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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

Charles Amos: Your ex-girlfriend may soon be allowed to legally steal your furniture

Lammy’s proposed reforms simply amount to legalising theft by long-term girlfriends from their long-term property-owning boyfriends. Every argument in favour of it, from fairness as household contribution, fairness as equality to protecting vulnerable women is spurious. The post Charles Amos: Your ex-girlfriend may soon be allowed to legally steal your furniture appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics23 Jun 2026

Nationalist group leaders agree to stop hoisting St George’s flags in Oxfordshire

Representatives of Raise the Colours appeared in court after local council accused them of intimidating staff Leaders of the nationalist group Raise the Colours have agreed to stop hoisting England flags from lamp-posts in Oxfordshire after the local authority sought a high court injunction against the campaign. Ryan Bridge, Ben Cullen and Trudy Wells told the high court on Tuesday they would not raise St George’s flags from Oxfordshire county council property, encourage others to do so or imped

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The Guardian Politics23 Jun 2026

Europe’s media look on in bemusement at Downing Street’s post-Brexit ‘revolving door’

Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain’s political turmoil after Starmer becomes seventh prime minister to quit since 2016 Europe live – latest updates In Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door. As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of Keir Starmer’s precipitous fall

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Express Politics23 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham - from Reeves to Rayner - who he is and isn't likely to give top jobs to

Allies are currently jostling for influence as political commentators map out the likely winners, losers, and sideways moves among heavyweights.

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The Guardian Politics23 Jun 2026

From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts

The PM said in May that ‘stories beat spreadsheets’, but what does the data tell us about his time in office? Keir Starmer is to step down as prime minister after just two years in office. Despite promising an end to Conservative sleaze and scandal, much political bandwidth towards the end of his time in No 10 was taken up by the fallout surrounding his appointment as US ambassador of Peter Mandelson, who had a close relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading

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The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer has quit as prime minister – what will happen next in UK politics?

Britain will soon have its fifth prime minister in four years. How did we get here and what challenges await Starmer’s successor? UK politics live – latest updates Britain is to get its fifth prime minister in four years after the current incumbent of Downing Street, Keir Starmer, announced on Monday that he would resign. It was widely expected and comes after months of mounting pressure on Starmer, who led the Labour party to a landslide victory in the 2024 UK general election but who has fac

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Who's in Keir Starmer's cabinet?

An in-depth look at which Labour MPs are currently serving in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's cabinet.

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power

The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy… The ‘highlights’: Public ownership of energy and water (national corporations), housing and transport (city-region scale), and care (municipal). They’re at pains to insist this isn’t “nationalisation”, obviously… Let Thames Water fall into special administration and…

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons.

It is a housing project masquerading as transport policy. Let there be no doubt: this is not the railway that London needs most right now. The post James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons. appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflection

While PM’s desire to fight was strong, time with his inner circle at Chequers sharpened his sense of the inevitable On Friday, as the dust settled on Andy Burnham’s thumping victory in the Makerfield byelection, Keir Starmer was in defiant mood. “I have said repeatedly, I am not going to walk away,” the prime minister said, adding: “Let’s pull together as a party and a movement.” Just 48 hours later, one of his most loyal ministers was on the BBC sending a very different message. “I don’t want t

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Express Politics20 Jun 2026

Labour accused of hiding true cost of 'failure' to secure Britain's borders

A council is braced for a £3million funding shortfall as Labour faces calls to fully fund the costs which come with housing asylum seekers.

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BBC Politics19 Jun 2026

Why candidates dress up to run in major UK elections

Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.

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