19 Mar 2026

UK: Talks on Iran situation, migration background, warnings amid meningitis outbreak

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 19 March 2026

UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn as further strikes are reported on Mideast gas fields this morning and the UK mulls what contribution it should and could take to the crisis.

He also looks at PM Sir Keir Starmer considering compromises on a plan to make it harder for migrants to permanently settle in the UK, following a backlash from Labour MPs, including his former deputy and frontrunner to succeed him, Angela Rayner.

And doctors all over the UK are given guidance amid a meningitis outbreak in Kent that's killed two young people.

Dan Bloom is Political Editor of Politico UK