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BBC Politics25 Jun 2026

Education secretary says she'll turn Tory leader's insult into a T-shirt

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's called Bridget Phillipson a 'spiteful class warrior' at PMQs.

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Express Politics25 Jun 2026

Warning as BBC shutdown could disrupt energy bills for thousands of pensioners

Campaigners have raised fears over loss of Long Wave service

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Express Politics25 Jun 2026

Politics LIVE: Labour civil war erupts over 'Andy Burnham's Chancellor pick'

Candidates jostle for the key job of running the UK economy - follow for all the latest updates.

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Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance

Britain First, Yes. Britain Isolated, No. It was the first global nation, even before the age of globalisation. Through language, trade and travel, to say nothing of military and other commitments, we remain a global nation now. The post Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics25 Jun 2026

How the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK

Even sexual assault or paedophilia cases are heard by US courts martial, using an obscure 1951 agreement A US fighter pilot strangled a woman in England. Why did it end in a ‘degrading’ military trial? A little-known system in which US military personnel are tried through a court martial for alleged crimes committed in the UK is under growing scrutiny. There are more than 12,000 US personnel stationed on at least 15 US military bases and facilities in the UK. With the exception of Lossiemouth

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Express Politics24 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham urged to rule out hammering business with fresh tax hikes

Damaging speculation could drive investment out of the UK for good, Tories warn

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Express Politics24 Jun 2026

Outrage over Reeves and Starmer’s new tax on savings – ‘they’re taxing everything!’

Members of the public have fumed at a new tax drafted over ISAs as someone fumed that the government is 'taxing everything'

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The Guardian Politics24 Jun 2026

Senior No 10 aides to lobby Andy Burnham to invest more than £13.5bn defence spend

Downing Street figures plan to convince Burnham to revive ‘war bonds’ when he becomes prime minister Downing Street aides are planning to lobby Andy Burnham during access talks to revive the idea of “war bonds” to pay for higher defence spending when he becomes prime minister, the Guardian understands. Senior No 10 figures want the Treasury to be allowed to borrow more for military spending and will try to convince Burnham to invest beyond the £13.5bn earmarked for the long-awaited Defence Inves

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Express Politics24 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham issued huge warning over state pension triple lock

Britain's likely next PM has been warned against axing the triple lock.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jun 2026

Labour MPs criticise language used by Kemi Badenoch in fractious PMQs

Tory leader reprimanded by speaker for invective against minister and saying Starmer had ‘400 knives in his back’ Labour MPs have criticised Kemi Badenoch after a fractious prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, in which she accused the education secretary of being a “spiteful class warrior”. In a rare move, Badenoch was chastised by the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, in the chamber of the House of Commons after she took the personal swipe at Bridget Phillipson before saying that Keir Starmer had bee

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Express Politics24 Jun 2026

Starmer's Army doesn't like it up 'em from Kemi Badenoch – another PMQs bloodbath

ANALYSIS - MARTYN BROWN: And don't mention the PM's likely replacement who didn't even bother to turn up to his first PMQs since re-entering Parliament

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Guido Fawkes24 Jun 2026

REVEALED: Burnham’s Impassioned Defence of the Whipping System He Now Wants to Abolish

Burnham has long said he would all but scrap the whipping system and he reiterated his intention at the end of May in an interview with the Times: “Where it goes wrong is if a small group of people at the top use the whip as an instrument of threat. I think the government will…

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