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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections

John Swinney unveils his party’s manifesto, saying cost of living is the ‘defining issue’ for voters on 7 May The SNP will cap supermarket prices for essential goods like bread and milk if it retains power, John Swinney has pledged, after describing the cost of living as “the defining issue of this election”. With polls pointing to a fifth Holyrood term for the Scottish National party, its leader said he would use devolved public health powers to fix prices on 20 to 50 items such as bread, milk,

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Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer told to apologise for 'contemptuous behaviour' towards MPs

The Prime Minister has faced criticism for repeatedly dodging questions during the weekly Commons grilling.

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Sky News Politics16 Apr 2026

The Cathy Newman Show to launch on Sky News

Award-winning journalist Cathy Newman is bringing her own style of friendly, but forensic, political journalism to Sky News.

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BBC Politics16 Apr 2026

Party leaders say how they engage young people in politics

Party leaders each face questions from an audience of voters in Llandudno.

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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Downing Street Refuses to Back Streeting’s Call to Cut Welfare to Boost Defence Spending

Number 10’s spokesman today, asked if Starmer supports Wes Streeting’s call to slash welfare spending to fund defence: “The best way to get the welfare bill down in the long term is to support more people into work and I’ve set out a number of ways in which we’re doing that… we are committed to…

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

PM summons senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X and says social media is ‘putting our children at risk’ Keir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a Downing Street meeting over internet safety. The prime minister summoned senior figures at Meta, TikTok, Google and X to No 10 on Thursday morning as his government considers imposing new restrictions on platforms, including an Australia-style ban for under-16s. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram, and Google

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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

WATCH: Starmer Reads Entirely From Notes to Meeting of Seven People

Starmer struggled through his opening remarks on child safety at a Downing Street meeting of social media executives this morning. What was it like when the cameras stopped rolling… This is what Starmer had to say: “But things can’t go on like this. They must change. Because right now social media is putting our children…

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Contingency plans in place for possible food shortages if Iran war continues, minister confirms – UK politics live

Peter Kyle did not dispute Times’ report that under a ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ supermarkets might start running out of some items The SNP is to bring in a national ban on smartphones in classes if it wins May’s Holyrood election, John Swinney has pledged. As the Press Association reports, the first minister and SNP leader insisted the devices were “a distraction from learning” pledging legislation after the election to ban them across Scotland. PA says: Currently head teachers have the p

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BBC Politics16 Apr 2026

What changes people want to see in Swindon

We asked what issues people in Swindon cared about most going into the local elections.

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Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Politics LIVE: Reform pledges crackdown on immigration lawyers 'exploiting' taxpayers

Nigel Farage's party has promised to put an end to 'unscrupulous' immigration lawyers abetting fake asylum seeker.s

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Conservative Home16 Apr 2026

National Service spooks the young and its revival is often ridiculed but right now is it worth another look?

If senior military men can suggest, without ridicule, that paying benefits to teenagers out of work might be better spent on paying them to train in the military, it is a mark of just where we are in the most volatile geopolitical circumstances most of us have known. The post National Service spooks the young and its revival is often ridiculed but right now is it worth another look? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Is Keir Starmer ‘complacent’ on defence? – podcast

Keir Starmer has hit back at Labour peer George Robertson’s criticisms about defence funding. Why has the government been slow to prioritise defence and what trade-offs is Keir Starmer willing to make in order to increase spending? Guardian Live: Can Labour come back from the brink? With a difficult set of May elections approaching, Labour under threat from the Green party and Reform UK, and Keir Starmer’s popularity in freefall, can he survive as leader of the Labour party? The Guardian’s Gaby

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