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Express Politics20 Mar 2026

Donald Trump warned Keir Starmer not to appoint Peter Mandelson as pressure ramps up

Donald Trump's aides reportedly told No.10 they didn't like the choice of Peter Mandelson for ambassador.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand

International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supply Lowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption is among potential contingency plans being drawn up by the UK government as the crisis in the Middle East threatens global oil supplies. Sources stressed that there is no shortage of fuel in the UK, but said that officials in the Department for Transport were working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) on

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

‘We need to think much bigger’: trade minister calls for greater ambition in UK-EU reset

Exclusive: Chris Bryant says policy agreements are being done in bits and pieces but a greater vision is needed by both sides It was all smiles and warm handshakes when the two men in charge of renegotiating the UK’s relationship with the EU met in Brussels this week. Maroš Šefčovič and the UK minister for EU relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, sharing a stage on the third floor of the vast European parliament building, were at pains to show the cross-Channel relationship was in a good place after y

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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Iran warns UK letting US use bases is 'participation in aggression'

Iran's foreign minister urges his UK counterpart Yvette Cooper to end cooperation with the US.

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Express Politics20 Mar 2026

UK households face £300 increase in energy bills because of Donald Trump's Iran war

The conflict is set to have a devastating effect on Britain's economy and living standards.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP

Kim Leadbeater joins protest against delaying of bill to allow assisted dying in the UK and says people are ‘extremely angry’ The House of Lords “signed its own death warrant” over its stalling of the UK assisted dying bill, the MP Kim Leadbeater said as she joined more than a dozen terminally ill and bereaved people in protest outside parliament. Marking the second anniversary of the death at Dignitas of the prominent assisted dying campaigner Paola Marra, Leadbeater, whose private member’s bil

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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully

The homes we construct today will form the landscape of Britain for generations. They will shape how children grow up, how neighbours interact and how communities perceive themselves. Building well is therefore not an aesthetic indulgence; it is an act of civic stewardship. The post Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Reform-led council approves councillor wage rise

It is "bad optics" to "award ourselves a nice little pay rise", a Green Party councillor says.

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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Iran warns UK letting US use bases is 'participation in agression'

Iran's foreign minister urges his UK counterpart Yvette Cooper to end cooperation with the US.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK which left them injured Three men who sued the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams over three Irish Republican Army bombings in Britain have withdrawn their lawsuit, their lawyers told the high court in London. Adams, who became the president of Sinn Féin in 1983 when it was the IRA’s political wing, was for many years the best-known face of the movement seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland. Continue re

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Express Politics20 Mar 2026

Lisa Nandy hits out at culture wars hours after BBC outrages women - you can't make it up

OPINION - SAM LISTER: If she really wants an end to the culture wars she might take a look at who starts these skirmishes.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

There’s nothing sinister about Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square. As a bishop, I reject the right’s attacks on worship | Arun Arora

At a time when Britain has never felt more divided, we should draw on Christian values to reject hate and focus on what unites us When you think about the unedifying political furore about the open iftar held in Trafalgar Square, try to bear in mind that every year on Remembrance Day – a stone’s throw from Trafalgar Square – the bishop of London leads a public Christian act of lamentation in the open air. It is an act of religious observance which happens in cities, towns and villages across the

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