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Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained seats from the Lib Dems in Hertsmere and Uttlesford. Reform UK gained seats from Labour in Nuneaton & Bedworth, St Helens and Denbighshire and a seat from the Conservatives in Tamworth. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsReform
Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Money expert warns ‘risks’ under new ISA rules - What you need to do before April

An extra rule for ISAs could see people charged 22% on their interest earnings

Defence
Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Top Mahmood Adviser’s Proposal for a Huge Country-Wide Carbon Tax

Guido has been examining what a Mahmoodian chancellorship would look like. An intriguing proposal from her top SpAd in 2021 suggested an economy-wide carbon tax… The written-up briefings about Shabana Mahmood being desperate to stay in the Home Office are not necessarily accurate. Her own SpAd team was briefing about how keen Burnhamites are for…

EconomyEnvironment
Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Martin Lewis 'up to £4,000 a year' update for anyone looking to buy a house

It is now looking like people with only have a matter of months - at the very most - to act

Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

EXC: Downing Street SpAds Bank on Personnel Continuity Under Burnham

Downing Street staff have been told that Andy Burnham won’t fire them all summarily on coming into government. Sighs of relief you can hear there from SpAds working out how to stay inside – it’s every man for himself… A No10 source tells Guido: “We’re hearing Team Andy want at least some continuity, not least…

Politics
The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

UK government urged to act on ‘devastating’ impact of heatwaves

MPs hear current plans fall ‘far short of what is needed’ with many deaths expected and children baking in classrooms The UK government is facing increasingly urgent calls for action to protect people against the intensifying effects of the climate crisis. With the country in the grip of the worst heatwave ever recorded in western Europe – a direct result of global heating – the chair of parliament’s environmental audit committee warned ministers of the urgent threat and that it was falling “far

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common good

Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can articulate why, and work out in public how to get there. They don’t just spout slogans about economic growth – because growth is meaningless unless we know what it is for. They understand that there is no trade-off between solving social problems and boosting the economy, and aim to do both, while avoiding rig

Economy
Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Chico Khan-Gandapur: The Long Read: The disconnect between political activists and voters and why that matters

The task is not to drag everyone into the world of the political obsessive, but to bring politics back into alignment with the everyday concerns and limited attention of the people it is meant to serve. The post Chico Khan-Gandapur: The Long Read: The disconnect between political activists and voters and why that matters appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Veteran Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child attacks ‘performative cruelty’ of Shabana Mahmood’s policies Shabana Mahmood should be moved out of the Home Office and her asylum policies of “performative cruelty” ripped up by Andy Burnham’s administration, Alf Dubs has said. The veteran Labour peer who came to the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia said the home secretary’s talents “would be better used elsewhere in the cabinet”. Continue reading.

PoliticsImmigration
Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Fears over triple lock as Andy Burnham warned of 'almighty battle' with pensioners

One of Britain's likely next PM's economic advisers has doubled down on criticism of the policy.

EconomyDefence
Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Poland tells citizens to max out British benefits before heading home

Poland's government is telling its own citizens to max out British benefits and apply for Jobseeker's Allowance before heading home, sparking outrage in the UK.