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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

McFadden: UK Must Navigate ‘Transactional’ White House as Trump Pushes on Hormuz

McFadden on Sky News this morning, responding to Trump’s claim that NATO faces a “very bad future” if allies don’t deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz: “Well, that’s the president right there. The quote that you’ve just given has summed him up. It’s a very transactional presidency, and our job is to navigate this,…

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Minister plays down Trump’s Nato threat, arguing US alliance strong enough to ‘outlast’ current issues – UK politics live

Pat McFadden says Trump running a ‘transactional presidency’ and that ‘our job is to navigate this’ Good morning. Keir Starmer is holding a press conference in Downing Street this morning. As Kiran Stacey reports, the PM’s main intention will be to announce support for people most hit by rising energy prices, particularly householders reliant on heating oil. The measures are expected to be worth tens of millions of pounds. But, inevitably, most of the focus likely to be on how Starmer responds t

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Ed Miliband’s net zero boss blasted for ‘hypocrisy’

Critics have accused the new head of Ed Miliband's net zero drive of "not believing the drivel he is forcing on everyone else".

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says

Donald Trump has threatened Nato allies over failure to send ships to protect strait of Hormuz, but Pat McFadden says UK relation with US remain strong Middle East crisis live Donald Trump is a “very transactional” president, whose repeated demands on Iran must be seen in this context, one of Keir Starmer’s most senior ministers has said in an unusually blunt UK assessment of relations between the countries. Asked about the US president’s threats of some sort of retaliation against allies who

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Sky News Politics16 Mar 2026

Businesses to get £3,000 state bonus for hiring unemployed young people

Businesses will be given a £3,000 government bonus for hiring a young person who has been out of work for six months.

Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer to give major update at Downing Street press conference

Follow our live blog for the latest political updates.

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

Inside the young Tories’ plot for a Conservative revival

The Conservative Party must “embrace a new radicalism” and “significantly accelerate” its renewal if it is to be ready for power by 2029, according to a bold new report from a group of Tory rising stars. The post Inside the young Tories’ plot for a Conservative revival appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics16 Mar 2026

EU demands Keir Starmer rips up key Brexit deal that would cost UK £140m a year

Downing Street is understood to be quietly costing the move as a bargaining chip in Rachel Reeves's drive for deeper single-market alignment

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close

Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case.  In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed

2025 was the year Labour killed jobs.  This year may well prove the year they kill the high street. Businesses are aching for a government that understands them, and that is precisely what we are building. The post Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Scotland's assisted dying debate reaches final stages on eve of vote

The long-running political battle over assisted dying comes to an end as MSPs get ready to vote.

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