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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Prime minister tells Jewish leaders legislation against malign state actors will go before parliament in July Keir Starmer has promised to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards by introducing legislation in the next session of parliament in July. On a trip to Kenton united synagogue in north-west London on Thursday, the prime minister said he wanted “to make Britain a country where our Jewish community feels safe”. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Assisted Dying Bill Runs Out of Time in Lords

PA: Assisted dying will not become law in England and Wales after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ran out of time in the House of Lords. So it goes…

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

‘Is Britain Broken?’ An EXCLUSIVE Guido Fawkes-IEA Event

For the first time ever, Guido Fawkes is partnering with the Institute of Economic Affairs for an exclusive panel debate in the heart of Westminster this June. Is Britain Broken? Britain’s economic record over the past decade and a half makes for uncomfortable reading. Productivity growth has flatlined. Real wages have barely recovered from the…

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Tim Sansom: Running for power. Finding the mental, physical or political mindset to navigate parliamentary life

Tim Sansom works for Dr Luke Evans MP as a Senior Parliamentary Researcher and is a committed runner and advocate for running. Let me take you back to Gunnersbury Park on 22 July 2017. I had heard that London could be a lonely and tiring city if you could not find a niche or tribe […] The post Tim Sansom: Running for power. Finding the mental, physical or political mindset to navigate parliamentary life appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

In less than two weeks, the PM faces a crucial set of elections in Scotland, Wales and for many English councils.

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

In less than two weeks, the PM faces a crucial set of elections in Scotland, Wales and for many English councils.

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

SAS Regimental Association Asks All Labour MPs to Bin the Troubles Bill in Commons Vote

The Special Air Service Regimental Association has written to all Labour MPs imploring them to vote to ditch the hated Troubles Bill. The bill was delayed until the next parliamentary session this week by Hilary Benn, who claimed that the government would change it substantially via amendments… The SAS association – which counts the Prince…

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

The assisted dying bill has failed - but the debate isn't over

In June 2025 MPs backed the legislation but now it has run out of time to become law.

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

No, Minister: the week Keir Starmer had his own Sir Humphrey moment

Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from history about how ministers should respond The Whitehall satire, Yes, Minister, was said to be Margaret Thatcher’s favourite TV show due to its proximity to reality, as the programme’s loquacious top civil servant, Sir Humphrey, might have put it. The programme had a familiar groove: there would be a problem in response to which the mandarin would artfully deploy the most astonishing sophistry to avoid blame

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran war The UK’s position on the Falklands is resolute and unchanging, Downing Street has insisted, after a leaked Pentagon internal email proposed the US should reassess its support for Britain’s claim to the islands because of a lack of support over Iran. Keir Starmer’s spokesperson did not push back against the likely veracity of the email but insisted that the UK’s defence and security

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges

Exclusive: Prominent figures risk arrest with message of support for proscribed group before next week’s appeal hearing UK politics live – latest updates Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno have written to the court of appeal in support of Palestine Action before next week’s hearing to determine the lawfulness of the ban on the direct action protest group. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Starmer to Introduce Legislation to Proscribe IRGC ‘In a Few Weeks Time’

The Jewish Chronicle reports that Starmer has reversed a years-long British reluctance to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and will attempt to do so in the next session of parliament: “In relation to malign state actors more generally, and proscription, we do need legislation in order to take necessary measures, and that is…

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