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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Callum Price: Is it time we took the taxpayer out of the financing of students altogether?

Universities are not paid to train or educate; they are paid to recruit. They get their fee when they accept a student, regardless of how they do or whether they go on to get a job. What if we took the taxpayer out of it entirely and make universities loan directly to their students. The post Callum Price: Is it time we took the taxpayer out of the financing of students altogether? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics9 Apr 2026

Conservatives vow to outlaw council four-day week

South Cambridgeshire District Council is the only authority to offer four-day weeks for full pay.

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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Sky News Politics9 Apr 2026

Four die as small boat sinks during attempt to cross English Channel

Two men and two women have died after attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat, French authorities have confirmed.

The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

‘They will not get my vote this year’: Birmingham focus group shows shift from Labour support

Previous Labour voters in Yardley discuss issues including cost of living, public services and the Iran war Almost two years into Keir Starmer’s government, the polls suggest that many swing voters, including some of those who voted Labour, are unimpressed with how the country is being run. In the constituency of Birmingham Yardley, a focus group of eight previous Labour voters last week found support was now splintering in different directions, with one person considering going to Reform and se

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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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Express Politics9 Apr 2026

Don't believe this latest Remoaner excuse to undo Brexit and shove UK back in EU

It's startling that people who don't actually need an excuse pretend that every other world event must force us to reconsider.

Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Yvette Cooper: Strait of Hormuz Cannot Have Tolls

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is touring broadcast studios with UK demands for the Strait of Hormuz. Namely “not to have tolls, not to have restrictions, but to get that fully re-opened”… Cooper said it was a priority for Starmer on his three-day trip: “One of the crucial things that the prime minister will be talking…

The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

Ed Miliband hold firm! North sea oil and gas drilling won’t help anyone other than Nigel Farage | Zoe Williams

It’s worrying to watch Labour entertain Reform’s fantasies about fossil fuels. Only renewables will bring lower bills and higher energy security Ed Miliband is facing a dilemma, apparently. Reform UK is suggesting new oil and gas licences in the North Sea as a way to cut fuel bills and they’re steadily gaining cheerleaders – not just in the media, but also in some trade unions. Labour – having swept into power on a green-friendly manifesto, much of which has already been abandoned, but the kerne

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The Guardian Politics9 Apr 2026

Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, Yvette Cooper to say

Foreign secretary to address City leaders in London as Israel intensifies bombing and Vance says Lebanon is not part of deal Middle East crisis – live updates Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, the British foreign secretary will say, as a two-week pause in the conflict hangs in the balance. Addressing an event at the Mansion House in London, Yvette Cooper is expected to say there “must be no return to conflict” after the ceasefire announced by the US p

Express Politics9 Apr 2026

'Spineless' Starmer savaged as he flies to Middle East - 'all talk and no trousers'

Sir Keir has pledged to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP, but divisions within Labour over how to fund that ambition have slowed progress.

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