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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Minister says he ‘won’t be intimidated’ by home secretary as public row escalates

Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rules UK politics live – latest updates An extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after he said he “won’t be intimidated” in response to calls by her for him to be sacked. Mahmood demanded on Thursday that the migration minister, Mike Tapp, should be fired for writing an unauthorised article in the Times calling for overs

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Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Coy David Miliband Doesn’t Rule Out Joining Burnham’s Government

David Miliband has failed to rule out an entry into Burnham’s government. Speaking at the Institute for Government yesterday the former Foreign Secretary was asked if he would go in and simply said: “Let him make his choices. Let him make his let him make his choices. He’s got I think we should give him…

The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Ignore the miserabilists: Andy Burnham as PM is a moment when things really can get better | Polly Toynbee

He’s the only person who can keep Nigel Farage out of Downing Street, so let’s embrace his unique blend of optimism and realism As Keir Starmer bid a brief and emotional farewell at that pillory of a lectern, there was a moment for some to ask: what have we done, and why? He’s not a bad man, not a Boris Johnson or Liz Truss rogue prime minister. How decadent, if lack of charisma has become a sacking offence. But the reason why isn’t written in Westminster. It’s there in councils up and down the

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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

David Lammy accused of 'scaremongering' as top lawyers vent fury

The Justice Secretary is under fire over plans to limit jury trials.

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Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Home Office Minister Mike Tapp Says He ‘Won’t Be Intimidated’ by Mahmood’s Efforts to Sack Him

Migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp has said he won’t be intimidated by Shabana Mahmood after the Home Secretary asked for him to be sacked yesterday. All played out in public… Tapp penned a Times op-ed discussing plans he had made to exempt care workers from Mahmood’s ILR changes. Sources close to Mahmood say he…

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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Rachel Reeves just showed us she’s completely lost the plot - it’ll make your blood boil

My head is going to explode and it's not the heat. It's Rachel Reeves.

Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Mike Tapp fires back from California wedding after Mahmood demands sacking

Migration minister Mike Tapp has fired back from a California wedding after Shabana Mahmood demanded Starmer sack him over his immigration comments.

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BBC Politics26 Jun 2026

Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers

Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.

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Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Labour’s ‘Cost of Living Champion’ Says Miliband Would Be “A Disaster” as Chancellor

Iceland boss and Labour’s ‘cost of living champion’ Lord Walker speaking on Newsnight last night on the prospect of Chancellor Ed Miliband: “He’d be a disaster. I think, listen, of course, you know, I’m speaking on the hottest June on record. Climate change is real. I believe in science. But I think how we’re going…

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Charities criticise ‘costly’ Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers - UK politics live

Government seeking planning permission at sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. We are leading today’s blog on the news that the Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers. Planning permission is being sought at Ministry of Defence sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, to acc

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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Labour mocked over claim Andy Burnham will be 'first woman Prime Minister'

Labour has been ridiculed over claims that the former Greater Manchester mayor will be their "first woman Prime Minister".

The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Wanted: a new PM, a new James Bond, a new Doctor – and a UK that can agree on its leading characters | Nadia Khomami

Britain has found itself looking for all three protagonists at once. Who gets to stand at the centre of the national story? It’s been the refrain of the week. Why can’t the country hold on to a prime minister – and how can it be that Larry, the Downing Street cat, has managed to outlast six of them? Have we become ungovernable? Is it because one government after another has failed to halt the slide in living standards – or have online attention spans eroded our patience for change? But Westminst

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