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Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Downing Street Insists Triggering Mobile Alert Was “Entirely Appropriate”

Number 10 is doubling down on the decision to activate its emergency alert system across millions of Brits’ phones on Friday evening. The PM’s spokesman insisted today that the threat of wildfires was an “emergency situation“, and “it was an entirely appropriate use of the system”. Those confused by their phone’s screams on a quiet…

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Sky News Politics17 Aug 2026

What will Burnham do on defence?

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Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Guido Whispers: Mixed Signals…

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BBC Politics17 Aug 2026

Burnham exchanged messages with White House imposter

Downing Street has declined to comment on the security breach, first reported by Politico.

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The Guardian Politics17 Aug 2026

Housebuilding near train stations to get ‘default yes’ under new planning changes – UK politics live

Thousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sites The new national planning policy framework is aimed at providing clearer national policies for plan-making and decision-making, meaning that conflicting local policies will carry less weight when they are inconsistent with national policies. Other changes will include: Stronger support in principle for development, meaning a more explicit presumption in favour of building in sustainable locations. Pubs will ge

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The Guardian Politics17 Aug 2026

My generation had no voice on Brexit – but Burnham gives the young fresh hope on Europe | Ceira Sergeant

Brexit didn’t create all the problems young people now face, but renewing close ties with Europe will give us so many opportunities I was 14 when the UK voted to leave the EU. Too young to vote, but not too young to understand that a decision was being made that would affect the rest of my life. In many ways, Brexit was my political awakening. It taught me that politics matters, because decisions made by people in power can change your future before you’ve even been given a say. Ceira Sergeant i

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Express Politics17 Aug 2026

Politics LIVE: Reform to make major announcement after Nigel Farage's by-election win

Reform UK to hold press conference at 11am - follow live.

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The Guardian Politics16 Aug 2026

Angela Rayner moves to protect pubs from being turned into houses or offices

Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeup All pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week. The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 3m homes by the end of the parliament. Continue reading...

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Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Westminster insider names 3 MPs you’d never want to go to the pub with – and 3 you would

EXCLUSIVE: The comments form part of a forthcoming handbook written under the pseudonym The Secret Staffer, published later this month.

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BBC Politics15 Aug 2026

I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me

Mobile game No 10: Full Confidence recently ranked above Minecraft on the UK App Store paid games chart

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BBC Politics15 Aug 2026

I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me

Mobile game No 10: Full Confidence recently ranked above Minecraft on the UK App Store paid games chart

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The Guardian Politics15 Aug 2026

Post-Brexit rights for British citizens are being undermined in Sweden

Apparent high level of removal orders suggests Sweden is rejecting ‘reasonable grounds’ for failing to apply to stay Back in October 2020, the UK immigration minister stood up in parliament to reassure campaigners concerned about EU citizens who weren’t aware they had to ask the Home Office to stay in the country after Brexit. Using an example of a child in foster care who might not know they were an EU citizen until they applied for their first job, the Conservative Kevin Foster said the UK wou

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