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The Guardian Politics15 Jul 2026

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD

Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’ Labour should ditch the triple-lock pensions promise to help tackle the UK’s straitened public finances, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has urged. In its latest survey of the UK economy, the Paris-based club of industrialised nations added its voice to those calling for an end to the pledge, which uprates the state pension each year by whichever is the highest of w

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Express Politics15 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham warned not to bow to demands to rip up the pension triple lock

Andy Burnham has been warned not to bow to demands to rip up the pension triple lock as the OECD brands it unusually generous and calls for medium term reform.

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Express Politics15 Jul 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Royal Lodge lease deal 'best value for money', MPs told

A Commons committee took place this week regarding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home.

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BBC Politics15 Jul 2026

Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says

The expected next prime minister says politics has "darkened" in the decade he has been away from Westminster.

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The Guardian Politics15 Jul 2026

Starmer faces final Cabinet and PMQs as Burnham nears Labour leadership finish line – UK politics live

The outgoing Labour leader will have final talks with his senior ministers in No 10 before taking his last PMQs Good morning. Everyone likes a leaving do and today it’s Keir Starmer’s, or at least his parliamentary one. If the colleague who is going is someone you like and admire, then the chance to see them thanked and celebrated is welcome. And if the colleague who is going is someone that you don’t like, or who has stayed too long, then that’s even better. At a good leaving do, there are also

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Guido Fawkes15 Jul 2026

WATCH: Labour U-Turns on VPN Ban

Online Safety minister Kanishka Narayan was on BBC Breakfast asked about Labour’s stated plans to regulate Virtual Private Networks, a common workaround for the government’s internet strictures. He said: “So look, we’ve uh we’ve engaged very widely with families across the country on the question of VPNs and one of the big things we heard…

The Guardian Politics15 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham urged to overhaul ‘timid and limited’ elections bill

Ex-minister who helped write draft calls for bolder action on voting reform, crypto donations and social media The government was “timid” and “incremental” when deciding what to include in its elections bill, a former minister who helped write it has said, as she urged the incoming prime minister, Andy Burnham, to go further. Rushanara Ali, who resigned as democracy minister last August, said the draft legislation still contained big gaps when it came to voting reform, cryptocurrency donations a

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Express Politics15 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham accused of 'running scared' from scrutiny as he 'dodges' questions

Outrage was sparked in the House of Commons when it was announced that Andy Burnham would not face questions on his plans ahead of the summer break.

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Express Politics15 Jul 2026

Politics LIVE: Reform UK calls emergency press conference after police U-turn

Reform UK is holding a press conference this morning - follow live

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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one

What we are seeing is a consistency of position being forged that is neither wet nor dry, left or right, but 'Conservative' as defined by the current leadership. But I'm not expecting this so called purge to produce mass casualties, and it's fundamentals aren't even new. The post Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

John Redwood: Politics has lost a principled person of real conviction – mercifully she is not the last

This generation can find some good politicians with sound principles and understandings to take over from this dire government. Great leaders have good principles, but also need good judgement when the people are not persuaded. Abandoning good principles leads to failure. The post John Redwood: Politics has lost a principled person of real conviction – mercifully she is not the last appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle

Kemi is dragging the Parliamentary Party onto serious intellectual and ideological foundations. But she and her team must ensure that the unelected judiciary does not have an opportunity to stymie it. And maybe the Conservatives should widen our reappraisal of the Equality Act. The post Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle appeared first on Conservative Home.

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