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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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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad The UK’s public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into a controversial government anti-fraud scheme that resulted in thousands of families being wrongly stripped of their child benefit payments. The National Audit Office (NAO) will examine how HM Revenue and Customs designed and implemented a scheme that used flawed Home Office travel records to identify parents suspected of

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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

More than 100 Labour MPs call on PM to stop assisted dying bill being blocked

Letter sent to Starmer claims ‘small number of peers have been using procedural tactics’ to stymie its progress More than 100 Labour MPs have called on Keir Starmer to stop the House of Lords from blocking the assisted dying bill and give it more time to return to the Commons, with the legislation now certain to fall owing to lack of time. The private member’s bill, sponsored by Labour’s Kim Leadbeater, will fall when the parliamentary session comes to an end in May because peers have used multi

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Sir Keir Starmer under pressure as 100 Labour MPs raise same concern

The Prime Minister has been urged to act on an issue raised by constituents across the country.

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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Inside the Rage Machine

The inside story of how social media algorithms sow division with real-world consequences.

BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Firms to be paid to hire unemployed young people

Payments of £3,000 for each 18-24 year old given a job are among proposals to tackle youth unemployment being announced later.

BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

One-off £2,000 grant gives care leavers head start, study finds

Participants were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, researchers say.

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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

One-off £2,000 grant gives care leavers head start, study finds

Participants were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, researchers say.

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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

People turn to private health care to beat NHS waits, says watchdog

The patient watchdog warns of two-tier service as polling shows numbers paying for care is on the rise.

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BBC Politics16 Mar 2026

Fears of two-tier health system as more turn to private care, says watchdog

The patient watchdog warns of two-tier service as polling shows numbers paying for care is on the rise.

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