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Express Politics7 Mar 2026

Reform storms to double by-election victory as it bounces back from Gorton defeat

Nigel Farage's party scoops two new seats but is rocked by an uncharacteristic Labour success

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Sky News Politics7 Mar 2026

Badenoch's hawkish approach to Iran war may not be wise

In recent years, during moments of international conflict, we've become used to the main British political parties calling something of a truce - largely holding off on the partisan attacks for a moment of unity in the name of the national interest.

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

Labour accuse Badenoch of scoring ‘cheap political points’ over Iran strikes

Defence minister urges ‘serious politics’ after Tory leader criticises prime minister’s stance at spring conference Middle East crisis live: latest news updates Labour has accused Kemi Badenoch of scoring “cheap political points” after the Conservative party leader said Keir Starmer was “too scared” to join strikes on Iran. Al Carns, the defence minister, said “serious politics” was required in response to Badenoch’s speech at the party’s spring conference where she criticised the prime minist

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax

Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year A UK recruitment business has been acquired out of administration for a third time in four years as part of a succession of deals that left some of the former management team in place and millions of pounds owed to the public purse. The chain of insolvencies appears to contain more examples of phoenixism – a process when companies are liquidated and directors are able to rise from the ashes

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

MPs demand to meet Travelodge CEO over Maidenhead sexual assault case

Conviction of Kyran Smith for 2022 incident raises questions about firm’s security processes, says letter More than 20 MPs have demanded an urgent meeting with the CEO of Travelodge after a woman was sexually assaulted by a man who had been given her room number and a key card by hotel staff. The MPs said the case of Kyran Smith, 29, who was jailed for seven-and-a-half years last month, raised “deeply concerning” questions. He attacked the woman after a party in December 2022. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken | Zack Polanski

Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow This week, I sat in the gallery of the House of Commons and watched a historic moment unfold: Hannah Spencer was sworn in as the MP for Gorton and Denton, making her the first female plumber to sit in parliament, and the first ever Green MP in the north of England. It marked the start of a new era: for Gorton and Denton, for the Green party and for British politics across the

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Express Politics7 Mar 2026

Girls are being made to 'hate themselves” while “boys are being fed porn and violence'

MPs will get the chance this coming week to vote to ban phones from school and keep young people off social media

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Guido Fawkes7 Mar 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 995,331 visitors visited 844,936 times viewing 913,154 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Partners of Sitting & Former Labour MPs Arrested on Suspicion of Spying for China Jenrick Releases Vidoe on Reeves’ Questionable Friendship With Mosque Chairman Downing Street Denies Receiving Glasman’s Report Warning Against Mandelson Appointment…

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Express Politics7 Mar 2026

The one politician who can turn from 'badass to charming' in the blink of an eye

It was quite the week in the Mother of all Parliaments, with a major conflict erupting in the Middle East and MPs keeping it Strictly unprofessional

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

Where did the Mandelson escape theory come from? British Virgin Island officials aren’t talking

The plot rumour led to the former cabinet minister’s arrest, but while BVI officials avoid comment, residents wonder why anyone believed it Is it really plausible that Peter Mandelson could have hatched a daring plot to escape to the British Virgin Islands? In the capital of Road Town for the last week or so, the question has been on many minds. And even if the UK’s Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, came away with that possibility in mind from a recent visit, very few of them are convinced. “It se

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Sky News Politics7 Mar 2026

PM 'sitting on the fence' over Iran, Badenoch claims - and Labour 'is no longer patriotic'

Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is "nothing like the patriotic party of yesteryear" and "playing student politics" over the Iran war.

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BBC Politics6 Mar 2026

Tory peer quits after Lords probe into PPE deals

It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic.

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