BBC Politics11 Mar 2026
HMS Dragon departs UK for eastern Mediterranean
The Type 45 destroyer's main role will be protecting RAF Akrotiri, which was hit with an Iranian-made drone.
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Express Politics11 Mar 2026
Pro-Iran 'hate march' banned in London as Mahmood warns of 'serious public disorder'
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has banned the Al Quds march - the first protest march banned in Britain since Tommy Robinson's EDL 2012
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The Guardian Politics10 Mar 2026
Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords
Upper chamber accepts final draft of bill, which offers life peerages to some who would otherwise be removed Hereditary peerages will be abolished before the next king’s speech after a deal was struck granting life peerages to some Conservatives and cross-benchers losing their seats. On Tuesday evening the upper chamber accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, marking the end of its passage through parliament and clearing the way for it to be added to the statute boo
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Express Politics10 Mar 2026
Labour warned to 'keep its hands off people's savings' over new pensions plan
Tories warn the move could allow ministers to force private funds to put money into 'whatever takes their fancy'
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Express Politics10 Mar 2026
Iran war sparks rural UK meltdown as oil prices surge by staggering 100%
Hardship a 'daily reality' as 1.5m British homes not on the mains gas grid are hammered by shock increases
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The Guardian Politics10 Mar 2026
Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran
Conservative leader accused of taking confusing position after she said Starmer should ‘do more than catch arrows’ Kemi Badenoch has said she never called for the UK to join Donald Trump’s war on Iran, after previously saying Keir Starmer should do more to “stop the people who are attacking us”. Labour accused Badenoch of having a confused position after the Conservative leader said she was not urging the government to join the US and Israel strikes on Iran but that the UK should “do more than c
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The Guardian Politics10 Mar 2026
Farage delivers energy sermon at the pump – just don’t mention the war
Reform leader’s Derbyshire petrol station stunt grinds to halt when questions on Iran leave him short-tempered Let’s try to look on the bright side. At least Nigel Farage wasn’t personally out of pocket. There again, he seldom is. The whole point of being Nige is to never pay for anything if you can help it. Unless you fancy buying a few shares in Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘Get Rich Quick’ crypto scheme. Ordinary punters would be well advised to think twice before doing the same. But Nige can’t escape th
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Express Politics10 Mar 2026
Keir Starmer chips away at UK reputation no matter the cost – Labour are pandering
OPINION - TIM NEWARK: Latest controversial move should send a chill down the spine of free speech activists
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Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026
The Right Angle: Root and Branch
Welcome back to the Right Angle, the insiders’ guide on the what’s happening on the British right. Exclusively for Guido members… The war in Iran is focusing minds at the top of both Reform and the Conservatives. Polling shows a majority of Brits disapprove of Trump’s campaign, and will take an even dimmer view when it…
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Express Politics10 Mar 2026
Ex-Royal Navy warship commander slams Starmer as HMS Dragon farce sees Macron humiliate UK
EXCLUSIVE: A former Navy commander said it's "pretty grim to watch" France send an armada to the region, while the UK still hasn't deployed HMS Dragon.
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The Guardian Politics10 Mar 2026
Trump and the Tories would have the UK wade into another Middle East war. Kudos to Starmer: he has not done that | Matt Western
The prime minister has approached a complex geopolitical conflict with a level head – and most importantly, the support of the public Matt Western is the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and chairs the joint committee on national security strategy Donald Trump’s demands for Keir Starmer’s unwavering support in the Iran strikes last week has echoes of earlier episodes in the US-UK “special relationship”. The prime minister’s response has been striking. There were no Bush-style flying jack
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Guido Fawkes10 Mar 2026
OBR: Oil Price Rise Could Hike Inflation by 1%
The OBR has said inflation could be 1% higher by the end of the year thanks to a long spike in energy prices. Just Reeves’s luck… David Miles, member of the OBR’s budget responsibility committee, told MPs in the Commons: “If there’s no change in the picture on prices from now on forward, we estimate…
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