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Sky News Politics14 Apr 2026

UK fares strikingly badly in second downgrade to economic growth

Britain's economic prospects have been downgraded more than any other major economy in the International Monetary Fund's latest update on the state of the world.

Economy
The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026

Hegseth right to mock Royal Navy, says ex-army chief as he backs claims over military underfunding – UK politics live

Richard Barrons backs George Robertson and says UK forces ‘too small and undernourished for the world that we now live in’ Good morning. When Keir Starmer gave evidence to the Commons liaison committee before the Easter recess, and when he made a statement to MPs yesterday on the first day after it was over, he was repeatedly asked when the government will publish its defence investment plan (DIP). On both occasions, he could not give a timetable and would just say it would be published as soon

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Express Politics14 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer hit by nightmare poll ahead of local elections

Labour is in fourth place in the poll which comes weeks before the local elections.

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Express Politics14 Apr 2026

Putin trains 1m murder drone operators to fight West - and Starmer's response is pathetic

The threat from Vladimir Putin's Russia is chilling. But not as frightening as Keir Starmer's response.

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Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Strategic Defence Review Author: Labour’s “Corrosive Complacency” Has Put Britain in Peril

Labour peer George Robertson – author of the landmark Strategic Defence Review- has today aimed all of his guns at Starmer and his government for “corrosive complacency” on defence. The Defence Investment Plan was meant to set out funding for the SDR’s proposals – it has been delayed by half a year so far… Robertson…

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Sky News Politics14 Apr 2026

'Our national security is in peril,' Starmer and Reeves told by author of damning defence review

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will today be accused of "corrosive complacency" on defence, in a damning intervention by the lead author of their own defence review.

Defence
Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

When the warnings about the ‘triple lock’ come from all sides – is it wise to ignore them?

Westminster has an open secret. Almost everybody knows that the triple-lock is ultimately economically unsustainable. And yet no party on the right wants to touch it for fear of electoral suicide. That doesn't make it any more sustainable. The post When the warnings about the ‘triple lock’ come from all sides – is it wise to ignore them? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics14 Apr 2026

Politics LIVE: Reform to make urgent announcement as protests set to sweep UK

Follow our live blog for the latest political updates.

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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026

Former Nato chief warns UK's national security 'in peril'

Lord George Robertson will use a speech to accuse "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism".

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality

Space is exciting science. It is bold human exploration. But it is also a crucial environment for complex geo-political rivalries too. Artemis II was a model of international collaboration very different from the MAGA rhetoric. Even America now is not trying to do it all on its own. The post David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

Annabelle Sanderson: So is shoplifting just OK now? Or should a law and order party say ‘no’

Criminals know now that shoplifting is tolerated, just as they know they can smoke drugs openly in the streets or steal a phone from out of someone’s hand with virtually no come back. That has to change and we Conservatives need to change it. The post Annabelle Sanderson: So is shoplifting just OK now? Or should a law and order party say ‘no’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026

Welsh Liberal Democrats to unveil manifesto for next Senedd election

Childcare, clean rivers and social care cash are likely to be on the agenda.

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