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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territory The Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region. Last September, the Home Office announced it was suspending refugee family reunion applications and that new, more restrictive rules would be announced in the spring. So far there has been no announcement and the

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

No10 Admits It Is Still Working With Mauritius on Chagos Sellout

The latest from No10 on the Chagos sellout: “We continue to work with the US and Mauritius to find a way forward that’s in the UK’s best interest and protects our national security…” Last week the spokesman refused to guarantee Chagos’s sovereignty. Now No10 admits it is working with Mauritius. Sign Guido’s petition to stop it here…

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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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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham teases migration U-turn as Labour civil war erupts

The Prime Minister told the BBC he wants to bring a "new pair of eyes" to the immigration row engulfing Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’ Good morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News that, while Andy Burnham spent his first week as PM focusing on cost of living issues, this week the public would see “a prime minister that runs towards big and difficult issues rather than runs away from [them]”. Those challenges include reforming social care and, as Peter Walker reports, Burnham has

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. Act now to stop that | Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict Wong

The Paramount-Warner Bros merger is being fought in the US and UK. Britain’s culture secretary knows the risks and can intervene. She should Though it has yet to become front-page news in the UK, you should know about the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros merger. It threatens to inflict immense harm on the British public. As actors and public figures who have spent our careers in the arts in Britain – working with British crews, on British stages and sets – we have a responsibility to the public wh

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’

Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcy Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned. Nigel Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, which would involve a higher rate of employer national insurance as well as a separate annual charge. I

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

How Palantir got into the NHS - podcast

The investigative journalist Lucas Amin reports on how the tech company Palantir won a £330m contract with the NHS … and what happened once its software was introduced How did Palantir – sometimes described as ‘the world’s scariest company’ – start working with the NHS? The investigative journalist Lucas Amin shares the findings of his and his colleague Peter Geoghegan’s investigation into the tech company and its relationship with the UK’s public health service – and tells a story of controvers

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The Guardian Politics26 Jul 2026

RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster

PM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crash The families of those killed in an RAF Chinook crash in 1994 have urged Andy Burnham to end Britain’s “cover-up culture” and order an independent review into the disaster. Twenty-nine serving military personnel died when the Chinook HC2 helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in south-west Scotland during a flight from Northern Ireland. Continue reading...

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Express Politics26 Jul 2026

Outrage at plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers in village of 600 people - ‘wrong place!’

North Yorkshire Council has urged the government to reconsider plans to house asylum seekers on the former RAF base.

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Sky News Politics26 Jul 2026

Sackings, 'drone deal' and a 'long war': Zelenskyy speaks to Sky News

In the ornate baroque surroundings of the Mariinskii Palace in central Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed out honours to military medics and civilian health workers to mark their contribution to the nation's war effort.

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Express Politics26 Jul 2026

The 2 reasons Wes Streeting as Defence Secretary should worry us all

But Conor Wilson says there's also one reason why it might prove to be a masterstroke.

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