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Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

Hopeful Jonathan Reynolds Wants to Get Old Business & Trade Job Back

The current chief whip Jonathan Reynolds is not making a secret of his hope to return to his old Business and Trade brief under Burnham. Team Andy is staying officially tight-lipped about appointments until Monday despite leaks… Reynolds was observed re-introducing himself pointedly to Andrew Griffith, the Shadow Business and Trade Secretary in the Commons…

PoliticsHousing
Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

Nikita Malik: Expanding free childcare to parents on benefits would be a costly mistake

Parents who go out to work instil values of discipline, routine, and aspiration in their children. Expanding free childcare provision to those who have never worked, and may never plan to, would pile more pressure on the families already contributing and trying to hold it all together. The post Nikita Malik: Expanding free childcare to parents on benefits would be a costly mistake appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage erupts at Argentinian players over Falklands banner - 'disgusted!'

Argentinian players have sparked outrage for waving a Falkland Islands banner after a World Cup match against England

Reform
Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

Burnham Set to Keep Starmer’s No10 Business Adviser

Varun Chandra, Starmer’s business adviser in No10, is set to stay on under Burnham. Continuity… Chandra used to head Hakluyt, the strategic advisory firm formed of ex-spooks. He also served as special envoy for trade and investment with the US under Starmer. The soon-to-be-ex-PM’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell is also staying on… The No10…

BBC Politics16 Jul 2026

UK economy returns to growth in May

The modest growth reverses a slight contraction that had been seen the previous month.

Economy
BBC Politics16 Jul 2026

Pakistan resisting UK attempts to deport grooming gang leader

The government of Pakistan says it has "no connection whatsoever" with the case of Shabir Ahmed.

Remigration
Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

Argentina to Be Fined for Players’ Illegal Colonialist Messaging on Pitch

Argentina is set to be fined by FIFA once the World Cup is over after its players unfurled a banner reading “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” following their win against England last night. Political messaging is banned, extremely strictly… The Argentine government also publicised a complaint against the British after HMS Medway sailed from the Falklands…

Politics
Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Rachel Reeves hit by one last blow in final week as Chancellor - 'she has failed!'

The Chancellor came under fire over Britain's economy in her last week in No 11

Economy
Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's about to sack Rachel Reeves - and there's 5 contenders to replace her

The Daily Express rounds up some of the favourites to succeed Rachel Reeves

The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026

Starmer nationalises British Steel and visits Ukraine on last full day as Labour leader – UK politics live

Outgoing PM moves to cements his legacy before his replacement by Andy Burnham as party leader tomorrow Good morning. Conventional wisdom has it that, once a PM announces they are going to stand down, all their power vanishes faster than water down a clear plughole. Broadly that’s correct. But in the last week or so Keir Starmer seems to have been acting with a decisiveness that eluded him for most of his time in office: finalising the defence investment plan; delivering the long-awaited apology

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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026

British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply

Scunthorpe factory is expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensation British Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months after the government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs. Keir Starmer on Thursday said that it was in the national interest for the government to take over the factory from its Chinese owner, Jingye, in one of the last significant actions overseen by him as prim

Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

UK Economy Grew By 0.1% in May

The latest figures from the ONS show the UK economy grew by 0.1% in May, after a 0.1% decline the previous month. Over the three months to May, GDP growth was up 0.7%. A slight drop from 0.8% in the three months to April… ONS director of economic statistics Liz McKeown said: “The slight growth…

Economy