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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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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs

PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status Keir Starmer is hoping to soften the impact of his government’s changes to the immigration system after a backlash from Labour MPs and a dramatic intervention from his former deputy Angela Rayner. The prime minister is considering exempting large numbers of people from the proposed changes, which would make it harder to achieve settled status in the UK, as he attempts to k

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer set to cave in to Angela Rayner in humiliating immigration U-turn

The Prime Minister is looking at watering down changes to immigration rules that have angered Labour MPs.

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves and the EU: the right ambition is held back by outdated red lines | Editorial

The chancellor makes a compelling case for alignment with the EU, but her strategic analysis isn’t matched with political urgency in Downing Street In an age of attention-grabbing algorithms and amplified outrage on social media, politicians have few incentives to make arguments at any length. That makes Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture earlier this week refreshing as a detailed exposition of the chancellor’s thinking. Ms Reeves returned to an argument she first made in opposition, about the growing

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Supporters of Scotland’s assisted dying bill frustrated by lack of backing from Labour MSPs

Just three of Labour’s 20 MSPs in Holyrood voted for bill, despite support for legislation in House of Commons Supporters of Scotland’s assisted dying bill said they are frustrated a significant majority of Labour MSPs voted against the proposals, despite Labour’s substantial support for the measure at Westminster. The Scottish bill was defeated in a late night free vote at Holyrood on Tuesday, five years after it was first proposed and a year after it was first tabled, by a larger than expected

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Sky News Politics18 Mar 2026

Rayner eyeing frontline politics return - with allies confident tax probe will end by May elections

Angela Rayner's return to frontline politics began in earnest this week as the former deputy leader set out the challenge in the upcoming May elections.

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

As Trump shows lack of direction on Iran, even Badenoch distances herself

Steady UK opposition to the war and the US president’s insults mean MPs are finding it easier to point out the obvious When is a U-turn definitely a U-turn? To the consternation of politicians through the ages, this is rarely something within their control, but decided instead by the herd. And thus it is with Kemi Badnoch over Iran and Donald Trump. The Conservative leader would very much like it to be known that she had not changed her stance on the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, or on the US pres

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Labour MPs just voted to put up the price of petrol

The Government used its Commons majority to defeat calls to scrap a 5p increase in petrol duty.

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Starmer unlikely to allocate more time for assisted dying bill, ministers believe

PM said to be wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs by giving bill time in next session of parliament Keir Starmer will not intervene to give the assisted dying bill further time in the next session of parliament as he is wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs, senior ministers believe. The bill, which was passed by the Commons, is now certain to be blocked in the House of Lords without ever reaching a vote because of the sheer number of amendments its opponents have table

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Memory loss strikes down Starmer and Badenoch at an infuriating PMQs

PM and Tory leader enter maddening death spiral of dodging respective questions on Peter Mandelson and war in Middle East There’s something weird going on in Westminster. A mutant pathogen in the water maybe. Whatever it is, Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch appear to have been struck down by it. Both have had parts of their memory wiped. At times they now sound like the living dead. Keir can’t remember a thing about Peter Mandelson. And Kemi is a total blank when it comes to the Iran war. It’s har

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Trump attacks Starmer: end of the special relationship? – The Latest

Kemi Badenoch has described Donald Trump’s criticism of Keir Starmer as ‘childish’ and said it ‘sends the wrong signal to our opponents in Iran or in Russia’. Trump repeated his previous attack on the prime minister on Tuesday, saying: ‘Unfortunately Keir is no Winston Churchill.’ Are cracks starting to appear in the US-UK special relationship? Lucy Hough speaks to our senior political correspondent Peter Walker – watch on YouTube Continue reading...

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

'What is he hiding?' - Starmer dodges Mandelson-Epstein questions four times in Commons

Starmer has been accused of hiding the truth after refusing to answer Mandelson-Epstein questions more than four times in the Commons.

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Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

Westminster Targeted by Scammers in Wave of X Account Hacks

Scammers are targeting the X accounts of hacks and politicians across SW1. Nadhim Zahawi is the latest victim… Esther Webber’s account was also compromised this morning. The messages are always the same, and it’s been going on for several weeks. Sometimes the account holder wrestles back control, sometimes they don’t…

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