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UK 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister’s Questions – 25 March 2026

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) – https://youtube.com/live/GS-6lOdZf-I?feature=share

Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.

In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.

The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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UK 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister’s Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) – 25 March 2026

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.

In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.

The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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EU-Australia Trade Deal: Helping Businesses Withstand Shocks and Stay Competitive

Source: European Commission (video statements)

"It’s time to build new alliances with trusted partners. To withstand shocks and stay competitive." – Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Australia from 23-25 March to strengthen EU ties with a trusted, like-minded partner in the strategically vital Indo-Pacific region.

In her keynote speech at a business event hosted by the European Australian Business Council, President von der Leyen highlighted the connections between Australia and Europe. The President spoke on the historical and economic ties that bind Australia and Europe, stressing the importance of shared values and mutual trust. She announced the conclusion of a new Free Trade Agreement aimed at liberalising investment flows and removing trade tariffs, positioning Australia as a central partner in Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy. She also introduced a new Security and Defence Partnership to enhance military cooperation and support the defence industries in both regions. Her speech underscored the trusted relationship between Europe and Australia in an increasingly volatile global environment.

For the full transcript of her speech, see here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_705

Watch on the Audiovisual Portal of the European Commission: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-286717

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UK Witnesses speak to Health and Social Care committee on food and weight management

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Health and Social Care Committee hears evidence from a range of witnesses as part of their inquiry into food and weight management.

Witnesses:

Dr Simon Doyle – Public Policy and Partnerships Lead at Eucalyptus (Juniper) at Coalition of Digital Responsible Health
Claire Nevinson – Superintendent Pharmacist at Boots UK
Dr Kieran Seyan – Chief Medical Officer at Pharmacy2U

Neha Ramaiya – Lead Clinical Advisor at General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
John Spoors – Programme Director for Commercial, Managed Access and Medicines Policy at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26906/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

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Middle East: Israeli Settlement Expansion and Escalation – Briefing | United Nations

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Security Council briefing by Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

The United Nations Security Council met to receive briefings on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with a senior UN official reporting that Israeli planning authorities had advanced or approved over 6,000 housing units in occupied Palestinian territory during the reporting period.

“Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) calls on Israel to ‘immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,’” Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN’s Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said to the Security Council. “Settlement activity has, nevertheless, continued at high levels,” he added.

Alakbarov told the Council that Israeli authorities had demolished, seized or forced people to demolish 429 structures in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing 575 persons, including 290 children and 150 women. He said 28 of the structures were donor funded.

He added that on Jan 4, Israeli police forcibly evicted two Palestinian families from their apartments in the Batn Al Hawa area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, displacing eight people.

Alakbarov also said Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad had continued to praise terror attacks and call for additional violence against Israelis, while Israeli ministers and members of the Knesset had continued to call for re-establishment of settlements in Gaza, annexation of the West Bank and the “emigration” of Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory.

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RBNZ Why does everything feel so expensive right now? – RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway explains

Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand (video statements)

On Wednesday 25 March our Chief Economist Paul Conway delivered a keynote speech “Purchasing power and the real cost of living in New Zealand” at the National Financial Advisers Conference.

In his speech Paul broke down why the cost of living feels so high in New Zealand, even with inflation coming down from the highs of the pandemic.
He outlined the role of The Reserve Bank of New Zealand in keeping prices stable, and how global shocks and uncertainty makes this harder – as seen recently with the conflict in the Middle East.

Hear the key points in this video, or read the full speech here: https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/news-and-events/events/2026/march/purchasing-power-and-the-real-cost-of-living-in-new-zealand

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