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The Guardian Politics27 Apr 2026

Free bus travel to first-homes fund: what Scottish parties are promising on the campaign trail

Advent of Reform has radically altered the dynamics of the campaign and parties are responding accordingly Polls predict a gravity-defying fifth term at Holyrood for the Scottish National party – albeit on a much reduced vote share – but the advent of Reform UK has radically altered the dynamics of the election campaign. The manifesto pledges set out below reveal how established parties are responding, however, a lack of engagement with an estimated £5bn hole in Scottish government finances by t

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Express Politics27 Apr 2026

Nigel Farage to lead biggest party with 188 MPs - full list of seats Reform UK could win

The constituencies expected to elect a Reform UK MP have been named

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BBC Politics27 Apr 2026

Labour figures criticise calls for inquiry into PM's Mandelson claims

The Conservatives say the PM misled Parliament "multiple times" and that the Privileges Committee should investigate.

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Conservative Home27 Apr 2026

Luke Graham: Politics has never been so hard to predict – but voters are united, in gloomy discontent

Britain is not a house divided into competing national identities. It is, rather, a country experiencing a shared loss of confidence — “one nation united under gloom”. The post Luke Graham: Politics has never been so hard to predict – but voters are united, in gloomy discontent appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes27 Apr 2026

Labour is DESTROYING British Business: Reform’s Andrew Barclay

Guido Fawkes’s Ross Kempsell sits down with Reform activist Andrew Barclay to discuss his recent report on the state of British business – and how to fight back. A must-watch… Read Andrew’s full report here: https://ukonward.com/reports/the-british-entrepreneur/ Become a Guido Member: www.order-order.com/membership Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get all out latest videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@guidofawkesstudios

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The Guardian Politics27 Apr 2026

Call for vote on inquiry into claims Starmer lied over Mandelson dismissed by Labour grandees – UK politics live

Alan Johnson and David Blunkett say Tory proposal for a privileges committee inquiry is a ‘nakedly political stunt’ Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is trying to get Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to give MPs a vote on a proposal to get the Commons privileges committee to investigate allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Other opposition parties may be backing her, but we don’t know for sure because the process is relatively secret;

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The Guardian Politics27 Apr 2026

Senior Labour figures say call for new Mandelson investigation is a ‘political stunt’

Conservatives expected to push for privileges committee involvement in a Commons vote on Monday A series of senior Labour figures have dismissed calls for a new investigation into what Keir Starmer told MPs about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as political point scoring, before a possible Commons vote on the issue. The Conservatives have called for the cross-party privileges committee, the remit of which includes examining whether MPs broke rules, to look at whether the prime minister misled

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Guido Fawkes27 Apr 2026

Environment Secretary: We’re Spending Too Much Time Talking About Mandelson

Emma Reynolds when asked by Sophy Ridge if the Mandelson affair is a “Westminster bubble” story said: “I think we are spending too much time talking about it.” Reynolds claimed people on the doorstep aren’t mentioning the Mandelson affair, though did not deny they had pretty strong views on ‘Starmer’s leadership’…

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Express Politics27 Apr 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer faces Labour mutiny - but bad news for Rayner and Miliband

Keir Starmer was facing a mutiny among Labour MPs - but one thing is keeping him in power, according to reports.

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Express Politics27 Apr 2026

Brexit warning as Hungary vote fuels EU realignment fears - ‘No way back'

Bob Lyddon claimed the parallel with Labour's 2024 General Election manifesto and their programme once in power "could not be more obvious".

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Conservative Home27 Apr 2026

Andrew Bowie: The unionist vote must stick together in Scotland

Reform are not a unionist party. You are not a unionist party if you allow separatists to stand for election in your name. You are not a unionist party if you are relaxed about another referendum on ripping our great nation apart. The post Andrew Bowie: The unionist vote must stick together in Scotland appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics27 Apr 2026

Labour MPs 'collective nervous breakdown' triggers timetable for Starmer's end

Labour MPs are drawing up a departure timetable for Starmer as a Cabinet minister warns election losses would spark a 'collective nervous breakdown'.

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