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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Outrage as thousands of pensions payments delayed for months – 'persistent failures'

Some elderly people are forced to sell their homes or run up massive debts after being left out of pocket

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Bin tactics. At times like these, only a Zia perma-rage defence of Nige will do | John Crace

Reform keeps Tice on the bench, sending in attack specialist Yusuf in effort to take back control as byelection stunt unravels You can often tell when Reform is running scared and losing control of the political narrative, because that’s the time Richard Tice is put back in his box. Everyone but Dicky knows that Dicky is a halfwit. A man whose very life force is dependent on Nigel Farage’s continued existence. Without Nige there would be no Dicky. He is the tick with no autonomous nervous system

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Who is Count Binface? Real name, other job and wife and kids

Betting odds have hovered around 5/1 to 7/1 for an upset; some see anti-Farage tactical voting boosting Binface, though victory remains unlikely.

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Cats, Crypto and Contempt – How PMQs Lost Its Grip on the Handrail

Britain may or may not be broken but PMQs certainly is. It was the appearance of George the Stourbridge station cat that caused the final loss of faith. What was the blameless creature doing on the floor of the House, apart from promoting the world’s shortest railway line? Cat Eccles – a winsome sixth-former from…

The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for UK’s Nato spend

How to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise would be a matter for ‘the next prime minister’, MPs told The Treasury has as yet carried out no analysis of the trade-offs necessary for the UK to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise made to Nato, chief secretary Lucy Rigby has said. Under robust questioning in a joint session of the Treasury and defence select committees on Wednesday, Rigby repeatedly said that how to fund additional defence spending would be a matter for “the next

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BBC Politics8 Jul 2026

Questions build for DUP over further Donaldson allegations

Last month, Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse against two women when they were children.

Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Ed Miliband dealt huge blow as case for net zero ban on North Sea drilling ripped apart

Surprise figure shows how much damage emissions from gas fields would really cause to global warming

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage just took a huge risk - he must stop one thing happening at all costs

The Reform UK leader has taken a massive gamble, writes Whitehall Editor Jonathan Walker.

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BBC Politics8 Jul 2026

Reform Wales leader defends Farage establishment claims

Dan Thomas has given his backing to Nigel Farage, who triggered a by-election in Clacton on Tuesday.

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Hurrying Burnham Has Less Than Three Years Before Parliament Must Dissolve

Tomorrow is the 9th of  July. That will be three years out from the last possible date for the dissolution of the current Parliament under Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The present Parliament first met on 9 July 2024… Unless dissolved earlier, it automatically dissolves at the beginning of 9 July 2029, five…

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Bank of England governor says he is ‘able to spot’ lobbying after Farage crypto meeting

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says no policy changes were made as a result of pressure from crypto tycoon-backed Reform leader UK politics live – latest updates The governor of the Bank of England has broken his silence about the pressure Nigel Farage put on him to drop a cryptocurrency policy that could be costly for Reform UK’s billionaire backer, saying he is “able to spot” and resist lobbying. Andrew Bailey’s comments, in a letter seen by the Guardian, come as Farage’s decision not to disclose

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors

The Conversion Practices Bill sounds kind but is ideological authoritarianism by the back door. The question is, do the Conservatives have the gumption to take on Stonewall and the rest of the TQ+ lobby, in a way that Labour won't? The post Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors appeared first on Conservative Home.

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