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Express Politics1 Jul 2026

PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer faces brutal Commons grilling as he faces defence backlash

Sir Keir Starmer faces Prime Minister's Questions at midday - follow live.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

The end of Starmer drama and the soap opera of coronation street – but who IS our next PM?

We are entitled to more than the carefully crafted cheeky chap with his dress down bonhomie but real, solid, answers to politically serious questions about Britain's future and his plans for shaping that. The post The end of Starmer drama and the soap opera of coronation street – but who IS our next PM? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026

When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot

The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you can dig for yourself than climate-science denial: heat-stress denial. Across the billionaire press last week, columnists and leader writers minimised the health impacts of the heatwave, particularly in schools. Expect more of this next w

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

John Redwood: Manchesterism won’t work

If Mr Burnham really wants to go for growth he will need lower taxes, cheaper energy, a roll back of net zero self harm, and more incentive for people to get a job and set up businesses. His wannabe advisers want more spending, more borrowing, more benefits, more socialism. That did not work in the 1970s and will not work now.  The post John Redwood: Manchesterism won’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Miriam Cates: Kim Leadbeater, like Keir Starmer, needs to be told the game is up

In this context, facing likely defeat and provoking certain division, it would be madness for Lauren Edwards’ new Bill to pass. It is time a delegation paid Ms Leadbeater and Ms Edwards a visit and put their Bill out of its misery. Andy Burnham would breathe a sigh of relief. The post Miriam Cates: Kim Leadbeater, like Keir Starmer, needs to be told the game is up appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Chris Philp: Labour Ministers are weakening our borders as they pander to the left. Only the Conservatives have a plan to fix this

My message to Andy Burnham is this: stick with the ILR policy Labour copied from us last autumn. Don’t weaken it. And adopt the tough further measures the Conservatives have set out. The post Chris Philp: Labour Ministers are weakening our borders as they pander to the left. Only the Conservatives have a plan to fix this appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics1 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: Starmer's defence plan leaves crunching trade‑offs for Burnham to confront

The BBC's political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan.

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The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026

‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley

Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector Good news for Andy Burnham: one of the original 10 water privatisations from the Thatcher-era has returned to public ownership already. Thanks to a complicated turn-of-the-century corporate saga, Welsh Water, serving 3 million people, converted to not-for-profit status in 2001. It has no shareholders. Financial surpluses go “straight back into keeping bills down and looking after your wat

The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026

Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries

Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000 The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual increases may soon be over, with the government to introduce limits on executive pay. Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, with pay in academy trusts equating to anything from less than £5 a pupil to more than £150. Only a quarter of the high-earners were women. Conti

Express Politics1 Jul 2026

Rail project championed by Andy Burnham fails to learn expensive HS2 lessons

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee also warned that lessons from the ballooning cost of HS2 have not been learned.

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Express Politics1 Jul 2026

Burnham urged to axe £5bn migration grants to fund the military

Exclusive: Andy Burnham has been urged to axe £5 billion worth of immigration grants to free up cash for the military as he refuses to fund the defence plan.

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Sky News Politics1 Jul 2026

New UK steel tariffs come into force - but industry isn't happy

UK steel tariffs that come into force today have been criticised by industry as both too lenient and too restrictive, with claims of higher costs and possible job losses as a result.