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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump

The test for Starmer is whether his government resolve that the humiliation of not having a single deployable Navy ship is not repeated. We must start spending on defence. By starting a war for which we were pitifully unprepared, Trump has at least taught us that lesson. The post Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics9 Apr 2026

Cooper to urge full and toll-free reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will call for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to be toll-free and unhindered.

Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Starmer's Iran war hypocrisy exposed: 'I wouldn't stay on holiday while Kabul was falling'

Starmer was on holiday in Spain when Trump threatened to obliterate Iran - the same PM who said "you cannot coordinate an international response from the beach"

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun

Starmer's government was already struggling to articulate a coherent economic vision before the crisis; the renewed inflationary pressure now arrives like a second wave before the first has receded. Higher prices strained public finances, renewed pressure on wage settlements. The post John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Chris Perry: The considerable costs of a ‘cost of living crisis’ are only met by a measure of fairness

One cannot resolve whole-systems problems with component level solutions. Perhaps Government could do an income inequality and poverty audit on all it does to ensure it is reducing and not increasing them. The post Chris Perry: The considerable costs of a ‘cost of living crisis’ are only met by a measure of fairness appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

France humiliates Mahmood by rejecting her multi-million pound small boat plan

France has rejected Britain's plan to send Border Force ships into French waters to intercept migrants - as Channel talks deadlock and 2026 crossings top 5,000.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Elizabeth Campbell: In Kensington and Chelsea, we have been leading the way on special education

At a time when schools are already under significant pressure, any shift of additional responsibility onto them must be carefully considered. The post Elizabeth Campbell: In Kensington and Chelsea, we have been leading the way on special education appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics9 Apr 2026

Plaid Cymru promises action on NHS, childcare and economy

Plaid leader says Plaid government to cut waiting times, help with childcare costs and grow economy.

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya Chakrabortty

Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious On 23 June 2016, the British voter changed. Before that day, they picked a party, usually red or blue. By that morning, only two tribes mattered: remain or leave. And they kept mattering long, long after the result was declared. Rather than bin those short-lived and now stale allegiances, voters made them their personas. No longer a “Labour man” or a “Conservative

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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Expat billionaire vows UK return just to 'build Nigel Farage's war chest'

Ben Delo is quitting Hong Kong to pour millions into Reform UK - accusing Starmer of a "tinpot" attempt to rig donation laws against Farage.

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Ministers unveil ‘right to try’ plan to help disabled people find work

Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplaces The government has unveiled its plan to allow disabled people to try work without fear of losing their benefits, but campaigners warn the policy does not go far enough to tackle hostile workplaces. Legislation laid before parliament on Thursday will mean that people who start work or volunteering no longer automatically face a benefit reassessment, a prospect disabled people said was holdi

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president tells podcast he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases How the Ukraine and Iran wars are starting to overlap The US has ignored compelling evidence that Russia has been helping Iran to target US bases in the Middle East because it “trusts” Vladimir Putin, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking in an interview with Alastair Campbell on The Rest is Politics podcast, Zelenskyy

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