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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026

Starmer is still missing his defence plan

Sure, ministers can claim that Britain is on “war footing”, but how can it really be when the money remains theoretical. The post Starmer is still missing his defence plan appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026

MPs wary of move against Starmer while war is raging

Even after electoral disaster, Iran war gives many MPs pause for thought about timing of leadership contest A week after Labour’s election victory in July 2024, officials at Labour HQ held their first crisis meeting about the May 2026 local elections. The party had just secured a 174-seat majority and already strategists were predicting it would be very tough, though none were assuming the prime minister’s own position would be vulnerable. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves to tell G7 accelerating shift to clean energy is best defence against energy price shocks

Starmer to convene major energy industry and insurance figures to draw up emergency plans amid continued blockade of strait of Hormuz Rachel Reeves will warn G7 nations they must move faster on clean energy to insulate economies against global price shocks from oil and gas as she and the energy secretary Ed Miliband meet G7 finance and energy ministers on Monday. Keir Starmer will also gather major energy industry and insurance figures to thrash out what emergency measures might be needed to con

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer to launch local elections campaign with focus on cost of living

PM will also cite Iran war as reason to stick with Labour, as party adopts new slogan: ‘Pride in Britain’ Keir Starmer will say that a vote for Reform UK will put at risk progress Labour is making on the cost of living, arguing that Britain’s values are being tested in a volatile world. Launching the party’s local elections campaign with a new slogan: “Pride in Britain”, Starmer will urge voters to stay the course with Labour. A dire set of results are predicted for the party in Wales, Scotland

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

War in Iran erodes the chancellor’s headroom and exposes our fragility | Heather Stewart

Rachel Reeves boasts of the £23bn she has built up against her fiscal rules but now she – or any future steward of the economy – has little space to manoeuvre It is with no pleasure that I must report a depressing domestic byproduct of the war in the Middle East: headroom chat is back. Of course, shifts in investors’ appetite for gilts – UK government bonds – are trivial, in the context of the bloodshed in Iran and beyond. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics29 Mar 2026

Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns

The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.

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Express Politics29 Mar 2026

Reeves is dragging us back to the 70s with blackouts and rationing - then it gets worse

The war in Iran threatens chaos. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is going to make everything even worse.

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double

Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis Nigel Farage’s farming adviser has called for a doubling of wheat prices by using trade policy, which critics have said would hike food costs during a cost-of-living crisis. Arable farmer and campaigner Clive Bailye has been appointed as a farming and land use adviser for Reform UK. Bailye owns the website The Farming Forum, a social network for farmers, and helped organise the large-scale

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Express Politics29 Mar 2026

Ed Miliband torn apart for 'stupid' and 'completely crazy' energy stance at time of war

The battle to open new oil and gas fields in the North Sea is cranking up a gear as fears mount for the security of UK supplies

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Express Politics29 Mar 2026

New generation of drone-killing RAF 'aces' celebrated as Iran attacks foiled

Four personnel have won the coveted status as an 'ace' after destroying five or more Iranian drones

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BBC Politics29 Mar 2026

Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns

The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.

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Express Politics28 Mar 2026

Starmer issued stern warning over new UK countryside ban - 'Labour can't win without us!'

A top lawyer and Labour MP warns Labour's latest hunting ban could cost Sir Keir Starmer's party the election

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