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Sky News Politics20 Apr 2026

Starmer given warning ahead of another bruising day over Mandelson scandal

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned he has some "real bridge-building" to do with the civil service, as a former top official prepares to respond to the prime minister's stinging criticism over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

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Sky News Politics17 Apr 2026

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-wes-streeting-doctors-strike-labour-keir-starmer-iran-war-12593360?postid=11535317#liveblog-body'>Whitehall mandarins incredulous over sacking of Foreign Office boss</a>

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Sky News Politics16 Apr 2026

The Cathy Newman Show to launch on Sky News

Award-winning journalist Cathy Newman is bringing her own style of friendly, but forensic, political journalism to Sky News.

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Sky News Politics16 Apr 2026

UK economy grows by surprising amount

The UK economy grew far more than expected in the month before the war in Iran began, latest official figures show.

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Sky News Politics15 Apr 2026

MPs to launch national ad campaign to highlight extent UK military is unprepared for war

A cross-party group of MPs is set to launch a national advertising campaign that will highlight their view that the UK's military is underfunded - amid calls for increased defence spending.

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Sky News Politics15 Apr 2026

'Corrosive complacency' - Robertson tears into PM and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence

A decision by Lord George Robertson to call out the prime minister and his chancellor over their failure to rearm the UK at speed in the face of growing threats marks the most significant intervention on defence spending since the end of the Cold War.

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Sky News Politics14 Apr 2026

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Sky News Politics14 Apr 2026

UK military chiefs asked to find &#163;3.5bn in savings - and get ready for war

UK military chiefs have been asked to find £3.5bn in "efficiencies" and other savings this year, even as Sir Keir Starmer says he is readying his armed forces for war, sources have signalled.

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Sky News Politics14 Apr 2026

'Our national security is in peril,' Starmer and Reeves told by author of damning defence review

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will today be accused of "corrosive complacency" on defence, in a damning intervention by the lead author of their own defence review.

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Sky News Politics12 Apr 2026

Government YouTube drive to fight 'conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors'

The UK government will build a central YouTube content channel featuring influencers and everyday people in a bid to better communicate its policies to the public.

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Sky News Politics10 Apr 2026

Why a push to transform UK military is a 'fiasco'

A multimillion-pound push by the defence secretary to transform how the UK rearms and fights is a "fiasco", with too much focus on changing structures instead of preparing for war, according to interviews and conversations with a dozen defence sources.

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Sky News Politics10 Apr 2026

Farage 'leading culture war' with Kanye comments, Harriet Harman says

Former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has accused Nigel Farage of "leading a culture war" after his response to the government's decision to bar Kanye West from the UK.

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