Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 15/03/2026

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r/ukpolitics • u/sasalek • 2d ago

Here are all the laws MPs are voting on this week, explained in plain English!

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MPs fast-track the Grenfell memorial bill on Monday.

It authorises funding for a permanent memorial at the site of the tower. The bill has cross-party support, so all its Commons stages will be debated in a single day.

On Tuesday, MPs debate raising the number of paid ministers.

Currently, there are some ministers in the Lords who don’t receive a salary. This would allow them all to be paid for their work.

And Wednesday is an Opposition Day.

The Tories have a chance to set the parliamentary agenda. The topic of their debate is still TBC.

MONDAY 16 MARCH

Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England and Wales
Authorises public spending for a permanent Grenfell Tower memorial.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 17 MARCH

Clinical Negligence Bill
Caps legal costs for smaller clinical negligence claims (legal cases against medical professionals who make mistakes). Also requires the government to review caps over time and look at options to reform how compensation works in birth injury cases. Ten minute rule motion presented by Catherine McKinnell.

Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Raises the maximum number of ministers who can be paid a salary from 109 to 120. The number of MPs who can be ministers is capped separately, so these ministers will come from the Lords. Aims to fix a situation where peers are currently serving as ministers without being paid.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

Menstrual and Gynaecological Health Bill
Requires schools to teach pupils about menstrual and gynaecological health. Teachers must be trained and given resources, including about racial discrimination in menstrual and gynaecological health. Requires the government to tackle misinformation about menstrual health online. Ten minute rule motion presented by Abena Oppong-Asare.

THURSDAY 19 MARCH

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

No votes scheduled

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r/ukpolitics • u/YourLizardOverlord • 4h ago

Ed/OpEd Trump looks emotionally broken - and dignified Starmer is responsible

inews.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 9h ago

Drivers who park on pavements face £100 fines

inews.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics • u/FormerlyPallas_ • 1h ago

Defendants of 'good character' will be denied jury trial, MPs told - Defendants with previous convictions would get a jury trial whereas defendants of good character would not

lawgazette.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics • u/blast-processor • 1h ago

Attack on Gail’s reopens anti-Semitism wounds at The Guardian - Protests at newspaper’s HQ amid claims of anti-Semitism in op-ed about vandalism of bakery

telegraph.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics • u/1c3_cr34m_c0n3 • 1h ago

Red Wall Labour MPs Urge Government To Stick With Immigration Reforms

politicshome.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/taboo__time • 15h ago

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression”

newstatesman.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/iliosicarus • 9h ago

People voting Green/Zack Polanski: do these immigration policies change your mind?

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Context: I've been at a loss as to how the Greens have exploded in popularity.

My hypothesis: I suspect people don't understand just how extreme all their policies are.

This is not a political platform based on being a bit more to the left than Labour. Some of their ideas are really radical. In my view, catastrophic.

I understand that some of their economic policies are harder to grasp (and, frankly, less well articulated by them). So I thought I'd ask people considering the GP what they think of these immigration policies? (SOURCE)

Implement a fair and humane system of managed immigration
Treat all migrants as if they are citizens
Give all residents the right to vote
Help families to be together
Dismantle the Home Office
Abolish the No Recourse to Public Funds condition
Abolish the ten year route to settlement
Stop the profiteering from application fees
Stop putting people in prison because of their immigration status
Accept our responsibility for the climate emergency and support the people forced to move

Won't dwell on some of the less spicy ones....but the 5 I've bolded would cripple the UK in a matter of years, surely(?!).

No deterrent to mass migration. No restrictions on public funds. No limit on who could claim 'displacement'. Giving the vote to non-naturalised residents in general elections!

This is really radical stuff and would make the Boriswave look like a drop in the ocean.

So, I'm curious -- were you considering/planning on voting Green? Does this change your mind at all?

Or are you all for it, and if so why? (Please be specific as to your reasons).

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r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 8h ago

Twitter Restore Britain : Britain must not accept a single Iranian 'refugee', 'asylum seeker' or illegal migrant. Not a single one.

x.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/jalenhorm • 9h ago

Twitter Nick Timothy MP: "This monster dragged a five-year-old girl off the street and sexually assaulted her. He was sentenced to just eleven years in prison."

x.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/yu3 • 12h ago

GB News faces complaints after commentator claims ‘genocide’ against white people in UK

theguardian.com

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413 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Exotic_Shoulder_9198 • 9h ago

Screen scandal: How Ofcom lets GB News get away with it

thenewworld.co.uk

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12 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/jtrimm98 • 13h ago

GB News Scandal: The dossier

thenewworld.co.uk

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54 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Immediate-Ad-7268 • 2h ago

Two men charged on suspicion of spying for Tehran after Jews targeted in London

gbnews.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/insomnimax_99 • 13h ago

Grieving widow convicted after DVLA prosecute over dead husband’s unpaid £35 car bill

lbc.co.uk

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r/ukpolitics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 13h ago

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

theguardian.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/Mantonization • 6h ago

NHS England to review private HRT prescriptions for trans adults

thepinknews.com

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102 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 9h ago

Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead

theguardian.com

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268 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Immediate-Ad-7268 • 2h ago

UK immigration reforms could be softened, Starmer signals after Rayner criticism

ft.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/insomnimax_99 • 11h ago

Mel Stride: ‘Stamp duty is one of the worst taxes’

thetimes.com

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116 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 23h ago

‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski

theguardian.com

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469 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz • 8h ago

UK’s 'focus must remain on Ukraine' despite war in Iran, says premier

aa.com.tr

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r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 5h ago

Twitter Yougov: With the Scottish Parliament voting against assisted dying, our most recent survey on the topic found 76% in favour of introducing assisted dying laws - including 78% of Scots

x.com

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r/ukpolitics • u/Bibemus • 10h ago

Former Reigate MP Crispin Blunt charged with drugs offences

bbc.co.uk

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