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Badenoch prepares major Shadow Cabinet reshuffle as Tugendhat lined up to replace Priti Patel

Kemi Badenoch is preparing a major Shadow Cabinet reshuffle, with Tom Tugendhat reportedly set to replace Dame Priti Patel as Shadow Foreign Secretary after Sir James Cleverly quit the front bench to pursue a London mayoral bid.

By Charlotte Mercer • 30 August 2026 • 4 min read

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Conservatives

Tories go on election alert as Badenoch seeks Civil Service access talks over possible Burnham snap poll

Kemi Badenoch has reportedly asked Cabinet Secretary Dame Antonia Romeo to seek approval for formal pre-election Civil Service access talks as the Conservatives prepare for the possibility of an early election under Andy Burnham.

Charlotte Mercer • 30 Aug 2026 • 5 min read

Labour

Burnham Government approves above-inflation train-driver deal after strike threat

The Burnham Government has approved an Avanti West Coast train-driver deal giving Aslef members a 3.6% pay rise, time-and-a-half on Sundays and improved rest-day payments after a threat of strike action.

Charlotte Mercer • 30 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Labour

Burnham blocks ALL manslaughter offenders from early-release changes — and widens exemptions further

Andy Burnham has ordered all manslaughter offences to be excluded from forthcoming prison release changes, alongside death by dangerous or drunk driving, causing or allowing the death of a child and historic child-sex offences.

Charlotte Mercer • 30 Aug 2026 • 5 min read

Labour

Healey considers windfall taxes on banks and oil companies as Treasury looks to fill £4.7bn Budget hole

Chancellor John Healey is reportedly considering windfall taxes on banks and oil companies as Treasury officials look for ways to plug an estimated £4.7bn gap in the public finances ahead of the October Budget.

Charlotte Mercer • 30 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Reform UK

Reform pledges criminal liability for bosses of firms housing asylum seekers if residents commit violence

Reform UK has pledged a police-led taskforce to scrutinise asylum-accommodation contractors and proposed criminal liability for senior executives where residents commit violence against women and girls.

Charlotte Mercer • 30 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Reform UK

Suella Braverman rules out Reform–Conservative coalition — reversing her previous support for right-wing unity

Suella Braverman has categorically ruled out joining a Reform-Conservative coalition government, reversing her previous support for cooperation between the parties on the political right.

Charlotte Mercer • 29 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Labour

Government declares Falklands support ‘unwavering’ after report US could use islands as leverage over UK defence spending

The UK Government has declared its support for the Falkland Islands 'unwavering' after a senior US official reportedly refused to rule out using Washington's position on the islands as leverage in the dispute over NATO defence spending.

Charlotte Mercer • 29 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Conservatives

BREAKING: James Cleverly quits Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet to launch London mayor bid

Sir James Cleverly has quit Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet with immediate effect to launch a bid for the Conservative nomination for Mayor of London in 2028.

Charlotte Mercer • 29 Aug 2026 • 3 min read

Labour

Release prisoners early or police could run out of cells for arrests, Phillipson warns

Bridget Phillipson has defended the Government's early-prison-release reforms, warning that without action to ease overcrowding police could ultimately be forced to cancel arrests because the justice system had run out of custodial space.

Charlotte Mercer • 29 Aug 2026 • 4 min read

Labour

Gordon Brown says a united Ireland is inevitable — days after Burnham said border poll was ‘off the table’

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has predicted that Ireland will eventually be united, just days after Andy Burnham said a referendum on Irish unity was 'off the table'.

Charlotte Mercer • 29 Aug 2026 • 5 min read

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Tories go on election alert as Badenoch seeks Civil Service access talks over possible Burnham snap poll

Burnham Government approves above-inflation train-driver deal after strike threat

Burnham blocks ALL manslaughter offenders from early-release changes — and widens exemptions further

Healey considers windfall taxes on banks and oil companies as Treasury looks to fill £4.7bn Budget hole

Reform pledges criminal liability for bosses of firms housing asylum seekers if residents commit violence

Suella Braverman rules out Reform–Conservative coalition — reversing her previous support for right-wing unity

Government declares Falklands support ‘unwavering’ after report US could use islands as leverage over UK defence spending

BREAKING: James Cleverly quits Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet to launch London mayor bid

Release prisoners early or police could run out of cells for arrests, Phillipson warns

Gordon Brown says a united Ireland is inevitable — days after Burnham said border poll was ‘off the table’

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