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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Downing Street Staff Setting Up Lectern Outside Number 10

Get ready. Stay tuned to Guido…

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Minister: PM is thinking about how to respond

Baroness Jacqui Smith speaks about the prime minister and claims from US President Donald Trump that he will resign.

Express Politics22 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham just doomed Britain for good - we’ll soon be screaming for Keir Starmer

If you thought the first two years of Labour were a horror show, just wait for the next three.

The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

Don’t worry, a politician can’t present the Today programme. Michael Grade is wrong about that – and GB News | Stewart Purvis and Chris Banatvala

As the former Ofcom chair says extraordinary things about the rightwing channel and its critics, a factcheck would not go amiss • Stewart Purvis is a former editor in chief of ITN; Chris Banatvala is a former Ofcom director of standards During a review of his four years at Ofcom, the outgoing chair, Michael Grade, surprised his BBC Radio 4 interviewer. He had been asked by Katie Razzall whether Ofcom rules would allow a politician to present the Today programme apart from the news bulletins. She

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Skills Minister Jacqui Smith Says She “Would Have” Liked Starmer to Continue

Skills Minister Jacqui Smith (drawing the short straw) on Times Radio this morning: “I would have been very happy for [Starmer] to continue. But he understands, and we can all see, the pressure being brought upon him. The challenges that are around.” Later on BBC Breakfast: “‘I’m absolutely clear that what he has been thinking…

The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer expected to announce resignation timetable, paving way for Burnham premiership - UK politics live

It’s still unclear whether there will be a leadership contest or an uncontested handover of power Starmer expected to announce exit plan to clear way for Burnham to become PM ‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflection Good morning. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the referendum to leave the EU, which means that Wednesday is the 10th anniversary of the day David Cameron announced he was resigning as PM. After Cameron was forced out by the result of his o

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, on whom can we pin our failures all?’ – Just don’t say ‘us’

I see no appetite for introspection from Starmer or Reform. Anything but the mirror, and despite the fact that such a weakness helps us, it seems a crying shame they can’t, for their own good, take a hard look and go ‘You know what folks, this is on us, and we need to do better' The post ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, on whom can we pin our failures all?’ – Just don’t say ‘us’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

David Gauke: Bye bye to the big by-election everyone remembers, but don’t forget it wasn’t the only one

In the context of Kemi Badenoch’s improving personal rating (now the least unpopular party leader in the country) and the growing evidence that the air is leaving the Reform balloon, in the gains of 18th June there are signs and genuine grounds for optimism.  The post David Gauke: Bye bye to the big by-election everyone remembers, but don’t forget it wasn’t the only one appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

David Davies: Let’s champion Defence industry workers because the Welsh Government doesn’t

It is pointless to champion the men and women of His Majesty's Armed Forces if we are not also willing to champion those who provide them with the equipment they need to fight and win. The post David Davies: Let’s champion Defence industry workers because the Welsh Government doesn’t appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons.

It is a housing project masquerading as transport policy. Let there be no doubt: this is not the railway that London needs most right now. The post James Ford: The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons. appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

After Burnham’s reign, battle begins for Greater Manchester’s mayoral crown

The influential role vacated by the new Makerfield MP will be fiercely contested by Labour, Reform and the Greens As Andy Burnham maps out the final steps on his path to Downing Street, he may feel that his future is clear. But a look back over his shoulder reveals a cloudier outlook, inviting the question: what now happens to his former role as Greater Manchester’s mayor? An election has been set for 30 July, and with the job widely seen as having grown under Burnham’s tenure to become one of t

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