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The Guardian Politics2 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’

Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor The standards watchdog has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage lobbied the Bank of England to drop a cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party, potentially in breach of parliamentary rules. The Reform UK leader has said his party’s major donor, Christopher Harborne, wanted nothing in exchange for the £15m he donated to the party and the undecl

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Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Lisa Nandy Quits X and Takes DCMS With Her

Lisa Nandy has just posted on X: “I’ve decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.” Blue sky thinking…

Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's all set to bring back Loony Left of 1980s with toxic plot to weaken Britain

OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: And you'll probably have to pay for the pleasure!

Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer has risked our first line of defence – as a veteran I should know

Britain will be less safe if we continue down this path.

Defence
BBC Politics2 Jul 2026

Burnham meets trade union leaders ahead of expected premiership

Andy Burnham's possible chancellor could be among the conversations between unions and the prospective prime minister.

Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Southport survivors slam empty 'promises' as they demand changes following massacre

More parents face fines if they fail to prevent their children running amok, with ministers backing the use of more ‘parenting orders'.

Housing
Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer makes apology for scandal branded 'stain on our history'

The Prime Minister met with campaigners on Thursday ahead of an official apology in the Commons.

Politics
Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

EXC: Reform Hires Veteran Journalist Miles Goslett as New Communications Chief

Guido hears that Reform UK has hired Miles Goslett into the newly created post of chief communications officer, putting him in overall charge of the party’s media operation. There’s talk of Farage wanting to use his own channels such as the Reform podcast and Substack account to be more proactive alongside the traditional mediums of…

Reform
Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Former Border Force chief urges Labour to change these 3 things to stop new asylum crisis

Convicted smuggler Twana Jamal is working illegally at a vape shop and bragging that Leicester "is ours".

Immigration
The Guardian Politics2 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer’s on the pitch, he thinks it’s all over … Well, it will be soon | John Crace

Just before being kicked out of No 10, the PM is dreaming of lifting the World Cup for a nation – and political immortality The dream lives on. With 15 minutes left against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Atlanta, England were in danger of going out of the World Cup. The defeat would have been one of the more humiliating exits from an international tournament the team had experienced. But with heads going down and nerves shattered, up stepped Harry Kane with a couple of goals. The second, su

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The Guardian Politics2 Jul 2026

Britain's apology for the scandal of forced adoption can never heal the pain for people like me | David Batty

An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976. I was one of them After my adoptive father died in November last year, my adoptive siblings found a short story by Enid Blyton among his possessions. The Child Who Was Chosen was read to us as children to explain the circumstances of my adoption. It follows a nice middle-class couple whose domestic bliss is marred by childlessness, prompting them to go to a “very kind lady” who helps them to

Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Starmer to Introduce Emergency Legislation to Let Pubs Stay Open for England Game

Keir Starmer will intervene and lay emergency legislation tomorrow in order to allow pubs to stay open past 1 a.m, according to the Sun. Talk about a legacy period… The government said today that most pubs don’t have the correct licence to stay open and would have to close because the deadline to apply for…