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BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Treasury sees defence as a drain not a driver for growth, says Healey

John Healey quit his cabinet role as defence secretary over a long-delayed military spending plan.

PoliticsEconomyDefence
The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

Farage is on the brink but if he goes, Labour can’t rest easy: people still need something worth voting for | Gaby Hinsliff

The Reform funding scandals could yet bring down its leader – and give Andy Burnham a head start. The biggest pitfall would be complacency No politician is greater than their party. However bright you shine, you’re never so indispensable that you couldn’t be replaced tomorrow – or so, at least, convention has it. But there’s one man at Westminster to whom convention rarely applies, and that’s why the multiple funding scandals now engulfing Nigel Farage are such a watershed moment in British poli

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BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Grooming gang leader 'could still be deported'

A Home Office minister says they were examining changing the law to deport recently freed Shabir Ahmed.

Remigration
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Grooming gang leader 'could still be deported'

A Home Office minister says they were examining changing the law to deport recently freed Shabir Ahmed.

Remigration
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

PM intervened in row over Mexico-England kick-off time

Fifa had been set to bring the match forward by six hours, due to a forecast of thunderstorms.

Defence
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

PM intervened in row over Mexico-England kick-off time

Fifa had been set to bring the match forward by six hours, due to a forecast of thunderstorms.

Defence
The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

Angela Rayner goes full beige in her push for an Andy Burnham promotion

Angie did her best to not say anything controversial in a presenting gig on LBC. Let’s hope it was a one-off It’s been quiet. Too quiet. There was a time, not so long ago, when Angela Rayner was being widely tipped to be the UK’s next prime minister after Keir Starmer. Not least by sources – ahem – extremely close to Ange herself. Just as soon as she had settled her outstanding tax bill to HMRC. Then along came Andy Burnham. The momentum seemingly unstoppable. And Angie faded into the background

Economy
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Why is Farage facing renewed scrutiny over his finances?

The Reform UK leader faces further pressure after reports he did not declare support from an ally.

Reform
The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

Farage cries ‘witch-hunt’ but this may be Reform’s Partygate moment

Media scrutiny of party leader’s finances has undermined his claim to be a politician in tune with typical voters UK politics live – latest updates With his personal funding once again under media scrutiny, Nigel Farage, the rightwing Reform UK party leader, is adamant he is the victim of an “establishment plot” trying to stop him from reaching Downing Street. This time, Farage is facing questions about support for his lifestyle from the convicted criminal George Cottrell, just months after it

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Guido Fawkes6 Jul 2026

EXC: Home Office Pays Firm £30 Million for Migrants to Be Picked up in Channel

There was a furore in 2022 when the Guardian revealed that the Home Office had paid a private company £2.5 million to charter boats and crew to pick up people trying to cross the Channel. That number has since ballooned… Mahmood’s Home Office is four years later paying £30 million to the same company –…

Immigration
Guido Fawkes6 Jul 2026

New Future of the Right Conference Welcomes Co-Conspirators

Co-conspirators are invited to a new gathering of conservatives and the right – the inaugural Disraeli Conference on Saturday 11 July at The Bull Hotel, just outside of London, featuring Guido’s own Lord Kempsell. The conference will bring together politicians, thinkers, commentators and campaigners for a day on conservatism, the future of the Right, statecraft,…

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Express Politics6 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's not even in No10 yet – but he's proved how unsuited he is for office

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: He's so bad he doesn't even need to be through the door to show us he is the wrong man for the job.