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Sky News Politics26 Feb 2026

Views sought on criminalising deepfake creation in bid to tackle violence against women and girls

A new law on the creation of deepfake intimate images is being considered by the Scottish government as part of a series of reforms aimed at tackling violence against women and girls.

Crime
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Met apologises to Lord Speaker after Mandelson tip-off error

Lord Mandelson's lawyers said police arrested the peer because of a "baseless" suggestion he was planning to move abroad.

Crime
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Met apologises to Lord Speaker after Mandelson tip-off error

Lord Mandelson's lawyers said police arrested the peer because of a "baseless" suggestion he was planning to move abroad.

Crime
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Jersey passes assisted dying law - but what stage has proposal reached in UK's parliaments?

Bills to let terminally ill people end their life are being considered at Westminster and in Scotland.

Politics
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Jersey approves assisted dying law

The Jersey vote means five parliaments across the British Isles are now debating assisted dying.

Politics
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Record levels of rough sleepers in England, figures reveal

There were 4,793 people sleeping on the streets on a single night last autumn.

BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

UK finalises post-Brexit border deal for Gibraltar

Travellers to the Rock will have to show their passport twice under a new UK-EU treaty.

Immigration
Express Politics26 Feb 2026

Andrew 'must repay taxpayer cash he used for massages', Rachel Reeves blasts

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office last week.

Economy
Guido Fawkes26 Feb 2026

Met Police Apologises to Lord Speaker After Mistakenly Naming Him as Mandelson Arrest Tipster

The Met has supplied a formal apology to both parliamentary speakers now. Good to see everything operating at normal in the capital’s police force… Police detectives told lawyers acting for Peter Mandelson that Lord Forsyth – the Speaker of the House of Lords – and Lindsay Hoyle dobbed him in by reporting his intentions to…

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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Sean Ridley: Britain’s energy market isn’t working

The only answer is for government to get out the way, make mature technologies stand on their own financially and stop socialising the costs of Ed Miliband’s follies via consumers’ bills. The post Sean Ridley: Britain’s energy market isn’t working appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Guardian joins media coalition to protect original journalism from unpaid use by AI

BBC and Financial Times among those calling for frameworks to help publishers gain control over their content being ‘scraped and copied’ A coalition of UK media companies including the Guardian has urged industry peers to back global frameworks ensuring AI firms pay for the journalism they use. The news providers are calling on leaders across publishing, broadcasting, media and news to join their newly created group, with the aim of protecting “original journalism” and securing “the long-term su

The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Number of asylum seekers in UK hotels falls to 18-month low

Home Office figures also show a rise in asylum refusal rates, with government claiming tightening of rules is working UK politics live – latest updates The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels has fallen to the lowest level for 18 months, Home Office figures show. The statistics released on Thursday also show a drop in asylum granting rates. Continue reading...

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