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Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

Labour Ministers Recommend VPNs for Cybersecurity

Labour ministers have officially recommended using a VPN. Asked what the guidance is for Virtual Private Networks, a DSIT minister answered in a parliamentary question: “A summary of the wide variety of guidance provided by the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) is available on their website. The national technical authority for cyber security is the…

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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

Huge petition to deport migrants hits massive new milestone

The popular petition will be considered for debate by MPs in the House of Commons.

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Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

Potemkin ‘Council of Nations and Regions’ Has Only Ever Met Twice

Labour’s ‘Council of the Nations and Regions’ has only met twice since its creation after the 2024 general election. At the time, the government claimed it would be “a central driving forum that brings together governments and authorities… on a structured and sustained basis“. In reality this meant two perfunctory meetings in the first year,…

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts

Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff UK politics live – latest updates Health service staff have expressed alarm that engineers working for controversial tech company Palantir have been given NHS email accounts. Employees using NHS.net email accounts have access to a directory with the contact details of up 1.5 million staff. Sources believe Palantir staff were granted the same access. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Londoners may regret protest votes for Reform or Greens in local elections, says Sadiq Khan

Exclusive: Capital’s mayor warns people not to use next month’s elections as a referendum on Labour’s progress UK politics live – latest updates Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas. Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for young people, the London mayor also

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

What has conflict in Iran revealed about the UK’s geopolitical standing and military readiness?

Whatever happens next as US and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, some important lessons have been learned Middle East crisis – live updates The world breathed a sigh of relief in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the US and Iran agreed to an 11th hour two-week ceasefire, after diplomatic intervention from Iran. Hours after Donald Trump had threatened widespread bombing of Iran’s power plants and bridges, warning that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”, both countries agreed to a

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Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

Mark Yale: Local government service is where ‘One Nation Conservatism’ really delivers

Voters do not judge us by our ideological purity, they judge us by whether the bins are collected, the schools are improving, and the state of the local high street and economy. The success of the Party at general elections is built on local Conservative politicians achieving this. The post Mark Yale: Local government service is where ‘One Nation Conservatism’ really delivers appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer breaks silence on Iran ceasefire as PM travels to Gulf

Prime Minister speaks out after Donald Trump's deal in the Middle East

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Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

YOUGOV POLL: Corbyn’s Your Party Debuts on 1% and Restore on 4%

Corbyn’s outfit enters the race on 1%. Might as well fold it now… Westminster Voting Intention YouGov / The Times & The Sunday Times · April 6–7, 2026 · 2,320 adults Reform UK 24% Conservatives 19% Labour 16% Green 16% Lib Dem 13% Restore Britain 4% SNP 3% Other 2% Plaid Cymru 1% Your Party…

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer welcomes Iran war ceasefire as he heads to Gulf to meet regional leaders – UK politics live

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Sarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street. Jones told Times Radio: [Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign se

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Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

Our Survey: Conservatives realistic but more optimistic about May’s elections

The word from many of the more senior Conservative Party officials campaigning across the country is that in some areas the loses could be pretty bad, but in others - London gets mentioned a lot - there could be brighter news. The post Our Survey: Conservatives realistic but more optimistic about May’s elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

My city's a sleazy shadow of its former self thanks to Greens – don't make same mistake

OPINION - JULIE BURCHILL: Unless you've got municipal Munchausen's syndrome and want to ruin where you live, don't vote Green in next month's local elections

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