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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Labour MPs just voted to put up the price of petrol

The Government used its Commons majority to defeat calls to scrap a 5p increase in petrol duty.

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Starmer unlikely to allocate more time for assisted dying bill, ministers believe

PM said to be wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs by giving bill time in next session of parliament Keir Starmer will not intervene to give the assisted dying bill further time in the next session of parliament as he is wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs, senior ministers believe. The bill, which was passed by the Commons, is now certain to be blocked in the House of Lords without ever reaching a vote because of the sheer number of amendments its opponents have table

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Reeves speech had a giant hole: the sky-high cost of energy for industry | Nils Pratley

Businesses say the chancellor’s response to the problem is too timid and more radical thinking is needed We’ll have closer trade relations with the EU, be the fastest adopters of AI in the G7, shift some tax revenues to the regions and squash the Nimbys if they stand in the way of growth “corridors”. It’s a plan. Or, at least, it’s a sketch of a plan since the EU will surely have its own ideas on what it wants from trade renegotiations. Still, Rachel Reeves’ big resetting speech this week set a

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Memory loss strikes down Starmer and Badenoch at an infuriating PMQs

PM and Tory leader enter maddening death spiral of dodging respective questions on Peter Mandelson and war in Middle East There’s something weird going on in Westminster. A mutant pathogen in the water maybe. Whatever it is, Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch appear to have been struck down by it. Both have had parts of their memory wiped. At times they now sound like the living dead. Keir can’t remember a thing about Peter Mandelson. And Kemi is a total blank when it comes to the Iran war. It’s har

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Fury as top Tory calls Muslim Trafalgar Square prayers 'act of domination'

Sir Keir Starmer has called for the senior Conservative to be sacked.

Defence
Express Politics18 Mar 2026

Row over Ramadan prayers in London flares up as Labour makes demand

Labour says Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch must sack her Shadow Justice Secretary.

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BBC Politics18 Mar 2026

Fly tippers face clearing up own rubbish as punishment

Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.

BBC Politics18 Mar 2026

Fly tippers face clearing up own rubbish as punishment

Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.

Sky News Politics18 Mar 2026

Plans to let AI firms use music without permission abandoned by government

The UK government has scrapped plans to introduce copyright law exceptions which would allow AI firms to use the work of songwriters without their permission.

The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Trump attacks Starmer: end of the special relationship? – The Latest

Kemi Badenoch has described Donald Trump’s criticism of Keir Starmer as ‘childish’ and said it ‘sends the wrong signal to our opponents in Iran or in Russia’. Trump repeated his previous attack on the prime minister on Tuesday, saying: ‘Unfortunately Keir is no Winston Churchill.’ Are cracks starting to appear in the US-UK special relationship? Lucy Hough speaks to our senior political correspondent Peter Walker – watch on YouTube Continue reading...

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

'What is he hiding?' - Starmer dodges Mandelson-Epstein questions four times in Commons

Starmer has been accused of hiding the truth after refusing to answer Mandelson-Epstein questions more than four times in the Commons.

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Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

NIMBY Tories Buy Facebook Ads to Block Building Homes on Car Park

West Oxfordshire Conservatives are paying for Facebook ads to campaign against building flats on a car park in Witney. It happens to be a brownfield site… If you open a dictionary and look for the definition of ‘NIMBY’, you’ll probably find that advert…

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