Day Headlines in Politics News: 2026-08-03
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Rapists and child sex offenders to be barred from early release scheme (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 21:35:15)
The widow of PC Andrew Harper says it is "disgusting" her husband's killers remain eligible for the scheme in England and Wales. -
Welsh national social care service will not arrive before next Senedd election, says minister (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 17:32:16)
Plans to make social care free at the point of use will not happen before 2030, a minister says. -
Farage says he discussed return to politics months before general election (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 17:18:52)
Farage said the talks came "quite some time after" he received a £5m gift from a Reform donor. -
France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Navy (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 15:59:27)
It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France. -
Reform UK's Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 11:05:35)
Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests. -
Reform says it would use Navy to stop small boats (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 09:47:41)
The party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two”. -
Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from police (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-03 08:58:39)
Conservatives have called for all images of suspects to be run through facial recognition software.