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Peter Walker
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Guardian senior political correspondent. DMs open. Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
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Labour plans welfare shake-up as scale of youth jobs crisis revealed
Milburn warns of lost generation, with million not working or studying
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Labour plans welfare shake-up as scale of youth jobs crisis revealed
Milburn warns of lost generation, with million not working or studying
With:Richard Partington
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The Guardian•MAY 29, 2026•Lead StoryThe story links a government review of the benefits system to new data showing high levels of economic inactivity among young people, framing the policy response as a necessary reaction to a structural economic challenge.
Blair is out of touch, say PM and Burnham
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The Guardian•MAY 29, 2026Focuses on the rejection of Tony Blair's recent criticisms by current Labour leadership and regional mayors.
Burnham: Labour must change to regain trust
With:Jessica Elgot
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The Guardian•MAY 19, 2026•Lead StoryThe report positions Andy Burnham's by-election campaign as a strategic, internal challenge to current Labour leadership, emphasizing his desire to alter the party's national trajectory.
Farage faces watchdog inquiry into £5m gift
With:Ben Quinn
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The Guardian•MAY 14, 2026A straightforward report on a formal parliamentary standards investigation regarding a significant donation.
PM pushes back against Trump's Falklands threat
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The Guardian•APR 25, 2026•Lead StoryThe paper frames the story as a significant diplomatic clash, highlighting the UK Prime Minister's firm rejection of a transactional US policy proposition linking support for the Falklands to UK alignment on Iran.
Civil servant ‘was denied Mandelson vetting file’
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The Guardian•APR 24, 2026Continuing scrutiny of domestic political procedure, focusing on transparency and civil service processes.
UK could align with EU without MPs’ scrutiny
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The Guardian•APR 13, 2026Highlights potential democratic bypass concerns regarding new legislation shaping post-Brexit UK-EU relations.
UK pursued Russian subs surveying Atlantic cables
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The Guardian•APR 10, 2026Reports objectively on a UK military operation monitoring Russian naval activity near critical undersea infrastructure.
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Peter Walker in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.