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BBC Politics27 Mar 2026

Assisted dying bill will not now become law, say both sides

The House of Lords are continuing to debate the proposals but there is not enough time to complete all the stages in the current parliamentary session.

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Guido Fawkes27 Mar 2026

Starmer Rams Lords With Labour Cronies as He Exceeds Ten Years of Tory Appointments

A side note to the emerging story today that Starmer is set to make failing Mayor of London Sadiq Khan a peer to buy his silence after the expected Labour implosion at this summer’s local elections. Starmer has form when it comes to peerage appointments… For all the hand-wringing about Tory proposals over the years,…

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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

Election shock as bombshell poll shows huge group of voters rejecting Labour and Tories

New research suggests working-class voters who previously backed the two parties have abandoned them.

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Express Politics27 Mar 2026

Reform UK wins council by-election in boost ahead of local elections

The win for Nigel Farage's party comes ahead of the May local elections.

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction

Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched • UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has promised a “fight” with social media firms amid efforts to limit children’s use of mobile phones, tablets and TVs, as new official guidance recommends children under five spend no more than an hour a day on screens. The guidance, developed by a panel led by the children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza and children’s health expert Prof Russ

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Labour under pressure to appoint Tory ex-minister as next Ofcom chair

Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the new chair of the media regulator Ofcom, as he battles for the job against a Labour peer. The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life, as concern over online content has grown rapidly, alongside the rise of more politically partisan broadcasting. No successor has yet been name

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned

To this day, those on the Far Left are convinced that Wilson was ousted from 10 Downing Street by an establishment campaign of smears and threats. The post Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes27 Mar 2026

‘Dozens’ of Labour MPs Privately Demand Starmer Waters Down Net Zero Policy

Steve Yemm has told GB News’s Christopher Hope that up to 40 of his fellow Labour MPs have written privately to senior Cabinet ministers demanding a rethink of Miliband’s plan to end sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Nearly one in ten of the PLP… Speaking on Chopper’s Political Podcast, Yemm said:…

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BBC Politics27 Mar 2026

Assisted dying bill will not become law, say both sides

The House of Lords are continuing to debate the proposals but there is not enough time to complete all the stages in the current parliamentary session.

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Starmer says Iran and Ukraine wars could reshape global order and ‘define us for a generation’ – UK politics live

His remarks come as foreign secretary Yvette Cooper meets her counterparts at a G7 meeting in France The second day of the G7 meeting near Paris is under way. We heard from Yvette Cooper earlier this morning before the summit began, saying she and other foreign ministers will discuss the conflict in the Middle East “where we want to see a swift resolution that reaches regional stability and security and opens the strait of Hormuz”. The narrow waterway, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping cha

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Billy Bragg calls for big turnout at London march against far right

Musician urges public to send clear message at what is expected to be UK’s biggest ever multicultural rally Billy Bragg has encouraged people to send a clear message to those seeking to divide the country by turning out to support what is expected to be the biggest multicultural march in UK history on Saturday. Speaking to the Guardian before the Together Alliance’s march against the far right in central London, the musician and political activist said participants hoped to “send out a message t

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