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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Starmer says Trump wants to ‘stay in touch’ after he steps down

PM suggests maintaining links with US president will be part of his continued responsibility to UK-US relationship Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has agreed to stay in touch with Keir Starmer after he steps down from No 10 despite his increasingly tense relationship with the UK prime minister over recent months. After meeting at the Nato summit in Ankara, Starmer suggested that maintaining links with the US president would be part of his continued responsibilities to the strategic r

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage just took the biggest gamble of his career – it could backfire spectacularly

Reform UK leader sees Clacton by-election as the next chapter in his war on the establishment, but it could quickly become a painful joke

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

MI5 chief warns of 'growing threat' of 'thuggish actions' from Iran and Russia

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps expected to be among as many as 10 groups proscribed as a 'state-based threat' over the next year.

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Donald Trump announces war with Iran is back on and US will 'hit them hard'

US president sensationally declares ceasefire is over as he vows to unleash heavy strikes

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Reform to ask for Clacton byelection to be held on 6 August after Farage resignation

Constituents to vote in contest being boycotted by major parties over financial scandal surrounding Reform leader Reform UK will request that the Clacton byelection be held on 6 August, the party has said, after Nigel Farage’s decision to resign from the seat. The Reform UK leader, who has represented the Essex constituency since the 2024 general election, said on Tuesday he was standing down and would put himself forward again in what he has sought to portray as a “people versus the establishme

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham is coming for your money - brace yourself for autumn Budget from hell

Financial experts are warning of the pain Andy Burnham is set to inflict on taxpayers if he becomes PM.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Bin tactics. At times like these, only a Zia perma-rage defence of Nige will do | John Crace

Reform keeps Tice on the bench, sending in attack specialist Yusuf in effort to take back control as byelection stunt unravels You can often tell when Reform is running scared and losing control of the political narrative, because that’s the time Richard Tice is put back in his box. Everyone but Dicky knows that Dicky is a halfwit. A man whose very life force is dependent on Nigel Farage’s continued existence. Without Nige there would be no Dicky. He is the tick with no autonomous nervous system

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for UK’s Nato spend

How to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise would be a matter for ‘the next prime minister’, MPs told The Treasury has as yet carried out no analysis of the trade-offs necessary for the UK to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise made to Nato, chief secretary Lucy Rigby has said. Under robust questioning in a joint session of the Treasury and defence select committees on Wednesday, Rigby repeatedly said that how to fund additional defence spending would be a matter for “the next

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Ed Miliband dealt huge blow as case for net zero ban on North Sea drilling ripped apart

Surprise figure shows how much damage emissions from gas fields would really cause to global warming

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

'Irritable' Donald Trump meets world leaders at NATO – but one topic is very much offside

PMs and presidents have pledged not to mention a certain subject during meetings with the US commander-in-chief at the Ankara summit

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving those for other G7 countries weaker or unchanged, amid hopes the economic impact of the Iran war may be less severe than feared. In a July update of its World Economic Outlook, which was finalised before the latest outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, the Washington-based organisation project

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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Reeves Confirms She Will Let Farage Stand Down as MP

As of lunchtime Farage had written to Reeves and received no reply. Now she says: “I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. But if he wants to spend the summer…

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