Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics.
With Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spring statement fast approaching, Labour faces a major challenge from its own backbenchers ahead of an announcement to restrict some sickness and disability benefits. Sam and Anne discuss the stakes for Sir Keir Starmer and the plausibility of a party rebellion.
Plus, it’s classroom war over schools and academies, as Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson comes under pressure over her plans to shake up curriculums. But why is the schools bill causing such a stir?
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<p>Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jibrin Isah, has been affirmed by the Court of Appeal as the duly elected senator for Kogi East. Naija News reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Isah the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial District election, but the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]</p>
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French president Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Lancaster House summit Keir Starmer has said he is ready to put British…
