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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.

Express Politics16 Mar 2026

EU demands Keir Starmer rips up key Brexit deal that would cost UK £140m a year

Downing Street is understood to be quietly costing the move as a bargaining chip in Rachel Reeves's drive for deeper single-market alignment

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close

Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case.  In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed

2025 was the year Labour killed jobs.  This year may well prove the year they kill the high street. Businesses are aching for a government that understands them, and that is precisely what we are building. The post Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Scotland's assisted dying debate reaches final stages on eve of vote

The long-running political battle over assisted dying comes to an end as MSPs get ready to vote.

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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Scotland's assisted dying debate reaches final stages on eve of vote

The long-running political battle over assisted dying comes to an end as MSPs get ready to vote.

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

James Ford: Cars are hardly Oxford Street’s biggest problem, so why does the Mayor insist on pretending they are?

I believe that his misdiagnosis of the West End’s woes is deliberate and cynical; the pretext for a shameless power grab. The post James Ford: Cars are hardly Oxford Street’s biggest problem, so why does the Mayor insist on pretending they are? appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Starmer warned over assisted dying bill by more than 100 Labour MPs

More than 100 Labour MPs warn that failing to pass the legislation would undermine trust in politics.

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Plans to cut NHS international workforce appear overambitious, say MPs

Health service in England has saved more than £14bn hiring from overseas, report says, as doubt is cast on aim to reduce international recruitment to 10% Ministers’ plans to cut the international workforce within NHS England appear overambitious, MPs have said, as a report reveals the health service saved more than £14bn by recruiting doctors, nurses and midwives from overseas. Many of the countries recruited from were struggling with staff shortages, and the UK had a moral duty to offer support

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