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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

Zack Polanski repeated claim hypnosis can increase breast size, BBC interview reveals

Green party leader has said he immediately apologised for comments made in 2013 Sun interview, but footage six days later shows him standing by claim Zack Polanski’s claim to have immediately apologised for offering hypnosis intended to increase a woman’s breast size has been cast into doubt by the emergence of a 2013 interview with the Green party leader. In 2013, before he entered politics, Polanski was approached by a Sun journalist to see if a hypnotherapy session could make her breasts bigg

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Sky News Politics11 Mar 2026

MPs launch investigation into student loans system

A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates

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Express Politics11 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer's Peter Mandelson crisis enters a dangerous new stage

Voters across Britain and the Labour MPs who sit behind the Prime Minister in the Commons will be appalled that he put the warnings about the peer to one side

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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

A clever person knows their limitations … Kemi believes she has none

There was time for Kemi to embarrass herself again as she explained how we were both at war and not at war Taxi for Kemi. It’s only a matter of time before Tory MPs start thinking the unthinkable and hand their leader her P45. It could be happening even now. This week’s prime minister’s questions can only have concentrated a few minds. Buyer’s remorse has long since passed. Some have now moved through the five stages of grief. First there was the denial. Despite evidence to the contrary, Kemi wa

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Express Politics11 Mar 2026

Mandelson appointment 'weirdly rushed' despite Epstein links, No 10 dossier reveals

Bombshell documents show Downing Street advisers questioning the speed of the process in giving the peer the plum Washington job

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Guido Fawkes11 Mar 2026

Failing Cabinet Office’s Deputy Head Moved On

Announced today, Second Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office Clara Swinson will move to the DoJ to be Second Permanent Secretary under Lammy. A horizontal move like that often says something in Whitehall… Swinson was not a popular figure among some government sources in the Cabinet Office, who view her as a blocker along with…

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Express Politics11 Mar 2026

Green Party councillor liked Facebook posts praising assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei

Tory MPs demand Imtiaz Ali's immediate expulsion from Left-wing party

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Guido Fawkes11 Mar 2026

Labour Tries to Get Ahead of Mandelson Files With ‘Vetting Improvements’

A release from the Cabinet Office just now: “The Mandelson case has also shown more needs to be done and raised further questions about how the direct ministerial appointment process, and wider operation of government, can be strengthened.” Government will “look again” at financial interests of ministers and senior officials, lobbying transparency, and “whether the…

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Conservative Home11 Mar 2026

John Wall: The lessons of history for governments in trouble

Starmer’s government is unpopular suggesting a 2029 election. How will the Iran War or May elections play for him? Replacing him could be worthwhile, but if his successor hangs on until 2029 they’d have to achieve something only Attlee, just, and Major managed. The post John Wall: The lessons of history for governments in trouble appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

UK companies struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs told

Business lobby groups say firms less likely to take on staff with few qualifications or who have gaps in their CVs British companies are struggling to afford to hire young people after a long period of rising costs that have hit profit margins and derailed recruitment plans, business leaders say. Rising labour costs including increases to the minimum wage and employer’s national insurance by the government have put young people at the back of the queue when employers consider recruitment, busin

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Guido Fawkes11 Mar 2026

LIVE: Darren Jones Speaks on Release of First Group of Mandelson Files

Darren Jones is in the Commons again. This time to speak on the release of the first group of Mandelson Files…

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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

Starmer attacks Badenoch and Farage over Iran war support U-turns at raucous PMQs

Prime minister says UK would ‘be at war’ now if it were up to Tory and Reform leaders and accuses both of changing position on war UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has attacked Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their stance on the war in Iran, accusing both of U-turning on their support for Donald Trump. At a raucous prime minister’s questions, Starmer accused the leader of the opposition of making the “mother of all U-turns” and furiously trying to backpedal after she denied c

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