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BBC Politics13 Apr 2026

Lib Dems call for inquiry into Farage Bitcoin deal

The Reform UK leader is a shareholder in British bitcoin company Stack and appeared in a promotional video.

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The Guardian Politics13 Apr 2026

Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says

Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament A treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political level” and the corresponding bill will not complete its passage through parliament, a Foreign Office minister has said. Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with Mauritius was initially negotiated in close coordination with the US, but Donald Trump’s position “appears to

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

This needs emergency legislation! Labour given urgent warning over mass casualty plots

Plotters could be prosecuted for planning an atrocity, whilst those who knew but did nothing could be arrested.

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The Guardian Politics13 Apr 2026

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests

Exclusive: Analysis of government figures indicates public finances will gain £600m not £10bn if migrants’ access to benefits is reduced Shabana Mahmood’s migration changes are expected to save just £600m – about 6% of the £10bn the home secretary claimed, according to the government’s own data. Under the plans, most people would have to wait 10 years to qualify for settled status, rather than the existing five-year period, which the home secretary argued would save costs on public services. C

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

Chilling insight into Southport killer's parents as victims' families demand police action

Merseyside Police have ruled out prosecuting the Southport monster's parents because there aren't any suitable offences.

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

Fury as more than 300 council fat cats earn more than Prime Minister - 'staggering!'

Some 320 council employees received a higher salary than the PM in 2024-25.

The Guardian Politics13 Apr 2026

Nige and Zia set out plan to send ‘Boriswave’ traitors to the gulag

Farage and sidekick are still sore about how the Tories handled Brexit, although new mates Braverman and Jenrick are forgiven The Reform UK press conference began a little behind schedule. Time in which Nigel Farage had gathered Zia Yusuf and a few others into a circle for a two-minute silence. A moment to reflect on the sad news from Hungary that Viktor Orbán’s 16 years as prime minister had come to a premature end. Orbán had had so much more to give the world. There would be no one left in the

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

Southport killer 'could have been stopped' but police failed to act on warning signs

The shocking conclusion of an inquiry into the murders of three young girls in Southport has sparked fury

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The Guardian Politics13 Apr 2026

Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials

Geoffrey Robertson says proposals to reduce backlog are betrayal of party’s values and a ‘cure worse than the disease’ The founder of Keir Starmer’s barristers’ chambers has condemned the planned restriction of jury trials in England and Wales as “a betrayal of the values for which Labour purports to stand”. Geoffrey Robertson KC, founding head of Doughty Street Chambers, where the attorney general, Richard Hermer KC, and the justice secretary, David Lammy, also had their professional homes, has

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

'BBC risks a catastrophic collapse!' Starmer warned on plans to switch off traditional TV

Campaigners have issued licence fee threat if their demands are not met

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Express Politics13 Apr 2026

'We must start drilling!' Kemi Badenoch tears into Keir Starmer over North Sea

The Tory leader erupted at Labour's "dangerous and irrresponsible" energy policy.

Express Politics13 Apr 2026

Donald Trump torn apart in House of Commons - 'dangerous corrupt gangster'

Ed Davey made the comments as he called on the Sir Keir Starmer to advise King Charles to cancel his upcoming visit to the United States

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