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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Labour Blocks 16-Year-Olds From Digital ID People’s Assembly Despite Giving Them the Vote

Some strategic Parliamentary questions from Alex Burghart have identified that the £600,000 Digital ID people’s assembly will only allow 18-year-olds in: “Participants will be recruited through a process called sortition. This is a random postcode lottery. It is a way of selecting individuals to take part in deliberative processes, where everyone is given an equal…

Politics
BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Scottish Conservatives pledge tax cuts in election manifesto

Leader Russell Findlay announces his party's plans ahead of next month's Holyrood poll.

PoliticsEconomy
BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Scottish Conservatives pledge tax cuts in election manifesto

Leader Russell Findlay announces his party's plans ahead of next month's Holyrood poll.

PoliticsEconomy
Express Politics7 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer ordered to stand up to Ed Miliband over North Sea oil as energy bills rise

There is also support for action to help people with energy costs in the wake of the Iran war price surge

Defence
The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay

Union rejected 4.9% pay rise for resident doctors, who are on six-day strike, but offered its own staff 2.75% The British Medical Association has been accused of the “height of hypocrisy” for offering its own staff below-inflation pay rises while demanding a 26% increase for resident doctors. Tens of thousands of medics walked out of the NHS in England on Tuesday, the 15th time they have staged industrial action since March 2023 in their campaign for “full pay restoration”. Continue reading...

EconomyHealthcare
Express Politics7 Apr 2026

Reform accused of 'unholy alliance' with Khan that would bulldoze London's green spaces

Tories have accused Reform of an 'unholy alliance' with Sadiq Khan that would let the Mayor bulldoze London's green belt and precious open spaces.

Environment
Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Burnham Offering Taxpayer-Funded E-Bike Vouchers to “Gender Diverse People”

Transport for Greater Manchester is piloting a new E-bike subsidy scheme at the generosity of the taxpayer via DfT’s Active Travel England. Priority is given to applicants who are “underrepresented in cycling or who experience financial or practical barriers“. Here’s who Andy Burnham has decided is ‘underrepresented in cycling’… People living in areas of higher…

Economy
Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

John Moss: Candidate selection is underway so what can all of them do to make themselves better?

Getting selected is as much of a campaign as fighting for election. Applicants should think of it in similar terms. You will still have to find the people who might vote for you, persuade them to vote for you, and make sure they do vote for you. The post John Moss: Candidate selection is underway so what can all of them do to make themselves better? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Bar Standards Board Dismisses Jolyon Maugham’s Trans Complaint

Jolyon has lost again. The Bar Standards Board late last week slapped down a complaint made by Maugham’s Good Law Project against a barrister over her social media posts. Sarah Phillimore is also launching crowdfunded defamation proceedings against Jolyon himself… The GLP made a complaint on behalf of a trans person after Phillimore referred to…

Express Politics7 Apr 2026

Kanye West blocked from travelling to UK as Wireless Festival cancelled

Organisers said Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the rapper was barred from travelling to Britain.

BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Kanye West blocked from travelling to UK, government tells BBC

West was due to headline London's Wireless Festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments.

Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Home Office Blocks Kanye West From Entering Britain

Amid the furore over Kanye West’s upcoming performance at the Wireless festival Labour has now blocked his entry to the UK. He can still get in by small boat presumably… The Home Office said an application was made for a visa waiver – an Electronic Travel Authorisation – yesterday which has been refused on the…

Immigration