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What Is The Iran War Doing To UK Energy Bills? The conflict in Iran has triggered concern about an energy bill shock in the UK. How likely is a spike in prices? And what could the government do ...

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Government Confident Of Defeating Legal Challenge Over Anti-Muslim Hate Definition Exclusive: The government is confident that any legal challenge launched by free speech campaigners over the new anti-Muslim hostility definition w...

The government is confident that any legal challenge launched by free speech campaigners over the new anti-Muslim hostility definition will fail, reports Tom Scotson

A government source told PolHome that the definition had been put through the "legal ringer" in preparation for a judicial review

Zack Polanski: “There’s A Lot Of Inauthenticity In Politics, But It’s Not Coming From Me” Green Party leader Zack Polanski talks to Sienna Rodgers about his by-election success, potential Labour defectors, and how his upbringing shapes h...

NEW: My interview with Green leader Zack Polanski

• He's been speaking to a “handful” of Labour MPs about defecting to the Greens
• Explains why he criticised Corbyn for Labour antisemitism but doesn't now
• His plans to run for Parliament

& lots more 👇
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Everything We Just Learned About Government Plans For Digital ID The government has launched its long-awaited consultation on digital ID. Here is what we learned, as well as questions that remain unanswered.

The government has launched its long-awaited consultation on digital ID. Here is what we learned, as well as questions that remain unanswered, including:

📱Will digital ID be compulsory?
📱What will a digital ID look like?
📱What will the scheme cost?

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Zack Polanski: “There’s A Lot Of Inauthenticity In Politics, But It’s Not Coming From Me” Green Party leader Zack Polanski talks to Sienna Rodgers about his by-election success, potential Labour defectors, and how his upbringing shapes h...

Zack Polanski sits down with @siennarodgers.bsky.social to discuss Labour-to-Green defections, his views on Jeremy Corbyn, where he'll stand to be an MP, and how his upbringing shaped his view on Zionism

He rules out any sort of electoral deal with Starmer's Labour: "That relationship is broken"

Roz Savage: Lib Dems 'Need A Plan' For A Coalition Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage speaks to Matilda Martin about why she became a record-breaking ocean rower, how the breakdown of her marriage liber...

Before deciding to run for Parliament, Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage was the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans 🌊

We spoke about how the breakdown of her marriage liberated her, and why she would like to see Ed Davey’s party have a strategy for coalition

Government Announces New Social Cohesion Strategy Cabinet minister Steve Reed has announced its new cohesion strategy which includes a long-awaited definition of anti-Muslim hatred.

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UK 'Stands Ready' To Support Emergency International Energy Reserves Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the UK is ready to back a coordinated release of International Energy Agency oil reserves to help stabilise ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK is ready to support a coordinated release of IEA oil reserves to help stabilise fuel prices

She spoke with G7 finance ministers on the economic impact of the Iran conflict this afternoon

Jeremy Corbyn Officially Elected Parliamentary Leader Of ‘Your Party’ Exclusive: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially become parliamentary leader of ‘Your Party’ after being elected to the role by the new...

Exclusive: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially become parliamentary leader of ‘Your Party’

Why The Iraq War Still Haunts Labour MPs As the Iran conflict continues, the lessons and warnings from the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its long aftermath are shaping the response of Labour m...

Twenty years on, the Iraq War still looms large in the minds of Labour MPs

🔎 @zoecrowther.bsky.social and @tomscotson.bsky.social explore how the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath are shaping Britain’s response to the Iran conflict

The Rundown by PoliticsHome: What did we learn from the Spring Statement? This week on The Rundown host Alain Tolhurst takes a look at the state of the economy after a low-key Spring Statement from the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.She unveiled figures from the OBR which sugg...

Very interesting @politicshome.bsky.social pod this week - looking at whether the low-key Spring Statement was a missed opportunity by Rachel Reeves to set more direction from the government, and to set out the dangers now facing the economy alongside the more positive OBR figures

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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What did we learn from the Spring Statement?

📈 Labour MP @lukemurphy.bsky.social, Resolution Foundation's @jamessmithrf.bsky.social and the IFS's @nickridpath.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the state of the economy

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More Ministers To Be Paid Under Payroll Reforms Exclusive: The number of paid ministerial roles is to increase as part of new government reforms to be announced on Thursday.

More ministers to be paid under government payroll reforms

We are closer than ever to allergy-safe schools. Now Parliament must finish the job For more than a decade, families, clinicians and coroners have warned that allergy safety in our schools is too often left to chance. During that t...

We are closer than ever to allergy-safe schools. Now Parliament must finish the job
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Shabana Mahmood Warns Labour MPs They Cannot “Retreat To Comfort Of Fairytales” On Immigration Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said reforms to the immigration system are about 'compassion and control' as she faces down Labour MPs concerned...

Shabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that they cannot "retreat to the comfort of fairytales" of immigration

The Home Secretary announced a series of stricter rules for the asylum system and visa regime on Thursday, prompting over 100 Labour MPs to sign a letter expressing their concern

Keir Starmer Says UK Is Sending Four More Typhoon Jets To Help Defend Brits In Middle East Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK is sending more jets to “maintain the shield” over the British people in the Middle East, after Iran la...

Keir Starmer has announced that he is sending four additional Typhoon jets to “maintain the shield” over the Brits in the Middle East

The PM said over 4k people had made it back to the UK from impacted countries, adding that the operation was "many times bigger than the evacuation from Afghanistan"

More Ministers To Be Paid Under Payroll Reforms Exclusive: The number of paid ministerial roles is to increase as part of new government reforms to be announced on Thursday.

The ministerial payroll will be increased under reforms being unveiled on Thursday, reports PolHome Editor @adampayne26.bsky.social

The Labour government will argue it's not right that some ministerial positions continue to favour those who have the financial means to afford to do them unpaid

More Ministers To Be Paid Under Payroll Reforms Exclusive: The number of paid ministerial roles is to increase as part of new government reforms to be announced on Thursday.

A Whitehall scoop:

A bill is coming to increase the number of paid ministers

11 new salaries will be created to bring the payroll in line w/ the average size of a modern government

"The PM believes that ministerial office should not be reserved for those wealthy enough to fund it for themselves"

PolHome's Tom Scotson reveals what Labour's chair told a private meeting of campaigners last night:

- The party must tackle immigration - but "in a way that stays true to our values"
- It must "find the right language" to combat the Greens - suggesting it hasn't yet found the right balance...

Labour Chairs Warns Party It Must Tackle Immigration “In A Way That Stays True To Our Values” Exclusive: Labour chair Anna Turley has privately warned her party that it must tackle immigration – but only “in a way that stays true to our valu...

Labour chair Anna Turley has privately warned her party it must tackle immigration – but only “in a way that stays true to our values”

In remarks to campaigners following the Gorton & Denton by-election, obtained by PolHome, she said her party must find "the right language" to combat the Greens

Andy Burnham Says Labour's By-Election Defeat Shows 'Chasm' Between Westminster And Voters Andy Burnham has said that Labour’s historic defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election demonstrated the “chasm” between Westminster and the publi...

Andy Burnham has said that Labour's seismic defeat to the Greens in Gorton and Denton showed the "chasm" between Westminster and the public

In his first public intervention since the by-election last week, the Greater Manchester Mayor said the result ought to be "code red for Westminster politics"

Parliamentary Staff Overwhelmingly Reject Pay Deal Worth Less Than MPs’ Parliamentary staff have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer that falls below the salary increase awarded to MPs, according to a trade union survey...

❌ Parliamentary staff have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer that falls below the increase awarded to MPs, according to a @unitetheunion.bsky.social survey seen by @politicshome.bsky.social

91.5% rejected the offer, while only 4.6% said they would accept it

@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports

The post-Brexit deal for Gibraltar is not 'betrayal' – it is a triumph The newly-agreed, UK-EU settlement for Gibraltar protects jobs, stability and proud British identity.

The post-Brexit deal for Gibraltar is not 'betrayal', as some in the UK media have claimed – it is a triumph, writes Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar

I'm delighted with my heat pump – but there are still too many barriers to get one installed The government is right to put heat pumps at the centre of its Warm Homes Plan. But affordability and convenience are key – as I learnt first-hand.

I'm delighted with my heat pump – but there are still too many barriers to getting one installed, writes Green MP
@carladenyer.bsky.social

Labour Deputy Leader Opposed By-Election Attack On Green Drug Policy Lucy Powell was among the Labour figures privately concerned about attacking the Greens' drug policy during the Gorton and Denton by-election campa...

Labour Deputy Leader Lucy Powell was privately concerned about attacking the Green drug policy during the Gorton & Denton by-election campaign, PolHome understands

Many Labour MPs have complained that the campaign in Greater Manchester was misjudged, focused too much on criticising Polanski's party

What You Need To Know About The Spring Statement As expected, Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement was a relatively low-key affair — but there was a major elephant in the room in the form of conflict i...

As expected, Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement was a relatively low-key affair — but there was a major elephant in the room in the form of conflict in the Middle East, and the impact it could have on prices at home, writes @nadinebh.bsky.social

The pharma deal with the US is woefully short-sighted There must be more scrutiny of our pharma agreement with the US. Trump is strong-arming the UK into accepting massive price rises.

There must be more scrutiny of our pharma agreement with the US. Trump is strong-arming the UK into accepting massive price rises, writes Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed

Trump Is No Ally Of Britain – He Is A Threat Like Putin, Says Zack Polanski Zack Polanski has declared that Donald Trump cannot be an ally of Britain, and the UK can no longer have a “special relationship” with the US, beca...

Trump is no ally and there can be no special relationship, Zack Polanski has said

Speaking to @siennarodgers.bsky.social in the wake of US & Israeli attacks on Iran, Polanski said Russia was “looking to advance its imperialism”, before adding: “I believe the same behaviour is coming from the US"

Parliamentary Staff Furious Over MPs Getting Bigger Pay Award Parliamentary staff are furious over MPs being offered a larger pay increase their employees, despite staff bearing the brunt of increased casework...

There's fury among parliamentary staff after being given a smaller pay rise than MPs

IPSA said the move reflects growing demands on MPs, like "higher levels of complex casework, and abuse & intimidation"

However, staff say it's "mind-blowingly tone deaf" and fails to appreciate pressures they face