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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

LIVE: Starmer Hosts Downing Street Press Conference

Expect ‘targeted’ support to the tune of £50 million for households relying on heating oil. And plenty of waffle about supposedly decisive leadership on the Middle East…

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Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Gulf Allies Blast Starmer’s ‘Wholly Inadequate’ Response to Iran War

Gulf allies are unimpressed with Starmer’s plodding response to the Iran war, particularly with the failure to send necessary defensive resources to the region in the opening days of the conflict. The quotes from diplomatic and military sources speaking to Politico: “No. 10 was determined to downplay any risk or perception of us getting involved…

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

What's worth more: Churchill or a woke badger? Welcome to Britain's banknote culture war | Jonn Elledge

Self-appointed patriots are up in arms about a plan to replace historical figures with cute wildlife. The Bank of England shouldn’t duck this debate One day soon we may finally have an answer to a question that has stumped philosophers through the ages: which is worth more, a beaver or a robin? We might be able to place actual monetary values on barn owls or stags, too. Any one of them could even be considered worth more than Winston Churchill. That’s because the Bank of England has announced th

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves on brink as experts issue horror UK employment warning – '100,000 jobs lost'

Employers are grabbling with spiralling costs linked to tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East.

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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.