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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Legal challenge over plan to use East Sussex army camp as asylum housing dismissed

Judge rules that Crowborough residents cannot challenge a decision before it has been formally made A residents’ group has lost its high court challenge against a Home Office decision to use an army training camp to house asylum seekers. Crowborough Shield, a group of concerned residents, launched a legal challenge after securing more than £100,000 for legal fees with crowdfunding, after a government announcement to use Crowborough army training camp as accommodation for asylum seekers. Continu

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Guido Fawkes27 Feb 2026

Starmer Attempts to Reassure Labour MPs With Letter After By-Election Disaster

Starmer has written to Labour MPs about Gorton & Denton. It’s George Galloway’s fault apparently… “Dear Colleagues, The result in Gorton and Denton is deeply disappointing. Instead of a Labour MP who can be a local champion delivering for Gorton and Denton alongside a Labour Government and a Labour mayor, the people of Gorton and…

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Express Politics27 Feb 2026

Labour has lost control of illegal migration – women and girls now at risk

Current setup means 'even fewer safeguards and checks than in the asylum hotels', warns shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Watch: 'Working hard used to get you something', says Green Party's Hannah Spencer

In her acceptance speech, Hannah Spencer said she was “no different from every single person in this constituency”.

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Watch: 'Working hard used to get you something', says Green Party's Hannah Spencer

In her acceptance speech, Hannah Spencer said she was “no different from every single person in this constituency”.

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Election observers raise concerns over secret ballot breaches at Gorton and Denton byelection

Democracy Volunteers say they saw 32 cases of apparent collusion – the highest levels in its 10-year history An election observer group has raised concerns over people appearing to collude on voting in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Democracy Volunteers, an organisation founded by Dr John Ault, and supported by Conservative peer and psephologist Prof Robert Haywood, deployed four accredited election observers across the constituency. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

‘How can I start again at 68?’ Maria has spent 50 years in the UK – and is fighting deportation

She left the Netherlands for Britain in the 1970s at just 17. Now, after receiving a short suspended sentence, she faces removal to a country she hasn’t lived in for five decades or visited since 1999 Last December, a letter from the Home Office dropped through Maria’s door. When she read it, she screamed. At 68, she lives with her disabled partner, Tom, who she cares for, in a rental home in west London, and has been resident in the UK for almost 50 years. The letter said the home secretary had

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Calls to move England’s home insulation scheme into council workers’ hands

Thinktank proposes councils stop using private contractors in attempt to improve quality and spending Councils should train up their own workers to install insulation in England’s draughty houses, and offer home upgrades street by street, beginning in the most deprived areas, according to proposals for cutting energy bills. Setting up “home improvement corporations” would allow greater control by councils over low-carbon retrofits for housing, and would be a more efficient way of spending limite

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Guido Fawkes26 Feb 2026

Bangladesh Court Orders Interpol Red Notice for Tulip Siddiq

Guido can reveal that according to reports circulating in Bangladesh a court in Dhaka has today ordered an Interpol Red Notice for the arrest of Tulip Siddiq MP. Siddiq has been convicted multiple times in absentia of corruption in the acquisition of property… Siddiq has always denied all allegations against her. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special…

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Memorial to 72 victims of Grenfell fire to be funded by new legislation

Housing secretary says bill will give spending authority needed to build and maintain ‘dignified memorial’ A permanent memorial to the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire will be funded by new government legislation, the housing secretary has announced. Steve Reed said the bill would provide the spending authority needed to support the memorial commission and community in building and maintaining a “lasting and dignified memorial” to those who died in the blaze on 14 June 2017 in west

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

UK ministers explore ways of easing burden of student loans

Government reviews options for university graduates on Plan 2 loans, such as increasing repayment thresholds Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands. The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to graduates with Plan 2 student loans, often paying tens of thousands more than their original loan amount. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Taxpayers Cough Up £5 Million in Exit Packages for Senior NHS Staff in Just One Year

Taxpayers have forked out at least £4.95 million in golden goodbyes for senior civil servants in the NHS. According to health minister Karin Smyth, in the year 2024-25 there were 33 exit payment cases disclosed by integrated care boards which were of a value of £150,001 or more. Eye-watering… For context, there are currently 42…

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