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Express Politics31 Mar 2026

Ed Miliband's 'mad plan' slammed as energy bills to rise by £288 a year from July

Soaring wholesale costs of energy caused by the Iran war are set to push up Ofgem's price cap.

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The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

BMA dismisses Starmer’s 48-hour warning over resident doctors’ strike plan – UK politics live

Prime minister threatens to withdraw NHS training posts for residents doctors if they don’t call off strike The grooming gangs inquiry will directly examine whether ethnicity, culture or religion influenced offending and whether they shaped the institutional response, the Press Association reports. Good morning. Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee later to discuss the Iran war, but domestic issues don’t go away and he (or, to be more accurate, his sta

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The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

The toughest job facing the new head of Ofcom: tackling the blatantly partisan GB News | Polly Toynbee

It will take a regulator with grit and guts to enforce the UK’s impartiality laws. This is Labour’s chance to remedy our twisted media landscape Labour feels more sure-footed. A stronger sense of its own identity flows from standing up to Donald Trump, his war and his insults. MPs are less often looking over their shoulders at the right and its media. Here comes one test. Selecting a new chair of the media regulator Ofcom is in its final phase: which of two reported frontrunners is appointed w

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Conservative Home31 Mar 2026

Our Survey: Big support for Badenoch’s position at the start of the Iran war and for increased defence spending

81.2 per cent of responders back Badenoch in saying she'd have granted use of our bases from the start of operations. 62.3 per cent say they backed the US and Israel striking the Iranian regime. 92.8 per cent back the UK spending more on defence, and faster. The post Our Survey: Big support for Badenoch’s position at the start of the Iran war and for increased defence spending appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics30 Mar 2026

Fury as civil servants try to use Iran war as excuse to avoid the office

Civil servants are demanding remote working due to the war between Iran, the US and Israel.

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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026

Kemi the attention-seeker somehow always makes two plus two equal five | John Crace

The looming oil crisis caused by the Iran war gives the Conservative leader a platform from which to jump to the wrong conclusions Losing sleep over the war in Iran? Worried sick about the cost of living? Can’t pay your energy bills? Then relax. Because Kemi Badenoch has a displacement activity for you. It’s becoming increasingly easier to understand the Conservative leader by viewing her as a hyperactive five-year old at the back of the class who is constantly disruptive. Who can’t get through

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BBC Politics30 Mar 2026

Remove VAT from energy bills for three years, Tories urge

There has been a renewed focus on energy costs since the outbreak of the war in Iran.

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Guido Fawkes30 Mar 2026

Labour Begs Party Members Not to Speak to the Press at Ed Miliband Campaign Event

Labour Party staff have pleaded for members not to speak to any journalists at an Ed Miliband event tonight. What could legions of party members do to derail the ‘real Prime Minister’s’ event? The Energy Secretary will be the special guest at the launch of the Southwark Labour 2026 manifesto this evening at a venue…

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Guido Fawkes30 Mar 2026

Labour Wars: I Ran, I Ran So Far Away

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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026

May elections come at time of war on two fronts, Starmer says

At campaign launch, PM acknowledges concern over events in Ukraine and Iran as well as over rising cost of living UK politics live – latest updates The 7 May elections are taking place against a backdrop of “war on two fronts”, Keir Starmer has said, as he pledged action to tackle the resurgent cost of living crisis. Launching Labour’s English local elections campaign in Wolverhampton on Monday, the prime minister said: “We’re facing a war on two fronts – the Ukraine war, now four and a bit ye

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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026

Families hardest hit by energy crisis could be given funds dispensed by local councils

As the war in Iran continues, ministers debate several options for extending support to households Middle East crisis – live updates Families hardest hit by the looming energy crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East could be given funds dispensed by local councils, under plans being considered by UK ministers keen to keep a lid on costs. As concerns increase about the impact of rising fuel and energy costs in response to a drawn-out war in Iran, a government official said several opt

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Express Politics30 Mar 2026

Humiliation for Labour as Angela Rayner’s big promise ‘completely out of reach’

Industry officials warn that "economic uncertainty" could have a "crippling impact" on housebuilding targets.

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