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Sky News Politics5 Mar 2026

Home secretary defends plans to deport asylum seeker children

Shabana Mahmood has defended her plans for forced deportation of children under her new asylum rules.

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Express Politics5 Mar 2026

5 things you need to know about Keir Starmer's Iran press conference

Prime Minister gives update on the Middle East conflict in Downing Street

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The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy

We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all The 1951 Labour government proudly signed the refugee convention. Today’s Labour government is now in danger of consigning it to history. Why and how this is happening challenges those of us who are both socialists and democrats. For our economy, our society and our sanity we must reject the thinking of the Blue Labour faction and set out what

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BBC Politics5 Mar 2026

Failed asylum seeker families to be offered up to £40k to leave UK

The home secretary says the "incentives" will deliver a "significant saving to the taxpayer".

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BBC Politics5 Mar 2026

Starmer tries to reassure as Iran crisis deepens

The PM acknowledged people are worried about family abroad, the economy, and potential further escalation.

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The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

Transparency fears over plan to redact 2,000 staff names on Commons register

Exclusive: Standards committee proposal aims to improve staff safety but critics say it will further reduce public trust UK politics live – latest updates MPs are planning to redact the names of 2,000 parliamentary staff from an official register that has been in place for decades, in a move that experts say will reduce transparency around lobbying by passholders. The proposal has been put forward by the House of Commons standards committee after evidence sessions held in private with staff un

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Guido Fawkes5 Mar 2026

Bursting the Bubble: Manifesto Mimicry

Welcome to Bursting the Bubble, the data deep-dive that tells you what’s really happening outside the Westminster village. Exclusively for Guido members… Get access to Guido’s own poll of polls, and an instant breakdown of all the latest electoral data across Britain, by becoming a member today. Click here to join and get 50% off…

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Express Politics5 Mar 2026

I was in the room when Starmer tried to fight back - now Trump relationship is in chaos

The Prime Minister defended his decision not to join the strikes on Iran and said this crisis is going to end up a negotiating room.

The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

The Covid-19 inquiry is sounding a clear warning. If it’s not heeded, yet more lives will be lost | Ben Connah

It’s not a question of if, but when, another pandemic hits Britain. We owe it to all those who suffered to make sure mistakes are not repeated What makes the independent inquiry set up to examine the UK’s response to, and the impact of, the Covid-19 pandemic unlike any other in British history is that we are not examining something that affected one specific group of people. The chair, Heather Hallett, and her team have investigated a virus that swept the land and affected every single person in

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The Guardian Politics5 Mar 2026

Delayed UK rescue flight takes off from Oman with British nationals

First government-charted flight to evacuate citizens from Middle East takes off from Muscat one day late Middle East crisis – live updates The first flight chartered by the UK government to evacuate British nationals from the Middle East has now departed, Keir Starmer has confirmed. The prime minister announced that the delayed charter flight from Oman, which was originally scheduled to leave at 7pm on Wednesday, had taken off during a Downing Street press conference. Continue reading...

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Sky News Politics5 Mar 2026

UK sending more fighter jets to the Middle East, says Starmer

The UK is to send more military hardware to the Middle East as the Iran war continues to escalate, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

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Guido Fawkes5 Mar 2026

Darren Jones Proposed Spending £300,000 Raising Ceiling of Own Cabinet Office ‘Command Centre’

‘Chief Secretary to the PM’ Darren Jones briefed to the Times that he was creating a ‘Command Unit’ nerve centre in the Cabinet Office to monitor various situations. So laughable was the proposal that the piece only appeared in print… The unit – or rearranged desks – sits in the rooms previously occupied by Rayner’s…

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