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BBC Politics18 Mar 2026

Irish PM boxes clever as Trump doubles down on Starmer 'disappointment'

BBC News NI political editor Enda McClafferty looks at how Micheál Martin fared against Donald Trump during their St Patrick's Day meeting.

Politics
Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

Labour Lays Groundwork to Gut FOIs with China Blame Game

In the FT this morning: “British officials are concerned that China is exploiting the UK’s freedom of information [FoI] legislation to collate unclassified data that risks revealing sensitive information. Government figures believe they have detected a pattern of requests relating to the UK’s defence and national security, raising suspicions that Beijing may be behind a…

Defence
Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer faces BritCard headache as legal challenge deadline looms

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Proctor said that during the course of the proceedings "the Government has already stepped back from the original mandatory proposals, which shows how quickly this policy is evolving".

Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT

Reforming VAT in a first Conservative budget would create the basis for accelerated economic growth and be consistent with the reforming approach shown by the best of our predecessors. The post Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the prince, the sultan and the politicians

Guardian analysis of more than a million emails reveals financier’s deep and longstanding ties with the wealthy and powerful The release of the Epstein files has reverberated around the world, leading to at least nine resignations and investigations into high-profile figures, including the former UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, and the ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The deluge of information has made it hard to assess the extent of the connections but a Guardian data analysi

The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Revealed: a crypto billionaire’s political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in Westminster

Pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortion A British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate money-laundering controls on his cryptocurrency business is funding a political base in the heart of Westminster used by “anti-woke” and rightwing activists. Ben Delo, 42, who was pardoned by Donald Trump last year, has given sup

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

20mph limit change 'outside all England schools' update as DfT issues statement

MP asks new question asking Department for Transport if all roads next to schools should have limit during school hours

Education
Sky News Politics18 Mar 2026

Sack top Tory for calling Muslim Trafalgar Square prayers 'act of domination', says PM

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a senior Conservative who said Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square was "an act of domination" to be sacked.

Defence
Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Labour minister left squirming over ‘un-British’ claims as new civil war erupts

Angela Rayner has branded Labour's immigration crackdown 'un-British', sparking a party civil war as Andy Burnham backs her and ministers are left squirming.

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Angela Rayner's just played a blinder against Keir Starmer - but Brits will be terrified

Keir Starmer under-estimated his left-wing rival. Now she's stabbed him in the back and outmaneuvered all her rivals

Express Politics18 Mar 2026

POLL: Would Angela Rayner make a better PM than Keir Starmer? Vote here

Readers can vote in our poll as the Labour firebrand faces fresh leadership speculation.

Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

LISTEN: Burnham Backs Rayner’s Attacks on Starmer and Mahmood

Now Andy Burnham is getting involved, to the surprise of no one. Speaking on the Today programme this morning, Burnham said not only that Rayner’s attack on Starmer “should be listened to“, but her claim that Shabana Mahmood’s immigration policies were “un-British” mirrored his own “moral questions“: “From my point of view I would have…

Immigration