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Express Politics17 Mar 2026

Sadiq Khan boasts the 'power of being Muslim' as London hosts 'the West's biggest iftar'

The Mayor of London also spoke of the joy of being British.

The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026

Juries want fairness in court and don’t just obey the government. That’s why ministers are attacking them | Michael Mansfield

Be alive to this threat. The wisdom of ordinary people is our bedrock: a sacred principle is being sacrificed to falsely explain systemic failure How many Labour policy U-turns does it take to form a complete circle? How many Labour policy complete circles does it take to form a black hole? A black hole in which public interest and party loyalty is crushed past the point of no return. The reversing of fundamental decisions in the blink of an eye has dire consequences for the integrity of both go

Crime
Sky News Politics17 Mar 2026

MSPs vote against bill to legalise assisted dying

MSPs have voted against plans to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland.

Express Politics17 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer's dithering over Royal Navy risks rendering it utterly pointless

OPINION - TIM NEWARK: Brits could be forgiven for asking what the point of the Royal Navy is right now.

Defence
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

POLL: Andy Burnham Would Have Won Gorton and Denton By-Election

New polling from Survation in the New Statesman today, in a hypothetical world in which Starmer didn’t stop ‘his friend’ Andy Burnham standing in Gorton and Denton: Certain to vote: Green 25%, Labour 47%, Don’t Know 7%, Reform 21% Among all voters: Green 17%, Labour 33%, Don’t Know 30%, Reform 15% If Burnham had stood, he…

PoliticsEnvironment
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Badenoch: Trump’s Attacks on Starmer “Quite Shocking” and “Childish”

ICYMI…

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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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

LIVE: Farage and Jenrick Pledge to Cut Energy Bills

The plan: VAT on energy bills scrapped. Taking around £85 off the average household bill. Green levy and carbon tax scrapped. Reform claims this saves another £115…  Funded by “cuts to quangos“. Farage launches nigelcutmybills.com draw with the winner’s entire street getting energy bills paid for a year .

EconomyEnvironmentReform
Conservative Home17 Mar 2026

Andrew Gilligan: The problems Cameron and Osborne made for Conservatives by being the ‘heirs to Blair’

Tory centrism might at some point be due a comeback. It is the obvious gap in the market. But unless it learns from these and its other mistakes, it ain’t happening. The post Andrew Gilligan: The problems Cameron and Osborne made for Conservatives by being the ‘heirs to Blair’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026

In the midst of crisis, what should the PM do next? Be a statesman abroad and courageous at home | John McTernan

Starmer’s popular stance on Iran feels like a possible turning point – and could pave the way for a renewed unity within the Labour party John McTernan was Tony Blair’s political secretary at No 10 Dear prime minister, a word in your ear. It’s Groundhog Day. Again. Let’s start with the first tranche of Mandelson papers released last week. You should know this will go on and on: the beginning of a relentless media process of picking over the same mistake. And it needn’t have been so. It would,

Politics
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Miliband Tells Pubs to Serve Warmer Beer to Cut Costs

Miliband’s suggestions to pubs clinging on for dear life: switch off your fridges overnight, serve warmer beer, and turn off the ovens. And the taxpayer has coughed up £350,000 to produce these measures… DESNZ pumped that cash into Zero Carbon Services’ ‘energy and carbon reduction tool’ which was rolled out to 525 pubs, restaurants, and…

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The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves to call for rapid AI adoption and deeper ties with EU to boost growth – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The number of people in England and Wales falling into insolvency has jumped. There were 11,609 individual insolvencies registered in England and Wales in February, the Insolvency Service has reported this morning. This was 18% higher than in February 2025 and 6% higher than in January 2026. The individual insolvencies consisted of 768 bankruptcies, 4,210 debt relief orders (DROs) and 6,631 individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs). The n

Economy