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Starmer declines to replace Wes Streeting with soft-Left candidate telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1…

🗳️ Local elections 2026: Polls close in major test for Starmer’s premiership Follow our liveblog here telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

🔴 Breaking: Starmer sacks Foreign Office chief over Mandelson vetting scandal telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/1…

🔴 Keir Starmer’s team effectively shut out Civil Service and left Morgan McSweeney to clear peer’s appointment as US ambassador 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Sir Chris Bryant, a trade minister, claimed the public was told a “pack of lies” about Brexit during the 2016 referendum. Read more here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

🖋️ "It proves Reform’s point: politics has become stale and an alternative is desperately needed," writes @WTMAtkinson. Read more here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

✍️ "Should Labour nationally take Sir Sadiq Khan's advice, it would guarantee that its current dire situation became catastrophic," writes @stephenpollard. Read more here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

🔴 Pollster will change how it shows results after Reform leader accused it of being ‘deceptive’ 🔗:telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

🔴 Former MP for Reigate charged with possessing meth and cannabis Follow the latest ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Ed Miliband has been warned that businesses face surging energy bills within weeks as the ongoing war in the Middle East leaves companies dangerously exposed to higher prices. Read more here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

🪪 Labour has started an eight-week consultation on plans to create a new digital ID for government services, in a last-ditch attempt to turn public opinion in favour of the policy. Read the full story here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Reform UK will announce a pledge to scrap heat pump subsidies on Wednesday in a drive to save billions of pounds for tax cuts. Read more here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

✍️ ‘Across Britain today, too many victims endure the same ordeal. For them, justice delayed becomes justice denied’ | Writes David Lammy telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to abandon plans to cancel May’s local elections has not cost councils anything, a Cabinet minister has claimed Read more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Sir Keir Starmer's proposed definition could 'inhibit' people from speaking freely about Islam or issues affecting Muslims, a counter-terrorism expert has argued Read more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

🛢️ Rachel Reeves will join an emergency G7 call with finance ministers to discuss the release of global oil reserves after prices surged to nearly $120 a barrel Follow the latest ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

🖋️ "In defence of Donald Trump, he doesn’t seem to respect his own country’s troops any more than he respects the troops of America’s allies," writes Tom Harris. Read more here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/0…

😠 The US president said he “will remember” the lack of British support for his war with Iran in an intervention which risks cementing the collapse of the special relationship Read the full story unpacking the current state of UK-US relationships 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Those attempting to claim asylum in the UK should only be allowed to do so from overseas, the leader of Red Wall Labour MPs has told Shabana Mahmood. Read more here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Labour is poised to impose higher energy bills on households and businesses as ministers scramble to cut electricity costs for Britain’s struggling factories. Read more here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…