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Express Politics15 Apr 2026

Rachel Reeves picks fight with Trump over Iran war 'mistake'

Rachel Reeves' extraordinary remarks come after Donald Trump criticised once again Britain's policies.

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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026

Starmer challenged over defence investment plan delay

The prime minister is facing growing pressure to spell out when the funding blueprint will be published.

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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026

Starmer challenged over defence investment plan delay

The prime minister is facing growing pressure to spell out when the funding blueprint will be published.

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The Guardian Politics15 Apr 2026

Starmer rejects accusation that Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding

PM responds to warnings by former Nato chief George Robertson, saying defence spending is increasing rapidly UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has said he does not agree with George Robertson’s comments about the government’s “corrosive complacency” on defence funding, as the prime minister faced sustained pressure on the issue. Questioned in the Commons about the warnings by Robertson, the former Labour defence secretary and Nato chief who co-authored a defence review for the gov

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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026

Labour's Sarwar brands Scottish Reform leader 'a liar' over deal claim

Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar brands Malcolm Offord "a pathetic, poisonous, odious little man" after a TV debate clash.

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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026

Starmer 'not going to yield' to pressure from Trump on Iran war

It follows a warning from the US president that America's trade deal with the UK "can always be changed".

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Express Politics15 Apr 2026

Express readers demand Starmer funds defence after chilling warning – 'safety in peril'

Daily Express readers have urged to the Prime Minister to spend more on defence as war looms in Europe and the Middle East.

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The Guardian Politics15 Apr 2026

Scottish Labour leader calls claim he tried to do Reform deal a ‘desperate lie’

Anas Sarwar says there have been ‘no stitch-ups, no deals, no backroom chats, no back-channel contact with Reform’ UK politics live – latest updates Anas Sarwar has dismissed as “a desperate lie from a desperate man” a claim by Reform UK’s Scotland leader, Malcolm Offord, that he offered to do a deal with the hard-right party to keep the Scottish National party out of power. Offord made the claim on Channel 4’s Scottish leaders’ debate on Tuesday evening, alleging the Scottish Labour leader ca

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The Guardian Politics15 Apr 2026

UK’s largest housebuilder to buy less land, in blow to Labour’s homes target

Barratt Redrow blames effects of Iran war, and likely impact on mortgage rates and costs, for further reduction Business live – latest updates Britain’s largest housebuilder is planning to dramatically cut back on buying new land, blaming the impact of the conflict in the Middle East and putting Labour’s ambitious housebuilding target under more pressure. Barratt Redrow said it intends to approve between 7,000 and 9,000 plots of land for purchase in its current financial year, far lower than p

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Express Politics15 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves just started a war - and there’ll only be one winner

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves seem confused over who our enemies and allies are these days.

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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026

Labour’s Benefit Boost and Public Sector Handouts Would More Than Pay for Defence Spending Uplift

Labour’s funding to increase benefits and award hyper-generous pay packages to public sector workers more than covers the gap between what defence figures now want for national security and what Reeves is prepared to spend. When they told you politics is about choices… The Times reports that Reeves is prepared to make room for less…

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Conservative Home15 Apr 2026

Rafe Fletcher: The prism for policy decisions should be fairness not group justice

Britain must make policy based on fairness, within a framework of trade-offs, rather than on abstract moral claims to justice. An easy diagnosis. A harder cure. The post Rafe Fletcher: The prism for policy decisions should be fairness not group justice appeared first on Conservative Home.

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