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Express Politics29 Apr 2026

More than 3 million pensioners struggling financially, report warns

New report warns that more than one in four older people are struggling financially

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Sky News Politics28 Apr 2026

Ajax armoured vehicle trials will be 'proceeding cautiously', minister says

Trials of the Army's Ajax armoured vehicle will be "proceeding cautiously" after they were halted last year, a defence minister has said.

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Express Politics28 Apr 2026

Furious Labour MP skewers Keir Starmer as civil war erupts over Mandelson saga

Labour MP Emma Lewell has hit out at the government's three-line whip over privileges vote later on Tuesday.

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The Guardian Politics28 Apr 2026

Sectarianism? Family voting? No, what British Muslims are doing with their votes is called democracy | Taj Ali

I’ve been speaking to Muslims across the country, many of whom are deserting Labour. They are as angry about potholes, traffic and litter as anyone else Taj Ali’s Guardian documentary, The Muslim Vote: Democratic threat or Islamophobic myth? | On the Ground, is out on Thursday 30 April ‘An establishment whitewash … a blooming disgrace. And I promise you that our democracy is not in a healthy state.” Nigel Farage was furious. Not just because the Reform UK candidate, Matthew Goodwin, had lost t

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Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Labour to Develop “AI Hardware Plan” After OpenAI Cancels Multi-Billion Pound Flagship Data Centre Deal

Tech Secretary Liz Kendall has announced that the government intends to develop a “hardware plan” to facilitate AI investment less than twenty days after OpenAI cancelled a multi-billion data centre project in Britain. Blaming Labour policies… Kendall said in a speech at RUSI that the government would shift its policy to “back more British AI…

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The Guardian Politics28 Apr 2026

Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock Exchange Rachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war fallout Business live – latest updates Shares in some of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders such as Paragon and One Savings Bank have fallen after it emerged that the chancellor may make private landlords commit to a one-year rent freeze. In an effort to protect households from rising living costs as a result of the Iran wa

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Conservative Home28 Apr 2026

Andrew Gilligan: Devolution in Scotland and Wales has been a failure – and nobody wants to admit it

Any attempt to devolve their powers downwards, improve the poor job they do or incentivise them to work better with others will be seen as a “Westminster attack on Scotland” or a “Westminster attack on Wales.” The post Andrew Gilligan: Devolution in Scotland and Wales has been a failure – and nobody wants to admit it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics28 Apr 2026

Lip reader spots Donald Trump joke to King Charles and Queen Camilla after awkward moment

EXCLUSIVE: A lip-reader has spotted a joke made by US President Donald Trump to King Charles during the royal's state visit

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The Guardian Politics28 Apr 2026

It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it | Gaby Hinsliff

Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like now We are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right with the world – but when you can still shut your eyes to a lot of it just by switching off the news and cracking on with life. No bombs are falling, no bullets flying, no sirens sounding. Though the idea that Britain is already under a form of hybrid attack is commonpla

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Conservative Home28 Apr 2026

David Willetts: Is there a neat solution for NEETs?

For many people who are not working, especially if they are young, their benefits are very low indeed. The big trend of the past decade or more has been to shift benefit spend away from young people and families towards pensioners. The post David Willetts: Is there a neat solution for NEETs?  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Sky News Politics28 Apr 2026

'Profiting from crisis morally wrong', says Millband as BP announces huge rise in earnings

The oil and gas producing giant BP has recorded a more than doubling of profits as it benefits from high prices from the Iran war.

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Express Politics27 Apr 2026

Reform UK issues chilling 2-word threat to Labour MPs ahead of Starmer sleaze vote

Dire warning delivered as PM faces crunch vote over parliamentary investigation

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