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Conservative Home1 Apr 2026

Michael Gray: The Conservative policy on social media for U16’s is pro-childhood not anti-tech

The impact of social media in schools is visible in friendship groups destabilised overnight by the fallout from group chats; in the heightened anxiety that stems from constant comparison; in the quiet but persistent erosion of self-regulation. The post Michael Gray: The Conservative policy on social media for U16’s is pro-childhood not anti-tech appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home1 Apr 2026

Aarti Joshi: To ‘Back Britain’, we must stop taxing the City out of existence

It is time to stop taxing the Stock Exchange out of existence and start powering the next generation of British Tech giants and creating a new generation of shareholders.  The post Aarti Joshi: To ‘Back Britain’, we must stop taxing the City out of existence appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

Two-thirds of UK hospitality businesses plan to cut jobs and one in seven will close, survey finds

Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholds Two-thirds of hospitality businesses are planning to cut jobs as a result of “suffocating” costs imposed by government, as new business rates and higher wage bills come into force. Many pubs, restaurants and hotel companies will see their costs increase significantly from 1 April after Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates and an increase in minimum wage thresholds announced

Healthcare
BBC Politics31 Mar 2026

Pay rise for 2.7 million people as minimum wage increase comes into force

Many businesses have said they will have to pass higher wage costs onto customers.

The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

Anti-terrorist programme Prevent ‘outdated and inadequately prepared’, report finds

The home affairs select committee said Prevent cannot deal with the modern challenges of fighting extremism The government’s anti-terrorism programme, Prevent, is “outdated and inadequately prepared” to deal with modern challenges such as extremists adhering to no particular ideology, an influential cross-party group of MPs has concluded. The home affairs select committee has called for a reset to the approach for dealing with fast-evolving online subcultures promoting antisemitism, anti-Muslim

Politics
Sky News Politics31 Mar 2026

Police given stronger powers to combat public sexual harassment

Police will be given stronger powers to combat public sexual harassment.

Crime
BBC Politics31 Mar 2026

King's state visit to US to go ahead in April, but no Harry meeting

Despite political tensions between the US and UK, the King will travel to Washington next month.

Politics
BBC Politics31 Mar 2026

More UK troops to be sent to Middle East, defence secretary announces

The UK government announces further air defence systems will be sent to countries in the region along with troops to operate them.

Defence
BBC Politics31 Mar 2026

Three Reform candidates quit in one Welsh constituency

It is unclear who is standing for Reform in a south Wales constituency, after three candidates quit.

The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

The Guardian view on Welsh language learning: cultural shifts can deliver a bright future for Cymraeg | Editorial

As Plaid Cymru leads in polls ahead of Senedd elections in May, grassroots enthusiasm for one of its historic causes is growing In Putting Wales First, a recently translated history of Plaid Cymru’s political ideas, Prof Richard Wyn Jones references a 1940s newspaper editorial satirising the party’s then preoccupations. Poking fun at its focus on language, and nostalgia for a rural society of small-scale landowners, the Western Mail waspishly summed up the vision as “three acres and a Welsh-spea

Politics
The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

UK to pay France extra £16m in stopgap deal to patrol Channel beaches

Two-month arrangement aimed at preventing small-boat crossings comes as existing deal expires The UK will pay France an extra £16.2m to keep police patrolling Channel beaches and prevent a surge in small-boat crossings after negotiators failed to agree a permanent deal before a midnight deadline. The stopgap arrangement, which will last for two months, comes after French negotiators refused to give in to UK demands for further interventions and patrols to stop asylum seekers from reaching the UK

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Sky News Politics31 Mar 2026

What business cost increases are being introduced in April?

For months businesses have been anticipating the impact of a range of tax and regulatory measures announced by the government in the budget and in the weeks since.

Economy