Sky News Politics17 Mar 2026
Elections 2026: What's devolved in each UK nation and English region?
Voters will go to the polls on 7 May in national elections in Scotland and Wales, as well as in various council areas across England.
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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026
Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"
Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.
ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026
Troubling Evidence Of Corruption
The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform
RestoreRemigration24/02/2026
Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026
The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026
FACT CHECK: Reeves Claims Tax-Hiking Budgets Prevented Higher Inflation
Rachel Reeves has just claimed in her Mais lecture she had to raise taxes in both her car-crash Budgets because not doing so would have led to “higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher borrowing… or collapsing public services“. Admitting these choices were “unpopular” with some, which is the understatement of the millennium… Here is what…
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BBC Politics17 Mar 2026
Unite fined £265k over bin strike protests
A judge rules the union repeatedly breached an injunction preventing the blocking of waste vehicles.
BBC Politics17 Mar 2026
Unite fined £265k for 'slow walk' bin strike protests
A judge rules the union repeatedly breached an injunction preventing the blocking of waste vehicles.
Express Politics17 Mar 2026
Ed Miliband's energy tool says pubs should switch off fridges
The Government said the tool has helped companies slash their energy bills.
Sky News Politics17 Mar 2026
Andrew Tate should be extradited to UK from Hong Kong, say MPs
The British government needs to make an urgent extradition request to Hong Kong to send Andrew and Tristan Tate back to the UK to face criminal charges, senior MPs have demanded.
PoliticsCrime
The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026
Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans
Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies Nigel Farage has sold videos in which he endorsed a neo-Nazi event, repeated extremist slogans and supported a man convicted over his involvement in a far-right riot. The videos are among several highly questionable clips identified by the Guardian in an investigation into the Reform UK leader’s use of the personalised video platform Cameo.
Reform
BBC Politics17 Mar 2026
Reform council leader narrowly survives no confidence vote
Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch survived by one vote.
Defence
BBC Politics17 Mar 2026
Reform pledges to scrap VAT and green levies on energy bills
There are fears the war in Iran could lead to a surge in household energy bills.
DefenceEnvironment
BBC Politics17 Mar 2026
Reform council leader survives no confidence vote
Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch has survived after 27 councillors supported him.
Defence
The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026
UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war Middle East crisis – live updates Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal. Powell thought that progress had been made in Geneva and that the deal proposed by Iran was “surprising”, according
Defence
Express Politics17 Mar 2026
MI5 agrees to pay compensation to 'Beth' in neo-Nazi agent scandal
Beth was attacked with a machete by her former partner, a violent, ‘extremist' misogynist who used his MI5 role to coercively control her.