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Express Politics21 Mar 2026

White working class boys STILL at bottom of the class - 'warning not listened to'

Poor white boys continue to perform far worse in school than a host or their peers, triggering calls for a new approach to helping young lads succeed

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Express Politics21 Mar 2026

Robert Jenrick blasts Rachel Reeves for 'making a killing at Britain's expense'

Reform UK claims the Treasury could claw-in £40million a week extra as a result of the war in Iran

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Express Politics21 Mar 2026

Donald Trump's savage nickname from former aide as he 'makes disastrous error'

President Trump's apparent brutal nickname from a former aide has come to light amid his latest declarations about his approach to the Iran war

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BBC Politics21 Mar 2026

As Starmer faces war overseas, his party can't find peace at home

British politicians tend to stick together during dangerous moments abroad. In 2026? Not so much.

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Express Politics21 Mar 2026

Reeves ‘ransacking’ Britain as expert warns ‘communist’ plan will crush private sector

EXCLUSIVE: While headline GDP is flat, "the private sector is in deep trouble", squeezed by a combination of high taxes, regulation, and state-directed investment, said Bob Lyddon.

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The Guardian Politics21 Mar 2026

Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually | Timothy Garton Ash

If the UK wants to regain serious respect in the world, it needs its European leg as well as its transatlantic one “A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the president should be prepared for that.” Thus spoke Hugh Grant, playing the British prime minister confronting the US president in a famous scene in the romcom Love Actually. Real-life British prime minister Keir Starmer has atte

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

UK ministers begin contingency planning amid fears for economic effects of Iran war

Britain authorises use of military bases to strike Iranian missile launchers that target shipping in strait of Hormuz • Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has branded the UK and other Nato allies “cowards” but anger is growing among cabinet ministers that his war in Iran could jeopardise Britain’s fragile finances. Senior members of the government are in despair about the potential effects on the economy, with experts warning of higher energy prices and mortgage and borrowing costs.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?

Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats It will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that has highlighted the lack of military capacity available to the UK. Nominally, HMS Dragon was one of three destroyers available out of six. In reality the warship has had to be hauled out

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Express Politics20 Mar 2026

Donald Trump warned Keir Starmer not to appoint Peter Mandelson as pressure ramps up

Donald Trump's aides reportedly told No.10 they didn't like the choice of Peter Mandelson for ambassador.

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand

International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supply Lowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption is among potential contingency plans being drawn up by the UK government as the crisis in the Middle East threatens global oil supplies. Sources stressed that there is no shortage of fuel in the UK, but said that officials in the Department for Transport were working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) on

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The Guardian Politics20 Mar 2026

‘We need to think much bigger’: trade minister calls for greater ambition in UK-EU reset

Exclusive: Chris Bryant says policy agreements are being done in bits and pieces but a greater vision is needed by both sides It was all smiles and warm handshakes when the two men in charge of renegotiating the UK’s relationship with the EU met in Brussels this week. Maroš Šefčovič and the UK minister for EU relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, sharing a stage on the third floor of the vast European parliament building, were at pains to show the cross-Channel relationship was in a good place after y

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BBC Politics20 Mar 2026

Iran warns UK letting US use bases is 'participation in aggression'

Iran's foreign minister urges his UK counterpart Yvette Cooper to end cooperation with the US.

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