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Sky News Politics13 Jul 2026

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-burnham-starmer-labour-tories-badenoch-farage-12593360?postid=12050554#liveblog-body'>UK proscribes Iran's IRGC after 'threats to life' on British soil</a>

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Conservative Home13 Jul 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Is this the beginning of the end for Reform UK?

Momentum is giving way to scrutiny. Authority giving way to ridicule. Simplicity giving way to the hard realities of governing. The questions are multiplying, and each one makes the next harder to answer. It's not the end of Reform UK but the moment its trajectory first began to bend. The post Matthew Jeffery: Is this the beginning of the end for Reform UK? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Police: speculation during Widdecombe murder investigation is ‘unhelpful and distressing’

Politicians should not comment before facts are established, says former chief constable, after Farage describes killing as ‘premeditated murder’ Senior police figures and politicians have warned against speculation during the murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death, after detectives said there was “nothing to suggest” political motivation after an intervention from Nigel Farage. Devon and Cornwall police said on Sunday the killing investigation was not being treated as terrorism nor as

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

I went to tiny village where Ann Widdecombe was killed - it's like a royal has died

EXCLUSIVE: Express reporter Adam Toms visited Hayton Vale in Devon where the Reform UK spokesperson lived.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Reform would have held just 15% of last year’s donations under proposed £100,00 cap, analysis shows

Exclusive: Party’s average registered donation was £137, 496, almost six times that of Labour or Conservatives Reform UK would have held just 15% of the donations it received last year if a proposed £100,000 cap on political donations had been in force, according to analysis shared with the Guardian. The analysis by Friends of the Earth using Electoral Commission data highlights the party’s reliance on a handful of wealthy backers ahead of a showdown over political funding. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy

Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales Drugs, drones and heat: Amber Rudd and David Lammy begin search for answers to prisons crisis Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said. Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early relea

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Richard TIce in tears as he pays tribute to 'absolute colossus' Ann Widdecombe

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Anderson has also paid a moving tribute as colleagues visited the scene of her murder.

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Labour accused of putting Reform MPs lives at risk in stunning rebuke

The criticism comes as Reform UK say their MPs face mounting security concerns and threats to their safety.

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Farage team trawl emails for threats as man arrested over Widdecombe death

Nigel Farage's team are trawling emails for threats after a 28-year-old man was arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence | Heather Stewart

If Starmer won’t act then his successor should – by restricting the power of a small group of mega-donors Just as Nigel Farage kicks off a summer of “arguing with a bin”, as Rachel Reeves called it, Labour’s bill to clean up politics returns to the House of Commons this week. As more questions emerge about the financing of Reform and Farage’s mega-donor chums – through the brilliant reporting of Guardian colleagues – MPs should seize the opportunity to toughen it up. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris

These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and business This coming Tuesday, the government’s representation of the people bill comes back to the House of Commons for its third reading. It bundles up a multitude of measures, including an extension of the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds and welcome changes to voter registration. But thanks to the continuing furore around Nigel Farage and his extremely wealthy

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Farage popularity hits lowest since election as rival takes lead in polls

Nigel Farage's popularity has crashed to its lowest since the last election amid scrutiny of his finances as a new poll puts him on a devastating -27 rating.

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