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Express Politics4 May 2026

Keir Starmer 'just surrendered to EU - and his Brexit betrayal will cost UK £1bn a year'

The Tories and Reform have savaged Labour's post-Brexit reset with the EU.

The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warned Cabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome. However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime minister’s determination to stay in Downing Street after Thursday’s vote, the mood on the backbenches was fe

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BBC Politics4 May 2026

UK joining Ukraine loan scheme would be good for EU ties, Starmer says

The UK is "discussing participating" in a £78bn (€90bn) European Union loan scheme to support Ukraine, the prime minister says.

The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too | Editorial

Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer Energy has not been a prominent subject for discussion in the run-up to Thursday’s UK elections. In England this is logical enough, since the big policy decisions are taken by ministers in Westminster, not at council meetings. But the stances adopted by the new governments in Scotland and Wales matter a great deal. They will have an influence beyond their borders, helping to shape the natio

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Express Politics4 May 2026

Humiliation for Starmer as UK warship HMS Iron Duke taken out of service

The stretched Navy is set to be placed under additional pressure as Britain faces increasing incursions into its waters from Russian vessels.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows

Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchers AI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm. “We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you would expect,” said Malte Landwehr, an expert at Peec AI, the firm that did the research. “So they’re doing something right when it comes to LLM [large

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Express Politics4 May 2026

Starmer's less popular than Richard Nixon after Watergate – Labour faces a shellacking

OPINION - ESTHER McVEY: Starmer's a dead man walking - the only thing worse than our beleaguered PM is his potential successors

Express Politics4 May 2026

Shocking delay in booting migrant out of the UK reveals exactly where we're going wrong

Express columnist and Conservative councillor Mieka Smiles says that deportation is taking too long - and all the while costs are racking up.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Nigerian refinery accused of sacking union members is key to UK plan to tackle jet fuel shortage

Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west Africa A refinery in Nigeria accused of dismissing workers for joining a union has emerged as key to the UK government’s hopes of saving the summer holiday amid a jet fuel shortage. Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said at the weekend that part of the answer to the strait of Hormuz crisis was to import more fuel from the US and west Africa. Continue reading...

Express Politics4 May 2026

Keir Starmer under pressure over Labour election promise with EU reset

The UK government is expected to U-turn on its 2024 manifesto commitment to ban foie gras imports.

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Express Politics4 May 2026

POLL: Are Reform right to dump migrants in towns that vote Green? Have your say

Reform UK has said it would open migrant detention centres in areas that vote for the Green Party.

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