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The Guardian Politics18 May 2026

IMF urges UK to ‘stay the course’ on borrowing amid Starmer uncertainty

Washington-based fund praises Rachel Reeves for aiming to cut budget deficit as it upgrades growth forecasts Business live – latest updates The International Monetary Fund has urged Britain to “stay the course” to cut government borrowing amid growing bond market concerns over a Labour leadership challenge. As Keir Starmer battles to cling on to power, the Washington-based fund said it was important to continue reducing the budget deficit “given market pressures and elevated implementation ris

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The Guardian Politics18 May 2026

The Green party is split between two factions – but there is a strategy that could bring them together | Joe Todd

If Zack Polanski can be both popular and radical – think price controls to manage the cost of living – then he will have found a uniting mission The Greens are jubilant after sweeping through Labour heartlands in last week’s elections, winning Norwich, Hastings, Waltham Forest, Hackney and Lewisham, while becoming the largest party in Haringey and Lambeth too. At the same time, there are reports that Zack Polanski is “plotting” to water down the Green policy platform. That’s not quite true. As l

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Express Politics18 May 2026

Rachel Reeves forced into another grovelling U-turn – good news for UK drivers

The Chancellor is expected to shelve plans she announced in her last Budget amid concerns about rising cost-of-living.

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Express Politics17 May 2026

How convenient for our Ange that HMRC should clear her just in time for leadership battle

OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: Plenty of questions still remain - let's hope Ms Rayner now shows us the detail of her exoneration by the taxman

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The Guardian Politics17 May 2026

The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself? They were times in which prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as they’d arrived. The big strategic decisions the country faced were ducked or postponed. The public finances repeatedly wobbled, yet efforts to rationalise the tax system faltered in the face of vested interests, including farmers. Reforms to social security were trumpeted

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Express Politics17 May 2026

RAF's new 'kill system' to blast drones out of sky deployed

A new system that is cheaper for the taxpayer and deadlier for drones is unveiled and unleashed

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Express Politics17 May 2026

Deluded Ed Miliband will destroy our North Sea industry - reliant on foreign regimes

We need to stop demonising necessary, productive parts of our economy and driving them into oblivion with endless meddling, bans and taxes.

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Guido Fawkes16 May 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 944,521 visitors visited 890,334 times viewing 896,432 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: ROLLING LIST: Labour MPs Calling for Starmer to Resign Growing Labour Calls for Starmer to Resign Reach the Frontbench Ex-Minister Josh Simons to Resign Seat for Andy Burnham Taxpayer Coughs Up Almost £30,000 for…

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Guido Fawkes15 May 2026

WATCH: Andy Burnham Says He Is ‘Bought In’ to Crypto and Decentralised Finance

Andy Burnham is a surprise fan of cryptocurrency and Web3. Every cloud… The Manchester mayor gave a gushing nine-minute speech at an event held by the Manchester Blockchain Alliance last year in which he said: “If this is about economic progress and social progress — I’m in.” He also gave a gushing interview the next day…

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The Guardian Politics15 May 2026

Who is James Murray, the new health secretary replacing Wes Streeting?

The MP for Ealing North has not run a major department before, but has a reputation as one of the few politicians ‘nobody hates’ The softly spoken former Treasury minister who has replaced Wes Streeting has spent most of his parliamentary career toeing the party line, staying out of the headlines and quietly burnishing his credentials as a reliable cabinet colleague. At the age of 42, James Murray, the Labour and Co-operative MP for Ealing North, now has one of the biggest jobs in government. He

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The Guardian Politics15 May 2026

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

UK government borrowing costs jump amid political uncertainty and oil price rise that fuelled inflation worries Business live – latest updates The pound was heading for its worst week in 18 months on Friday as City traders anticipated that the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, could face a challenge from the Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, later this year. After days of uncertainty over Starmer’s future, sterling dropped by almost three cents, or 2%, during the week to $1.336 on Friday, a five-

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The Guardian Politics15 May 2026

From Team Reeves to Manchesterism: Labour’s four economic camps explained

Wes Streeting or Andy Burnham could launch a leadership bid – here are policies from which they could choose Wes Streeting may not have launched a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer, but he has called for a “battle of ideas” about the government’s future direction. When it comes to economic policy, there are (at least) four overlapping Labour camps, which have recently generated a flurry of policies from which leadership contenders could choose. Here we run through the main ideas behind e

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