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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026

Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"

Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.

ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026

Troubling Evidence Of Corruption

The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform

RestoreRemigration24/02/2026

Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang

Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.

PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026

The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future

Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Tell us: have you received local election leaflets through your door?

We’d like to hear about the local election leaflets you’ve received from political parties in your area Have you received local election leaflets through your door? We’d like to see them. In an era of political turmoil, we’re particularly interested to see who each political party sees as their rival in their local area. You can tell us about the leaflets you’ve received – and share pictures of them – below. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Scottish Labour pledges £30m to top up artists’ income to a living wage

Anas Sarwar says scheme would be part of overhaul of arts funding in Scotland Labour has pledged to spend £30m on giving Scottish artists and musicians a living wage, mirroring a similar scheme in Ireland guaranteeing artists a basic income. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, said the scheme would be part of a deeper shake-up of cultural funding in Scotland by integrating arts and culture into the Scottish government’s economic strategies if his party won power in next month’s Holyrood ele

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts

Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff UK politics live – latest updates Health service staff have expressed alarm that engineers working for controversial tech company Palantir have been given NHS email accounts. Employees using NHS.net email accounts have access to a directory with the contact details of up 1.5 million staff. Sources believe Palantir staff were granted the same access. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Londoners may regret protest votes for Reform or Greens in local elections, says Sadiq Khan

Exclusive: Capital’s mayor warns people not to use next month’s elections as a referendum on Labour’s progress UK politics live – latest updates Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas. Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for young people, the London mayor also

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

What has conflict in Iran revealed about the UK’s geopolitical standing and military readiness?

Whatever happens next as US and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, some important lessons have been learned Middle East crisis – live updates The world breathed a sigh of relief in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the US and Iran agreed to an 11th hour two-week ceasefire, after diplomatic intervention from Iran. Hours after Donald Trump had threatened widespread bombing of Iran’s power plants and bridges, warning that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”, both countries agreed to a

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Bristol airport loses legal challenge against Cardiff rival over £205m subsidy

Tribunal dismisses claim that the Welsh government’s financial package breached competition rules Cardiff airport has won a legal challenge brought by its rival in Bristol over the fairness of a £205m Welsh government subsidy package. A judgment by the competition appeal tribunal on Tuesday unanimously dismissed Bristol airport’s case against the Welsh government, which Bristol had argued distorted the market and breached the Subsidy Control Act. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

‘We’d all be in the destruction zone!’ Can anything stop today’s nuclear free-for-all?

The Lib Dems’ Sue Miller has spent most of her life trying to reduce the risk of nuclear war. And it’s not going well. Why are so few people talking about non-proliferation, let alone disarmament? Almost the mildest remark that Sue Miller makes about nuclear weapons is also the scariest: “The last people to take a big interest in any of this were Gordon Brown and Margaret Beckett.” Those people seem such a long way away – Brown, of course, still campaigns valiantly against poverty, and Beckett i

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer welcomes Iran war ceasefire as he heads to Gulf to meet regional leaders – UK politics live

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Sarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street. Jones told Times Radio: [Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign se

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer heads to Gulf after US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire

PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran. The prime minister’s visit on Wednesday comes hours after a two-week ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday evening, canceling a self-imposed deadline by the US president, Donald Trump, for Iran to s

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’ Jailed criminals who are flooding prisons with drugs should be isolated like radical extremists and “assertively managed”, the England and Wales prisons watchdog has said. Charlie Taylor, HM inspector of prisons, said major dealers were living “consequence-free” in jail when they should be separated from the majority of inmates, subjected to regular searches for phones, and punis

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say

Senior climate figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countries Opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned. The UK government is under stiff pressure from the oil industry, the Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK par

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas

Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate Britain Commonwealth politicians say they will not back down from seeking reparations as UK public figures, including a former Reform insider, warn the rightwing party’s pledge to “punish” countries seeking justice for slavery would harm and isolate Britain. This week, Reform UK said they would halt visas for nationals of countries formally demanding reparations from Britain if they took power

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