Day Headlines in Politics News: 2026-04-21
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High electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing (BBC News - Politics 2026-04-21 08:19:50)
The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks. -
UK unemployment rate drops unexpectedly (BBC News - Politics 2026-04-21 07:45:06)
Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%. -
Sacked civil servant to speak out in Mandelson vetting row (BBC News - Politics 2026-04-21 05:58:06)
Sir Olly Robbins is expected to defend his decision not to tell Sir Keir Starmer that Lord Mandelson failed vetting. -
Government to propose electricity price changes in clean power push (BBC News - Politics 2026-04-21 00:51:30)
The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks.