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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Angela Rayner’s new worker's agency dubbed 'jobs police' as given powers to arrest

Officials within the body can conduct surprise inspections and enter premises without consent by obtaining warrants.

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Disaster for Miliband as OpenAI Pauses Huge UK Project Over Energy Costs & Regulation

Gargantuan Silicon Valley tech firm OpenAI has paused a major UK infrastructure. Blaming energy costs and regulations… Stargate is being paused: “We see huge potential for the UK‘s AI future… AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation…

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

It shouldn’t take a war for Britain to wake up to the need for food security | Tim Lang

Everyone has a part to play in reducing our reliance on imported foods, but ministers must provide incentives Tim Lang is professor emeritus of food policy at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London The British state has form on food security. It ignores it until there’s a crisis – and then it’s forced to do rapidly what could have been done better, if only food had been taken more seriously in the first place. We’re revisiting this truth today as the food system’s o

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

LIVE: John Healey Gives ‘Operational Update’

John Healey is in Downing Street to give an update on the UK’s defence operations regarding Iran. Watch along – he’s equipped with a map… Healey says Russian subs were attempting to spy on the seabed in order to take out British cables and pipelines before scarpering on the arrival of the Navy. Chilling…

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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Labour-Green Local Election War Breaks Out Over Housing

Housing is the central nib of Labour’s battle against the Green Party in the upcoming local elections. Both sides think they have gains to make targeting the issue… Zack Polanski has trailed comments for his local election campaign launch today in London: “Look at how Labour councils treat their own tenants… One of Keir Starmer’s…

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

‘They will not get my vote this year’: Birmingham focus group shows shift from Labour support

Previous Labour voters in Yardley discuss issues including cost of living, public services and the Iran war Almost two years into Keir Starmer’s government, the polls suggest that many swing voters, including some of those who voted Labour, are unimpressed with how the country is being run. In the constituency of Birmingham Yardley, a focus group of eight previous Labour voters last week found support was now splintering in different directions, with one person considering going to Reform and se

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

'Spineless' Starmer savaged as he flies to Middle East - 'all talk and no trousers'

Sir Keir has pledged to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP, but divisions within Labour over how to fund that ambition have slowed progress.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump

The test for Starmer is whether his government resolve that the humiliation of not having a single deployable Navy ship is not repeated. We must start spending on defence. By starting a war for which we were pitifully unprepared, Trump has at least taught us that lesson. The post Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Starmer's Iran war hypocrisy exposed: 'I wouldn't stay on holiday while Kabul was falling'

Starmer was on holiday in Spain when Trump threatened to obliterate Iran - the same PM who said "you cannot coordinate an international response from the beach"

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun

Starmer's government was already struggling to articulate a coherent economic vision before the crisis; the renewed inflationary pressure now arrives like a second wave before the first has receded. Higher prices strained public finances, renewed pressure on wage settlements. The post John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Expat billionaire vows UK return just to 'build Nigel Farage's war chest'

Ben Delo is quitting Hong Kong to pour millions into Reform UK - accusing Starmer of a "tinpot" attempt to rig donation laws against Farage.

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Ministers unveil ‘right to try’ plan to help disabled people find work

Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplaces The government has unveiled its plan to allow disabled people to try work without fear of losing their benefits, but campaigners warn the policy does not go far enough to tackle hostile workplaces. Legislation laid before parliament on Thursday will mean that people who start work or volunteering no longer automatically face a benefit reassessment, a prospect disabled people said was holdi

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