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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

WATCH: Andy Burnham Says Count Binface Is ‘Carrying the Hopes of the Nation’

The Sun caught footage of Andy Burnham at the O2 Silver Clef Awards for music in London last night. The next Prime Minister endorsed Count Binface for the Clacton by-election: “I promise you I am not going to talk politics to you tonight except to say except to say this. Count Binface, you are carrying…

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Express Politics10 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage donor row deepens as Reform UK deputy issues defiant response – 'smear!'

Richard Tice derides 'politically motivated' claims as he declares the person who gave the insurgent party leader money to be legitimate

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

Clacton By-Election to Take Place on 13th August

Tendring District Council: “A date has been set for a Parliamentary by-election in Clacton. Following receipt of the Writ from the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery by the Acting Returning Officer this morning (Friday, 10 July), the timetable is now set for the election – with polling day on Thursday, 13 August. The poll…

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BBC Politics10 Jul 2026

Clacton by-election to be held 13 August

The by-election was triggered after Nigel Farage MP stood down, but intends to stand again.

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

UK Treasury must change disciplinary process after worker’s suicide, mother says

Chloe Moffat, 26, killed herself day after meeting about anonymous complaint in which she was not allowed to bring a colleague The mother of a young woman who took her own life after facing disciplinary proceedings at the Treasury has called on the government department to change its practices. Chloe Moffat, 26, had worked at the Treasury as a personal assistant for almost three years. She “loved her job” and had an “exemplary employment record”, the coroner at her inquest heard this week. Cont

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Arthur Reynolds: The civil service will prepare ‘day one’ briefings for Burnham’s new ministers but nobody’ll read them

So much behaviour around a reshuffle is performative. A flurry of notes is passed between departments to relay how a minister likes their coffee, their go-to lunch order, the font they like for speeches, whether their submissions should be single or double-spaced. Or you could just ask them The post Arthur Reynolds: The civil service will prepare ‘day one’ briefings for Burnham’s new ministers but nobody’ll read them appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

Count Binface alone can‘t clean up British politics. MPs now have that chance, and they must seize it | Stella Creasy

Amid the allegations about dark money and funding, I have a solution: limit all single donations in a year – from any source – to £100,000 It is sobering that Count Binface’s potential victory in the Clacton byelection seems be one of the few ways we can restore any confidence in the integrity of British political decision-making. Faced with questions about the millions he has raked in before and since being elected, Nigel Farage chose to face a byelection rather than face the standards procedur

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

Ofcom Chief Executive’s Inflation-Busting Pay Rise Takes Her Salary to Almost £500,000

Ofcom’s annual report and accounts for 2025/26 shows that its chief executive took home a whopping £478,784. Up from £455,324 the year before – her salary and allowances rose by an inflation-busting 4.87%… Total staff costs jumped by 10% to £153.1 million which is two-thirds of all operating expenditure. Headcount rose to 1,665 from 1,557,…

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Express Politics10 Jul 2026

How Ann Widdecombe went from Tory Minister to TV star and giant of Brexit campaign

The former MP's death was announced today.

Express Politics10 Jul 2026

Labour civil war on migration intensifies as nearly 80 MPs demand changes from Burnham

The Prime Minister in-waiting received a letter from almost 80 MPs warning him "we have allowed ourselves to be blown off course".

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BBC Politics10 Jul 2026

Labour under Burnham will be faster and bolder, says minister

Lisa Nandy was speaking as 322 Labour MPs voted to back Burnham, meaning he is likely to become leader.

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The Guardian Politics10 Jul 2026

Discipline matters, Labour whips tell Burnham as he seeks more tolerant approach

Former and current whips reject idea their job is about intimidation as they tell likely next PM consensus is key When Hilary Armstrong was dealing with the biggest challenge in her five and a half years as Labour’s chief whip, Tony Blair was on the brink of invading Iraq. How did she handle Labour MPs who could not bring themselves to support such a decision? “We made sure that people were able to express their conscience but that we would get enough support for the government to get our legisl

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