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Express Politics24 Mar 2026

I spent day with Nigel Farage – here's why he will be UK's next prime minister

Nigel's critics would do well to pay attention to his true potential.

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Express Politics24 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves told to press the panic button - you're going to hate what happens next

The Chancellor has a full-blown crisis on her hands. It'll bring out her worst instincts.

The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say

Ed Miliband insists only clean power will provide ‘energy sovereignty’ amid opposition calls for oil and gas expansion UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have said expanding North Sea drilling would put the UK at further risk of volatile fossil fuel markets, amid calls from the Conservatives and some Labour MPs to breach the manifesto pledge of no new oil and gas licences. The energy minister, Michael Shanks, said the UK was “learning the right lessons from this conflict so that we’re

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Guido Fawkes24 Mar 2026

Powell in China Yet Again for Talks on Iran

Jonathan Powell must be a very familiar face in Beijing. He’s back there on another unannounced visit this week, not disclosed by the British Government… Chinese media notes Powell met Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Chagos on the agenda no doubt, as well as Ukraine and Iran… Is the UK about to…

The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

The Peaky Blinders film is pandering to these populist times – I should know, the Nazi in it is my father | Francis Beckett

The film-makers would say they’re making drama, not history. But this is not the moment for yet another second world war film with a heroic myth The new Peaky Blinders film, The Immortal Man, offers us a character, John Beckett, who is a British Nazi. One of the two founders of Britain’s first Nazi party in 1937, alongside William Joyce and John Angus Macnab, was indeed a man named John Beckett. He had been director of publications for Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, but that year he

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Express Politics24 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer ‘will be forced to hand over Falkland Islands to Argentina’

EXCLUSIVE: It is only a matter of time before the British archipelago is given to to the South American country, it has been suggested.

The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

No fuel shortage in Britain, says minister, as Reeves prepares to set out economic response to Iran war – UK politics live

Energy minister Michael Shanks reassures drivers ahead of chancellor’s statement to MPs Good morning. At lunchtime Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will give a statement to MPs that will cover what the government is doing, and (more tentatively) might do, in response to the soaring global energy prices caused by the Iran war. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, also creating a global energy shortage, the Conservative government ended up spending £40bn supporting families and firms with energy bi

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Express Politics24 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage vows to scrap 'puritan' smoking ban as he insists 'we know the risks!'

Farage has pledged to scrap the generational smoking ban, branding it 'utterly unworkable' and warning the 'puritanical spirit of Cromwell stalks the land'.

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Guido Fawkes24 Mar 2026

Nandy: Burnham Should Have Been Allowed to Stand as MP

Lisa Nandy in the latest edition of the House Magazine: “[Andy Burnham] a friend of mine. He’s my mayor, and he was my neighbouring MP for seven years. I think he’s a huge asset to the party. And I’ve said before, I’ll say again, I’ll support him in whatever he wants to do.” “I think…

Sky News Politics24 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves takes back control

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Express Politics24 Mar 2026

Politics LIVE: Ed Miliband under fire as MPs urge him to ditch net zero

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Conservative Home24 Mar 2026

Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation

The Lords were right to strip ministers of powers that would let them direct investments into pet projects. The post Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation appeared first on Conservative Home.

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