All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Burnham on course for coronation as nominations open for Labour leadership Prospective candidates need the backing of 81 MPs. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Burnham promises Labour MPs he will not use party discipline to ‘stifle debate’ Prime minister in waiting looks to address frustrations backbenchers had with Keir Starmer’s style of party management The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Police investigate £37,500 donation to Jenrick leadership campaign Met confirms inquiry after elections watchdog referred allegations that donations in 2024 were from foreign source The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Andy Burnham set for uncontested leadership election as former minister backs down ANDY Burnham is now set to be elected uncontested as the leader of the Labour party, and the UK's Prime Minister The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister on Monday: How will it actually happen? The former mayor of Manchester was officially declared Labour Party leader on Friday Evening Standard · Jul 8
Reform’s Fleet Street ‘spoilers’: tactic party deploys to get ahead of stories Richard Tice’s NCA leak claims are not first time Reform has gone to the Telegraph in relation to a problematic story The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’ ‘Perhaps it’s all a fever dream,’ suggests parody candidate, expected to be Reform leader’s only challenger for seat The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Six key quotes trashing Reform leader ahead of Clacton by-election The Reform UK leader resigned from Parliament as he faced a string of financial allegations Evening Standard · Jul 8
John Curtice verdict on whether Count Binface can beat Nigel Farage in by-election POLLSTER John Curtice has given his verdict on whether joke candidate Count Binface can challenge Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election. The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
How Malcolm Offord's bizarre defence of Nigel Farage fell apart live on air MALCOLM Offord launched a bizarre defence of Nigel Farage claiming that major parties refusing to contest the by-election he triggered to deflect… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Bin tactics. At times like these, only a Zia perma-rage defence of Nige will do Reform keeps Tice on the bench, sending in attack specialist Yusuf in effort to take back control as byelection stunt unravels The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Farage quits Commons to fight in by-election boycotted by rivals The Reform UK leader’s main opponent in the Clacton by-election is likely to be Count Binface. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Nigel Farage breaks silence on by-election chaos and Count Binface run NIGEL Farage has responded to his only confirmed opponent in the by-election he triggered amid scrutiny over his finances is joke candidate Count… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
International Business Times UK · Jul 8 Meet Count Binface: The Unlikely Warrior Who Is Now Nigel Farage's Biggest Threat Meet Count Binface, the trash can-wearing satirical candidate who has become Nigel Farage's unexpected challenger after major parties boycotted the Clacton by-election.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 Former Tory MSP is working with Reform in the Scottish Parliament A FORMER Tory MSP is advising Reform UK in the Scottish Parliament after leaving frontline politics.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8 Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Evening Standard · Jul 8 Andy Burnham mocks Nigel Farage with 'Count Binface' jibe over Clacton by-election The Reform UK leader resigned from Parliament as he faced a series of financial allegations
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 Speaker cuts off Scottish Labour MP for failing to ask question at PMQs A SCOTTISH Labour MP had to be stopped by the Speaker after he used his chance to speak at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) to list the UK…
Evening Standard · Jul 8 What is the process when an MP resigns and why was it put in place? Nigel Farage will go through a process determined largely by rules established hundreds of years ago.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 Betting odds slashed for Count Binface beating Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election BOOKMAKERS have slashed the odds of Count Binface beating Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election ...
Evening Standard · Jul 8 Burnham to face test of appetite for voting reform from Labour MPs Some 88 Labour MPs, out of a total of 166 cross-party parliamentarians, have signed an amendment to establish a commission into electoral reform.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 UK politicians line up to attack SNP MP for not supporting England in World Cup A NEWLY elected SNP MP has faced abuse from her Westminster colleagues for the crime of not supporting England in the World Cup ...
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 SNP Highland councillor suspended after backing taxi licence for rapist THE SNP Highland group has suspended one of its councillors after he voted in favour of allowing a rapist taxi driver to keep his operator's…
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 SNP face group legal action over £600k 'raised for second independence referendum' THE SNP are facing a group proceedings action in court over donations the party received for a “ring-fenced” independence referendum fund ...