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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Labour under pressure to appoint Tory ex-minister as next Ofcom chair

Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the new chair of the media regulator Ofcom, as he battles for the job against a Labour peer. The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life, as concern over online content has grown rapidly, alongside the rise of more politically partisan broadcasting. No successor has yet been name

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned

To this day, those on the Far Left are convinced that Wilson was ousted from 10 Downing Street by an establishment campaign of smears and threats. The post Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes27 Mar 2026

‘Dozens’ of Labour MPs Privately Demand Starmer Waters Down Net Zero Policy

Steve Yemm has told GB News’s Christopher Hope that up to 40 of his fellow Labour MPs have written privately to senior Cabinet ministers demanding a rethink of Miliband’s plan to end sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Nearly one in ten of the PLP… Speaking on Chopper’s Political Podcast, Yemm said:…

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BBC Politics27 Mar 2026

Assisted dying bill will not become law, say both sides

The House of Lords are continuing to debate the proposals but there is not enough time to complete all the stages in the current parliamentary session.

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Starmer says Iran and Ukraine wars could reshape global order and ‘define us for a generation’ – UK politics live

His remarks come as foreign secretary Yvette Cooper meets her counterparts at a G7 meeting in France The second day of the G7 meeting near Paris is under way. We heard from Yvette Cooper earlier this morning before the summit began, saying she and other foreign ministers will discuss the conflict in the Middle East “where we want to see a swift resolution that reaches regional stability and security and opens the strait of Hormuz”. The narrow waterway, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping cha

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Billy Bragg calls for big turnout at London march against far right

Musician urges public to send clear message at what is expected to be UK’s biggest ever multicultural rally Billy Bragg has encouraged people to send a clear message to those seeking to divide the country by turning out to support what is expected to be the biggest multicultural march in UK history on Saturday. Speaking to the Guardian before the Together Alliance’s march against the far right in central London, the musician and political activist said participants hoped to “send out a message t

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Guido Fawkes27 Mar 2026

Starmer Set to Make Sadiq Khan a Lord

According to the FT, Starmer plans to buy off Sadiq Khan’s loyalty with a peerage after the local elections. The same local elections in which Labour expects a walloping… Starmer has already appointed more peers than his last four predecessors. There is even talk of giving Khan a Cabinet role to keep him happy. Of…

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Express Politics27 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer 'set to offer Sadiq Khan a peerage' in bid to shore up leadership

The Prime Minister is facing ongoing speculation over his leadership ahead of the local elections.

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Azeem Ibrahim: We have thousands of citizens in a war zone – Here’s how we welcome them home and fix the country

A tax holiday and two new bonds could turn a geopolitical crisis into the domestic investment story of a generation. It is the simplest most elegant most patriotic economic policy a government could announce. The post Azeem Ibrahim: We have thousands of citizens in a war zone – Here’s how we welcome them home and fix the country appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

Progressive Paris has many weapons to fight the far right, but the best? Spaces where you can simply hang out | Alexander Hurst

Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an antidote to the disaffection extremists feed on Paris’s success in removing cars from its streets has been more widely praised than its progress in opening up mixed-use spaces. But the city’s enthusiasm for bringing what urbanists call “third places” to life is exactly why I found myself, just hours after voting in the first round of Paris’s municipal elections, dancing in telecoms company Ora

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

UK government must urgently apologise for forced adoption, MPs say

Ministers urged to work with survivor groups on formal apology as many victims are nearing end of their lives The UK government must urgently issue a formal apology for the state’s role in forced adoption as many victims are nearing the end of their lives, a cross-party group of MPs has said. A report from the education select committee said ministers should provide an initial commitment to an apology and begin working with survivor groups as quickly as possible on its wording. Continue reading

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Express Politics26 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage makes 7-word promise as Reform UK launches election campaign

The Reform UK leader spoke to members in Sunderland as his party launched its local election campaign.

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