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Conservative Home5 Mar 2026

Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z?

Councils have, with one or two exceptions, an appalling record on building new homes. Labour-run Westminster City Council all but eliminated intermediate housing for young professionals so that they could build more homes for those trapped on welfare. The post Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot

Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric Our political memory fails us. We treat government policies as if we’re seeing them for the very first time. But much of what appears to be novel has deep historical roots. If we fail to understand those roots and the soil in which they grow, we will fail to resist the assaults on our humanity. The home secretary’s new attack on the rights of immigrants and

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Sky News Politics5 Mar 2026

The hole in Starmer's story on Iran

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The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

BBC to call for permanent charter and end of political appointments to board

Corporation proposes sweeping changes intended to protect its independence and shore up its future The BBC is to call for an end to political appointments to its board as part of sweeping changes designed to protect its independence. The corporation will also demand that its royal charter be put on a permanent footing in an attempt to end the existential threat posed by having to negotiate with ministers over its future every 10 years. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics4 Mar 2026

Restoring order at the border speaks to Labour values. Without that, we won’t be able to do anything else at all | Shabana Mahmood

Our approach, unlike that of the Greens and Reform, is in step with the British people. They don’t want extremes – they want a system that is managed and fair Shabana Mahmood is the UK home secretary “More Labour.” These two words sprang from the postmortem into last week’s Gorton and Denton byelection loss. But what do they mean when applied to what this government does, not least in the contested politics of migration? To answer that, we have to understand what the Labour party really is, be

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Express Politics4 Mar 2026

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Andy Burnham drops huge hint after election defeat

The Greater Manchester Mayor suggested he still wants to make a Westminster comeback.

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The Guardian Politics4 Mar 2026

Badenoch gives a borderline disgraceful performance at PMQs on Iran | John Crace

At times like this you have to thank your lucky stars that the opposition leader is not in Downing Street On another day it might even have been quite funny. The mismatch between Kemi Badenoch’s self-belief and her performance. But Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions was far too serious for that, with Donald Trump’s Awfully Big Iranian Adventure threatening to escalate into all-out war in the Middle East. It was also a day when you could think the unthinkable. Might Kemi actually be even wea

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The Guardian Politics4 Mar 2026

Andy Burnham criticises ‘bankruptcy’ of Labour approach to campaigning

Greater Manchester mayor rekindles leadership speculation with speech addressing party’s byelection loss Andy Burnham has reignited hostilities with Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership, criticising what he described as the “bankruptcy” of the party’s approach to campaigning, a week after it lost the previously safe seat of Gorton and Denton. The mayor of Greater Manchester and former MP, regarded as a rival to Starmer, said Labour’s campaigning style prevented it from connecting with non-Labour vot

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Guido Fawkes4 Mar 2026

Darren Jones’ Bizarre Puff Piece Interview: “My New Labour Approach”

An entirely unnoticed leadership-pitch style fluff piece for Starmer’s Chief Secretary Darren Jones dropped in the public affairs magazine Mace late last month. It includes a questionnaire section which one government source describes as ‘eye-gougingly embarrassing’… What was the catalyst for you deciding to enter politics? Did you get a lucky break? “The catalysts were…

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Express Politics4 Mar 2026

Everyone is raging with fury at hapless Keir Starmer – and it’s easy to see why

PMQs SKETCH: Anger erupts in the House of Commons at Inaction Man PM's dithering response to Iran crisis

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The Guardian Politics4 Mar 2026

Head of carer’s allowance inquiry blames DWP ‘resistance’ for failure to fix crisis

Liz Sayce tells MPs some civil servants tried to minimise extent of problems and deflect blame The head of an official inquiry into carer’s allowance has criticised “forces of resistance” inside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that undermined ministerial attempts to fix longstanding problems with the much-criticised benefit. Liz Sayce, whose review of carer’s allowance was published in November, said rather than owning the problems, some at the DWP had tried to “minimise” the extent o

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Guido Fawkes4 Mar 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Pre-deployed and Perfectly Prepared to Do Precisely Nothing

As the embers of WW III were heard crackling into life across the East, Mr Speaker began PMQs reminding Members of the need for good temper and moderation in their language and the need for respectful debate. “Pete Wishart!” “Thank you Mr Speaker,” he began, Parliament’s favourite Scot. “The campaign slogan in Scotland may be…

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