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Sky News Politics3 Apr 2026

How much economic damage is Trump doing?

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Sky News Politics3 Apr 2026

Could the UK sleepwalk into Trumpian politics?

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BBC Politics2 Apr 2026

Police offered support to tackle rising threats against MPs

Reports of crimes against MPs have more than doubled since 2019, reaching almost 1,000 last year.

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BBC Politics2 Apr 2026

Police offered support to tackle rising threats against MPs

Reports of crimes against MPs have more than doubled since 2019, reaching almost 1,000 last year.

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

UK drug exports to US spared tariffs under deal critics say will cost NHS billions

‘Partnership’ on drug pricing also gives patients in Britain greater access to potentially life-extending treatments British drug exports to the United States will escape tariffs imposed by Donald Trump as part of a controversial UK-US medicines deal that critics fear will mean less money for the NHS. The deal will also give patients in Britain greater access to potentially life-extending drugs because the rules have been relaxed to allow the NHS to pay more for particular treatments. Continue

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Ben Jennings on the sacking of Reform’s housing spokesperson – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Starmer must call energy summit akin to 2008 crisis response, Labour MP says

Former government adviser Polly Billington urges bigger steps to shield people in UK from effects of Iran war Middle East crisis – live updates Keir Starmer should convene a global energy summit of the same order as Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and put Britain on a “war footing” to reduce its exposure to fossil fuels, a Labour MP and former government adviser has said. Polly Billington, who was an aide in Brown’s government, warned that economic pain was “hurtling down

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Drip feed of Reform UK controversies puts party’s policy drive in shade

Sacking of Simon Dudley is latest distraction at a time when party is keen to show it is serious contender for government It was a week that started with a candid admission from Nigel Farage when asked if his party’s vetting process was now finally up to scratch. “I accept that at the last general election, basically there was no vetting really,” the Reform UK leader said after the latest of what a senior colleague had described as a “series of abhorrent incidents”. The latest had involved a Wel

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

The Guardian view on Sheffield and snooker: hope for an overlooked northern giant | Editorial

Keeping the world championship in the UK is good news for a city and region which have punched under their weight Sheffield was still an industrial powerhouse when George Orwell suggested that it “could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World” – adding that “its inhabitants, who want it to be pre-eminent in everything, very likely do make that claim for it”. The steel mills and smog that he loathed disappeared, but much of the city’s confidence dissipated with its heavy indus

BBC Politics2 Apr 2026

UK and allies discuss sanctions to stop Iran blocking Strait of Hormuz

Yvette Cooper said coordinated diplomatic and economic measures are required to reopen the shipping lane.

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The Guardian Politics2 Apr 2026

Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail

Six-day stoppage in England next week to go ahead and minister confirms offer of extra training places withdrawn The NHS is bracing for the longest strike yet by resident doctors after last-ditch talks failed, prompting Wes Streeting to accuse the medics of suffering from “delusion”. Many thousands of resident – formerly junior – doctors across England will stage a six-day stoppage over pay and jobs starting at 7am on Tuesday, just after the Easter weekend. A deadline for agreement ended on Thur

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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Taxpayer Coughs Up Almost Ten Grand to Remove Pro-Palestine Graffiti From Churchill Statue

To add insult to injury the bill for the restoration of the Churchill statue in Parliament Square is over a whopping £7,000. So much owed by so many… The 12-foot Churchill was graffitied three separate times in 2020 and was targeted again in February this year when he was sprayed with red paint and slogans…

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