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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job

He's led the SBS and Special Forces' work is about small teams delivering strategic effect. It’s inherently political and led by people who see the bigger picture. In Parliament, he's also been one of the few of the Labour Parliamentary intake who has stood out. The post Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses

In ten days-time, a man who spent three quarters of his working life in London, and most of that time in politics, will step into Downing Street and try to convince the country that he is an outsider. He’ll presume to tell us about the Makerfield test, Manchesterism, and “doing things differently.” The post Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009

Councils purchasing commercial office blocks, hotels and shopping centres, building substantial property portfolios on the basis of low interest rates and overly optimistic investment returns has left an enormous burden on taxpayers. The post Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Peter Mandelson crisis returns with Keir Starmer's Downing Street blasted for 'disaster'

The New Labour veteran's appointment as US ambassador is condemned as an 'unmitigated disaster' with MPs demanding a veto on future political appointees

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Labour quietly slashes £460m from school budgets after giving teachers bumper pay rise

Stealth funding cut for education means teaching assistants and equipment could be cut to foot the gigantic bill

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

New £21 rule on vet fees announced amid major crackdown on soaring bills

Strict new requirements to be brought in as part of industry overhaul to tackle high costs

Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Lifting the lid on Count Binface's real life - as comic candidate takes on political elite

Count Binface has become one of Britain's most recognisable novelty election candidates, but behind the silver cape is an award-winning comedy writer.

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

MPs seek veto over political ambassadors after Mandelson row

A Foreign Affairs Committee report said the process taken in the appointment of Lord Mandelson "was being made up as it went along".

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

MPs seek veto over political ambassadors after Mandelson row

A Foreign Affairs Committee report said the process taken in the appointment of Lord Mandelson "was being made up as it went along".

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage v Count Binface - podcast

Political correspondent Ben Quinn talks about the forthcoming byelection in Clacton after all Reform’s serious rivals declined to take part On Tuesday, after months of scandal about his finances, Nigel Farage tried to take back the initiative. He was resigning as an MP, he explained, to trigger a byelection in his Clacton seat – giving “the people” a chance back him against “the establishment”. But, as the Guardian political correspondent Ben Quinn explains, things may not have gone quite to pla

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

Starmer hints at bank holiday if England win World Cup

The prime minister says he does not want to "jinx it" but "ask me again if we get to the final".

BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

Starmer hints at bank holiday if England win World Cup

The prime minister says he does not want to "jinx it" but "ask me again if we get to the final".