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Express Politics9 Mar 2026

Lib Dem expenses fury as MP bills taxpayers £123 for ear defenders

Rachel Gilmour spends on luxury item despite earning a £93k salary, and Screwfix selling alternative options for just £5

Economy
The Guardian Politics9 Mar 2026

Starmer seeks to reassure public over cost of living as oil surges above $100 a barrel - UK politics live

The prime minister is facing pressure from unions and some backbenchers to prepare a support package as oil and gas prices threaten to push up inflation Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics as governments around the world brace for major disruption to energy supplies as a result of the escalating US-Israeli war with Iran. Keir Starmer is expected to promise to protect the British public from the economic impact of the war after oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the

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Express Politics9 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves is taxing village pubs to death – even a Soviet commissar would blush

OPINION: Rural watering holes are teetering on a cliff-edge because of the Government's relentless assault on the hospitality industry, writes Aaron Newbury

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The Guardian Politics7 Mar 2026

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax

Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year A UK recruitment business has been acquired out of administration for a third time in four years as part of a succession of deals that left some of the former management team in place and millions of pounds owed to the public purse. The chain of insolvencies appears to contain more examples of phoenixism – a process when companies are liquidated and directors are able to rise from the ashes

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Express Politics7 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves 40 per cent tax will raise half what she hoped - and cost jobs

The Chancellor said the 19 per cent hike would raise £2billion for the Treasury

Economy
BBC Politics7 Mar 2026

There's an inflation wave coming. How worried should we be?

Economic consequences are an intrinsic aspect of the Iran conflict, writes BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.

Economy
BBC Politics7 Mar 2026

There's an inflation wave coming. How worried should we be?

Economic consequences are an intrinsic aspect of the Iran conflict, writes BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.

Economy
BBC Politics6 Mar 2026

Labour whip restored to farm tax plan rebel MP

Markus Campbell-Savours says he is relieved after rebelling against the government's farm tax plan.

Economy
BBC Politics6 Mar 2026

Labour whip restored to farm tax plan rebel MP

Markus Campbell-Savours says he is relieved after rebelling against the government's farm tax plan.

Economy
Express Politics6 Mar 2026

New car tax change to hit drivers in UK city if your car is too heavy

Motorists to be slapped with 'cynical cash grab' that could be used as a 'prototype' to fleece drivers elsewhere in the UK

Economy
Express Politics5 Mar 2026

Kemi Badenoch to make major announcement on boosting defence budget

The Conservative leader warns that Labour is failing to keep people safe.

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BBC Politics5 Mar 2026

Reform UK's Welsh manifesto explained in under 60 seconds

The manifesto includes income tax cuts, scraping the nation of sanctuary and building a relief road

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