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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Plaid Cymru vs Reform is choice between culture or ignorance, says ap Iorwerth

Plaid Cymru's leader told the party's conference that a Reform Welsh government would set Wales back by decades.

BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Plaid Cymru vs Reform is choice between culture or ignorance, says ap Iorwerth

Plaid Cymru's leader told the party's conference that a Reform Welsh government would set Wales back by decades.

The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Rachel Reeves ‘to give go-ahead’ for £1bn military helicopter deal

Report says chancellor to sign contract with Italy’s Leonardo, saving 3,000 manufacturing jobs at Yeovil factory Rachel Reeves is to approve a £1bn deal to build military helicopters in Yeovil, saving about 3,000 manufacturing jobs, according to reports. The chancellor is expected to sign a contract with Leonardo – the Italian owner of the former Westland factory in Yeovil, Somerset – to build the new battlefield helicopters, after months of speculation as to whether the historical site would su

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer

Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time that PM is capable of change When Labour’s Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, urged Keir Starmer to stand down two weeks ago, Starmer’s closest advisers presented him a choice: fight, flight or hand over his destiny to his party by calling a leadership contest. The prime minister chose the first option and his Downing Street team sprung into action to contain the threat. At the moment of greatest peril for Starmer, MPs peered

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

No more safe seats: the Greens take Gorton and Denton – podcast

In a stunning setback for Labour, the Green party has decisively won the Gorton and Denton byelection, with Reform UK finishing second. Does this result signal the end of Labour’s safe seats? And could it mark the beginning of the end for Keir Starmer? John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey unpack the fallout – and explore what might happen next Continue reading...

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Express Politics27 Feb 2026

Little UK town housing 500 migrants issues major warning after bombshell court ruling

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have vowed that protests will continue after the High Court rejected a residents' attempted legal challenge.

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Palestine Action arrest as Churchill statue defaced

The Westminster statue of the former prime minister is vandalised with slogans daubed in red paint.

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Guido Fawkes27 Feb 2026

Tory Frontbenchers Dig Into Their Old Messages to Attack Jenrick

Some less scrupulous Tory frontbenchers are scrolling back up their written records to see what they can dig up on Reform’s Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick. No love lost between old brothers… The Times ran a story midweek detailing that Jenrick, six months before his defection, asked “a senior Conservative figure” for information on Yusuf after…

The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Spencer’s victory speech an object lesson in grace while Reform’s man rages | John Crace

Matt Goodwin claimed cheating, Labour’s Gorton candidate quickly fled, Keir was tin-eared and Kemi brought the comedy It could have been a flash of arrogance. Hubris for the ages. On Thursday morning, at a time when most pundits were still calling the Gorton and Denton byelection a three-way fight that was impossible to call, the Green party sent out a note to journalists. Come along to the first press conference of Hannah Spencer MP tomorrow. And while you’re about it, stay on to join her for h

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Zack Polanski's unusual path to becoming Green Party leader

Zack Polanski has led the Greens to their first Westminster by-election victory, just six months after taking over the party.

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Welsh elections a choice between culture or ignorance, Plaid leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth tells party conference Labour and Tories ‘slipping away’ and Reform UK is main threat The leader of Plaid Cymru has claimed the Welsh parliament elections in May will be a straight fight between his party and Reform UK, which he billed as a choice between “culture or ignorance, humanity or indifference”. Speaking at the party’s biggest ever conference, Rhun ap Iorwerth, the clear favourite to be the next Welsh first minister, said the Gorton and Denton byelection showed Labour a

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Conservative Home27 Feb 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Just one contest this week. The Lib Dems held a seat in Southampton. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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