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BBC Politics15 Jun 2026

Under-16s will be banned from social media from early 2027

Sites including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok will become inaccessible for millions of children, the prime minister has announced.

BBC Politics15 Jun 2026

Reform pledges new tax on hiring foreign workers

The party says the move would allow it to reverse last year's National Insurance rise for British workers.

Economy
Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Labour Wars: Who Thinks Shabana Mahmood Should be Chancellor?

Who is briefing about Shabana Mahmood’s ‘reluctance’ to be Chancellor under Burnham? What’s disgraced Labour peer Matthew Doyle doing in Westminster? What are transparency enthusiasts looking forward to reading from Andy Burnham after his potential election to the Commons? Find out all that and more below… Guido members get exclusive access to Labour Wars, the…

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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

‘The genie’s out the bottle’: parents react to UK under-16s social media ban

Some feel this is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue ‘we’re trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’ The UK government has announced a social media ban for under-16s, which it says is expected to come into force next spring. Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook will all be blocked. It will also ban under-16 access for “user-to-user platforms” that enable social interaction between users and allow them to post material. Continue reading...

Housing
BBC Politics15 Jun 2026

Social media ban 'a defining moment for our children'

Secretary of State for Technology Liz Kendall was addressing the Commons following the announcement of a social media ban for under-16s.

Politics
The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

Reform UK’s Honest Bob makes a stand for the little people like him | John Crace

It fell to Robert Jenrick to announce his party’s plans to lift white British people from the bottom of the pile Now is not a good time to be a white Brit born in this country. Nigel Farage is clear about this. So much so that he wrote a 6,000 word Substack piece about it at the weekend. Or rather someone did. Possibly an intern who had been told to channel their inner Nige. Or maybe, if Matt Goodwin was involved, ChatGPT helped out. “Write me an essay in the style of an even more deranged Ruper

Reform
Sky News Politics15 Jun 2026

Homes in illegal Israeli settlements promoted at London property show

Sky News has obtained exclusive images that demonstrate illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank were being advertised at a controversial property show that attracted large protests in London on Sunday.

Housing
Express Politics15 Jun 2026

'Hope has been restored' for assisted dying bill as MP brings it back - she explains why

EXCLUSIVE: Labour MP Lauren Edwards has told the Express why she is adopting the landmark legislation.

Defence
Express Politics15 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer’s attempt to save himself is too late – he’s just proved he’s finished

Prime Minister had one big announcement, but it is not enough to make up for the disasters of his Government

Express Politics15 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer is about to face his worst nightmare in PM’s ‘last big event’

ANALYSIS: Prime Minister has flown overseas but cannot escape his problems at home

Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026

Labour Furious at Lauren Edwards for Plan to Bring Back Assisted Suicide Bill

On Friday, Guido noted the inevitable civil war that would ensue if a Labour MP brought back the assisted suicide Bill. Just a few days later that civil war is now raging after Rochester & Strood MP, Lauren Edwards, announced her politically clueless plan to bring back Kim Leadbeater’s failed Bill… Labour MPs are in…

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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026

If the right wants money for defence, it can start with MoD wastefulness – or even the pensioner triple lock | Polly Toynbee

There is nothing left to be squeezed from disabled people or families, yet some continue to bang the same old drum What’s it to be, warfare or welfare, social or military spending, guns or butter? Hermann Göring coined that phrase calling for re-armament, “Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat.” In her “Britain awake” speech, Margaret Thatcher in 1976 warned that the Soviets “put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns” – though defence spending fell

Defence