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The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

Badenoch attacks Farage over £5m gift and rules out Tory-Reform pact

Conservative leader says Reform UK’s poor showing in this week’s byelections leaves idea of deal ‘stone-dead’ UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has attacked Nigel Farage over the £5m gift he received before the general election as she ruled out an electoral pact with Reform UK. The Tory leader questioned Farage’s acceptance of the gift from the Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in the months before he stood to become an MP in 2024. Continue reading...

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Express Politics21 Jun 2026

Donald Trump insists Keir Starmer 'will resign'

The US President said the Prime Minister has failed on immigration and energy

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Express Politics21 Jun 2026

Donald Trump 'confirms Keir Starmer is quitting' with brutal 3-sentence comment

Tensions between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer have skyrocketed over recent months.

The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

As Starmer eyes the exit, here’s a vital lesson for Andy Burnham: first impressions are everything | Polly Toynbee

If the Makerfield MP is to be our next PM, he needs some immediate and memorable cost of living policies to avoid his predecessor’s fate Pause here before we rush headlong into the turbulent future. Stop and inhale last week’s rare political triumph, revel in the sunshine of cheery optimism. It was a precious but unfamiliar sensation when life on the progressive side of politics in Britain is so often a litany of hopes dashed and disappointments. Andy Burnham’s comprehensive victory in the Maker

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The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

From defiance to acceptance: five quotes that chart Starmer’s downfall

In just 48 hours, the PM has felt the weight of political gravity and shifted from initial adamance he would fight on UK politics live – latest updates Rapid change has hardly been unusual in British politics in recent years, but the change of tone from Keir Starmer and his supporters in just 48 hours has been striking – and appears to chart the shift in his position on his own future from one of defiance to glum acceptance. Continue reading...

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Express Politics21 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham breaks cover as Keir Starmer 'set to resign' in hours

Andy Burnham has been pictured as pressure mounts on Sir Keir Starmer to quit.

BBC Politics21 Jun 2026

People voted for me in spite of Starmer, says Jess Phillips

The Labour MP says the prime minister would be the "first to admit" her constituents did not vote for him.

The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

The business secretary knows about jobs, and seems pretty sure Keir is out of one

Doing the rounds of the Sunday studios, Peter Kyle sounded like someone who knew it would all be over come Monday UK politics – live updates Not another one. Brenda from Bristol must be doing her nut. After sounding on Friday like the Japanese soldier who had no idea the second world war had ended decades earlier, sometime over the weekend reality had bitten for Keir Starmer. Maybe all he needed was a bit of time at Chequers to think straight. Maybe his family had also told him the game was ov

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BBC Politics21 Jun 2026

Starmer reflecting on political reality as he considers future, says ally

Cabinet minister Peter Kyle says the PM is "mindful of the interests of the country" amid calls for him to quit.

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Express Politics21 Jun 2026

'I'd give Nigel Farage a dukedom for Brexit efforts,' says Jacob Rees-Mogg

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg argues it is 'absolutely essential' the Conservatives and Reform UK come together ahead of the next election

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The Guardian Politics21 Jun 2026

‘This changes everything’: how Brexit altered Scotland’s political landscape

Former party leaders reflect on the turbulence that followed the referendum in which most Scottish voters backed the losing side The decision to quit the EU bolstered support for Scottish independence, which a decade after the Brexit referendum is at near record levels, according to Scottish Labour’s former leader Kezia Dugdale. Dugdale said the Brexit vote “creates a frame around fairness” for many in Scotland because, unlike England, Scottish voters comprehensively backed remain in 2016, by 62

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BBC Politics21 Jun 2026

Signs grow that Starmer will set out timetable to resign as mood in government shifts

The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Nick Eardley on the mood in government as speculation grows about the prime minister's departure.