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Reform councillors criticised after voting to spend £150,000 on political advisers

Plan was put forward by 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire council George Finch who also lobbied to remove Pride flag

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025

Wednesday briefing: ​The Conservative​s ​reshuffle​ in an attempt to ​stay ​relevant ​amid ​poor polling

In today’s newsletter: A year into opposition, Kemi Badenoch’s​ party is still searching for its place in UK politics

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025

Sir Jim Dim swaps being a failed grandee for new role as cabinet stooge

After a period of well-deserved obscurity following a bungled leadership bid James Cleverly returns to the Tory frontbench

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2025

Orgreave miners prioritised over grooming gang victims, Tories claim

Shadow policing minister Matt Vickers told the Commons that the unions ‘should not determine the pecking order of justice’.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025

Voices: With her Tory reshuffle, what is Kemi Badenoch really up to?

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025

Amnesty calls on John Swinney to stand up to 'authoritarian' Donald Trump

DONALD Trump's visit will be a "major test" of the Scottish Government's commitment to equality and human rights, Amnesty International…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 22, 2025

'A clusterf***': Inside the Scottish Greens as key member quits in candidate row

An internal row has erupted inside the Scottish Greens following the publication of the party's Holyrood candidates, leading a key member to quit…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 22, 2025

Voices: Can no one silence Nigel Farage’s latest populist dog whistle?

COMMENT: Nigel Farage’s plan to halve crime – by spending £17bn on building ‘Nightingale prisons’, jailing for life those convicted three times, and sending Britain’s worst offenders to jail in El Salvador – simply doesn’t add up. But should we be worried that neither Labour nor the Tories seem able…

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025

Cleverly set to return to Tory front bench as shadow housing secretary

Sir James served in the foreign office and as home secretary when the Conservatives were in power.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025