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Jessica Elgot

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I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster. Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com Signal - jessicaelgot.51 Always #lufc www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica…

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It comes on really suddenly, you find yourself saying “if you’re really good today we’ll go to the pub for tea and watch the City game” and it actually works as a bribe…
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sometimes as a parent you think you will be in screaming soft plays forever but now suddenly every weekend my son demands to go the pub and watch the Premier League and it’s just… amazing.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh my god my mum had this book, we chose every cake from it!
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our weekend read - on the politics of trying. “The public think the only person that can reach those levers is you,” said a government insider. “They justifiably ask, can you do it or not? And if not, they’ll look for an alternative.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Full story here www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Excl with @jessicaelgot.bsky.social - bleak new forecasts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggest soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour could be set to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern history: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern times, a stark analysis warns. The JRF predicts that, after housing costs, average household incomes will be between £440 and £770 lower in real terms in 2029-30.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW - Kemi Badeoch says there will be no inheritance tax to pay ever on a family home. Interested to know how this affects the housing market. Asset-rich pensioners just got a huge (extra) incentive not to downsize.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
EXC - John Healey is planning a major intervention to cut energy bills for poorer households in this month’s budget. Chancellor is working on plans to spend more than £1bn to help energy consumers, increasing the discount given to households on certain benefits www.theguardian.com/money/2026/o...
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Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch says her air defence plan "is not going to be exactly like the Irone Dome. We haven’t called it an Iron Dome." Except this is what it said in the press release. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We are not where we need to be right now,” a candid Tory party chair Kevin Hollinrake tells the More in Common fringe event. “We don’t want an election right now, ideally.”
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Tory Bayeux Tapestry is very funny and a great skewering of most of the main characters, apart from Angela Rayner who looks absolutely iconic in every image
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m afraid if this kind of motion falls, intention is pretty clear
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's hard to see how the Green party's motion today will avoid an investigation by the EHRC, given Labour was previously found in breach.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The British Royal Family
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s a closed door game in a low grade tournament and Bellingham plays like it’s a World Cup final. What a player.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wonderful Rob - huge congratulations!
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“If we persuade one third of our opponents voters, we’ll still lose!” Ok
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Quite an odd choice to brief this out
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Senior Labour figures are uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget Apart from Burnham's speech, this was the talk of conference... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour figures uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget
Chancellor faces global volatility and soaring energy costs as some insiders worry lack of clarity could trigger fresh market shock
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just imagine everyone listening to Interpol or something
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Don’t know if Bluesky is the audience for it 🤣
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can he bring yesterday back around? My long read today on the emotional business of Labour conference www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Labour Party is having a moment My analysis of the speech, the most radical from a prime minister in more than a decade www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, he certainly knows how to give us copy
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, he certainly knows how to give us copy
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza Foreign secretary tells party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXC - Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Labour conference read Burnham, who was once spectre at the feast, now hopes to banish the ghosts of Starmerism Details on the big strategic talk which No10’s “hype man” Hayden Munro gave to cabinet Stay for the ex minister comparing himself to Declan Rice www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We will get stuff done’: Burnham seeks to banish ghosts of Starmerism at Labour conference
The PM returns to Liverpool, where he was mocked last year, with a promise that no one will be left wondering what he’s trying to do
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Labour conference read Burnham, who was once spectre at the feast, now hopes to banish the ghosts of Starmerism Details on the big strategic talk which No10’s “hype man” Hayden Munro gave to cabinet Stay for the ex minister comparing himself to Declan Rice www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We will get stuff done’: Burnham seeks to banish ghosts of Starmerism at Labour conference
The PM returns to Liverpool, where he was mocked last year, with a promise that no one will be left wondering what he’s trying to do
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔜
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EXC - We *also* have an MRP out today - which has some very striking findings. Progressives who vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could push his party into FOURTH place. The poll also shows Burnham’s Labour is winning back left-leaning voters. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Daniel Thomas, aka Danny Tommo, has been arrested by Hampshire police over boat slashing incident in the Channel.
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Andy Burnham has signalled he may lift the ban on drinking alcohol in the stands at football matches, suggesting it is ‘unfair’ for fans to be singled out when it is permitted for other sports. Story: @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @tomjgarry.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football stands
Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
my groupchat has been discussing this for about 11 hours
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Omg that sounds immense - this is a lot simpler than that
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Look on my works, ye mighty
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Exc - @andyburnham.bsky.social sets out his stall on net zero - and concludes that yes, we do want to live on a liveable planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCL: The UK government’s EU reset summit could be delayed again unless Brussels agrees to include “Made in Europe” legislation on the agenda, government sources tell @lisaocarroll.bsky.social and me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW - Joint statement agreed by the trade unions at TUC Congress, but stops short of calls for a cap on donations.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
More in our story here www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK unions split over donations cap as TUC chief says ‘super-rich’ corrupting politics
Sources say there are ‘significant differences’ in opinion as debate inflamed by crypto billionaires’ £72m donations to Reform
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Labour affiliated unions are working on a statement on political donations expected to be put before the TUC general council tomorrow, the Guardian understands. Currently “significant differences” on how to proceed. And some splits with non TULO unions who are far more likely to back a cap.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I interviewed Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru’s Welsh first minister, who told me that if Andy Burnham is serious about devolution he has to understand that Wales is a nation and “not a region in England”, and has different needs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham must understand Wales is ‘not a region in England’, says first minister
Rhun ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour Senedd leader, questions Westminster’s willingness to relinquish powers
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“We’ve got a massive majority by mistake!” “Does anyone know any centre left crypto billionaires?”
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chip in £3! 🤡
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You’ll never guess what the call to action is? Is it use their massive majority to? … no not that
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labour sending out fundraising emails off the back of the Harborne and Delo donations. Yes chaps, that’ll do it.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026
How it started / How it's going
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