs and clubs – showed he understood the frustratio

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

John Bald: Why multiplication matters

HM Treasury, whose work depends on numbers, has removed tests of literacy and numeracy from its selection process, to promote “diversity”. But intellect has no race or gender. The post John Bald: Why multiplication matters appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff

If Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well? One of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father. Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and isn’t really aware of his son’s new job. But perhaps the prime minister wanted, in part, to try to explain why he might not be visiting so often in future. Gaby Hinsliff is a G

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The Guardian Politics23 Jul 2026

Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans

Burnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic council It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham Regional mayors are to be given a leading role in the UK’s economic policy, Andy Burnham has said, as he called the opening of No 10 North “the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”. The new prime minister has revived the national economic council [NEC], first set up by

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BBC Politics23 Jul 2026

Gary Lineker among millionaires asking Andy Burnham to tax them more

A group including the former England footballer write to the new PM telling him "we can afford it".

Economy

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