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Conservative Home17 Jul 2026

Patrick English: Badenoch’s positioning on Net Zero is brave – because the numbers are not really in her favour

It can be argued that the Net Zero positioning is less against climate change action itself, but one rooted in economics. The prospective danger is that Badenoch and the Conservatives get bogged down constantly making complex arguments and outlining such connections while other parties jump straight to the central issues. The post Patrick English: Badenoch’s positioning on Net Zero is brave – because the numbers are not really in her favour appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes17 Jul 2026

Burnham Dumps Economic Advisers Brought in to Calm Markets After Less Than a Month

The ‘sensibles’ brought in to ‘advise’ Burnham on economics are set to be shunned when it comes to formal advisory positions in government. Not even a month has passed since they were supposedly brought into the Burnham fold… Team Burnham provided a pointed briefing to two financial papers on the eve of the Makerfield by-election…

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Guido Fawkes17 Jul 2026

New Downing Street Political Strategy Director Campaigned for a Wealth Tax

Downing Street’s new Director of Political Strategy is a pro-Wealth Tax campaigner. Buckle up… Matthew McGregor, formerly a director at Hope Not Hate, has strong views on raising tax. He was Chief Executive of the leftist campaigning organisation 38 Degrees. Less than two years ago he was campaigning for the imposition of a 2% annual…

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BBC Politics17 Jul 2026

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.

Economy
BBC Politics17 Jul 2026

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.

Economy
BBC Politics17 Jul 2026

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.

Economy
BBC Politics17 Jul 2026

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.

Economy
BBC Politics17 Jul 2026

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.

Economy
The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026

‘Bizarre choice’: business and Labour puzzle over Shabana Mahmood as future chancellor

The home secretary, favourite to take over at No 11, has minimal economic credentials and many MPs would prefer Ed Miliband Andy Burnham last month promised the UK he would bring “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart” when he is installed as prime minister. Britain’s industry leaders also have a hope in their hearts: that Burnham will install a pro-business chancellor. The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, was for several weeks seen as the most likely candidate to succeed Rachel Re

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Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham has raised fears he could choke the economy with even more tax rises

The economy has flatlined since Labour came to power two years ago

Economy
The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026

Liz Truss wheels out series of C-list ghouls at drab London CPAC event | John Crace

Former 49-day PM helms a Conservative Political Action Conference that’s a far cry from the glitzy US version Liz Truss has given us all so much in recent years. A mini-budget. A laugh a minute 49 days in office. A new monarch, after the queen decided enough was enough and died two days after Liz began her Airbnb stay in Downing Street. And now she has given us one thing more. She has imported the US Conservative Political Action Conference to the UK. And like all things Liz, it’s predictably a

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Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Shock as Home Office waste revealed - including £3m on scrapped deportation flights

The scale of taxpayers' waste was exposed by the Home Office annual report, with numerous spending splurges ending in disaster.

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