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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Nearly a Million Self-Employed Brits Face New Quarterly Tax Returns

HMRC data published today shows 864,000 self-employed workers and landlords will be forced into quarterly digital tax reporting when ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ goes live in April. The construction sector is the worst affected, with 251,000 businesses caught by the new rules. That is nearly a third of the total. One-man band plumbers,…

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Conservative Home17 Mar 2026

David Willetts: Labour’s New Deal for young people has a focus on apprenticeships – a good idea if understood properly

It's right to try to grow the number of apprenticeships. They are worthwhile and popular. But there are limits. They thrive in environments where there are more regulated jobs and activities. They are not guaranteed routes into long-term stable employment in an open flexible economy. The post David Willetts: Labour’s New Deal for young people has a focus on apprenticeships – a good idea if understood properly appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Cost of housing and welfare for each asylum seeker revealed in bombshell new figures

EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer has vowed to close hotels and 'smash' people smuggling gangs but watchdog predicts 'only modest reductions' in massive spending.

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Angela Rayner's brutal reforms under fire for causing ‘needless damage’ to pensions

Pension funds and City firms warn the Government's flagship housing Bill risks spooking investors.

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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Britain’s Inheritance Tax ‘One of the Harshest in the World’

A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs has found the UK’s death tax rate is “far more punishing” than even the 40% headline figure appears. It is brutal for parents hoping to provide for their children… The British tax code offers no lower rate or exemption for assets passed on to children, unlike…

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

UK will not be drawn into wider war in Middle East, says Keir Starmer

PM’s comments come as he announces support for households reliant on heating oil amid surging costs UK politics live – latest updates The UK will not be drawn into the wider war in the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said, as he announced that households reliant on heating oil to warm their homes would receive £53m of government support to help with their bills. After costs surged following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, lower-income households will get targeted support, while heating oil su

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Minister plays down Trump’s Nato threat, arguing US alliance strong enough to ‘outlast’ current issues – UK politics live

Pat McFadden says Trump running a ‘transactional presidency’ and that ‘our job is to navigate this’ Good morning. Keir Starmer is holding a press conference in Downing Street this morning. As Kiran Stacey reports, the PM’s main intention will be to announce support for people most hit by rising energy prices, particularly householders reliant on heating oil. The measures are expected to be worth tens of millions of pounds. But, inevitably, most of the focus likely to be on how Starmer responds t

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad The UK’s public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into a controversial government anti-fraud scheme that resulted in thousands of families being wrongly stripped of their child benefit payments. The National Audit Office (NAO) will examine how HM Revenue and Customs designed and implemented a scheme that used flawed Home Office travel records to identify parents suspected of

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BBC Politics15 Mar 2026

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end reliance on US, say Lib Dems

Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start work on a "fully independent British nuclear deterrent".

Housing
Express Politics15 Mar 2026

Reeves promises heating oil support as Iran war sends energy bills soaring for 1.5m homes

Rachel Reeves will set out a support package next week for 1.5million off-grid homes facing soaring heating oil costs driven by the Iran war.

DefenceHousing
The Guardian Politics15 Mar 2026

UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is president Britain should have a completely independent nuclear deterrent as it can no longer rely on the US, Ed Davey is expected to say on Sunday. In a speech at the Liberal Democrats spring conference, the party leader will argue that the UK should manufacture and maintain its nuclear weapons in Britain, a move that Davey acknowledges will cost billions. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics15 Mar 2026

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end reliance on US, say Lib Dems

Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start work on a "fully independent British nuclear deterrent".

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