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Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer has proven himself to be absolutely pathetic on defence

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: The Prime Minister really does appear to take us for fools.

Defence
BBC Politics16 Jun 2026

Starmer pleased 'justice has been done' after arson attacks

The prime minister said he was "very pleased for my family's sake" that two men had been convicted of the 2025 arson attacks.

Reform
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

WATCH: Stamer Insists His “Doubters” Have Been “Wrong Every Time”

Starmer at the G7: “Very many times on my political journey, people have said to me, ‘It’s not possible’. They said it’s not possible to turn the Labour Party around. It’s not possible to win an election. It’s not possible, if you do win an election, to invest in your public services and stabilise the…

Politics
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

Social Media and Online Video Overtake Traditional Outlets for News

Trust in traditional news outlets has fallen to a record low, according to a closely-watched survey. No surprise there… The Reuters Institute Digital News Report, based on an online survey of nearly 100,000 people across 48 markets. Trust in news has fallen to 37% globally, the lowest since the Institute began measuring it in 2015,…

Conservative Home16 Jun 2026

Brandon To: As an immigrant I’d say Britain’s policing isn’t “two-tier” – it’s too terrified

By reforming the guidance that currently paralyses our frontline, we can restore the confidence of our police officers. True anti-racism in policing should not be hesitation, but confidence that when the police act, they do so with the full, unbiased weight of the law behind them. The post Brandon To: As an immigrant I’d say Britain’s policing isn’t “two-tier” – it’s too terrified appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

Streeting Sets Out His “Economic Blueprint” for Britain

“Make me Chancellor, Andy”…

Economy
The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026

‘Sadly, things are worse,’ says sister of MP Jo Cox 10 years after her murder

Kim Leadbeater, now an MP, and fellow politicians fear that ‘kinder, gentler politics’ after Cox’s death was an illusion Ten years on from Jo Cox’s murder, Kim Leadbeater fears that the consensus around “kinder, gentler politics” in the wake of her sister’s death was short-lived. “Sadly and regrettably, over the last decade things are worse,” she says. Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and mother of two young children, was murdered outside a library in West Yorkshire in June 2016 by an Engl

PoliticsCrime
Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Major update on petition to stop failed asylum seekers getting £40,000 in taxpayer cash

The online document is nearing a significant milestone as people vent their fury at the policy

EconomyImmigration
Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham is already plotting his cabinet - and it’s a right old rogue’s gallery

Labour MPs are acting as if Andy Burnham has already won Thursday's by-election and has the keys to Number 10.

Politics
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

Badenoch: “Mass Slaughter” of Dartmoor Ponies by Quango Is “Madness”

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has called for the Dartmoor ponies to be saved from a mass cull at the hands of civil servants. Is it sill season already? Unaccountable quango Natural England says that livestock grazing on the moor have to be cut by 75% to protect ‘biodiversity.’ Farmers will not be culling their own…

The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026

Anti-Burnham fake news on Makerfield Facebook accounts has surged, report finds – UK politics live

Nearly one in six pieces of news shared in local Facebook groups during the campaign is false, Social Market Foundation report finds Good morning. Andy Burnham seems to be on course to win the Makerfield byelection on Thursday. But, if he does win, it will be despite a huge increase in the amount of hostile, fake news about him circulating on local Facebook groups. This has been documented in a report out today by the Social Market Foundation thinktank that has important implications not just fo

Politics
Guido Fawkes16 Jun 2026

YouGov: Reform Five Points Ahead as Tories and Labour Tie on 19%

The latest from YouGov: Reform 24% ▼1 Conservatives 19% = Labour 19% = Greens 15% ▲1 LibDems 13% ▲1 The Tories and Labour are now neck and neck on 19%… Sam Coates also has fresh polling showing Burnham is still the only Labour leadership contender the public think would make a better Prime Minister than…

Environment