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Can Reform survive the rift between Farage and Lowe?
Sometimes politics throws up a happening of quite exquisite irony. Lee Anderson suspending the whip from Rupert Lowe, his party’s most outspoken MP.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-reform-survive-the-rift-between-farage-and-lowe/
UK hotter than Costa del Sol on warmest weekend of the year
The UK’s warmest days of the year arrived this weekend, with temperatures reaching almost 20C in parts of the country. Temperatures topped 19.7C in Crosby near Liverpool and 18.7C in Harwarden in north Wales, while Killowen in Northern Ireland saw 17.2C and Threave in western Scotland recorded 17.3C.
What will defence spending boost mean for British military?
It is exciting when a government department receives a huge sum of money, particularly when the Prime Minister calls it the “biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.
Starmer tells Trump: Peace can’t be won if you shut out Ukraine
The PM and foreign secretary assured President Zelensky of British support as they laid the ground for Starmer’s high-stakes visit to Washington this week.

Alarm at plan for less-qualified probation staff to deal with sex offenders in England and Wales
March 10, 2025
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Michael Holland
Domestic abusers and sex offenders in England and Wales will be rehabilitated by less-experienced staff with fewer qualifications from June.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/10/alarm-plan-less-qualified-probation-staff-sex-offenders-england-wales
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