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• British Workers Wanted

  15-11-2017 18:59
  At Christmas last year, someone called Sarah wrote an email to our company, Drummer TV. She had seen some of the programmes we make and wanted to tell us about the colourful lives she and her friends led while at work at their busy recruitment agency in Bognor Regis. We get lots of emails from people wanting to be on TV but this one felt different - I could tell Sarah was ballsy and engaging and held strong opinions about most things and I remember leaving my family with a Christmas movie to ans
  
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• Pandemic brought NHS ‘close to collapse’, says UK Covid inquiry

  19-03-2026 13:23
  Report also says ‘Stay Home, Protect the NHS’ message stopped people receiving treatment for life-threatening conditions
  
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• Mandelson probe looking at euro bailout email, says Met Police chief

  19-03-2026 10:47
  Message to Jeffrey Epstein from former Labour minister represented a ‘potential criminal offence’
  
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• British right must not allow prejudice to be masked as principle

  19-03-2026 10:30
  In history, curtailing religious freedom has only ever been the road to horror — the Tories can choose not to repeat it
  
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• UK considers FOI clampdown as requests soar

  19-03-2026 06:00
  Moves to tighten system likely to be met with resistance from campaigners
  
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• UK to protect steel industry with new import tariffs

  19-03-2026 01:01
  Move brings Britain in line with US, EU and Canada which have sought to bolster domestic producers
  
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• Two charged with spying on London Jewish communities on behalf of Iran

  19-03-2026 00:30
  Prosecutors said men engaged in conduct ‘likely to assist a foreign intelligence service’
  
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• Starmer calls on Badenoch to sack shadow minister over Muslim prayer comments

  18-03-2026 20:14
  Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy described public prayers as ‘an act of domination’
  
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• UK to procure more anti-drone missiles in show of support for Gulf allies

  18-03-2026 20:11
  LMMs have proven effective in countering strikes by Iran and its proxies in the region
  
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• UK immigration reforms could be softened, Starmer signals after Rayner criticism

  18-03-2026 19:49
  Former deputy prime minister calls proposed changes ‘un-British’ and a ‘breach of trust’ that will alienate voters
  
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• Green Party leader pledges £8.4bn to stop UK energy bills rising

  18-03-2026 14:40
  Zack Polanski says party would prevent increases in household energy costs through higher taxes on capital gains  
  
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• How can the UK shield households from higher energy bills?

  18-03-2026 13:32
  Keir Starmer has made clear the government is unlikely to intervene at scale until higher prices hit consumers
  
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• What Reeves misses in pursuit of ‘securonomics’

  18-03-2026 10:30
  UK is too slow to boost defence spending while underfunding areas of comparative advantage
  
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• UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs

  18-03-2026 06:00
  Move by UKNNL leads union to question government claims about ‘golden age’ for sector
  
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• UK fights to keep selling more potent cannabis products in EU ‘reset’ talks

  18-03-2026 06:00
  British food and drinks supplements can contain 10mg of marijuana or hemp-derived CBD, five times Europe’s daily limit
  
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• Suspicions grow that China is exploiting FOI laws to gather UK security data

  18-03-2026 06:00
  Government figures believe Beijing may be behind a significant proportion of recent requests
  
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• Rayner warns immigration reforms risk being 'un-British'

  18-03-2026 03:20 via bbc.com
  Most migrant workers will have to wait longer to qualify for permanent residence under the government's proposals.
  
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• Scotland's assisted dying bill rejected after emotional debate

  18-03-2026 01:04 via bbc.com
  Scotland would have become the first part of the UK to legalise the process had MSPs backed the proposals.
  
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• Zelensky calls for Trump and Starmer to meet and find common ground

  18-03-2026 00:15 via bbc.com
  In an exclusive interview with the BBC after talks with Starmer, the Ukrainian president says the pair should meet to "re-load the relationship".
  
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• Trump lashes out at Starmer while UK works with allies to de-escalate Iran crisis

  17-03-2026 20:06
  US president says Britain’s prime minister ‘doesn’t produce’
  
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• Mayors to gain more spending power under Reeves tax plans

  17-03-2026 19:26 via bbc.com
  The chancellor sets out the government's plan for economic growth, which also includes closer ties to the EU.
  
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• Iran and Russia are 'brothers in hatred', Zelensky tells MPs

  17-03-2026 19:26 via bbc.com
  The president highlights how Tehran is selling drones to Moscow that have been used against Ukraine.
  
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• Reeves’ ambitious growth rhetoric clashes with reality

  17-03-2026 19:20
  The chancellor’s plans for a reset with the EU lack credibility
  
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• Rachel Reeves warned that more than warm words are needed to woo the EU

  17-03-2026 18:31
  Bloc will not budge on granting UK greater access to its markets unless Labour accepts greater obligations, say industry analysts
  
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• Rachel Reeves backs more regional devolution to ‘unlock growth’

  17-03-2026 17:32
  UK chancellor’s reforms include allowing local areas to keep some proceeds from higher income tax receipts
  
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• Ministers still wrangling over delayed defence investment plan

  17-03-2026 17:00 via bbc.com
  MPs ask defence bosses why a vital investment plan promised before Christmas is still on hold.
  
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• Reform UK council leader narrowly survives no confidence vote

  17-03-2026 15:51 via bbc.com
  Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch holds on after predicting he would win the vote.
  
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• Reform pledges to scrap VAT and green levies on energy bills

  17-03-2026 15:50 via bbc.com
  There are fears the war in Iran could lead to a surge in household energy bills.
  
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• Unite fined £265k for 'slow walk' bin strike protests

  17-03-2026 15:24 via bbc.com
  A judge rules the union repeatedly breached an injunction preventing the blocking of waste vehicles.
  
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• Reform council leader narrowly survives no confidence vote

  17-03-2026 14:58 via bbc.com
  Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch survived by one vote.
  
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