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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

The Guardian view on the Mandelson files: the missing vetting document matters most | Editorial

A data dump exposes Labour’s courtier politics. But it still does not explain why the peer was cleared to be US ambassador The Epstein files fatally damaged Peter Mandelson. Gone was his reputation as Westminster’s great survivor: the politician who could weather any scandal and return to the centre of power. Allegations that he leaked market-sensitive information to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financial crash led to a criminal investigation. The peer was sacked as Brita

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Family of murdered Henry Nowak demand police explain 'inhumane and degrading' treatment

Police arrested and handcuffed stabbing victim Henry Nowak as he pleaded for help

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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

‘Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office operators

Government should not be involved in providing redress to victims of Horizon IT scandal, campaigner tells MPs Sir Alan Bates has said that the schemes set up to compensate post office operators over the Horizon IT scandal have been an “utter disaster” and that the government should not be involved in running them. Bates, who led a two-decade fight for justice for thousands of subpostmasters falsely accused and wrongfully convicted for theft and false accounting, has previously accused the govern

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Guido Fawkes1 Jun 2026

The Canary Apologises for Wrongly Alleging That Reform Councillor “Beat Up His Girlfriend”

From the leftist news website The Canary over the weekend: “On 8 May, the Canary published an article entitled “Sunderland Reform councillor David Barker allegedly beat up his girlfriend and abused child”. The piece incorrectly stated that Barker was the same individual who was given a suspended sentence in 2019 at South Tyneside magistrates’ court for…

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Black economy vape shops show how criminals run rings around weak Starmer, Reeves and HMRC

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going on.

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Guido Fawkes1 Jun 2026

Murderer of Henry Nowak Handed 21-Year Minimum Sentence

The murderer of 19-year-old Henry Nowak has been sentences. Vikrum Digwa sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum term of 21 years… The police responsible for arresting Nowak while he was dying from stab wounds are now under investigation. Digwa stabbed Nowak with a Sikh ceremonial knife before calling police officers to claim that Nowak had…

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BBC Politics1 Jun 2026

UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal

The UK does not need to pay Rwanda after it pulled a deal between the two countries, a court has ruled.

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Dystopian buffer zones are threat to UK freedoms – we must axe thought crime law

This behaviour is not the conduct of a proper democracy.

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

POLL: Should Labour stop criminals spending benefits on alcohol? Vote now

The Tories have announced plans to ban criminals on licence from spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes in a new welfare crackdown.

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BBC Politics1 Jun 2026

UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal

A court has ruled the UK does not need to pay Rwanda after the UK pulled a deal between the two countries.

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Express Politics1 Jun 2026

Parents whose kids commit serious crimes should face jail time themselves

OPINION - JJ ANISIOBI: Punishing parents for the serious crimes of their children promises order in a frightened country.

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The Guardian Politics1 Jun 2026

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities A coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention centres. The warning follows a Home Office announcement on Friday of a contract to roll out AI facial age estimation technology on young asylum seekers whos

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