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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Business Secretary Heckled by Furious Labour Backbencher Over Industrial Energy Prices

Business Secretary Peter Kyle has been heckled by a prominent backbench Labour MP after the government failed to provide any support for the dying British ceramics industry in the latest subsidy announcement. Gareth Snell – who has voiced concerns on behalf of ceramics for some time – asked Kyle: “How many job losses will it take?…

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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Conservative Home16 Apr 2026

Alexander Rooney: Is Wales about to sleepwalk into another government of failure?

On NHS waiting-lists alone this is a structural failure 27 years in the making. This is the consequence of a government more interested in expanding its own apparatus than fixing its own failures. The post Alexander Rooney: Is Wales about to sleepwalk into another government of failure? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Rachel Reeves 'blocks MoD funding' over lack of women – 'backs benefits over defence'

EXCLUSIVE: The Chancellor has been slammed over allegations she's refusing to boost MoD funding.

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair

Heather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payouts The Covid-19 vaccine programme in the UK was an “extraordinary feat” but the payment scheme for people injured by the jabs must be urgently reformed, the public inquiry on the pandemic has found. In her report, the inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, praised the fact the UK was a world leader in biomedical sciences, which set it in good stead for developing and rolling out vaccines

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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Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Axel Rudakubana failings are what you get when woke zealots brainwash Britain

OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Labour's two-tier nightmare treats Brits like second-class citizens while making awful allowances for monsters.

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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BBC Politics16 Apr 2026

Minister considers banning over-the-counter flea treatments for pets

Ministers are considering restricting spot-on treatments and collars to prescriptions from vets and medical professionals.

BBC Politics16 Apr 2026

UK economy grew faster than expected in February ahead of Iran war

The economy saw its biggest monthly rise in more than two years just before the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

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Conservative Home16 Apr 2026

Nikita Malik: More than two million over‑50s are now on benefits – we must not write them off

If we start viewing midlife as a time of renewed possibility instead of decline, we can redesign work around longer lives, caring responsibilities, and changing health needs. The post Nikita Malik: More than two million over‑50s are now on benefits – we must not write them off appeared first on Conservative Home.