News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

13845 headlines found — Page 335 of 1154

The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise

Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’ ‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? A landmark AI development billed as delivering jobs and prosperity has misrepresented its plans to channel a nuclear reactor’s worth of power to a site in rural Scotland, a Guardian investigation has found. Wh

Environment
Express Politics6 Jul 2026

Why should we hand aid or visas to a country that won’t take back its own citizens?

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp writes for the Express on the grooming gang leader at the centre of a deportation row

ImmigrationRemigration
Express Politics6 Jul 2026

Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham heads to London as Trump team issues Ed Miliband warning

This is a live blog follow for the latest political updates.

PoliticsDefence
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage

Complacency and arrogance is, in part, why we are in opposition at the moment, and why we risk being consumed by Reform if we do not get our act together. It is imperative that such a mindset does not plague the party once again. The post Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage appeared first on Conservative Home.

Reform
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

David Gauke: Burnham’s devolution plans won’t work

This, I repeat, is not an argument against devolution. But it is an argument for a hard-headed devolution that considers local responsibility to be more important than regional equality, and makes the tough argument that we have to live with the local consequences of devolved decisions. The post David Gauke: Burnham’s devolution plans won’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Claire Coutinho: Britain’s economic dictatorship isn’t run by generals. It’s run by employment tribunals

We need a reset which puts power back in the hands of the people. Restoring meritocracy and common sense is at the heart of the work Kemi Badenoch has asked me to do as Shadow Equalities Minister, and we will shortly be setting out our plan to achieve it.  The post Claire Coutinho: Britain’s economic dictatorship isn’t run by generals. It’s run by employment tribunals appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Henry Higgins: The truth about “land banking”

Holding planning permissions but not using them; is not a consequence of rapacious capitalism. It is a failure of local government management. The post Henry Higgins: The truth about “land banking” appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

‘Don’t mention the special relationship’: how should UK’s next PM handle Donald Trump?

Little-known abroad, Andy Burnham has a chance to define a new era of US-UK relations. Should he seek to charm or bargain with the bully in the White House – or treat him ‘like a poorly informed constituent’? If, as expected, Andy Burnham becomes the British prime minister later this month, one of his first telephone calls is likely to be with Donald Trump. Trump’s mother was Scottish and he has a nostalgic fascination with Britain. But managing a relationship with the erratic, transactional and

The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

The EU that the UK left no longer exists | Mujtaba Rahman

Andy Burnham’s rise has stoked talk of the terms for a future British return – but this is the wrong question The question of the UK’s relationship with the EU has resurfaced with Keir Starmer’s premiership drawing to a close and Andy Burnham, his likely successor, preparing to enter No 10. Wes Streeting, until recently one of the contenders for the top job and now a possible future chancellor of the exchequer, went as far as to say recently that Britain should be back in the EU. The “rejoin” de

BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year

The planned changes are part of the government's response to a review of political funding.

Politics
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year

The planned changes are part of the government's response to a review of political funding.

Politics
BBC Politics6 Jul 2026

Police leadership needs fundamental overhaul, review finds

Development and recruitment processes in the service need reforming, an independent report says.

Crime