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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Labour Caps Student Loan Interest Rates

Labour’s new policy on student loans has come after outrage online prompted a campaign in the media and Tory promises to take action. The DfE says the interest rate on Plan 2 and Plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6% from September. It’s currently an interest rate of RPI +3% while they are…

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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

British Service Sector Posts Weakest Performance in Eleven Months

The latest services PMI from S&P Global shows the sector is growing at its slowest for 11 months. Downturns… Services PMI dropped sharply to 50.5 in March, down from 53.9 in February. This is the lowest reading since April 2025 and below the flash estimate of 51.2. New orders fell for the first time since…

BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Kanye offers to meet Jewish community in UK after Wireless controversy

He said his goal was to 'come to London and present a show of change' through his music.

Sky News Politics7 Apr 2026

What's at stake for Wales in May's elections?

Labour has been winning in elections in Wales for more than a century - and if the polls are anything to go by, this will change in the Senedd elections in May.

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Resident doctors begin longest strike yet as Streeting accuses BMA of hypocrisy over pay – UK politics live

The health secretary and the BMA trade accusations over who bears responsibility for the collapse of talks Good morning. Resident doctors in English hospitals started a six-day strike at 7am this morning. Many of them will continue to work, but there will be enough of them joining the strike to have a significant impact on the care hospitals can deliver. It is the 15th resident doctors (who used to be known as junior doctors) have been on stage since they launched a campaign in 2023 to get their

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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

WATCH: Streeting Pleads With Striking Junior Doctors’ Union

An exasperated Wes Streeting has begun to plead with the British Medical Association now that the junior doctor strike has kicked off. A six-day walkout began at 7 a.m… The Health Secretary told Sky News the strike will cost £300 million: “Every time the BMA takes resident doctors out on strike, it costs the NHS…

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations

The ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’, says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongs Reform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlanctic trade in enslaved people. Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesperson, told the Daily Telegraph that the call for reparations was “insulting”. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

When I get abused just for dancing, it shows how far hatred of politicians has gone | Stella Creasy

Concern over MPs’ competence is one thing, but this is silencing opponents’ voices by character assassination, and it leads to a dark place Stella Creasy is the Labour and Cooperative MP for Walthamstow The slogan “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution” holds new meaning in a world where an MP simply singing along to Robyn is labelled a sign of national decline. A tweet celebrating a Saturday night in my own constituency has now been viewed by almost 1 million people – a

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BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Disruption expected as six-day doctors' strike begins

The NHS is advising patients in England to only use emergency services when necessary but attend any confirmed appointments.

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary says industrial action in England also threatens to derail NHS progress on waiting times Wes Streeting has accused resident doctors of “torpedoing” their own pay rises and training jobs by walking out on strike again, as tens of thousands of doctors began a six-day stoppage in England. The health secretary said there was a “legitimacy” to concerns over jobs and wages but that the British Medical Association had scuppered any chance of a breakthrough when it rejected w

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Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

It is our war

It's just that the Americans and Israelis are fighting it for us. The post It is our war appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Schools in knife crime hotspots to get specialist training

A new partnership will provide training for school leaders about knife-crime risk, the government says.

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