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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

YOUGOV: Labour Support Drops as Burnham Secures Leadership

The latest from YouGov: REF 24% ▼1 CON 19% ▼2 LAB 19% ▼1 GRN 15% ▲2 LIBDEM 13% ▲1 Last night Burnham officially secured the backing of 349 Labour MPs, and will become Prime Minister in six days. As Tony Blair warned at a summer reception yesterday, “don’t expect to be loved”…

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Benefit claimants exempt from hosepipe bans – 'lunacy in Labour’s two-tier Britain'

In Hampshire, where three 34C heatwaves have scorched lawns this summer, the rules are apparently not being applied equally to all households.

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Sky News Politics14 Jul 2026

Blair tells Burnham: Don't expect to be popular

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Super-rich plan to flee Britain if Ed Miliband becomes Andy Burnham's Chancellor

Britain's super-rich are planning escape routes should Ed Miliband be made Chancellor under Andy Burnham amid fears of a massive Capital Gains Tax raid.

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Politics LIVE: Unopposed Andy Burnham set to take No10 in days but Labour hit with shock

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Kemi begins her purge of the wets

Every functioning party has red lines. Positions which are so central to its identity that abandoning them means abandoning what the party is for. For Kemi Badenoch and the Conservatives, net zero and the ECHR are exactly that kind of question. They are not technical policy disputes to be settled by internal debate. The post Kemi begins her purge of the wets appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures

Legal challenges launched over accommodation ‘adequacy’ as UK government closes more asylum hotels Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved. The 41-year-old engineering graduate from Tunisia fled death threats from extended family and is waiting for an asylum application to be processed. The Home Office had decided that Staycity, the hotel the family was staying in,

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

I'm utterly heartbroken over Ann Widdecombe's death – I will remember her kindness most

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: I had one of the funniest nights out of my life with Ann Widdecombe.

Express Politics14 Jul 2026

I wanted to like Andy Burnham - but he's failed at the first hurdle for 1 reason

Express columnist and Conservative councillor Mieka Smiles says her hopes for Andy Burnham have already crumbled.

Express Politics14 Jul 2026

How your MP voted on Labour's immigration bill - full list

Check how your MP voted on the Immigration and Asylum Bill

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Peter Franklin: Yes, there is a moral case against taxing wealth

In a global economy, capital doesn't sit still. It moves to where it attracts the highest returns and/or is subject to the lowest taxes. No one with a good accountant is going to keep an asset in a country where the government simply confiscates 2 per cent of its value each and every year. The post Peter Franklin: Yes, there is a moral case against taxing wealth appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Anna Ridgway: The Burnham coronation has two problems nobody in Westminster wants to discuss

The country is about to make a man Prime Minister when his own people cannot say what he believes. That is not the profile of a leader. It is the profile of a brand. Oasis, pints and the Bee Network are not a political philosophy or a plan for government. They are a vibe. You cannot run a country on vibes and brand image. The post Anna Ridgway: The Burnham coronation has two problems nobody in Westminster wants to discuss appeared first on Conservative Home.

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