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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

Labour Wars: Simons Says…

As action in Iran rages on Labour starts the week with two ministerial vacancies. Josh Simons resigned as a Cabinet Office minister over the weekend. Weeks of back-and-forth over his apparent involvement in the Labour Together smear scandal culminated in Simons’ quiet exit just as ballistic missiles spoiled the Ayatollah’s corn flakes. As one Labour…

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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

LIVE: Starmer Gives Commons Statement on Iran

Starmer is updating the Commons on the UK’s response to the situation in Iran. Currently the UK strategy is ‘as little as possible’…

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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

MPs Get 5% Pay Rise

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has released its MP pay decision for 2026/27. A 5% pay rise… “The 2026-27 salary of a Member of Parliament will be £98,599… analysis suggests MPs should receive a salary of around £110,000 by the scheduled end of the current parliament, which IPSA aims to move towards in increments over…

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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

Farage: I Support Regime Change in Iran

Farage spoke on the Iran situation at his press conference at midday. He said unequivocally that he supports regime change in Iran. Meanwhile no one knows what Starmer thinks… He said “this is very different to the Iraq decision” and – in terms of a new regime – that a “constitutional monarchy” is one of several…

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

UK house prices rise in February as chancellor avoids ‘negative speculation’

Rachel Reeves’ upcoming spring forecast has not led to slowdown, as property tax rumours did in November Business live – latest updates UK politics live – latest updates House prices in the UK increased in February as Rachel Reeves avoided a repeat of the pre-budget “negative speculation” that depressed the market, as she prepares to present the spring forecast on Tuesday. The average price of a home rose to £273,176 last month, up 0.3% from the month before, Nationwide said. It matched Janua

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

Labour council accuses minister of ‘moral bankruptcy’ over social care dispute

Hartlepool leaders ‘furious and appalled’ after meeting with Steve Reed about growing cost of social care The housing, communities and local government secretary has been accused by a Labour council of showing “arrogance, indifference and moral bankruptcy” towards children in social care. In an unusually forthright attack, Labour leaders of Hartlepool council said they were “furious and appalled” at Steve Reed after a meeting with him last week. A cross-party delegation had asked the secretary o

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Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

Jenrick Releases Video on Reeves’ Questionable Friendship With Mosque Chairman

From Jenrick just now on X: Arshad Khatana has the most abhorrent and shocking views. So why has Rachel Reeves been “friends” with this fanatic for over a decade? Why, as Chancellor, is she going round his house for lunch? pic.twitter.com/1Zp4Fw85f1 — Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) March 2, 2026 “Here in Leeds, where Rachel Reeves is…

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

Most senior council officers in England say building work hit by delays

Funding uncertainty is main concern, despite Labour’s pledge to revitalise construction, survey shows Almost two-thirds of senior council officers have said they are seeing construction projects delayed, despite the key role of local authorities in creating the wave of new housing and infrastructure promised by Labour. Before Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast on Tuesday, a survey of senior council officers showed that 40% do not think the local authority they work for is well placed to follow thro

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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

Foreign Office starts planning evacution of thousands of Britons in Middle East

About 76,000 nationals thought to be in the region as tensions rise after US-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime US-Israeli war on Iran: latest updates The Foreign Office is drawing up plans to evacuate tens of thousands of British citizens if war in the Middle East escalates, with many travellers currently stranded in Dubai. The government does not know how many British nationals are resident, on holiday or otherwise travelling across the Gulf, but it said 76,000 have so far registered their

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The Guardian Politics28 Feb 2026

Keir Starmer’s response to the Gorton and Denton debacle should be a government that truly, finally, reflects him | Tom Baldwin

In the past he has been urged to follow strategies that don’t really match his core beliefs. That’s changing, as it must, because he knows the clock is ticking Tom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer, The Biography In a crowded and overheated bar towards the end of the evening a few months ago, I received some strange parenting advice from one of those “Labour strategist” types. We were discussing – maybe arguing – over the government’s position on Gaza. Eventually I asked if he could provid

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Express Politics27 Feb 2026

Little UK town housing 500 migrants issues major warning after bombshell court ruling

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have vowed that protests will continue after the High Court rejected a residents' attempted legal challenge.

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees

Parents opposing plans told they can home school their children if they object to sending them to state schools The court of appeal has rejected the latest challenge to the addition of VAT to private school fees, telling parents they have the option to home school their children if they object to sending them to state schools. The appeal was launched by families and leaders of four independent Christian faith schools, aiming to overturn a high court ruling last year by arguing that the decision

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