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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Joe Pike

    Andy Burnham announces scheme to help first-time buyers (opens the original)

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    Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to try to help young people get on the property ladder. The "Your First Home" scheme would be open to first-time buyers in England with a deposit of 2.5%. It would provide them with a loan worth 20% of their new build property's value to help pay for the purchase. Burnham said people who do not have support from the "bank of mum and dad" are among those the scheme would aim to help. Labour said there would be an initial interest-free perio

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Joe Pike

    Former top civil servant received pay-off of nearly £860,000 (opens the original)

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    A former top civil servant received a record pay-off of nearly £860,000 after he was forced out of his job by Sir Keir Starmer, just 14 months after the then-prime minister appointed him. Lord Wormald left his role as cabinet secretary and head of the Civil Service in February by "mutual agreement" following months of media reports suggesting Downing Street was unhappy with his performance. The Cabinet Office's accounts, external show there was "contractual compensation" of £332,897 and "additio

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Joe Pike

    Peers to debate donations law changes after Reform's £72m windfall (opens the original)

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    The House of Lords will debate changes to the laws on political donations later on Monday after Reform UK received £72m from two billionaires in 24 hours. Calls for restrictions are growing after huge donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British and have spent time living overseas. The government is seeking to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats, including a £100,000 cap backdated to 25 March. The leader of one of Labour's biggest fun

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Joe Pike

    Former Tory campaign chief pleads guilty over election bet (opens the original)

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    The Conservatives' former director of campaigning and his wife have pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling by placing bets on the date of the 2024 general election. Anthony Lee stood to win approximately £15,000 after placing more than 60 successful bets totalling £1,549, the Gambling Commission said. He passed confidential information to his wife about when former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was planning to call the general election. Laura Lee, who was a parliamentary candidate at the time, plac

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Joe Pike

    Tim Montgomerie quits Reform following suspension (opens the original)

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    Conservative Party defector and political commentator Tim Montgomerie has told the BBC he has resigned from Reform UK, urging Nigel Farage to "get a grip" of the party. Montgomerie defected from the Tories 18 months ago but was suspended from Reform UK last month after he criticised senior figures. His decision to resign came after a conversation with Reform's party chair Lee Anderson on Tuesday. "I think they wanted me back in the party but meekly," he told the BBC. "And I wasn't prepared to do

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