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Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

Angela Rayner Says She Has Been Cleared by HMRC

Angela Rayner has entered the leadership conflict this morning. With a bang… Rayner has spoken to ITV to say she has no deal with Andy Burnham and that she would not trigger a leadership contest: “I’ve made it clear that I wasn’t going to trigger the prime minister – and that I want to see…

Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Starmer’s Serene Self-Delusion at the Despatch Box May Save Him Yet

Now we can add a new face to the PM’s gallery of faces. His brave face got its first outing. It looks no different from his disgusted face or indeed his face of soaring inspiration, but brave it was, in the circumstances, to be so unmoved by the catastrophic council results, the revulsion of his…

Housing
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

Health Ministers Double Hotel Costs Per Night While Staff Cut Back

DHSC staff are economising on hotels while their health ministers are spending more per night spent in hotels. Wes… Guido’s FOI Unit has found that health ministers nearly doubled their per-night hotel spending in a single year, from £139 to £261. That is an 87% increase from the financial year starting in 2024 to the…

Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

Jolyon Moves Good Law Project to Jersey

Jolyon Maugham has quietly shuffled the ownership of his crowd-funded litigation-losing vehicle the Good Law Project into a Jersey purpose trust. Jersey… Good Law Project insists it will remain UK resident for tax purposes and there will be no change to how its income is taxed. Nothing to see here… But what is actually going…

Economy
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

WATCH: Badenoch Mocks Fuming Streeting Over Leadership Plotting

Some real zingers from Badenoch in this debate. Tory MPs enjoying themselves…

Politics
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

LIVE: MPs Debate King’s Speech Amid Labour Leadership Chaos

Politics
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

Tories Publish ‘Alternative King’s Speech’

A good stunt from the Tories, who this week published their alternative King’s Speech: The whole package is framed around a £47 billion savings plan. Funded by welfare cuts and civil service reductions… Read the main policy points below. Nada from Reform… Stronger Economy Welfare Reform. Reinstate the two-child benefit cap, restrict PIP for lower-level…

Economy
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

No10: Starmer Has “Full Confidence” in Wes Streeting

Usually the kiss of death, although Streeting’s going to take matters into his own hands anyway…

Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

WATCH: Trump Arrives in Beijing

Donald Trump has stepped off Air Force One to kick off his landmark China trip. It will involve talks, a banquet, and also a visit to the Temple of Heaven. It will end on 15 May… This is the US delegation: Elon Musk Jensen Huang of Nvidia Tim Cook of Apple Larry Fink of BlackRock…

Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

What Happens Next…

Wes Streeting is going to resign tomorrow and challenge Keir Starmer for the leadership. The news broke in the Times 45 minutes before the King’s speech. The Rickey Coup is back on… Lots of gossip is flying around SW1. What happens next? Bloomberg’s Alex Wickham hears Starmer will stand in the leadership election if Streeting…

Politics
Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

Parliament Standards Investigation Opens Into Farage Donation

Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg has opened an investigation into Nigel Farage over an undeclared £5 million donation from Christopher Harborne. Under Rule 5: members must “fulfil conscientiously the requirements of the House in respect of the registration of interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interest”…

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Guido Fawkes13 May 2026

WATCH: Labour MP Shouts “Not Now Andy!” as Black Rod Knocks on Commons Door

Hat-tip to Labour’s Torcuil Crichton…

Politics