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BBC Politics24 Mar 2026

Chris Mason: Reeves to set out principles on who might get energy bills support - and who won't

The chancellor must react in real time to the economic shock of the war in Iran, writes the BBC's political editor.

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The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

Ministers rebuff trade body’s call to boost North Sea oil and gas production

Government emphasises need to ‘get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets’ in response to Offshore Energies UK The UK government has dismissed a warning from an energy trade body that failing to produce more homegrown North Sea oil and gas will leave the UK increasingly reliant on imports at a time of rising global instability. The industry group, Offshore Energies UK, has said the UK “urgently” needs a greater supply of domestically produced energy or consumers will be left “more exposed

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Sky News Politics23 Mar 2026

'A declaration of war': How councils are resisting one of Labour's core objectives

Councils are ignoring explicit instructions to approve planning projects from ministers - as the scale and cost of their resistance to development is revealed for the first time.

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Express Politics23 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves issued stark warning over holiday tax - ‘33,000 jobs at risk’

The Chancellor has been warned her plans could 'decimate' the UK's tourism sector by the end of the decade.

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Guido Fawkes23 Mar 2026

Ed Balls Suggests Trafalgar Square Muslim Prayer Criticism “Causing Problems” for Jews After Ambulance Arson

This morning Ed Balls asked Dov Forman on live television if Nick Timothy’s criticism of the Trafalgar Square Iftar event last week is is “causing problems” for the Jewish community. Just hours after three arsonists burned ambulances operated by a Jewish charity… Robert Jenrick: “Ed Balls has revealed himself to be absolutely clueless. It is…

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Express Politics23 Mar 2026

Now Angela Rayner knows what we all think of her in pollster warning to PM hopeful

Voters said the Labour politician has "a lot of baggage" amid speculation over a leadership bid.

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BBC Politics23 Mar 2026

PM warns against 'false comfort' of thinking Iran war will end quickly

The PM also tells senior MPs the conflict was "not our war" and there must be a "lawful basis" for any UK involvement.

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

Starmer’s liaison committee jaunt was largely soporific – just as he’d wanted | John Crace

Every PM hopes to emerge having said nothing that makes the news, and with Iran centre-stage Keir played a blinder What a difference a week makes. At last week’s prime minister’s questions, Keir Starmer tried to persuade us that he knew less than he did. His memory was so bad that he could barely remember who Peter Mandelson was, let alone why he had appointed him as ambassador to the US. Fast forward to Monday’s appearance before the liaison committee, the supergroup of select committee chairs,

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

Ministers tell HS2 to consider slower train speeds to cut costs

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch Ministers have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to rein in the spiralling budget and begin operations as soon as possible. HS2 Ltd will assess whether limiting the speed to 186mph (300km/h) instead of 224mph could save money – potentially billions of pounds – and bring the railway into being earlier in the 2030s. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

British destroyer HMS Dragon arrives in eastern Mediterranean

Ship arrives three weeks after Iranian-made drone hit British base of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus Middle East crisis – live updates HMS Dragon has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean, three weeks after an Iranian-made drone hit the British base of RAF Akrotiri, the defence secretary has said. The Type 45 destroyer will begin “operational integration into Cyprus’s defence” from Monday night, John Healey told MPs. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries

Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory The women banned from studying in Britain Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK. The students – five from Sudan and one from Afghanistan – have undergraduate degrees in medicine and science-based subjects and received offers from uni

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The Guardian Politics23 Mar 2026

A war and maybe an unprecedented depression: it’s Trump’s mania, but now all of us will pay the price | Polly Toynbee

It had been possible to observe this presidency in abstract terms, but no more. The consequences of the Iran attack will affect our lives and our politics Nothing has changed. Yet. But we stand on the edge of inevitable economic cataclysm, such as not seen in our lifetimes. It’s an odd, hold-your-breath moment, waiting for what the International Energy Agency (IEA) says is now certain to happen: an energy crisis so critical it will be the equivalent of the two oil crises in 1973 and 1979 and Rus

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