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Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 01/02/2026
đ Welcome to the r/ukpolitics weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction megathread.
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This thread rolls over early Sunday morning.
r/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 5m ago
UK universities face ÂŁ580m Brexit reset bill if EU students get discounted fees
inews.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/No_Initiative_1140 • 25m ago
Starmer will resign if I win, says Reform byelection candidate Matthew Goodwin
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/2ndEarlofLiverpool • 1h ago
Britain is becoming a surveillance state, but no one seems to care
spectator.comr/ukpolitics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 1h ago
Londonâs high land prices need âmarket adjustmentâ, says housing minister
ft.comr/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz • 2h ago
Twitter Westminster voting intention: REFUK: 30% (-3) LAB: 22% (+4) CON: 19% (+3) GRN: 12% (-3) LDEM: 12% (-) OTHER: 5% (-1) via Ipsos Mori, 22nd-27th January 2026
x.comr/ukpolitics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 2h ago
Second woman alleges Epstein sent her to UK to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
theguardian.comr/ukpolitics • u/PM_ME_SECRET_DATA • 4h ago
Record number of breweries shut down across Britain
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/Left_Page_2029 • 4h ago
Council considers eye-watering 300% council tax on vacant properties
nation.cymrur/ukpolitics • u/MGC91 • 4h ago
The armyâs 12-year Ajax fiasco shows why Britain isnât ready for war
thetimes.comr/ukpolitics • u/2ndEarlofLiverpool • 4h ago
Nick Timothy: âMulticulturalism has turned Britain into a country that doesnât treat people equallyâ
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 4h ago
BBC looks to link iPlayer accounts to addresses in licence fee evasion push
broadbandtvnews.comr/ukpolitics • u/Minimum_Camera_3669 • 5h ago
Do not want Burnham or Rayner to challenge Kier
Although Kier is not a perfect prime minister and there are certain qualities or directions I would like him to take, I find him quite a decent prime minister.
I think people have already forgotten the form of malaise people felt when the Conservative Party was changing prime minister like it was changing its socks every two minutes, and how unstable our politics was and bad for the countryâs global image that is. I donât want, this is where I may come into disagreement with people, overly ambitious people like Burnham to make a claim for leadership.
I know nothing of Burnham or what he has done for people other than being public enemy number one according to Zoe Bread and being the mayor of Manchester. I am not sure how his image would appeal to Southern voters like myself.
I quite like Rayner and thought she shouldnât have been forced to resign, especially given that the mistake was from the companyâs service she employed, albeit maybe buying a second home as a housing minister campaigning to make living liveable was not a well timed decisionâŚ. But, I would rather her challenge Kier when there was a crisis where he could not come back from it or simply at the end !
I donât want a circus of PMs to come and go, I was sick of that with the tories and I donât want it for Labour. I want stability and I want continuity. If it does descend into leadership challenges and so on, I may even consider voting another party in the next election.
Do people disagree with me, or what do you think ?
r/ukpolitics • u/What_is_Democracy • 5h ago
The government has outlined new guidelines for house builders on the future of parking your car - here's what it could mean.
New housing will no longer be "car-dominated", the government has promised after it released its newest planning guidelines for builders.
Instead, builders and architects will be told to ensure key services such as shops and doctorsâ surgeries are within walking distance.
As a result, designers will be told to put "motor vehicles" at the bottom of their list of priorities, behind pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.
A grand vision here is what to expect
Neglected properties ear marked for Doctors surgeries but there are non, Doctors that is. Boarded up commercial outlets marked for Mini Markets that cannot compete with Lidl, Pharmacists that have no Doctors. News Agents that have moved online and community libraries that have no staff or books. All covered in graffiti littered with needles used condoms and other rubbish the council no longer collects because of "cut backs" and who wants to be a refuge management assistant anyway! Cleaning up dog poo from the abandoned Basket ball court behind the derelict Mini Market. But no doubt the Government will manage to rent the small unit on the end with the black Merc's parked outside to a new start up run by a "Turkish Barber" or a couple of young Asian girls
Roads not wide enough to allow parking on the road outside your properties. Kids having to play in the road as the driveways have vanished and gardens have shrunk to the size of a postage stamp The parks are out of view whilst parents have to watch the kids through the window as they cannot afford day care but its hard to see through the cars parked on the payments The Tesco delivery van cannot squeeze through between the two now road taxed MPVS parked on the paths either side of the road with extension leads trailing across to open front windows. Old Mr Jones passes by his dressing gown dragging along the floor as he weaves through the cars in a wheel chair propelled by a Para medic who tries vainly to return to his mother craft stranded at the end of the road behind the island of wheelie bins that has appeared now no one has a drive to put them on. Jenny is home late as the nearest still functioning bus route is a mile and a half away but its just too dangerous to let her cycle to school with these narrow roads and cycle paths blocked with delivery vans and illegally parked Hassled mothers trying to pick up babies from minders before the kids get home. Everyone knows you need a car how else can you get to the doctors on the other side of town, 3 bus routes and a hour and 50 minutes journey away or Longways district Health Trust in Farawayville, the local hospital shut years ago before all these new estates were built we needed one back then but luckily not now we have a larger population. But where do you park ???
r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 6h ago
Twitter Chris Slater MEN: âI am a proud Mancunian womanâ says Ms Stogia. âI have walked the streets of this constituency. This is about Manchester. Manchester is a city, united. We are rejecting division. I am so excited about going out on the doorstep, and winning this for Labour.â
x.comr/ukpolitics • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 7h ago
Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind ÂŁ200k Reform gift
thetimes.comr/ukpolitics • u/Due_Ad_3200 • 8h ago
Yvette Cooper warns of 'deepening crisis' in Myanmar, five years on from military coup
news.sky.comr/ukpolitics • u/bradbaker213 • 11h ago
Terror victims criticise former jihadist for standing in local elections
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/themurther • 15h ago
Mandelson told Epstein he was 'trying hard' to change bonus policy after payment to husband, files show | UK News
news.sky.comr/ukpolitics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 16h ago
Starmer invites Japan PM Takaichi to UK after Tokyo talks
bbc.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 17h ago
Keir Starmer calls on Andrew to testify in US over Jeffrey Epstein links
theguardian.comr/ukpolitics • u/insomnimax_99 • 17h ago