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Express Politics12 Apr 2026

NHS crisis sparks fears over patient care as Zia Yusuf issues urgent warning

Exclusive: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is facing a growing revolt from health groups, trade unions and left-wing MPs over her plans to change settlement rules.

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The Guardian Politics12 Apr 2026

Voting for populist parties in local polls will put NHS at risk, says Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key battleground in May elections Voters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist parties, Wes Streeting has said, as he sought to make the health service a key battleground. “The founding principles of the NHS are at greater threat than at any time since the NHS was founded in 1948,” the health secretary said. Continue reading...

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Express Politics12 Apr 2026

UK defence spending stats from No10 hide gaping hole in strategy that must be fixed

The Government is massaging headlines to mask deficiencies within the system of defence procurement.

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The Guardian Politics12 Apr 2026

Wes Streeting attacks Trump’s ‘outrageous’ Iran war rhetoric

Health secretary says failure of peace talks ‘disappointing’ and that UK-US relations have undoubtedly been strained Middle East crisis – live updates Wes Streeting has criticised Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran as “incendiary, provocative and outrageous”, and called the failure of US-Iran peace talks “disappointing” but said the success of future negotiations was necessary “in all of our interests”. “As ever in diplomacy, you’re failing until you succeed,” the health secretary told Sunday Mor

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Express Politics12 Apr 2026

Ed Miliband sent warning over net zero plans as key sector at 'breaking point'

EXCLUSIVE: An industry chief warned the plans are 'not yet economically viable or practical' and could help further pressure on struggling firms.

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Express Politics12 Apr 2026

Rachel Reeves says 'I am going to be straight with people' in new warning

The Chancellor has shared a fresh alert of people in UK over 'cost' of Iran War

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Express Politics12 Apr 2026

Fury in countryside as Labour warned not to leave Britain without food in wartime

EXCLUSIVE: Labour has left farming off the list of industries which 'matter most to national security'

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The Guardian Politics11 Apr 2026

Tories would reinstate two-child benefit cap to fund defence, says Badenoch

Conservative leader promises biggest peacetime rearmament effort in UK history if her party is re-elected The Conservatives would reinstate the two-child benefit cap and use the savings for a wide-ranging spending splurge on defence in what Kemi Badenoch said would be “the biggest peacetime programme of rearmament in our country’s history”. Speaking at a defence conference in London, the Tory leader criticised the government for Britain’s “lack of readiness” for war, which has been exposed by re

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Guido Fawkes11 Apr 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 912,523 visitors visited 834,553 times viewing 866,399 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Faulty HMS Dragon Withdraws to Port BBC Apologises to Ex-SpAd After ‘Unfair’ Stewart Lee & Armando Iannucci Programme Bar Standards Board Dismisses Jolyon Maugham’s Trans Complaint Labour Instructs ‘Fair Work’ Employment Policeman to Recommend…

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Express Politics10 Apr 2026

Kemi Badenoch slams Keir Starmer on defence as UK hit with 'wake-up call'

The Tory leader has lashed out at the "disastrous lack of preparation" before the conflict in the Middle East.

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The Guardian Politics10 Apr 2026

Remaining in Nato is in best interests of US, says Keir Starmer

PM pushes back after Trump’s threats to leave alliance and says European members must do more in light of Iran war Keir Starmer has said it is in the best interests of the US to stay in Nato and that Europe must do more to support the alliance in light of the war in Iran. The British prime minister, speaking at the end of a multi-stop trip around the Gulf to discuss the tentative ceasefire and options to fully reopen the commercially vital strait of Hormuz, pushed back against Donald Trump’s thr

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Express Politics10 Apr 2026

Farage urges Express readers to back Reform UK declaring Tories are 'not the challengers'

Nigel Farage has urged Express readers to back Reform UK 'whatever your previous allegiance' warning that voting Conservative risks splitting the vote.

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