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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Welsh first minster admits she risks losing her seat in "knife edge" election

Labour's Eluned Morgan says she believes Plaid Cymru is going to top the poll in her constituency.

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Welsh first minster admits she risks losing her seat in 'knife edge' election

Labour's Eluned Morgan says she believes Plaid Cymru is going to top the poll in her constituency.

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

What's happening with the assisted dying bill?

The proposed legislation will run out of time to become law when a final debate ends in the House of Lords on Friday.

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

Weasel Keir Starmer should learn from a masterclass in leadership - but he's too spiteful

OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: After his latest drubbing, the most useless PM in history's probably got until the local elections... what comes next will make you cry

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

Is Keir Starmer ashamed of England?

The Prime Minister failed to mention the E-word in his St George's Day message, writes Political Editor Martyn Brown

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

'Your true stories are our last chance to save assisted dying bill' - Dame Esther's plea

EXCLUSIVE: Dame Esther Rantzen is urging Express readers to help keep pressure on MPs to ensure the legislation becomes law.

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Guido Fawkes23 Apr 2026

Bursting the Bubble: Two Weeks to Go…

Poll of Polls Past 7 days · Westminster voting intention REF 24.8% LAB 18.5% CON 17.8% GRN 16.8% LD 12.5% Average of four polls with fieldwork in the past 7 days. Reform still leads. Labour nudges into second on the average, a nose ahead of the Tories. The Greens are within a point of both.…

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

Has Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins backfired? – podcast

After Keir Starmer’s statement to the House of Commons and gripping evidence from the sacked top civil servant Olly Robbins, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about how the story of Peter Mandelson’s vetting for his job as UK ambassador to the US, which was first broken by the Guardian last Thursday, has unfolded this week Continue reading...

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Hillsborough Law to progress in next parliamentary session

Liverpool MP urged the government to "end the delays" without any "carve-outs".

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

The Foreign Office should have intervened to stop Mandelson’s deeply flawed appointment | Richard Dearlove

If Olly Robbins stood firm the government could have avoided this disastrous episode of bad political judgment that could cost the PM his job Richard Dearlove is the former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service The restricted compartments of the UK’s national security infrastructure are clearly defined and closely controlled. To work across them requires “a developed vetting certificate”. The primary qualification for holding a “DV” is integrity, honesty and transparency in one’s per

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced. The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new deal with French UK politics live – latest updates The UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeking asylum from some of the world’s most oppressive and war-ravaged regimes under a new UK-France deal to try to reduce Channel crossings. In what is being billed as the first time the French government has agreed to target those heading to the UK in small boats, a remo

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