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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Plan to make it safe for women and girls to walk the streets at night is revealed at last

It follows warnings that many women are scared to go out after dark

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

Here’s the danger: if Labour doesn’t offer a radical solution to the energy-price crisis, others will

Money-off vouchers won’t do. Instead, the government needs to offer a lasting vision for energy security – because we already know what Reform’s is In a time of fear, heroes must rise. There’s a gathering storm rattling at the windows, tearing through the family WhatsApp groups. Use your air fryer instead of the oven. Book your summer holiday now to avoid spiralling flight costs. Colin, a caller on LBC, has heard a rumour (the radio phone-in equivalent of “forwarded many times”) that there are a

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Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

Lord Ashcroft: The SNP’s record, the independence debate, what matters to voters, and is Nicola Sturgeon an asset or a liability? My latest Scottish polling

With Holyrood elections just over six weeks away, my latest polling looks at Scottish public opinion towards the SNP government’s record, the parties and leaders, the independence debate, and the issues that will shape the outcome in May The post Lord Ashcroft: The SNP’s record, the independence debate, what matters to voters, and is Nicola Sturgeon an asset or a liability? My latest Scottish polling appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves ‘will impose another tax raid or increase borrowing’ amid Iran war

Labour has been accused of resorting to tax rises and borrowing "whenever there's a squeeze on its fiscal position".

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Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

WATCH: Starmer Holds Head in Hands in PMQs Disaster

Starmer’s worst performance in a long time, and the bar is low. There is always a “process” that stops him doing anything. Always another ‘review’. Is he aware he lives in Number 10?

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Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Starmer’s Ex-Spinner Torches Labour Over Migrant Benefits and Debt Delusion

Starmer’s former top spinner Paul Ovenden has written another punchy intervention in the Times this morning, attacking Labour directly for fighting to give ‘Boriswave’ migrants “lifetime benefits, paid out of the pockets of other already hard-up, fed-up constituents” and warning Britain “can no longer borrow our way out of every difficulty“. Is anyone in the…

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Labour civil war explodes over threat to hand low-paid migrants £10bn in benefits

Furious row erupts over controversial Home Office plans, with critics warned that they are only helping Reform

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Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Inflation Remains at 3%

ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said: “After last month’s slowdown, annual inflation was unchanged. The largest upwards driver was the price of clothing, which rose this month but fell a year ago. “This was offset by falls in petrol costs, with prices collected before the start of the conflict in the Middle East and subsequent…

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

UK inflation held at 3% before global energy price hit from Iran war

February annual rate in line with analysts’ expectations but outlook has shifted because of effects of conflict The UK inflation rate was unchanged at 3% in February, before Donald Trump’s Iran war drove up global energy costs, threatening a renewed price jump. Official figures showed the consumer prices index (CPI) remained at 3%, in line with economists’ expectations but still well above the government’s 2% target. Continue reading...

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer to face grilling after Rachel Reeves warning

Follow our live blog for the latest political updates

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Artificial Intelligence is fuelling abuse of women and girls at 'unprecedented scale'

A landmark report warns AI is 'making abuse easier and more widespread' and reveals three in four people say the Government should do more to protect women

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The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

UK offers to host international security summit on reopening strait of Hormuz

Defence chiefs have been discussing how to unblock the conduit for about a fifth of the world’s oil supplies The UK has offered to host an international security summit to draw up a “viable, collective plan” to reopen the strait of Hormuz as economic fallout from the Iran conflict continues. Defence chiefs have been discussing how they might unblock the vital shipping lane, through which about 20% of global oil supplies usually pass, amid the Middle East crisis unleashed by the US and Israel. C

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