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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

British public want deeper economic ties with EU, business secretary says

Peter Kyle signs cooperation deal on competition and says there is little nostalgia for pre-Brexit past Europe live – latest updates The British public are “not nostalgic” for the pre-Brexit past but are pragmatic and want to move forward and “deepen” ties with the EU on trade and the economy, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, has said. Signing an agreement in Brussels to cooperate closely on competition issues, Kyle said he thought the deal was “a real vindication of the reset and the relat

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Spineless Keir Starmer has lost control – voters deserve so much more

OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: I visited four areas well away from the Westminster bubble and voters painted an unhappy picture.

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Green Party Policy Is to Abolish Faith Schools

The Green Party’s aggressive sectarian campaigning in Gorton & Denton is curious considering the party’s very much non-conservative policy on contentious faith issues. E.g. abolishing all faith schools… Their policy on faith schools, uncovered on the members area on the Party’s own website, states that “no publicly-funded school shall be run by a religious organisation.”…

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BBC Politics25 Feb 2026

Starmer to look at making student loans 'fairer'

Sir Keir Starmer told MPs he would "look at ways" to make the student loans system in England "fairer".

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BBC Politics25 Feb 2026

Scottish government orders public inquiry into grooming gangs

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth says the government will "act decisively" to protect children from harm.

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Kemi Badenoch humiliates Keir Starmer in brutal clash that takes Labour to queasy place

The Tory leader won death glares from hundreds of Labour MPs when she claimed backbenchers were being called members of the 'paedo defenders party'

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Rachel Reeves just tried to hit us with a stealth tax - but she won't get away with it

The Chancellor imposed changes that could hit working people well into their 50s, Jonathan Walker explains.

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Rubbish blighting Britain 'grave concern' after 9% rise under Labour

Local authorities in England dealt with 1.26 million fly tipping cases in 2024/25.

The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services

Tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse’ Ministers have called in Tony Blair’s thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”. James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, chaired a meeting on Wednesday with the director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the chair of IBM a

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

UK ministers explore ways of easing burden of student loans

Government reviews options for university graduates on Plan 2 loans, such as increasing repayment thresholds Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands. The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to graduates with Plan 2 student loans, often paying tens of thousands more than their original loan amount. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Confusion over Chagos Islands deal as Foreign Office denies handover ‘paused’

Minister ‘misspoke’ by telling MPs UK was ‘pausing for discussions with our American counterparts’, officials say UK politics live – latest updates Plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius are still on track, the UK government has insisted, after a minister caused confusion by telling MPs that the deal was “paused”. Hamish Falconer, a Foreign Office minister and former diplomat, was speaking on Wednesday as the deal came under increasing pressure from opposition parties in the UK and

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BBC Politics25 Feb 2026

UK government denies Chagos Islands deal is paused, despite minister's comment

It come after a minister said the UK is discussing "concerns" with the US, after President Trump criticised the deal.