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PM launches Labour's local election campaign with focus on cost of living
Keir Starmer says the 7 May elections take place against an "uncertain" backdrop with wars in Ukraine and Iran.
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BBC Politics30 Mar 2026
PM launches Labour's local election campaign with focus on cost of living
Keir Starmer says the 7 May elections take place against an "uncertain" backdrop with wars in Ukraine and Iran.
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Express Politics30 Mar 2026
Keir Starmer has just completely surrendered to the EU – the game is finally up
Campaigners have long warned about the environmental impacts of surrendering the Chagos Islands
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Express Politics30 Mar 2026
Keir Starmer just sent his two worst operators to crisis talks - exactly who you think
An emergency meeting is being held over the looming fuel and energy crisis as war rages in the Middle East, and Keir Starmer is not sending his best, writes Martyn Brown.
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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026
Starmer to say Iran war means Labour’s values needed more than ever at local elections campaign launch – UK politics live
UK PM to chair meeting in Downing Street on how government responds to economic consequences of Iran war later on Monday Good morning. Keir Starmer will today chair a meeting in Downing Street on how the government responds to the economic consequences of the Iran war, which has the potential to upend much of what the government is trying to do to improve living standards. And so he is probably not too happy about the fact that this morning he has to attend an event in the West Midlands launchin
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BBC Politics30 Mar 2026
Remove VAT from energy bills for three years, Tories urge
There has been a renewed focus on energy costs since the outbreak of the war in Iran.
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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026
Starmer is still missing his defence plan
Sure, ministers can claim that Britain is on “war footing”, but how can it really be when the money remains theoretical. The post Starmer is still missing his defence plan appeared first on Conservative Home.
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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026
MPs wary of move against Starmer while war is raging
Even after electoral disaster, Iran war gives many MPs pause for thought about timing of leadership contest A week after Labour’s election victory in July 2024, officials at Labour HQ held their first crisis meeting about the May 2026 local elections. The party had just secured a 174-seat majority and already strategists were predicting it would be very tough, though none were assuming the prime minister’s own position would be vulnerable. Continue reading...
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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026
Rachel Reeves to tell G7 accelerating shift to clean energy is best defence against energy price shocks
Starmer to convene major energy industry and insurance figures to draw up emergency plans amid continued blockade of strait of Hormuz Rachel Reeves will warn G7 nations they must move faster on clean energy to insulate economies against global price shocks from oil and gas as she and the energy secretary Ed Miliband meet G7 finance and energy ministers on Monday. Keir Starmer will also gather major energy industry and insurance figures to thrash out what emergency measures might be needed to con
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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026
Keir Starmer to launch local elections campaign with focus on cost of living
PM will also cite Iran war as reason to stick with Labour, as party adopts new slogan: ‘Pride in Britain’ Keir Starmer will say that a vote for Reform UK will put at risk progress Labour is making on the cost of living, arguing that Britain’s values are being tested in a volatile world. Launching the party’s local elections campaign with a new slogan: “Pride in Britain”, Starmer will urge voters to stay the course with Labour. A dire set of results are predicted for the party in Wales, Scotland
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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026
War in Iran erodes the chancellor’s headroom and exposes our fragility | Heather Stewart
Rachel Reeves boasts of the £23bn she has built up against her fiscal rules but now she – or any future steward of the economy – has little space to manoeuvre It is with no pleasure that I must report a depressing domestic byproduct of the war in the Middle East: headroom chat is back. Of course, shifts in investors’ appetite for gilts – UK government bonds – are trivial, in the context of the bloodshed in Iran and beyond. Continue reading...
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BBC Politics29 Mar 2026
Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns
The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.
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