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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned

Exclusive: victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner call for pause on planned releases A failure to put in place safeguards ahead of a change to the law that will result in offenders being released early will leave abuse victims at risk, ministers have been warned. In a rare coordinated intervention, the victims commissioner and the domestic abuse commissioner have written separately to ministers urging them to immediately pause planned early releases of offenders convicted of crimes

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Burnham Policy Chief’s ‘Hobby Horse’ Plan to Hand Out ‘Free Basic Energy’ Costing Tens of Billions

The “hobby horse” of Andy Burnham’s transition policy chief is a “free basic energy” subsidy which would cost tens of billions of pounds per year. Here we go again… Figures who have worked with ex-energy and housing minister Miatta Fahnbulleh expect her to revive a policy she championed at the New Economics Foundation, of which…

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

I was on Keir Starmer's plane – but everyone was talking about Nigel Farage

Prime Minister's visit to NATO summit is supposed to be the focus of attention, but the Reform leader's antics are all anyone in politics is interested in

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Andy Street: The country doesn’t want to be misled it wants to be levelled with – so tackle the triple lock

Do I want to punish older generations? No. The parties leading the polls have decided the way to win is to promise that nothing hard will ever be asked of anyone. This is a dead end, and the pensions triple lock has become the clearest test of whether a politician will level with people. The post Andy Street: The country doesn’t want to be misled it wants to be levelled with – so tackle the triple lock appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham just got the worst news imaginable - he'll be cursing Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves will make Andy Burnham pay for axing her as chancellor. She's taking him down with her.

Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

LIVE: New BBC Director General Questioned by MPs on Licence Fee

New BBC Director General Matt Brittin and Chairman Samir Shah are answering culture select committee MPs’ questions on the Charter Review. Follow along live…

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

'I visited Clacton-On-Sea and have never been so relieved to leave a place'

Reform's Nigel Farage has triggered a by-election in Clacton after announcing he would stand down as an MP but would fight to be re-elected - all other major political parties have said they will not field a candidate

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Trump: Iran Ceasefire Is Over, Says ‘Cuckoo’ Iran Negotiators Are ‘Scum’

Trump on the ceasefire: “I think it’s over… I don’t want to deal with them anymore, they’re scum… As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” he adds… It’s just a waste of time dealing with them, they’re liars.” Kaput… On US Central Command said it struck more than 80 Iranian targets, including over 60 IRGC…

The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’

Labour party chair says Reform UK leader must cooperate with authorities instead of trying to distract public with byelection • UK politics live – latest updates The revelation that a £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers concerned it may have been laundered money, has been described as “astonishing and deeply serious”. Responding to the Guardian story, Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party, also called on Farage to “co

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead The new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying on the ground. The government could cancel its deranged, disastrous carbon capture and storage (CCS) programme at no cost to public welfare: in fact, it would greatly reduce the harm we will suffer. Sorry, did I say £21.7bn? That’s the figure the government has been putting in its

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Zia Yusuf: If Other Parties Thought They Could Win, They Would Stand in Clacton

Zia Yusuf has claimed that the boycott of a Clacton by-election by Labour, Tories, Greens, and LibDems is only because they know they would lose to Farage. He told BBC Breakfast: “The legitimacy of those elections is not determined by which parties coordinate together to not stand candidates. It is very much down to the…

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

POLL: Has Nigel Farage's by-election backfired as other parties refuse to stand?

Readers can have their say in our online poll on the Reform UK leader's by-election.

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