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Guido Fawkes11 Jun 2026

Miliband Digs in Over Net Zero in Funding Clash With Starmer

Ed Miliband is at war with Number 10 over its attempts to slash DESNZ’s budget by at least 1% to help fund the elusive Defence Investment Plan (DIP). According to the Telegraph, Miliband has gone studs up over demands to squeeze around £600m from the department. Will someone think of the heat pumps… Currently, around…

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

POLL: Reform Up to 30 Points, Labour & Tories Tied on 20

The latest from More in Common has Reform up a point with Labour and the Tories tied, down two points and one point respectively: Headline Voting Intention Fieldwork: 5–9 June 2026 Reform UK 30% Labour 20% Conservative 20% Lib Dem 12% Green 11% Other/Ind 3% SNP 3% Concurrently Farage’s personal net approval ratings have dropped…

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The Guardian Politics10 Jun 2026

Nothing says stupidity like Reform's obsession with destroying British jobs | George Monbiot

The net zero economy is booming, so claims that prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that your pitch? Hammer these questions home whenever you meet a supporter of the party. Or, for that matter, a Conservative, as their party now takes an almost identical line. The figures are stark. They were compiled not by Just Stop Oil or the Green

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The Guardian Politics9 Jun 2026

Is Keir Starmer trying to build a legacy or just getting on with the job?

As the Makerfield byelection and a potential leadership challenge loom, there is a sense the PM is looking to create impacts that last As the weeks ticked down to her departure from Downing Street in 2019, Theresa May had a plan. Not only did she want to put a net zero target into law, but she wanted the UK to be the first major economy to do so. And that meant beating the French. “It required the machinery of government to move more quickly than the French parliament,” a No 10 official from the

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Guido Fawkes8 Jun 2026

Polanski Says Pro-Immigration ‘Conversation’ Should Be ‘Parked Until Later’

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has suggested talking about increasing immigration “later” while he tries to convince Reform voters to back the Greens instead. Probably necessary, yes… Speaking at the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union annual conference in Staffordshire, Polanski said “you don’t have to agree on everything” in reference to Reform voters, who…

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Express Politics8 Jun 2026

Labour bans traditional tumble dryers to impose Brussels Net Zero madness on Britain

Labour's plans to adopt EU laws will ban traditional tumble dryers nationwide.

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The Guardian Politics7 Jun 2026

Labour doesn't seem to like Send schools for kids like mine – but here's what we'll lose if these precious places are forgotten | John Harris

An autism school in Wiltshire exemplifies what’s so different about education in a tailored environment, and the outcomes for children speak for themselves In the old Wiltshire milltown of Calne, there is an autism specialist school called the Springfields Academy. About 250 children and young people between the age of four and 19 go there. Class sizes are no larger than 12. In each room, every child has their own dedicated table. There are no end of seating options, described by the headteacher

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

It’s a washout: fighters pull their punches in Question Time’s Makerfield match-off

Andy Burnham takes round one of the big byelection bout while Reform’s Rob Kenyon takes aim at himself Seconds out … Round one. In the left corner we have the middleweight King of the North … Andy Burnham. In the far-right corner we have the total lightweight … Rob “The Plumber” Kenyon. On the undercard, we have three nonentities we can barely bring ourselves to mention. Mike “The Tory” Winstanley, Sarah “The Green” Wakefield and Jake “The Lib Dem” Austin. And if you think these three are dopey,

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Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

Reform Pulls in More Than £9 Million in Donations in First Quarter

Reform wins the donations run for the first quarter of 2026, pulling in £9.4 million from 31 donations. Crypto investors Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne gave the party £4 and £3 million respectively… The Tories came second with £6 million followed by Labour and the LibDems. The Greens trail behind… Party Total Donations Donations Reform…

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Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

1 Roz Savage LIB 2 Liz Saville Roberts PLA 3 Natasha Irons LAB 4 Brian Leishman LAB 5 Rosie Duffield IND 6 Noah Law LAB 7 Andrew Rosindell REF 8 Sarah Green LIB 9 Bob Blackman CON 10 Danny Chambers LIB 11 Daniel Francis LAB 12 Tristan Osborne LAB 13 Victoria Collins LIB 14 Warinder…

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The Guardian Politics3 Jun 2026

Britain is in a doom loop: people mistrust democracy and politicians. I say a hope loop is possible too | Polly Curtis

There are ways to address the lack of faith. And unless Starmer, Burnham or Streeting do that, the issue of who is PM is moot What happens next? Will Andy Burnham win the Makerfield byelection? Will Keir Starmer fight on? Will Wes Streeting run? After that, can Reform win the next general election? Is the Green bounce real? The politics-as-sports predictions rumble on. One newspaper editor texted me the other day asking who would be prime minister come Christmas, apparently because I was on his

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Express Politics2 Jun 2026

Ed Miliband's plan to 'force through' new net zero targets to make Britons 'poorer'

The Government's pledge comes amid increasing political division over climate action.

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