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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

Ex-minister adds to UK calls for ban on political donations in cryptocurrency

Exclusive: Labour’s Rushanara Ali plans to intervene in elections bill amid warnings of foreign interference A former Labour minister has added her voice to those of a growing list of experts and senior MPs calling for a ban on political donations in cryptocurrency as concerns grow over foreign interference in British elections. Rushanara Ali, the Labour MP who helped draft the elections bill when she was a minister in the communities department, called for the government to strengthen the legis

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

‘He murdered his own people!’ Kuenssberg lashes out at Zack Polanski on BBC in Iran row

The hard-Left leader accused Donald Trump of murdering Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while at the "negotiating table".

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Fears Iran could launch attack in UK - threat level urgently put under review

Iranian retaliation strikes landed within "a few hundred yards" of British troops in Bahrain

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Conservative Home1 Mar 2026

Newslinks for Sunday 1st March 2026

Iranian regime confirms Khamenei’s death | Starmer calls for diplomatic solution | Simons resigns as Cabinet Office Minister | Farage calls for an end to non-British citizens voting in UK elections The post Newslinks for Sunday 1st March 2026 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Mar 2026

Iranian interventions are a tricky balance of the price, the prize, and the problem with the Prince of Persia

President Trump is not getting universal support for this action in America, but there will be voices inside the very system fighting to survive in Iran, telling its Western opponents, ‘if you want change, act now.’ The post Iranian interventions are a tricky balance of the price, the prize, and the problem with the Prince of Persia appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration ‘disappointing’, says Alf Dubs

Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat The home secretary’s decision to double down on hardline immigration reforms in light of Labour’s byelection defeat to the Green party is “disappointing”, according to the Labour peer Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs, a child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport in 1939, had previously accused Shabana Mahmood of “pulling up the drawbridge” on child migrants. Conti

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage pledges postal voting ban and end to Commonwealth voting rights

The Reform UK leader claims postal voting has turned elections into a 'laughing stock'

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Major advance in battle against osteoporosis but Wes Streeting must deliver on key pledge

Scanners to detect the 'silent killer' of osteoporosis are being rolled out but campaigners want the Health Secretary to take a simple step to save lives

The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan

London mayor criticises PM for calling Greens ‘extreme’ after Gorton and Denton loss, saying it is a ‘flawed strategy’ Sadiq Khan: ‘Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the byelection’s lesson’ The mayor of London has said the Gorton and Denton byelection has exposed a “far-reaching change and fracturing” in UK politics and Labour must ditch its “flawed strategy” of taking liberal progressives for granted. In what appears to be an attack on Keir Starmer, Sadi

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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan

The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London Attacking Greens is ‘flawed strategy’ There’s no sugar-coating what happened in the byelection in Gorton and Denton – it’s a terrible result for Labour, coming third in a seat we had held for nearly a century. People often exaggerate the significance of byelection results, but this one does speak to a

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Labour face under pressure for social media ban as teens are 'dependent' on bots

Mandatory overnight 'curfews' are among measures which will be considered in major consultation after mounting concern for children's safety.

Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Tony Blair's team delivers stern warning to Rachel Reeves on danger facing Britain

Labour warned it will have to make tax rises or spending cuts if it fails to restore growth - and urgent action is needed

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