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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees | Zoe Williams

The home secretary is seeking to make refugee status temporary. Let’s go in the opposite direction and fight for an essential right Nigel Farage is worried about democracy. Specifically, he’s worried about his Reform party losing the Gorton and Denton byelection, feeling that they are the victim of “sectarian voting and cheating”. Sectarian voting is a peculiar little concept: if it means “everyone sharing the same belief system has voted the same way”, isn’t that all voting? Is it a problem if

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BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Henry Zeffman: Starmer seeks to carve out distinct UK approach to this conflict

This is delicate terrain for the prime minister both in the UK and among international leaders too.

BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Is the UK now involved in Iran conflict?

Ben Wright explains why the UK agreed for the US to British military bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites.

Defence
Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer has just been humiliated again - he’s an embarrassment to Britain

Allies were furious - who could blame them? - that Keir Starmer did not immediately take a tougher stance on one of the must brutal regimes in history.

Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Dame Joanna Lumley leads calls to close 'shocking' UK animal testing laboratory

'It is utterly shocking that we continue to subject defenceless puppies to unimaginable pain' say celebrities, MPs and charities

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BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Farage calls for changes to election voting rules

The Reform UK leader says postal voting should be restricted to those with a 'valid reason'.

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BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up

Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

Immigration
BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Starmer criticises Trump over Iran strikes, as he defends UK position

The PM told MPs that Trump had expressed his disagreement with the decision not to get involved in the initial strikes.

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Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage insists Reform would have won crunch by-election if only UK citizens voted

Reform UK's Matt Goodwin came second to the Green Party's Hannah Spencer in the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Labour in third.

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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

Prominent Labour Campaigner and Friend of Jonathan Reynolds ‘Feeling Sad’ at Death of Ayatollah

A prominent member of Hyde Labour Party who campaigned in Gorton & Denton with Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds has said he is ‘sad’ at the death of Ayatollah Khameini. Aren’t we all… Business owner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman – well known to Reynolds, who is the local MP – posted an update to his status over…

The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

How is Britain supporting US airstrikes in Iran? – podcast

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmer’s announcement that British bases in the UK and in the Chagos Islands would be used by the US in their strikes in Iran. Their use is for ‘limited defensive purposes’ but is that enough to stop Britain being dragged further into war? What is the extent of the UK’s involvement in the Middle East war? Continue reading...

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Express Politics2 Mar 2026

UK Foreign Office scrambling to evacuate up to 300,000 trapped Britons as Iran war rages

British officials are grappling with a potential mass-scale evacuation of Britons in the gulf region.

Defence