Block on political crypto donations and a £100k cap from Britons abroad to take effect today – UK politics live

Steve Reed makes statement to MPs following the Rycroft review into political funding

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‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations

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#LiberalDemocrats Jane Dodds didn't even scratch the surface of how stupid #NigelFarage is.

All of the #ReformUKLtd et al. rhetoric about Great Replacement and a middle eastern religion coming to the British Isles to set up its own law, can be *exactly* applied to the Christianization of Britain, canon law, and the introduction of Latin and 'Ænglisc', to speakers of Brittonic, by immigrants arriving in their small boats.

And the Blue Books.

#Welsh #UKPolitics #history #Wales #WelshPolitics

Reform voters send Nigel Farage message about political donors in major poll

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-voters-send-nigel-farage-36882502

UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is president

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Opportunities, perils and pitfalls: how UK parties have responded to war in Iran

Starmer’s ‘purely defensive’ stance has won support among voters, but what challenges lie ahead for each party when it comes to their base’s view of war?

The Guardian
Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform

Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for political donations to be capped

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UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide

Lib Dems table amendment to crime and policing bill, saying system ‘simply not doing enough to protect women’

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Major demand on heated tobacco devices as MP calls for supermarket advert ban

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-demand-heated-tobacco-devices-36804788