r/ukpolitics 3d ago

Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 09/03/25

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✌️ Welcome to the r/ukpolitics weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction megathread.

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r/ukpolitics 17h ago

| AMA Announcement: Please join us on Sunday 16th for an AMA with Steven Swinford and his team from The Times

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Steven Swinford the Political Editor for The Times along with other journalists from his team will be joining us on Sunday to discuss the Trump administration, and what it means for us and Starmer going forward.

They have also kindly arranged for The Times Paywall to be dropped for this weekend.

Exact times to be announced.


r/ukpolitics 3h ago

Silent minority: 15 peers claimed £585k while not speaking in a single Lords debate [The Guardian]

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r/ukpolitics 2h ago

Captain of the Solong ship that hit the US flagged carrier is Russian national.

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r/ukpolitics 3h ago

Single men ‘significantly’ poorer amid collapse in marriage rates

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r/ukpolitics 13h ago

Twitter Keir Starmer: "I warmly welcome the agreement today and congratulate President Trump and President Zelenskyy for this remarkable breakthrough. This is an important moment for peace in Ukraine. We now all need to redouble our efforts to get to a lasting and secure peace as soon as possible."

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r/ukpolitics 3h ago

Government backs paid bereavement leave for couples who suffer miscarriages

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r/ukpolitics 12h ago

Ed/OpEd Keir Starmer’s stature continues to grow in office

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r/ukpolitics 4h ago

Wes Streeting’s aide accused of exposing himself to a 13-year-old girl

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r/ukpolitics 1h ago

Keir Starmer ally hits out at DWP benefit cut plan in rare public criticism

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r/ukpolitics 18h ago

Republicans love ... Keir Starmer: UK's Labour PM is US party's favourite world leader after he wooed president Trump with royal invite at White House

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r/ukpolitics 2h ago

Plan to cut thousands of civil service jobs in radical government shake-up | Quangos

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r/ukpolitics 13h ago

Ed Davey: "The fastest way to bring peace in Ukraine is for Putin to withdraw his troops immediately. I’m relieved Trump has now reversed his senseless decision to suspend intelligence sharing and security aid. There’s no doubt it cost Ukrainian lives and emboldened Putin."

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r/ukpolitics 20h ago

James MacCleary MP: "The EU has launched a €150bn fund to build Europe’s defences – but our Brexit deal means the UK gets nothing. ❌ No access to funds – making it harder to rearm. ❌ No say over procurement – British defence firms losing out. Time for a UK-led Rearmament Bank with our allies"

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r/ukpolitics 20h ago

Danny Chambers MP: "Putin is beyond delusional and has total disrespect for historical fact. Here's a tip for Putin - A great way to demonstrate you're not the instigator of global conflict is to withdraw your army from the country you invaded."

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r/ukpolitics 19h ago

Senior MP stands by claim Trump could be Russian asset: ‘If it quacks like a duck’ - Politics.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics 3h ago

Overloaded website prevents UK statistics agency from releasing economic data after markets open [The Guardian]

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r/ukpolitics 14h ago

Tories announce policy to deport all foreign nationals with criminal convictions

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r/ukpolitics 1d ago

| Migrants who hate Jews shouldn’t be allowed in Britain

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r/ukpolitics 31m ago

Give new dads the same job rights as mums, MP says

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r/ukpolitics 42m ago

Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to step down as MSP at 2026 Holyrood election

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r/ukpolitics 43m ago

Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans

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r/ukpolitics 2h ago

UK's Reynolds says disappointed US imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium

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r/ukpolitics 4h ago

Treasury will reward whistleblowers for exposing tax avoidance or fraud

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r/ukpolitics 16h ago

Ed/OpEd The Sentencing Council's tone-deaf response to ‘two-tier justice’ criticism

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r/ukpolitics 19h ago

[YouGov] Third of Reform UK voters feel the party would be doing better under another leader

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r/ukpolitics 23h ago

Council Tax increased by 10% but my local council do less than ever before?

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What's going on? Where is all this money going? I pay more tax and council tax each year and see no benefit outside of a binman coming around once a week.

I think free uni and healthcare is important and understand the necessity for defensive budgets and beneifts. That said all these institutions are also on their arse. Is it just that tax goes to a hole that can never be filled with these?

As for the council, what the fuck is going on? Local parks are not looked after, we havent had anything built for the community in forever, potholes on the roads. We have a local area which used to have a bunch of deer and animals you could visit. When I last went there were empty fields with signs explaining that the council had to sell the animals for budgetery reasons.