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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Badenoch Calls for General Election if Burnham Cannot Fund Defence

Badenoch just now: “If Andy Burnham does not have any answers on national security, we should have a General Election now.” She added she was “not worried” about a General Election and Reform is “not ready for governing”…

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Sarwar 'proud' of work with Starmer despite resignation call

The Scottish Labour leader was the first major party figure to call for the prime minister to quit.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories

Politics is rarely as straightforward as the polling makes out. Elections are still fought constituency by constituency, ward by ward and doorstep by doorstep. Aberdeen South and Swindon are reminders that electoral resilience matters, that local campaigning still counts and that recovery is possible long before the commentators notice it. The post Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes22 Jun 2026

Streeting Scraps Leadership Bid to Back Burnham

Burnham: “[Starmer’s] decision marks the beginning of a transition and it is important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will put myself forward as part of this process. “The country expects stability, seriousness and a continued focus on the issues that matter most and that is what it will…

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Express Politics22 Jun 2026

I stood in Downing Street as Keir Starmer resigned - 1 thing completely shocked me

ANALYSIS - JON WALKER: Keir Starmer's allies applauded warmly, but something was massing.

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame'

The former first minister is to serve as deputy prime minister in a simulation of a Russian attack on the UK.

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame'

The former first minister is to serve as deputy prime minister in a simulation of a Russian attack on the UK.

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BBC Politics22 Jun 2026

Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame'

The former first minister is to serve as deputy prime minister in a simulation of a Russian attack on the UK.

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The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

Babcock says Brexit and Covid beset Royal Navy contract as profits plunge

Underlying operating profits down 19% with 2019 frigate-building programme making loss, firm reports One of the UK’s biggest defence contractors has blamed Brexit and Covid among a catalogue of problems to beset a key contract for the Royal Navy, which led its annual profits to plunge. Annual profits at Babcock International fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of March, as the firm reported a £140m charge on its contract to build five Type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy. Continue read

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The Guardian Politics22 Jun 2026

Don’t worry, a politician can’t present the Today programme. Michael Grade is wrong about that – and GB News | Stewart Purvis and Chris Banatvala

As the former Ofcom chair says extraordinary things about the rightwing channel and its critics, a factcheck would not go amiss • Stewart Purvis is a former editor in chief of ITN; Chris Banatvala is a former Ofcom director of standards During a review of his four years at Ofcom, the outgoing chair, Michael Grade, surprised his BBC Radio 4 interviewer. He had been asked by Katie Razzall whether Ofcom rules would allow a politician to present the Today programme apart from the news bulletins. She

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

David Davies: Let’s champion Defence industry workers because the Welsh Government doesn’t

It is pointless to champion the men and women of His Majesty's Armed Forces if we are not also willing to champion those who provide them with the equipment they need to fight and win. The post David Davies: Let’s champion Defence industry workers because the Welsh Government doesn’t appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics21 Jun 2026

Brits should worry about 'reckless' Andy Burnham's spending as PM, warns MP

Mr Burnham will make a dramatic return to Westminster on Monday with Keir Starmer on the brink of resigning

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