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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations Local elections are often regarded as a referendum on the sitting government, with many previous administrations taking a bloody nose from the electorate but successfully fighting back by the next general election. Senior Labour figures have taken to reeling off a list of midterm results – 1999, 2003, 2012 – to prove that point. “As we get closer to the general election, it w

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

Small swings, high drama: why UK polls are less volatile than they seem – in charts

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences Cabinet reshuffles, party infighting, policy reversals, byelections, defections and apparently huge swings in support – the UK’s political news cycle feels especially relentless at the moment. But if you look closely at the polls since last year’s local elections, remarkably little has changed. Continue reading...

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Conservative Home23 Mar 2026

Unlike McSweeney’s mobile phone, there’s no mystery to the disappearance of Starmer’s ‘popularity’

Starmer tried to be the more moral, more principled, more straight, more genuine option to get to be Prime Minister but it was a façade built to appeal to the widest possible section of an ultimately fragmented network of niche wishes. The post Unlike McSweeney’s mobile phone, there’s no mystery to the disappearance of Starmer’s ‘popularity’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home23 Mar 2026

Alexander Bowen: Why does Starmer think the ‘faithist’ place for Bishops is staying in the House of Lords?

The Church of England has adopted a kind of ecclesiastical Starmerism - doing much to win over those with little interest in it, and little to keep those who have been its demographic. As a shadow for Starmer’s 12 per cent approval, the Church enjoys its 2 per cent attendance. The post Alexander Bowen: Why does Starmer think the ‘faithist’ place for Bishops is staying in the House of Lords? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Mar 2026

James Cartlidge: When it comes to our defence Labour’s missed the boat

Amidst alarm at our apparent lack of warfighting readiness, Labour are burning through the months in which they could have seized an opportunity to transform our military. Why? They've never truly prioritised defence where it matters - in HMT, the Cabinet Office and Number 10 The post James Cartlidge: When it comes to our defence Labour’s missed the boat appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Mar 2026

Adam Kent: Worcestershire’s nine per cent Council Tax rise was Reform UK’s choice. It could have been avoided.

The budget was secured at a £21.2 million price of abstention paid to the Liberal Democrats. The post Adam Kent: Worcestershire’s nine per cent Council Tax rise was Reform UK’s choice. It could have been avoided. appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics23 Mar 2026

Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect

The government hopes it will ease the population crisis in prisons.

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BBC Politics23 Mar 2026

Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect

The government hopes it will ease the population crisis in prisons.

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds

Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP More than £170m was given to MPs, political parties, media organisations and thinktanks aligned with the UK’s populist right over the past five years, new research from the Labour MP Liam Byrne has found. Byrne, a former cabinet minister who chairs parliament’s business committee, said he had identified a “media-political complex” funded largely by a handful of billi

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Express Politics23 Mar 2026

Trump shares skit mocking Keir Starmer as PM 'hangs up' on US President

US President Donald Trump has taken another swipe at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer by sharing a Saturday Night Live UK skit depicting the PM hanging up on him

BBC Politics22 Mar 2026

Potential sites for Labour's 'new towns' cut to seven

Six sites have been deprioritised from the flagship scheme to build a wave of new settlements.

The Guardian Politics22 Mar 2026

Ministers confirm locations for seven new towns in England

Programme is being billed as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century Ministers have confirmed the locations for seven new towns, which include under-developed inner-city land, a historic village and an existing new town. The programme is being billed by the housing and communities department as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century, with the planned construction of between 15,000 and 40,000 homes in each new town. Continue reading.

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