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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Badenoch’s challenge to Labour: do you actually want to govern?

As rumours swirl around Wes Streeting, the Government’s legislative agenda looks thinner than ever. The Tory leader offered something Westminster has seen little of lately: an argument about governing. The post Badenoch’s challenge to Labour: do you actually want to govern? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Farage criticised for backing preacher who says homosexuality is ‘abomination’

Reform UK leader records video with Essex pastor to support his battle against council banning order Nigel Farage has been criticised for giving his full support to a Christian church leader who preached that homosexuality was an “abomination” and would lead to eternity in hell. The Reform UK leader recorded a video with Stephen Clayden after Colchester council applied for a banning order to limit his street preaching. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

As Keir Starmer’s leadership totters, investors warn a Labour leadership contest ignoring public finances and market realpolitik could be disastrous A rise in borrowing costs and warnings to avoid a “Liz Truss moment”. As Keir Starmer faces a potential leadership challenge, the spectre of the bond market looms large. Amid febrile conditions in Westminster, the prospect of Britain switching prime ministers for a sixth time in seven years has fuelled a sharp sell-off in the market for UK governmen

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Express Politics14 May 2026

Angela Rayner 'cleared by HMRC' over £40k tax scandal in major leadership boost

The former Deputy Prime Minister said she would do 'everything possible' to deliver change amid continued uncertainty over Keir Starmer's future.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Bob Seely: Ukraine is slowly winning, and changing the rules of war – we need to be learning the lessons

Soldiers are beginning to take a back seat and instead control the robots and the systems that do the fighting. In the Ukraine war, we are witnessing the rise of the machines – and machine learning. Ground warfare will not be the same. The post Bob Seely: Ukraine is slowly winning, and changing the rules of war – we need to be learning the lessons appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Sky News Politics14 May 2026

GDP figures show unexpected growth, as Reeves warns 'now is not the time to put economy at risk'

The UK economy unexpectedly grew during first month of the Iran war, new official figures reveal.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens

Whether you like it or not, politics has changed. It is incumbent on us to find, and fight for our place in the new politics. We may know that Zack Polanksi is a clown, and a dangerous one at that. But he’s the one laughing right now. The post Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

James Esses: In Barnet, the Conservatives are thriving

We increased the number of councillors on Barnet Council by nine to 31, swinging Barnet Council to No Overall Control after just one Labour term. The post James Esses: In Barnet, the Conservatives are thriving appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

You’ve heard the king’s speech – but I think a better one might run like this | David Blunkett

If I were in government I’d propose a very different response to the challenges we face – starting with protecting people from the cost of living David Blunkett was Labour home secretary from 2001 to 2004 While I welcome many measures in the king’s speech, an alternative might look something like this. My lords, and members of the Commons: my government is committed to winning back the support of the British people and demonstrating that they are “on the side” of those who are working – or who

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

As the right moves in on antisemitism, where does that leave the Jewish left?

After Reform politicians were cheered and progressive rabbis booed at rally against antisemitism, some fear longstanding alliances are fracturing Rabbi Charley Baginsky, the co-leader of Progressive Judaism, admitted she felt apprehensive before speaking at last weekend’s central London rally against antisemitism. As she addressed the crowd, there were some boos. It wasn’t the first time – last year, on a similar stage outside Downing Street, Baginsky and her fellow co-lead, Rabbi Josh Levy, wer

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid

Exclusive: former deputy prime minister says investigation ‘clipped my wings’ as she settles £40,000 in unpaid stamp duty Angela Rayner has been cleared by HMRC of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, the Guardian can reveal, paving the way for a potential leadership bid as Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels. The former deputy prime minister has settled £40,000 in unpaid stamp duty after initially paying the lower rate, but has not paid any penalty as a result of the in

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Express Politics14 May 2026

Miliband locks in North Sea drilling ban by law: 'wilful destruction'

Ed Miliband is to make his North Sea drilling ban permanent in law, as Tories warn the move amounts to the destruction of Britain's domestic energy supplies.

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