🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Can local news stop social media misinformation? 🗞️ @jamiegollings of the SMF, former Tory minister @JohnPenroseNews, & News Media Association's Theo Bamber join @Alain_Tolhurst to discuss what government can do to harness local journalism 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/42eabd

Labour will not defeat the populist right through mimicry – instead, let’s treat our working class with respect ✍️ @jon_trickett politicshome.com/opinion/art…

The professor will see you now: How Brexit launched an era of tribal politics ✍️ @philipjcowley politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Our new Single Patient Record is expected to save around 500,000 hours of doctors' time each year, and could help prevent up to 20,000 A&E attendances annually If we get these reforms right, the impact on clinicians and patients could be transformational, writes Health Secretary @jamesmurray_ldn politicshome.com/opinion/art…

"Reading this book should be mandatory for every civil servant in Defra and any politician tasked with making decisions on behalf of the farming industry" 📚 @TerryJermyMP reviews @Minette_Batters' 'Harvest: A farmer’s story of heritage, home and hope' | @EburyPublishing bit.ly/4eIutiD

PM: "Social media is making children unhappy. It's making it easier for bullies to harass and abuse them, and it could even be harming their mental health, exposing them to content that is dangerous, because that is what grabs the attention. It is designed to be addictive" Keir Starmer has said he is hopeful a ban on social media for under-16s will come into effect by spring 2027 politicshome.com/news/articl…

Last month's local elections saw 23 of 136 councils up for grabs pushed into no overall political control, leading to the creation of rainbow coalitions Birmingham is the prime example of this growing phenomenon, with its council now led by a group of Lib Dems, Greens and independents, despite Reform UK being the largest party For The House mag, @zoenora6 looks at how fragmentation is forcing political parties into complex coalition-building politicshome.com/news/articl…

Nobody deserves to be in No 10 more than Nigel Farage, according to George Finch, the teenage Reform UK council leader running two local authorities In an interview with The House mag, Finch said Lee Anderson convinced him to join Reform after he became disillusioned with the Tories, especially "wet liberal" Boris Johnson On immigration, he says he has "no problem" with women and children coming to the UK on small boats if they have "genuine refugee status", and claimed that a Restore Britain government would deport people "just because of their colour" politicshome.com/news/articl…

Who is Miles Thorpe, the Morgan McSweeney to Zack Polanski and the man getting much of the credit for the Green Party's recent wins? 🔍 politicshome.com/news/articl…

A data investigation for The House mag has revealed that since 2024, cases of violence against women and girls have actually increased in the UK – despite a downward trend before that Although the Home Office says that an increase in reporting to the police does not necessarily mean that VAWG has also risen, the self-completion Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) also shows some metrics increasing, @cristinaxt reports politicshome.com/news/articl…

All online services – not just social media platforms – should be banned from having access to children if they make use of harmful features and functionalities And when we say children, that should be under 18s, not just under 16s, writes the Children's Commissioner for England @Rachel_deSouza politicshome.com/opinion/art…

The Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament’s independent and cross-party publication, is back for another year! Apply here: lnkd.in/ebTf2gDq

Germany has rewritten its fiscal rules to fund defence. Poland is spending at levels not seen in Europe for a generation. Canada has stepped up. The UK’s Defence Investment Plan, the document meant to turn the SDR’s vision into actual orders and capability, sat delayed while Whitehall argued about affordability and credibility. John Healey's job became impossible because the government failed to make a key choice, writes @jeegarkakkad politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Team Andy Burnham is increasingly confident that the Manchester mayor will win next week's Makerfield by-election — but then what? The House mag's @siennamarla goes inside the final week of campaigning in the northwest, and explores what could come next: When Burnham pulls the trigger on his bid to replace Starmer, and the figures who could serve in his No 10 operation politicshome.com/news/articl…

🚨 Dan Jarvis appointed Defence Secretary after John Healey resigns politicshome.com/news/articl…

Armed Forces Minister Resigns Over Defence Spending politicshome.com/news/articl…

NEW: My big read on Andy Burnham’s Makerfield campaign, what comes next and prepping for government I’m told No 10 is preparing for further resignations on 19 June & has replacement options ready Plus: • The ‘shy Andy vote’, Restore’s AI glasses, Labour’s canvassing script revealed • The problems with an immediate challenge post-Makerfield – the mayoral by-election, the plan to change the voting system, dead air in August • But no choice? Starmer instability & Streeting’s confidence • Prep – the worries of some MPs (“he really is a flip-flopper”), plus the people involved now and the names floated for potential jobs in a Burnham government politicshome.com/news/articl…

Ex-Labour defence sec Lord Hutton tells @matilda__martin Healey's resignation is a "colossal failure of government" for which the UK should be "ashamed". He warns Starmer & Reeves plans must be "rethought", otherwise their "entire credibility will be shot" politicshome.com/news/articl…

Resharing this piece I wrote over a year ago, in which defence figures, including former ministers, told me the UK is not currently capable of defending itself from attack.... politicshome.com/news/articl…

Former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton tells me Starmer's credibility "will be shot" if he doesn't rethink military spending plans Healey's resignation is a "colossal failure of govt" Govt should increase borrowing to fund defence spending politicshome.com/news/articl…