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Express Politics24 Apr 2026

Total humiliation for Starmer as Labour come SIXTH in by-election

Reform UK held onto the Cornwall Council seat, with Labour trailing behind the Tories, Lib Dems, Greens and an Independent candidate in last place.

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Liam Byrne’s Left-Wing Benefactor Hypocrisy

Labour MP Ian Byrne has been busy promoting his book. Podcast appearances, columns, the full blot… “Why Populists Are Winning” attacks right-wing funding networks. But it is strangely silent on Byrne’s own donor about whom he would rather not talk. His donor benefactor? Sir Trevor Chinn… Chinn donated £265,000 to Labour Together, the think tank under…

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in Salford. The post Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics24 Apr 2026

Nigel Farage brutally skewers EU-loving ex civil servant for 'vandalising Brexit'

Reform UK leader delivers crushing six-word putdown for Philip Rycroft

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

The department of justice has refused to hand over key evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files and could delay Scotland Yard’s criminal inquiry. Good morning. The UK criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson has reportedly ground to a halt after the US justice department refused to hand over evidence contained in the Epstein files. The documents relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Scotland Yard believes could hold key evidence related to Mandelson, who served as bu

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Shadow Justice Secretary Refers Attorney General to Bar Standards Board

Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy has referred Attorney General Richard Hermer to the Bar Standards Board for his role in the Al-Sweady litigation against British troops. Alleging professional misconduct… Timothy alleges that Hermer took the case on a conditional fee arrangement instead of off the cab rank, and continued as lead counsel even after it…

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

Rival to government plans would scrap net zero policies, as party aims to woo sector after decades of job losses Reform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans, stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains in former Labour heartlands. Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, met a group of bosses shortly before Labour announced new steel tariffs in March and commissioned them to draft a competing

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Rightwing populism is littered with broken promises. Its opponents need to make those failures count | Andy Beckett

As Trump lurches from tariffs to wars and Farage makes unrealistic pledges about immigration, their impunity needs to end Rightwing populists always promise they will get things done when they get into power. Immigration will be halted. Government waste will be eradicated. Traditional values will be revived. National decline will be halted. National greatness will be restored. Relations with the outside world will be redrawn. Great tasks that, for decades, have been beyond the capability and wil

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Henry Higgins: How can we get infrastructure projects unblocked?

The practices that control the management of public money are very different to the methods that are used for private, investor money. The post Henry Higgins: How can we get infrastructure projects unblocked? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Populists prosper when liberals no longer know the people

In his new history of liberalism Wooldridge finds ample cause for pessimism. The post Populists prosper when liberals no longer know the people appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics24 Apr 2026

Mega poll predicts Labour crash, Green surge - and how Reform can still win

A major new poll predicts Labour crashing to just 86 seats and the Greens sweeping through London - but shows Reform UK may still be able to win power

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’ A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain” and said Keir Starmer should be shot is among a number fuelling doubts about the party’s claim to have tightened up its vetting. The past comments of Linda McFarlane and other political hopefuls have been unearthed ahead of the 7 May elections, including one who complained about “constant kowtowing to the bl

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