The Whitehall Sources team — Calum Macdonald, Jo Tanner & Kirsty Buchanan — unpack the week’s biggest political stories from Westminster and beyond:

🔴 UK Inflation Rises Again – Are we heading back into a cost of living crisis? What does this mean for Rachel Reeves’ “budget of doom” in the autumn? Can Labour’s economic strategy survive mounting pressure from business, pensions, borrowing, and consumer confidence?

🟠 Trump-Putin-Zelensky Talks – After dramatic meetings in Alaska and the White House, is Donald Trump inching towards peace in Ukraine or simply staging political theatre? Did Putin give ground? And how is Zelensky adapting to Trump’s new strategy?

🟢 Migrant Hotel Policy Collapse – A court ruling in Epping has blown a hole in government asylum policy. Reform UK councils and others may now launch copycat legal challenges. What does this mean for Keir Starmer’s government and the Home Office?

💡 With inside analysis from former No.10 Special Adviser Kirsty Buchanan and political strategist Jo Tanner, this is the inside track on the decisions shaping Britain’s future.

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