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BBC Politics10 Apr 2026

Iran conflict will define us for a generation, says PM

Speaking during a three-day visit to the Middle East, the prime minister says the current ceasefire is "fragile".

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension

Let us at least be honest about what the triple lock has become: not a narrow guarantee against poverty, but a very large and politically protected transfer to the most electorally powerful age bloc in the country. The post Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics10 Apr 2026

Iran conflict will define us for a generation, says PM

Speaking during a three-day visit to the Middle East, the prime minister says the current ceasefire is "fragile".

Housing
BBC Politics10 Apr 2026

SNP pledges 'first refusal' for tenants to buy private rental homes

John Swinney says it would help renters get on the housing ladder but other parties say the SNP is to blame for the housing emergency.

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Express Politics10 Apr 2026

Rachel Reeves 'destroying' UK housing market as Brits hammered by another new tax

Some people who voted Labour in 2024 now regret their decision, a survey has suggested.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens

A general election is still years away but if the landscape then resembles the current state of play, one key question will be which putative governing coalition is least chaotic – and this Centrist group of voters may hold the answer. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics10 Apr 2026

SNP pledges 'first refusal' for tenants to buy private rental homes

John Swinney says it would help renters get on the housing ladder but other parties say the SNP is to blame for the housing emergency.

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Labour leave open loophole for criminals despite vital change to key scheme

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers confirmed victims' families will be given six months to challenge "unduly lenient" sentences, up from the current deadline of 28 days.

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer

We should not be at the mercy of events abroad. That’s why, from energy to defence to key social policies, we aim to remake our country Britain has been buffeted by crises for nearly two decades now. And from the 2008 financial crash, through austerity, to Brexit, Covid, the Ukraine war and Liz Truss, the response from Westminster has always been the same. Manage the crisis, find a sticking plaster and then desperately try to reassert the status quo. This time, it will be different. The war in I

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BBC Politics9 Apr 2026

Greens launch local election campaign with focus on housing

Party leader Zack Polanski accuses Labour of failing to build enough social and affordable homes.

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

Trump and the Middle East: can Starmer do anything? – podcast

Keir Starmer and the UK government are scrabbling to keep up with Trump’s fast-changing position on Iran and the Middle East. While a two-week ceasefire is in place, how long will it hold for? Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping look at what happens now. And, with the local election campaign under way, how are the different parties responding to the conflict? Guardian Live: Can Labour come back from the brink? With a difficult set of May elections approaching, Labour under threat from both the Gr

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

Son of British couple detained in Iran calls on Starmer to press for their release

Joe Bennett says ceasefire presents ‘very opportune moment’ to raise case of his parents, Lindsay and Craig Foreman Middle East crisis – live updates The son of a British couple detained in Tehran on espionage charges has called on Keir Starmer to prioritise their case in the “very opportune moment” of a ceasefire in the Iran conflict. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, were arrested while on a five-day trip across Iran in January last year and have been held in Evin prison for 15 mo

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