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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Starmer most popular PM - in Toby Jug sales

Toby Jugs depicting Sir Keir outsold all other prime ministers in the Parliament shop in 2025.

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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Starmer most popular PM - in Toby Jug sales

Toby Jugs depicting Sir Keir outsold all other prime ministers in the Parliament shop in 2025.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?

Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats It will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that has highlighted the lack of military capacity available to the UK. Nominally, HMS Dragon was one of three destroyers available out of six. In reality the warship has had to be hauled out

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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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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

UK allows US to use bases to strike Iranian sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

Downing Street said ministers approved the expansion after accusing Iran of "reckless strikes".

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Express Politics20 Mar 2026

I believe in a woman's right to choose but this new move risks nothing less than murder

OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: The Lords cannot hide behind a 'pro-choice' argument to open the doors to potentially barbaric practices in Britain

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Guido Fawkes20 Mar 2026

Guido Whispers: Bell Ends Up Hiring?

Members get access to Guido Whispers every Friday. For all the latest gossip swirling around Westminster and beyond, join us today by clicking here. Get tomorrow’s news, today…

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Sky News Politics20 Mar 2026

Cabinet ministers look at blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes

Cabinet ministers have looked at a blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes on work by taking on "vested interests" profiteering from the cost of living crisis.

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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Council by-election result from this week and forthcoming contests

There was only one contest this week. Reform UK gained a seat from an independent in Pembrokeshire. The post Council by-election result from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes20 Mar 2026

Mauritius Deputy Prime Minister Resigns Triggering Political Crisis over Chagos

As threatened and as Guido had noted earlier, Mauritius’s Deputy Prime Minister Paul Berenger has resigned overnight. His action follows a phone call with Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam yesterday… The Mauritius government – which is a fractured coalition – may now collapse. Another nail in the coffin for Starmer’s Chagos deal, it’s beginning to become…

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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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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Ministers look at blueprint for economic overhaul amid fears cost of living could hand election to far right

Many MPs say they are frustrated with communications strategy that brands both Reform and Greens as extremists Cabinet ministers have been studying a blueprint for Labour to radically overhaul its economic offer and messaging, including devolving tax powers, abolishing national insurance and major property tax reforms. Passed around dozens of MPs, the paper argues that without a major rethink, the failure to tackle the discontent on the cost of living will hand the next election to a hard-right

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