BBC Politics16 Mar 2026
PM says UK working with allies on plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
It comes after President Trump urged the UK and other countries to send warships to protect the vital shipping channel.
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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026
UK will not be drawn into wider war in Middle East, says Keir Starmer
PM’s comments come as he announces support for households reliant on heating oil amid surging costs UK politics live – latest updates The UK will not be drawn into the wider war in the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said, as he announced that households reliant on heating oil to warm their homes would receive £53m of government support to help with their bills. After costs surged following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, lower-income households will get targeted support, while heating oil su
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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026
Starmer: Britain Will Not Be Drawn Into the Wider War With Iran
No commitment to send warships to the Strait…
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Sky News Politics16 Mar 2026
£53m for 'vulnerable' households using heating oil after Iran war price spike
"Vulnerable" households using heating oil will get £53m in immediate support funding from the government, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026
Gulf Allies Blast Starmer’s ‘Wholly Inadequate’ Response to Iran War
Gulf allies are unimpressed with Starmer’s plodding response to the Iran war, particularly with the failure to send necessary defensive resources to the region in the opening days of the conflict. The quotes from diplomatic and military sources speaking to Politico: “No. 10 was determined to downplay any risk or perception of us getting involved…
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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026
What's worth more: Churchill or a woke badger? Welcome to Britain's banknote culture war | Jonn Elledge
Self-appointed patriots are up in arms about a plan to replace historical figures with cute wildlife. The Bank of England shouldn’t duck this debate One day soon we may finally have an answer to a question that has stumped philosophers through the ages: which is worth more, a beaver or a robin? We might be able to place actual monetary values on barn owls or stags, too. Any one of them could even be considered worth more than Winston Churchill. That’s because the Bank of England has announced th
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Express Politics16 Mar 2026
Rachel Reeves on brink as experts issue horror UK employment warning – '100,000 jobs lost'
Employers are grabbling with spiralling costs linked to tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East.
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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026
McFadden: UK Must Navigate ‘Transactional’ White House as Trump Pushes on Hormuz
McFadden on Sky News this morning, responding to Trump’s claim that NATO faces a “very bad future” if allies don’t deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz: “Well, that’s the president right there. The quote that you’ve just given has summed him up. It’s a very transactional presidency, and our job is to navigate this,…
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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026
Minister plays down Trump’s Nato threat, arguing US alliance strong enough to ‘outlast’ current issues – UK politics live
Pat McFadden says Trump running a ‘transactional presidency’ and that ‘our job is to navigate this’ Good morning. Keir Starmer is holding a press conference in Downing Street this morning. As Kiran Stacey reports, the PM’s main intention will be to announce support for people most hit by rising energy prices, particularly householders reliant on heating oil. The measures are expected to be worth tens of millions of pounds. But, inevitably, most of the focus likely to be on how Starmer responds t
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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026
UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says
Donald Trump has threatened Nato allies over failure to send ships to protect strait of Hormuz, but Pat McFadden says UK relation with US remain strong Middle East crisis live Donald Trump is a “very transactional” president, whose repeated demands on Iran must be seen in this context, one of Keir Starmer’s most senior ministers has said in an unusually blunt UK assessment of relations between the countries. Asked about the US president’s threats of some sort of retaliation against allies who
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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026
David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close
Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case. In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.
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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026
Starmer warned over assisted dying bill by more than 100 Labour MPs
More than 100 Labour MPs warn that failing to pass the legislation would undermine trust in politics.
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