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Conservative Home27 May 2026

Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections

The surest way to lose the electorate is to repeat the mistake of believing that a different face at the despatch box will save the party. Let Kemi finish the job of rebuilding and rehabilitating the party, and to give voters a reason to come home. The post Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Speed up £250 cap on leasehold ground rent, MPs urge

A committee of MPs says leaseholders have been waiting too long for governments to tackle the issue.

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Speed up £250 cap on leasehold ground rent, MPs urge

A committee of MPs says leaseholders have been waiting too long for governments to tackle the issue.

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Labour has 'no coherent plan' for country, says Blair

The ex-Labour PM says Sir Keir Starmer's government is in the "wrong position" ahead of the next election.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election Analysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party’s “almost infinite capacity for self-delusion” means it is likely to lose the next election. In a scathing 5,700-word

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful

Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits Did Tony Blair ever mention he was quite good at winning elections? If you happened to miss it, then his 5,700-word opus on where Labour, Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong is here to remind you. Several times. “I led the Labour party for 13 years and through three general elections,” goes the second sentence.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Reform UK’s Makerfield byelection candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X

Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’ The Reform UK candidate in this month’s Makerfield byelection appeared to doubt the seriousness of Covid and the efficacy of vaccines for the virus, in another tranche of messages unearthed from now-deleted social media posts. Previously seen messages from Robert Kenyon showed him interacting with far-right figures, and expressing strong support for Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

The Guardian view on Britain’s economy: to profit politically a recovery must be felt in people’s pockets | Editorial

The chancellor can point to growth and lower inflation, but weak job data, flat living standards and uncertain productivity are no reason to cheer In October 1991, the then chancellor Norman Lamont said he thought he saw some “green shoots” of recovery. He was ridiculed, as Britain was in the midst of a deep recession that it would not clamber out of until the following summer. Insouciant in the face of the scorn heaped upon him, Mr Lamont defended himself robustly, even long after the event – n

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BBC Politics26 May 2026

Scottish Parliament endorses SNP call for independence referendum

The demand was the Scottish government's first item of business in the new parliament.

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks

Age limits and changes to allegedly addictive design features could be in place by the end of the year Labour is expected to announce a social media crackdown within weeks as the prime minister, Keir Starmer, on Tuesday said he would act “very, very quickly” despite splits between campaigners and child safety experts on what the new rules should be. New limits on social media access for children could be presented before the Makerfield byelection next month after an avalanche of responses to a p

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Express Politics26 May 2026

Reform's Robert Kenyon warns Labour against treating Makerfield as 'pawn' in its civil war

Former plumber Robert Kenyon is standing for Reform in an election which could decide whether Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

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The Guardian Politics26 May 2026

SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds

Scottish National party’s attempt to focus on call for independence referendum overshadowed by embezzlement scandal The Scottish National party was accused of “embezzling” voters after opposition leaders highlighted the crisis over Peter Murrell’s misuse of £400,000 from party funds. The scandal over Murrell’s guilty plea on Monday to embezzling £400,310.65 while he was the SNP’s chief executive overshadowed a Holyrood motion tabled by John Swinney to call for a second independence referendum.

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