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BBC Politics3 Apr 2026

Marmalades may need to be relabelled under post-Brexit food deal

The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.

BBC Politics3 Apr 2026

Marmalades may need to be relabelled under post-Brexit food deal

The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.

The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

Relationship with Trump may be beyond repair, Keir Starmer told

PM gets widespread backing after president’s mocking impersonation takes US-UK relationship to new low Keir Starmer has been warned his relationship with Donald Trump may be beyond repair after the US president derided the prime minister for consulting his team about military decisions, in a mocking impersonation. In a new low for UK-US relations, Trump appeared to imitate Starmer in a weak voice during an Easter lunch speech at the White House and said the UK was “not our best” as an ally. Con

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The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

The Guardian view on the US and Europe: the UK tried to be a bridge, but Trump likes to burn them | Editorial

The president’s outbursts on allies and Nato were further confirmation that Europe cannot wait to bolster security – and Britain must play its part “She had no more surprises for him; the unexpected in her behaviour was the only thing to expect,” Henry James wrote in his novel Daisy Miller. Leaders dealing with Donald Trump surely recognise the sentiment. James’s character was a young American out of her depth in Europe, falling victim to prejudices. Mr Trump is a real-world problem, and this ti

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The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

The Guardian view on the Women’s Library at 100: a cause for celebration but not complacency | Editorial

The ups and downs of the collection launched by Millicent Fawcett make it an apt symbol of an ongoing struggle When the Women’s Library opened a century ago, the movement it documented appeared triumphant. Most British women had gained the vote in 1918, and in 1928 suffragist campaigners would ensure that they held it on the same basis as men. The London Society for Women’s Service, led by Millicent Fawcett, intended the library to become a home for the suffrage movement’s archives. But even as

The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU | Gaby Hinsliff

Ten years after the Brexit vote, Trump’s disdain and insults are fuelling the belief that the UK should renew ties with Europe Going anywhere nice this summer? No, me neither, judging by the warning from the Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, that a global shortage of jet fuel caused by the Iran war may soon lead to cancelled flights. Suddenly a week in Cornwall looks a safer bet, though even that will be a stretch for some families as the cost of long car journeys heads through the roof. When the r

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Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Labour in Rossendale. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Bury and a seat from the Lib Dems in Luton. But the Lib Dems gained a seat from an independent in North Devon. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes3 Apr 2026

Guido Whispers: Not in the Mah-mood

Members get access to Guido Whispers every Friday. This week’s edition is jam-packed. For all the latest gossip swirling around Westminster and beyond, join us today by clicking here. Get tomorrow’s news, today. A few of last week’s Whispers appeared in the dead tree press several days later…

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Sky News Politics3 Apr 2026

Look to faith this Easter, says Starmer, during period of 'real anxiety'

This Easter is a time of "real anxiety", Sir Keir Starmer has said in his annual message - as he says faith can offer "reassurance".

The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

Extend fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to stem exodus, union says

NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improved Full maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said. Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said it was a “national scandal” that so many teachers who quit said inadequate maternity support was one of the reasons. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’

Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises Young people in the UK are more likely to leave their job for health reasons and become economically inactive when they work in insecure, low-paid sectors, a study has found. Research carried out for the Trades Union Congress by the consultancy Timewise charts a connection between the jobs young people are most likely to do – in hospitality, retail and care, for example – and the proportion

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Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Chico Khan-Gandapur: A heads up for the Tories – beyond policy, it’s feelings and identity that drives voters

Rational policy design still matters enormously, because bad policy can wreck lives, economies and ecosystems, but it has to work through emotional and identity‑based channels first, rather than pretending to hover above them. The post Chico Khan-Gandapur: A heads up for the Tories – beyond policy, it’s feelings and identity that drives voters appeared first on Conservative Home.