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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026

Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"

Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.

ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026

Troubling Evidence Of Corruption

The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform

RestoreRemigration24/02/2026

Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang

Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.

PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026

The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future

Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.

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The Guardian Politics13 May 2026

Labour needs a battle of ideas now, not a scramble to snatch the keys to No 10 | Rafael Behr

Removing Starmer solves the problem of an unpopular leader, but without a coherent alternative agenda his successor won’t fare much better Labour has spent much of the past year paralysed by competing fears. MPs’ dread of facing voters with Keir Starmer as prime minister has been kept in check by their recoil from the process of replacing him. They know the prime minister is an electoral liability; they know that the electorate takes a dim view of chaotic, regicidal parties that showcase disunit

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Express Politics13 May 2026

Reform UK vows to deliver 'brutal lesson' by crushing Andy Burnham leadership plot

Reform UK has vowed to fight "very hard indeed" to block Andy Burnham from returning to Parliament, warning: "voters will teach them a brutal lesson"

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday. Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made n

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

Planned legislation includes housing, immigration and energy measures, and comes amid awkwardness with the palace over Charles’s role Keir Starmer will attempt to regain the political initiative on Wednesday as his government announces a package of 35 bills for the next parliamentary session, covering everything from housing to immigration. The embattled prime minister will release details of dozens of bills that he intends to pass over the next 12 months, even as his own MPs line up to demand h

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Jamie Dimon: JP Morgan could scrap new £3bn HQ if Starmer is replaced by PM ‘hostile to banks’

Bank greenlit construction of the Canary Wharf tower last November after Rachel Reeves’ budget spared lenders tax hikes The boss of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, has warned he could scrap plans to build a new £3bn UK headquarters in London if Keir Starmer is replaced by a new Labour prime minister who is hostile to banks. JP Morgan revealed plans last November to build the tower in Canary Wharf, hours after lenders were spared tax hikes in Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, after strong lobbying by the b

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Palace issues '6-word warning' to embattled Keir Starmer on eve of momentous King's Speech

Buckingham Palace has reportedly warned Sir Keir Starmer before the King's Speech tomorrow.

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Keir Starmer's on the brink – but he's exposed Rayner, Streeting and Burnham as cowards

OPINION - AARON NEWBURY: Plot to parachute Greater Manchester Mayor into Parliament proves the Prime Minister's circus is finished - and Labour MPs are saving their jobs

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba

Lord Ashcroft sits down with one of Ukraine’s most prominent voices – its former foreign minister and now a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Dmytro Kuleba – to discuss the trajectory of the war, the limits of diplomacy, and what lies ahead. The post Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots

Too many local associations still behave as though visibility during election season is enough. Too many councillors still rely on outdated political assumptions in an environment that no longer rewards complacency. And too many local structures continue to confuse survival with renewal. The post Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics12 May 2026

'Carnage' as Labour civil war causes chaos for UK economy - 'worst since 1998'

Traders have reacted to political instability and renewed global uncertainty linked to the escalating conflict involving Iran.

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

With Starmer under growing pressure to resign, Growth and Tribune groups put forward ideas for policy revamps UK politics live – latest updates Groups connected to the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, have proposed large changes to government policy, giving a sense of how the country may change should either one succeed Keir Starmer. The Growth Group, allied to Streeting, and the Tribune group of Labour MPs, allied to Burnham, have published comp

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Labour is Collapsing – Get All the Gossip First

The government is in free fall. Starmer is on the brink. Today is the kind of day to keep refreshing Guido, over and over… Join us today to get the inside track on what’s really happening. Click here to become a Guido member to access exclusive content like Labour Wars… Follow the top team on X…

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