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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

Pupils asked to walk to school through army firing range, MP claims

Getting children to school is becoming a thorny issue for councils to deal with.

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Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Jessaline Caine: One issue should unite the Right – tackling and ending the grooming gang scandal

Victims need evidence, prosecutions, proper safeguarding, transparent data and accountability for the adults who failed them. They were not symbols, slogans or props in someone else’s political war. They were children. And the adults failed them. The post Jessaline Caine: One issue should unite the Right – tackling and ending the grooming gang scandal appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer hits back with 5-word comment after Andy Burnham vows leadership challenge

Prime Minister issues warning against divisive contest for Labour

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

UK in most dangerous period I've known, military chief says

Russian incursions into UK defences risk crossing a line, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton tells the BBC.

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Horror UK pound warning issued over Andy Burnham replacing Keir Starmer

The only Makerfield poll so far shows Mr Burnham with a narrow three-point lead, meaning the outcome is far from certain.

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Express Politics5 Jun 2026

Home Office has 'lost all control' of asylum system warns bombshell report

The cross-party committee said the Home Office's admission that it only knows the location of the "vast majority" of failed asylum seekers was "shocking and unacceptable".

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

UK in most dangerous period I've known, military chief says

Russian incursions into UK defences risk crossing a line, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton tells the BBC.

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

New claimants seek to sue Elon Musk’s xAI after Labour MP’s test case

Jess Asato’s lawyer says others want to take action over demeaning sexualised material created by Grok AI tool New claimants have come forward to take legal action against Elon Musk’s company xAI after the Labour MP Jess Asato launched a test case against the firm over demeaning sexualised material created by its Grok AI tool. A handful of complainants contacted Asato’s lawyer on Thursday in response to coverage of the MP’s decision to sue Musk’s company for damages over its creation and circula

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

UK asylum system is on 'the brink', cross-party MPs' report warns

It said it was "unacceptable" the Home Office could not keep track of all whose asylum claims had failed.

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

UK asylum system is on 'the brink', cross-party MPs' report warns

It said it was "unacceptable" the Home Office could not keep track of all whose asylum claims had failed.

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BBC Politics4 Jun 2026

Conflict over identity politics could lead to civil war in long term, says Badenoch

In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, England's Identity Crisis, the Conservative leader warned of rising tensions as groups on the left and the right.

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BBC Politics4 Jun 2026

Conflict over identity politics could lead to civil war in long term, says Badenoch

In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, England's Identity Crisis, the Conservative leader warned of rising tensions as groups on the left and the right.

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