Express Politics9 Apr 2026
Labour 'panders to far-Left' as mayor candidate makes Israel pledge – then scraps it
Rowenna Davis accused of 'indulging in political posturing' in 'desperate attempt to win votes'
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Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"
Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.
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Troubling Evidence Of Corruption
The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform
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Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026
UK navy foiled Russian submarines surveying undersea cables, defence minister says
John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation A British warship and aircraft tracked and monitored Russian submarines attempting to survey vital undersea infrastructure in the North Atlantic, ensuring they abandoned their mission, the defence secretary, John Healey, has announced. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Healey said the UK operation lasted more than a month and saw a Royal Navy warship and P8 marine patrol airc
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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026
LIVE: John Healey Gives ‘Operational Update’
John Healey is in Downing Street to give an update on the UK’s defence operations regarding Iran. Watch along – he’s equipped with a map… Healey says Russian subs were attempting to spy on the seabed in order to take out British cables and pipelines before scarpering on the arrival of the Navy. Chilling…
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Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026
Labour-Green Local Election War Breaks Out Over Housing
Housing is the central nib of Labour’s battle against the Green Party in the upcoming local elections. Both sides think they have gains to make targeting the issue… Zack Polanski has trailed comments for his local election campaign launch today in London: “Look at how Labour councils treat their own tenants… One of Keir Starmer’s…
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Express Politics9 Apr 2026
Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer faces migration meltdown as border farce exposed
Channel crisis deepens as even the border force admit the current system doesn't deter crossings.
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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026
Iran cannot ‘hijack’ strait of Hormuz with shipping tolls, says Yvette Cooper – UK politics live
As Keir Starmer continues his Gulf visit, foreign secretary says laws of the sea prevent Tehran from charging for passage of ‘international transit route’ Good morning. Keir Starmer is still in the Gulf, and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has been doing a round of interviews this morning, ahead of delivering a speech on foreign policy this evening. As Jamie Grierson reports, Cooper has been arguing forcefully that Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire. The starting point here
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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026
Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious On 23 June 2016, the British voter changed. Before that day, they picked a party, usually red or blue. By that morning, only two tribes mattered: remain or leave. And they kept mattering long, long after the result was declared. Rather than bin those short-lived and now stale allegiances, voters made them their personas. No longer a “Labour man” or a “Conservative
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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026
Ministers unveil ‘right to try’ plan to help disabled people find work
Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplaces The government has unveiled its plan to allow disabled people to try work without fear of losing their benefits, but campaigners warn the policy does not go far enough to tackle hostile workplaces. Legislation laid before parliament on Thursday will mean that people who start work or volunteering no longer automatically face a benefit reassessment, a prospect disabled people said was holdi
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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026
US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president tells podcast he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases How the Ukraine and Iran wars are starting to overlap The US has ignored compelling evidence that Russia has been helping Iran to target US bases in the Middle East because it “trusts” Vladimir Putin, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking in an interview with Alastair Campbell on The Rest is Politics podcast, Zelenskyy
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BBC Politics8 Apr 2026
NHS questions dominate election leaders' programme
The Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats faced audience questions in Haverfordwest.
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BBC Politics8 Apr 2026
NHS questions dominate election leaders' programme
The Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats faced audience questions in Haverfordwest.
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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026
British crypto billionaire Ben Delo says he has given £4m to Reform UK
Delo, pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, describes himself as champion of free speech A British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money-laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Ben Delo, 42, who is now based in Hong Kong, wrote in the Telegraph that he had made the donation since the start of the year, before the government’s cap on donations to political parties by British citizens living ab
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