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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Attieh Fard: Britain must finally confront the IRGC threat

One policy which British-Iranians have been advocating for is the freezing of their assets and making them available to the innocent Iranian civilians whom IRGC members have harmed. The government has a moral duty to consider this demand. The post Attieh Fard: Britain must finally confront the IRGC threat appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics14 May 2026

Inside story of how Iran tried to hire a hitman in London as new counter revealed

Exclusive: Ministers are introducing new powers to lock up intelligence officers and their agents for longer - and they could face this measure when they get out.

Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

Tories Enter Coalition With Greens & LibDems to Seize Worcestershire Council From Reform

Some intriguing moves taking place in local politics while Westminster waits for the next developments in the Rickety Coup. The Tories have found a new partner in crime… Over at Worcestershire County Council the Reform Party’s minority administration has been booted out of power this morning after 12 months because Tory councillors formed a rival…

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Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

POLL: Streeting Would Lose Head-to-Head Labour Leadership Race Against Starmer

New polling from Survation in LabourList shows Streeting would take just 23 percent of the vote among 1,123 Labour members in a head-to-head contest against Starmer, who would cruise to victory on 53%. Not even close… In fact, Starmer would also win against Al Carns, Darren Jones, Bridget Phillipson, Louise Haigh, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood…

The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Streeting in standoff with No 10 as allies claim ‘things are shifting’

Source claims Streeting has enough support to challenge Keir Starmer but he is still hoping PM will resign UK politics live – latest updates Wes Streeting is locked in a standoff with Number 10 as allies claimed he had the numbers to launch a challenge but still hoped the prime minister would resign. The health secretary had been widely expected to launch a leadership challenge on Thursday and has told supporters he has got the 81 MPs required to launch a formal contest. A source close to Stre

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BBC Politics14 May 2026

Reform loses control of county council

Green councillor Matt Jenkins is the new council leader of Worcestershire County Council.

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Sky News Politics14 May 2026

Farage bought £1.4m property after receiving £5m crypto gift, Sky News learns

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Gotta catch an MP! Players ‘debate’ UK politicians in Pokémon-style game

Creator of Politidex hopes free online app will help humanise politics and act as a way of ‘flipping the narrative’ The year is 2016 and Pokémon Go has taken over the world. People are wandering for miles on end, disrupting concerts, and even slamming into poles in their attempts to capture fantastical cartoon creatures. Ten years later, a new generation are flocking to another Pokémon-inspired game. Instead of Pikachu, Charizard and Blastoise, however, players are catching and training up their

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Leadership rules should ‘not be tweaked’ to let Burnham run for PM, Labour NEC member says

Burnham’s backers understood to be lobbying Labour’s NEC who warn against Wes Streeting ‘coronation’ UK politics live – latest updates The rules governing Labour party leadership contests should “not be tweaked” to allow Andy Burnham to run, a member of the party’s National Executive Committee has said. With the health secretary preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer on Thursday, if he can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest, allies of Burnham have wa

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Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

Rickety Coup Becomes Game of Chicken

A very wide briefing from camp Streeting says that the Health Secretary has the numbers to mount a unilateral challenge, but that “things are shifting” and some Cabinet ministers are set to resign today and/or call for the PM to go. Starmer fans are accusing Wes’ people of trying to push the Cabinet into making…

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools

The soaring number of exclusions in our schools reveals an education system that is in disarray. This highlights broader warning signs of an education system that has failed to get back on track even six years on from successive lockdowns. The post Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

Labour Tax Expert Dan Neidle Says HMRC’s Exoneration of Rayner Is ‘Generous’ and ‘Hard to Understand’

A prominent tax expert has questioned HMRC’s decision to exonerate Angela Rayner over her tax affairs. Serious questions for the taxman… Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates – who was until recently a member of the NCC, the Labour Party’s most senior disciplinary body – says HMRC’s decision that Rayner did not act in a…

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