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Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

Reeves lets the crisis go to waste by uttering no national rallying cry

The Chancellor should have seized the initiative by declaring that we cannot go on with the public finances in such a parlous condition. The post Reeves lets the crisis go to waste by uttering no national rallying cry appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

UK inflation held at 3% before global energy price hit from Iran war

February annual rate in line with analysts’ expectations but outlook has shifted because of effects of conflict The UK inflation rate was unchanged at 3% in February, before Donald Trump’s Iran war drove up global energy costs, threatening a renewed price jump. Official figures showed the consumer prices index (CPI) remained at 3%, in line with economists’ expectations but still well above the government’s 2% target. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance “The worst part of it was the smell,” says Audrey Crook, 58. A full-time carer who lives with her 20-year-old son, Crook woke up at 11pm one night to find a foot of flood water on the ground floor of her home. “It was like black water. It had sewage and everything in it, it was absolutely disgusting.” Crook’s home – along with more than 30 others on Wyberton West Road and Park R

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer to face grilling after Rachel Reeves warning

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Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

John Redwood: When it comes to the Bond markets, by her own measures Reeves has ‘crashed the economy’

When markets forced up the interest rates in 2022 Rachel Reeves said Liz Truss had crashed the economy Reeves said 4.38 per cent for ten year money was too high. We have to report now that her own measure and words Rachel Reeves has crashed the economy. The post John Redwood: When it comes to the Bond markets, by her own measures Reeves has ‘crashed the economy’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

Austen Morgan: Why did Gerry Adams pull the plug on the victims’ claim?

The context was the conservatives’ 2023 Northern Ireland legacy act (public law), which the feeble Starmer government set out to repeal and replace (now paused), in order principally to please the Irish government and reset relationships with the EU. The post Austen Morgan: Why did Gerry Adams pull the plug on the victims’ claim? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

Peter Bedford: Why Thatcher matters to me and what of her legacy we could do with today

The 2024 intake is rediscovering a more Thatcherite voice: championing a free, entrepreneurial and property-owning democracy. The post Peter Bedford: Why Thatcher matters to me and what of her legacy we could do with today appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

Regulator for England lacks powers to deal with what the public accounts committee calls an ‘out-of-control plague’ The Environment Agency is too weak to tackle an “out-of-control plague” of waste dumping, a powerful group of MPs has said. The public accounts committee (PAC) said the EA had gaps in its powers and intelligence gathering which meant it was not set up to deal effectively with the rise in waste dumping. Continue reading...

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Artificial Intelligence is fuelling abuse of women and girls at 'unprecedented scale'

A landmark report warns AI is 'making abuse easier and more widespread' and reveals three in four people say the Government should do more to protect women

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Angela Rayner orders Keir Starmer to 'pick more fights' with businesses and landlords

A leaked recording has captured Angela Rayner ordering Starmer to take on landlords and businesses - and comparing Labour's poll collapse to Michael Foot

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The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

English councils to get guidance on designing safer streets for women and girls

Local transport minister describes initiative as fundamental issue of fairness in people’s ability to walk in their neighbourhoods Councils are for the first time to receive guidance on how to create streets that are safer for women and girls, as ministers try to tackle what they describe as systemic unfairness in people’s ability to walk around their own neighbourhood. The guidance, being drawn up by Active Travel England (ATE), is still being finalised but is expected to include measures such

The Guardian Politics25 Mar 2026

Public satisfaction with the NHS rises for first time since 2019

Wes Streeting set to hail result as proof of progress, but Britons remain frustrated with long waits for GP hospital care Public satisfaction with the NHS has risen for the first time since 2019, but people remain deeply frustrated with stubbornly long waits to receive GP, A&E or hospital care. The proportion of voters in Britain satisfied with the way the NHS runs has increased from the record low of 21% seen last year to 26%. At the same time dissatisfaction with the health service fell 8% – t

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