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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Oliver Rose: The Ukrainian question has a simple answer – peace through victory

Victory must therefore mean more than military success. It must mean rebuilding Ukraine as a confident democracy, supporting justice through lawful international institutions, encouraging a more democratic future for Russia, strengthening Europe's collective security, and ensuring that the mistakes of the past are not repeated. The post Oliver Rose: The Ukrainian question has a simple answer – peace through victory appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics28 Jul 2026

Tories’ Philp accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel incident

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis UK politics live – latest updates A Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis. Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy off

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Express Politics28 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham will never have a better chance to tackle welfare mountain – he must act now

OPINION - TIM NEWARK: The new Prime Minister has a unique opportunity to act while his out-of-touch, hard-left backbenchers are still onside

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Brandon To: I warned that Thames Water was about accountability, not ownership. Labour still doesn’t get it

The choice facing Conservatives is no longer between Thatcher and Attlee. It is between clinging to an outdated ownership debate, or building a twenty-first-century regulatory state that makes monopoly providers answerable to the public. The post Brandon To: I warned that Thames Water was about accountability, not ownership. Labour still doesn’t get it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes28 Jul 2026

WATCH: Chris Philp ‘Shot at by the French’ in English Channel

Meanwhile in Philpville… the Shadow Home Secretary said: “On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation.”…

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Express Politics28 Jul 2026

French warship 'fires 17 live rounds' at British MP in English Channel

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Express Politics28 Jul 2026

Rape victim warns Andy Burnham not to free her sick father who abused her from age 13

A mother of two repeatedly raped by her father from the age of 13 has warned Andy Burnham not to allow her abuser out of jail early under Labour's scheme.

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The Guardian Politics28 Jul 2026

Barclays increases bonus pool by nearly 30% as calls grow for UK bank tax

TUC leader says lender’s ‘bonanza’ quarterly profits of £3.3bn mean it ‘can easily afford to pay more tax’ Business live – latest updates Barclays has increased its banker bonus pool by nearly 30% after a rise in second-quarter profits that has fuelled calls for a tax raid on UK lenders to help fund Andy Burnham’s spending plans. Fresh corporate filings released on Tuesday showed the bank put £1.3bn towards its bonus pool for the first half of the year. That figure, which includes annual and d

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Burnham’s Ukraine gambit is a symbolic start for PM who wants to look inward

New prime minister wants to focus at home, but his first week already suggests the world has other plans It took just seven days in office for Andy Burnham to meet his first world leader. As he welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a naval base in Portsmouth on Monday, the new prime minister told the Ukrainian president it was “no accident” he was his first international visitor since entering No 10. “It is intended to send a very clear message,” Burnham told him. “We are with Ukraine 100%, I am perso

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Social care reform in England: how could we pay to fix a ‘broken system’?

Many across the political spectrum agree the system needs fixing – but there is no consensus on how to fund reform The prime minister, Andy Burnham, has said the adult social care system in England is broken and needs fixing. This is a view commonly shared by policymakers across the political spectrum, though there are sharper differences on how to pay for reform to what is widely seen as an outdated, fragile system held together by “sticking plasters and glue” and propped up by an army of unpai

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

Burnham Rules Out Scrapping Stamp Duty at Budget

Andy Burnham told broadcasters this afternoon that he won’t be replacing Stamp Duty… at least at this year’s Budget: “Yes, I can say that quite clearly. That won’t be happening. It’s just not the case that we are bringing forward plans, on that scale, at this moment in time… Obviously, what we’re trying to do,…

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BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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