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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Fears Iran could launch attack in UK - threat level urgently put under review

Iranian retaliation strikes landed within "a few hundred yards" of British troops in Bahrain

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Express Politics1 Mar 2026

Tony Blair's team delivers stern warning to Rachel Reeves on danger facing Britain

Labour warned it will have to make tax rises or spending cuts if it fails to restore growth - and urgent action is needed

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

Keir Starmer’s position is untenable. The country cannot continue like this.

Gorton and Denton was a warning for a Prime Minister who no longer commands authority at home or respect abroad

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

Starmer issued major warning over EU net-zero surrender - ‘blank cheque to Brussels’

Labour MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer to delay negotiations on re-joining the EU scheme as the PM continues to seek closer relations with the bloc.

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Sky News Politics28 Feb 2026

Plaid Cymru leader pledges to open route to independence for Wales

A Plaid Cymru Welsh government would aim to establish a national commission to explore Wales's constitutional future, including a potential path toward independence, within its first 100 days in office.

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

Labour issued stern warning as tourism and trade costs set to skyrocket

Pub owners fear fewer foreign travellers will spend cash at their bars if it becomes even more expensive to set foot in this country

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

Britons give their verdict on King Charles's handling of Mountbatten-Windsor storm

New polling shows whether Britons think the country is heading towards becoming a republic - and what they really think of William and Catherine

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The Guardian Politics28 Feb 2026

Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review over Russian links

Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders’ links to Kremlin military supply chain Ministers are reviewing a decision to allow a British company to export hi-tech equipment to Armenia after the Guardian uncovered links to the Russian military supply chain. Cygnet Texkimp, based in Cheshire, was weeks away from exporting two machines that produce carbon fibre “prepreg”, a lightweight material that can be used in a ran

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

Starmer chairs Cobra meeting on Iran as Number 10 issues statement on US attacks

Britain should avoid being dragged into a war in the Middle East, a senior Labour MP has said.

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The Guardian Politics28 Feb 2026

Starmer chairs Cobra meeting after strikes by US and Israel on Iran

Prime minister leads emergency committee to decide on UK’s response to latest fighting in Middle East US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates US and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so far Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the UK government’s Cobra emergency committee as Britain decides how to respond to the US-Israeli bombing of Iran, and Tehran’s retaliation against bases in the Gulf. The UK did not participate in the first wave of strikes early on Saturday but had deployed RAF Typ

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The Guardian Politics28 Feb 2026

Keir Starmer’s response to the Gorton and Denton debacle should be a government that truly, finally, reflects him | Tom Baldwin

In the past he has been urged to follow strategies that don’t really match his core beliefs. That’s changing, as it must, because he knows the clock is ticking Tom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer, The Biography In a crowded and overheated bar towards the end of the evening a few months ago, I received some strange parenting advice from one of those “Labour strategist” types. We were discussing – maybe arguing – over the government’s position on Gaza. Eventually I asked if he could provid

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Sky News Politics28 Feb 2026

Back my asylum overhaul or risk Trump inspired ICE-style raids, warns Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood is set to introduce new legislation to overhaul the UK's asylum system as part a tougher approach to migration.

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