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Express Politics13 Jul 2026

Ann Widdecombe’s £600k Devon home was shown on TV days before her death

A repeat episode of Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House showed viewers around the Haytor bungalow, with no suggestion the programme was linked to her death.

BBC Politics12 Jul 2026

Burnham set for No 10: BBC correspondents on what Trump, Putin and others will make of him

In the US, China, Europe, Russia and elsewhere, how is the UK's expected new prime minister regarded?

BBC Politics12 Jul 2026

Burnham set for No 10: BBC correspondents on what Trump, Putin and others will make of him

In the US, China, Europe, Russia and elsewhere, how is the UK's expected new prime minister regarded?

The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Home Office to spend £250m on protecting Jewish communities in England and Wales

Three-year plan will deliver an extra 500 officers to patrol Jewish neighbourhoods after series of antisemitic incidents More than £250m will be invested by the government to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks, the Home Office has announced. The funding over the next three years will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales in Jewish neighbourhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centres, while strengthening national co

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Calls for radical action as Burnham told homelessness in England may rise 25% by 2030

Exclusive: Report warns an additional 50,000 people could be added to current record figure without bold policies Andy Burnham has been warned that an additional 50,000 people in England will become homeless in the next four years without a radical “housing first” agenda of government. The incoming prime minister’s leadership team is understood to have been briefed on projections, due to be published on Monday, showing the current record levels of homelessness rising 25% by 2030 to more than 230

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Inside Ann Widdecombe's Dartmoor home: 'You don't see another human being for days'

Tragic Ann Widdecombe bought her Dartmoor home in 2008 and named it 'Widdecombe's Rest' - a place she vowed never to leave.

The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Police: speculation during Widdecombe murder investigation is ‘unhelpful and distressing’

Politicians should not comment before facts are established, says former chief constable, after Farage describes killing as ‘premeditated murder’ Senior police figures and politicians have warned against speculation during the murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death, after detectives said there was “nothing to suggest” political motivation after an intervention from Nigel Farage. Devon and Cornwall police said on Sunday the killing investigation was not being treated as terrorism nor as

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

I went to tiny village where Ann Widdecombe was killed - it's like a royal has died

EXCLUSIVE: Express reporter Adam Toms visited Hayton Vale in Devon where the Reform UK spokesperson lived.

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BBC Politics12 Jul 2026

Bill for Hillsborough Law set to be approved by MPs

The crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest left 97 fans dead.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Reform would have held just 15% of last year’s donations under proposed £100,00 cap, analysis shows

Exclusive: Party’s average registered donation was £137, 496, almost six times that of Labour or Conservatives Reform UK would have held just 15% of the donations it received last year if a proposed £100,000 cap on political donations had been in force, according to analysis shared with the Guardian. The analysis by Friends of the Earth using Electoral Commission data highlights the party’s reliance on a handful of wealthy backers ahead of a showdown over political funding. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy

Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales Drugs, drones and heat: Amber Rudd and David Lammy begin search for answers to prisons crisis Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said. Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early relea

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Richard TIce in tears as he pays tribute to 'absolute colossus' Ann Widdecombe

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Anderson has also paid a moving tribute as colleagues visited the scene of her murder.

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