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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

UK manufacturers ‘will pay £940m a year more in business rates due to Reeves changes’

Government should look at ways to help as firms are paying disproportionate bills, says MakeUK British manufacturers have said they will have to pay an extra £940m a year in business rates because of changes by Rachel Reeves that come into effect this month. Manufacturers face a disproportionate business rates bill because they often have large factory floors, according to analysis by MakeUK, an industry lobby group. It said that factories accounted for a fifth of England and Wales’s property by

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien

These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill It was the free croissants that gave it away. And the Scandinavian-style furniture. And the tasteful pastel walls. It was different from other nurseries I’d viewed: marginally more expensive, the aesthetic equivalent of a WeWork for toddlers. I was eight months pregnant, on a tour of various nurseries in south-east London for my daughter. At the time, I didn’t realise that

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital

We should be focused on increasing the number of homes, particularly family homes, while also improving their aesthetics. Too many developments look like very tall, soulless, human greenhouses that some of us would not even place our house plants in; they are that ogreish. The post Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics5 Apr 2026

Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk

PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday • Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people Keir Starmer has used a raft of new workers rights that come into force on Monday to attack the Green party, saying a vote for Labour’s rivals puts such progress on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts at risk. The prime minister also took a swipe at business figure

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The Guardian Politics4 Apr 2026

New North Sea drilling would barely reduce UK gas imports at all, data shows

Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1% Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports, research has shown. The Jackdaw field, one of the largest unexploited gasfields in the North Sea, would displace only 2% of the UK’s current imports of gas, which would leave the UK still almost entirely dependent on supplies from Norway and a few other sources. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Politics4 Apr 2026

Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds

Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers say UK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found. A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage across different broadcasters and platforms, including not signposting whether an issue was relevant to England or England and Wales only, w

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Ben Jennings on the sacking of Reform’s housing spokesperson – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Drip feed of Reform UK controversies puts party’s policy drive in shade

Sacking of Simon Dudley is latest distraction at a time when party is keen to show it is serious contender for government It was a week that started with a candid admission from Nigel Farage when asked if his party’s vetting process was now finally up to scratch. “I accept that at the last general election, basically there was no vetting really,” the Reform UK leader said after the latest of what a senior colleague had described as a “series of abhorrent incidents”. The latest had involved a Wel

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Reform donor Nick Candy sells Chelsea mansion for reported £275m

Sale of Providence House believed to be the most expensive on record in London UK politics live – latest updates Nick Candy, the honorary treasurer of Reform UK and major donor, has sold his mansion in the Chelsea district of London for a reported £275m. The property developer declined to comment on the transaction, which was first reported by Bloomberg, but it is believed to be the most expensive on record in London and one of the biggest in the world. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Four in Ten Appeals Against ‘Highly Uncertain’ Reeves Mansion Tax Set to Succeed

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s own detailed costings of Reeves’ new Mansion Tax predict 40% of appeals against property valuations will be successful. Introducing a new band with re-evaluations will be utter chaos… The OBR has put out supplementary forecast information on the new tax this morning. The forecaster predicts the Treasury will lose £275…

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BBC Politics2 Apr 2026

Reform housing spokesman sacked over Grenfell remarks

A group representing the bereaved of Grenfell call Simon Dudley's comments "ignorant and callous".

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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Simon Dudley Sacked as Reform’s Housing Spokesman

Nigel Farage has just confirmed Simon Dudley has been sacked as Reform’s housing spokesman: “He is no longer a spokesman for the party. That’s been dealt with… the comments were deeply inappropriate. Richard Tice has dealt with him”. Dudley claimed post-Grenfell regulations had “swung too far the wrong way” and “everyone dies in the end“.…

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