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BBC Politics3 Jun 2026

MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff

Undercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.

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BBC Politics3 Jun 2026

MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff

Undercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.

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Express Politics3 Jun 2026

Inside China's latest incredible plot to steal British secrets

Lifting the veil of secrecy on the Chinese military intelligence operations, MI5 warned spies will post fake roles on job sites such as LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork.

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Express Politics3 Jun 2026

Farage warns Southampton riots 'the beginning' as he hit back at Starmer criticism

Reform UK's leader has defended saying people should respond to Henry Nowak's arrest with "pure cold rage".

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The Guardian Politics3 Jun 2026

Is Kemi Badenoch getting better at being Conservative leader?

Badenoch differentiated herself from Nigel Farage in response to Henry Nowak’s murder and supporters say her ratings are rising Kemi Badenoch has a hard-earned reputation for combativeness, especially on culture war issues, but at prime minister’s questions, with the murder of Henry Nowak in the headlines, Keir Starmer ended up thanking the Conservative leader for her “tone”. So is she a changed politician? Well, not exactly. To an extent, Badenoch’s approach ahead of her weekly Commons showdown

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Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

Simon’s Sketch: United in Horror, the House Finds Much to Divide Them

It was an obituarial session. The body count came in at around two dozen plus three suicides a week and a helicopter crash. It began with nice, cricket-loving Tory Alan Haselhurst, went back fifty years to 1972 and bounced forward to today’s necropolis. The House is happy with the dead. Everyone knows how to behave.…

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Guido Fawkes3 Jun 2026

WATCH: Badenoch Blasts Starmer Over Ballooning Benefits Bill

The seat-warmer-in-chief squirms…

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Express Politics3 Jun 2026

Employers issue warning about Labour's new jobs laws – 'young people will suffer'

Plans to axe zero-hours contracts will have unintended consequences, say firms

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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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Sky News Politics3 Jun 2026

Former victims minister urges PM to meet Epstein survivors

Former victims minister Alex Davies-Jones has urged Sir Keir Starmer to meet survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, warning they risk being forgotten as MPs debate the latest files relating to Peter Mandelson.

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The Guardian Politics3 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham offers Labour a refreshing new voice to reach lost voters – but with what message? | Rafael Behr

It will take more than blokeish affability to reach across the Brexit faultline that scars British politics Andy Burnham’s stint as health secretary in the final year of Gordon Brown’s government was not especially memorable, although one observation from a senior civil servant in the department at the time has stuck in my mind. Working for Burnham, I was told, felt like “revising for exams with a mate who might turn to you and say: ‘shall we sack this off for a bit and play football instead?’”

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Sky News Politics2 Jun 2026

Warning over US tech firm's 'unacceptable' role in Britain

Britain's reliance on US tech firm Palantir in transforming public services is an "unacceptable point of weakness" that could leave people's private information "at the mercy" of foreign actors, MPs have warned.

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