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UK politics

  • Eluned Morgan, the first minister for Wales

    Eluned Morgan to set out ‘red Welsh way’ in speech criticising Starmer

  • Campaigners on the street, one holding Save Winter Fuel placard

    No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

    Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts
  • Ukrainian flag and Union Jack fly on building close to the London Eye

    Reform accused of seeking ban on flying Ukrainian flags over council buildings

    Hard-right party says only St George’s and union jack flags to be permitted on or in its English council properties

  • UK ministers to meet bank bosses over lending to small businesses

  • Farage here to stay: the local elections that changed everything – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • HMRC under fire for taking more than four months to process tax refunds

  • Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision

  • MPs warn social care needs substantial investment to fix ‘broken’ system

  • Starmer praises ‘selfless dedication’ of armed forces before VE Day anniversary

  • Reform UK to resist housing asylum seekers in its council areas, chair says

  • Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns

Opinion

  • Rebecca Hendin on the Farage-Trump nexus – cartoon

    Rebecca Hendin on the Farage-Trump nexus – cartoon

  • Frances Ryan

    Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party?

    Frances Ryan
  • Layla Moran

    We all know the crisis in UK social care damages lives and the economy: it’s the Treasury we must convince

    Layla Moran
  • Justine Greening

    Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on

    Justine Greening

  • The Guardian view on Labour’s pension reforms: building on flawed foundations

  • Ella Baron on British politicians’ obsession with ‘change’ – cartoon

  • Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word

    Nicky Bandini

  • The English question now isn’t about Reform or party politics: it’s the rage that means we can’t talk to each other any more

    John Harris

  • Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack?

    John McDonnell

  • Does human rights law really stop the UK controlling migration? No – and Keir Starmer knows that

    Jamie Burton

  • The Guardian view on Reform election victories: a barometer of disillusionment

  • Alone centre stage, for Nige this was his triumph and no one else’s

    John Crace

Features & Analysis

  • Keir Starmer

    Cuts leave voters doubting Labour’s ability to deliver change

  • Headshot of Tony Blair

    How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action

  • Composite image of drone views, photos and maps

    ‘These people are disposable’: how Russia is using online recruits for a campaign of sabotage in Europe

  • Nigel Farage

    Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

Politics Weekly UK
Every Thursday, Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

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Cartoons

  • Becky Barnicoat on early signs of summer – cartoon

    Becky Barnicoat on early signs of summer – cartoon

  • Martin Rowson on Reform UK’s defeat of Labour in the Runcorn byelection – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on Reform UK’s defeat of Labour in the Runcorn byelection – cartoon

    Nigel Farage’s party overturned a huge Labour majority in Runcorn, and triumphed elsewhere in the local elections
  • Ben Jennings on the opposition to net zero – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on the opposition to net zero – cartoon

    Tony Blair, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch join the new rightwing cause celebre

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