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Express Politics28 Mar 2026

Deepening prisons crisis is 'damning indictment of David Lammy’s failure'

Warnings have sounded over six prisons and there are fears for public safety as offenders are released

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Express Politics28 Mar 2026

Trump’s war blows up in his face - and Keir Starmer is rubbing his hands with glee

The world is watching the Iran war in horror. US president Donald Trump is running out of time.

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Guido Fawkes28 Mar 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 940,272 visitors visited 839,009 times viewing 908,837 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Starmer Holds Head in Hands in PMQs Disaster McSweeney’s Call Transcript to Police After Phone Theft Lobby Hacks Play Musical Chairs in Jobs Shake-Up Starmer Loses Cool in Liaison Committee Over Missing Defence Plan…

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Reform candidate in Wales steps down after apparent Nazi salute

Party announces Corey Edwards’ decision to quit Senedd election campaign on grounds of mental health A Reform UK candidate for the Welsh Senedd elections in May has announced he is standing down because of his mental health, after a photograph emerged of him apparently making a Nazi salute as an imitation of Adolf Hitler. The announcement by Reform comes a day after Nigel Farage defended Corey Edwards, its lead candidate for the Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg constituency, saying he might have instead

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Express Politics27 Mar 2026

Tax cut warning for Rachel Reeves - even socialist Spain has helped motorists with this

The Chancellor is coming under mounting pressure to ease the burden on drivers as prices continue to rise at the pumps

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Express Politics27 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves days are numbered as Chancellor - this huge mistake just sealed her fate

The Labour MP is under intense pressure as the Iran war impacts the UK economy

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BBC Politics27 Mar 2026

Reform candidate quits Senedd election after appearing to do Nazi salute

The photo of Corey Edwards was published after he was announced as a Reform candidate on Wednesday.

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Ministers should ‘start doing stuff’ to help farmers and cut fuel costs, says Asda boss

Allan Leighton predicts food prices will inevitably rise, as group’s full-year profits dive by a third to £764m Asda’s executive chair has called on the government to “stand up and start doing stuff” to support farmers and ease the price of fuel as he warned that food prices would inevitably rise as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. Allan Leighton said farmers were under pressure but the supermarket had so far received “a trickle of requests not an avalanche” of cost price increases f

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Cabinet Office to ask Mandelson to provide messages from personal phone

Exchanges about US ambassador appointment may be lost after McSweeney’s phone was stolen UK politics live – latest updates Peter Mandelson will be asked to supply messages from his personal phone as part of the investigation into his appointment as Keir Starmer’s ambassador to the US. In February, MPs forced the government to commit to publishing tens of thousands of documents after a controversy erupted over the prime minister’s awareness of the former peer’s links to the convicted child sex

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Express Politics27 Mar 2026

Ex-NATO commander claims Trump is ‘lying’ as Iran’s ‘got him by short and curlies'

As the US President extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and questions persist over reported negotiations, General Sir Richard Shirreff has claimed Trump "almost certainly is lying"

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Sky News Politics27 Mar 2026

Every time Trump has attacked Starmer over the Iran war - as PM vows to not 'back down'

Sir Keir Starmer says Donald Trump is seeking to "put pressure on me in different ways" - but has insisted that he won't "buckle under pressure".

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BBC Politics27 Mar 2026

Marco Rubio meets G7 counterparts amid Iran war

It is the secretary of state's first foreign trip since the conflict began last month.

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