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"textContent": "April Fools’ Day has passed. Yet here we are in 2026, with a Labour government that campaigned on hope and renewal, reduced to celebrating a measly £117 energy bill cut like it’s the second coming — while warning us things might get worse again in just three months because of the Epstein war on the […]\n\nBy Rachael Swindon",
"title": "April Fools’ Day has come and gone, but Labour seems determined to keep the joke running."
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