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Conservative Home21 May 2026

Alex de Silva: London Conservatives were rewarded by voters for good financial management

A contrast between the record of Labour-run Westminster and Conservative-run Kensington and Chelsea is instructive. The post Alex de Silva: London Conservatives were rewarded by voters for good financial management appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics21 May 2026

Have no doubt: the campaign to sack Misan Harriman is part of an assault on black figures in public life | Afua Hirsch

The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture I met Tommy Robinson once. It was 10 years ago exactly, during one of his many failed attempts to mainstream Islamophobia in British politics with a new “movement” called Pegida – a copycat of Germany’s far-right Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West. There was little memorable about this “launch”, which as a social affairs editor for Sky N

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Manchester shows biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in boost for Burnham

City made outsized contribution to falling levels of deprivation between 2010 and 2025, thinktank finds Manchester has recorded the biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in Britain, according to a report, as Andy Burnham stakes a claim that he could replicate the city’s revival nationwide. As the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer, the Greater Manchester mayor has placed the city’s economic performance at the heart of his campaign, describing “Manchesterism” as a political philosophy for a mo

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package

Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increase Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves is to promise free summer bus rides for children and cut tariffs on some food imports, as part of a package of measures aimed at easing the costs of the Iran conflict. The chancellor will give a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday, outlining her latest plans for cushioning the blow to consumers from an expecte

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

UK struggles to reassure Ukraine after easing new sanctions on Russian oil

Diplomats mount salvage operation after ‘clumsy’ announcement upsets Kyiv The UK was last night desperately trying to reassure Kyiv its new sanctions policy on Russia did not weaken restrictions, after Ukrainian officials warned the change could help Moscow fund its war efforts. While Downing Street insisted the decision to allow the temporary import of Russian oil and jet fuel was only one element of a tougher overall sanctions package, a British minister conceded that the matter had been handl

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

Exclusive: Greater Manchester understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration Andy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to the immigration system, his allies have said, in a blow to those in Labour who hope to soften them. The Greater Manchester mayor is understood to be keen to reframe the changes but supportive of the home secretary’s attempts to limit legal and illegal migration, which have been criticised by some senior Labour MPs as un-

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytelling Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare … If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achieveme

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

From fuel duty to sanctions, Kemi wants to make it clear how little she understands | John Crace

Why would Tory leader bother to look into national or global politics? That time would be better spent picking fights Being assertive and sounding confident is always a good start. No leader of the opposition is going to get far without those qualities. And Kemi Badenoch certainly manages that. But winning at prime minister’s questions requires something more basic than that. Something fundamental. A very basic understanding of the facts. Not just reading a headline in the papers and a few posts

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

Former health minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Ashley Dalton said rejected amendments could have made bill stronger but it became a ‘pretty dangerous set of affairs’ A former public health minister facing terminal cancer has urged MPs not to bring back the assisted dying bill. The Labour MP Ashley Dalton revealed she would be on lifelong treatment for metastatic breast cancer which has spread throughout her body – but said her parliamentary colleagues should not revive the bill which would legalise an assisted death to those with

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Sky News Politics20 May 2026

Are Reform a bigger threat to Labour or the Conservatives?

Despite Labour losing most seats to Reform, in-depth Sky News analysis of May's local election results shows that Reform's popularity is hitting the Conservatives hardest.

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Express Politics20 May 2026

Wes Streeting resignation speech snubbed by MPs – 'he revels in ignorance'

Former health secretary blasted by critics as he delivers statement to half-empty Commons Chamber

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The Guardian Politics20 May 2026

A decade after the Brexit vote, we want to hear how you feel now

As the UK approaches the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, we’d like to hear how people feel about the decision now and whether your views have changed over the past decade It’s been nearly ten years since the fateful Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016 when the UK voted to leave the EU. We’d like to hear from people across the UK about how they voted at the time, how they feel about Brexit now and whether their views have changed over the past decade. Do you still feel the same way you d

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