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Setbacks on the battlefield, rising inflation, a war-weary population and a military parade without much military hardware – no wonder Vladimir Putin appears to be reducing his public appearances.

Vladimir Putin and Kremlin elites are facing rising discontent across Russia thanks to a combination of geopolitical, economic and social pressures.

Years of sanctions, rising interest rates, sky-high inflation and continuing Ukrainian hits on energy facilities are forcing the Kremlin to make tough decisions, pitting security hawks against economic elites in the face of rising public discontent. Last month, Putin himself acknowledged that the economy was in trouble.

But it appears to be the Kremlin’s more recent crackdown on internet usage and messaging apps that has prompted a surge in public expressions of anger across society.

Russia’s recent crackdowns on cyber freedoms and the apparent drive towards a Chinese-style state-controlled internet have affected the lives of ordinary Russians who are already suffering from years of war and sanctions. Even among pro-government outlets and the elite, criticism of internet restrictions is growing.

The Russian government has in recent months expanded internet restrictions to unprecedented levels, with mobile internet regularly shut down across the country, allegedly to combat Ukrainian drone attacks.

Kremlin security and military advisers are wary of what happened to the leadership in Moscow’s ally Iran where security breaches through internet applications are thought to have led directly to key regime leaders being assassinated by the US and Israel.

But shifts in public mood present real problems for the Russian president. On Friday, even a state-owned pollster, the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre, showed Putin’s approval ratings had fallen to 65.6 per cent, their lowest level since the start of the war, down 12 percentage points since the start of 2026.

Internet crackdown angering ordinary Russians

The war in Ukraine and years of sanctions have had a galvanising effect on Russian society, and any misstep from the authorities could create enough public upset to destroy the prevailing mood, according to Dr Anna Matveeva, visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London’s Russia Institute.

“I think that the internet disruption is the kind of mistake which can create a bigger internal effect, more than Ukraine or rising prices, because it’s something which affects everybody irrespective of social class or income”, she told The i Paper.

The crackdowns on popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram, and the drive to create a government-backed alternative called Max as part of a digital firewall separating Russians from the West modelled on Chinese systems, risks putting security interests ahead of economic concerns.

“There is the economic block of the civilian part of the government which says ‘we invested into a digital economy we have made very good progress now it’s all kind of being undermined’ and the security people saying ‘look what happened to Iran how the leadership was decapitated because there was surveillance through internet chat groups’.

“It’s not unique to Russia but it’s a balance of how much you undermine freedoms to provide security and when does it get too much,” said Matveeva.

Ksenia Maximova, founder and director of the UK based Russian Democratic Society, told The i Paper: “People are actually way more annoyed about it than I expected. When your freedoms are taken away bit by bit it’s like when you boil a frog slowly and it doesn’t jump out, and I felt like at this point almost nothing would make people budge, but actually the internet crackdowns really did.”

And the impact for many ordinary Russians, already struggling to get by, may be too much. The independent Russian news site Meduza, citing a political consultant who works with the Kremlin, reported that Putin’s ratings had collapsed off the back of restrictions on Telegram and mobile internet, as well as rising prices and war fatigue.

Last month, criticism by Russian influencer Victoria Bonya over the internet restrictions and conditions for ordinary Russians went viral. Even an ultra-conservative TV channel, Tsargrad, spoke out against the internet restrictions, pointing to the problems of “technological dependence on Chinese components to panic within the banking sector”.

Meanwhile at an economic forum in Moscow, business leaders and economists openly criticised the government for the state of the economy. “The people at the top have completely lost touch with the reality on the ground, in the economy,” said one.

While the oil-dependent Russian economy has won some respite from the surge in prices caused by the war in Iran, economists point out that Russia would need a far longer period of high prices to balance its budget.

The regime is stable – but at risk of cracking

Whether public annoyance will be enough to shift the dial on Russian policy is different matter. “There will be different options presented to Putin,” said Matveeva, adding that “one option would be to go back to what it used to be the other option would be to continue with the current restrictions in a hope that people would eventually adapt like in the Chinese model”.

“People within the government security bloc would come up with this kind of plan saying ‘well this is what the Chinese government has done and the people adapted, so it should work in Russia’.”

Despite the tensions, however, change in Russia is both hard to predict and not likely to come from the ground up.

Edward Lucas, writer and consultant specialising in European and transatlantic security as well as Russian foreign policy, sees the current Putin regime as both rigid and brittle – appearing stable but at risk of cracking.

But Lucas warned that the Western track record of predicting change in Russia was rarely correct. “Our record in reading Russia is hopeless. We are reliably wrong in almost everything we try to predict. And it may be that Putin’s response to this is not to say, no, it’s time to be reasonable, but maybe he’ll crack down harder instead,” he told The i Paper.

With minimal organised political opposition within the country, and the power of control and coercion exercised by the security services, change would have to come down to divisions with the Russian elites.

But analysing what different elite groups think is yet more of a challenge. “The thing is the elites in Russia are so complex. You need to understand that region by region it’s different, it’s not like everyone’s in Moscow and under Putin’s thumb,” said Maximova.

Matveeva agreed. “The government structure is quite a sophisticated and developed machine with ministries, committees, an economy bloc, a security bloc. Russia has 89 regions, sub-regions and republics and some of them are pretty important, their governors are quite strong figures. Plus, there are also big enterprises in the mainstream economy, metal producers, aluminium, etc without which economy cannot really go on.”

Putin has been the great survivor, at the top of Russian government for over a quarter of a century, but how he faces up to the multitude of crises in his in-tray at the moment, may well shape not just how is reign ends, but what comes after him.

A defiant Sir Keir Starmer is prepared to face down any attempts to topple him as his party braces for a reckoning in this week’s local elections.

Labour is predicted to see a dramatic collapse of support in Wales, Scotland and across England in Thursday’s vote.

But Starmer, who has been under threat of a leadership challenge for months, has signalled to would-be rivals his intention to battle it out to remain as PM.

The results after Thursday could be pivotal for Starmer, whose party has been teetering on the edge of a coup.

He is pulling out the big guns in his message to potential challengers, by announcing that the UK intends to start talks to join the European Union’s €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, as the Government seeks to bolster support for Kyiv and deepen defence ties with the bloc.

It comes after the PM said he was focused on the wars in Ukraine and Iran rather than speculation about possible challenges to his leadership, as the effect of those conflicts for the UK was the most important issue facing the country.

Where Labour is likely to lose

On Thursday, elections will be held for the Welsh and Scottish parliaments and councils across England, including London.

Reform UK and the Green Party of England and Wales are expected to be the main benefactors from a fall in support for Labour and the Conservatives.

Polling by More in Common, done between March and April on behalf of the Press Association, predicts Labour will go from first to third place in Wales.

Plaid Cymru and Reform are neck-and-neck with 34 seats each, the latest MRP poll suggests, but neither is on track to secure a majority. Labour is forecast to win just 14 seats.

Scottish Labour could return just 13 Members of Scottish Parliament, with 18 per cent of voters still undecided ahead of the Holyrood election.

The Scottish National Party is in the top spot, with 60 seats which would leave them five short of a majority. Reform remains in second with a projected 22 seats.

Tory peer and elections guru Lord Robert Hayward meanwhile predicted Labour will lose around 1,850 of the 2,500 English council seats it’s defending.

What leadership rivals are planning

Labour insiders have speculated for months that it would be the opportune moment for a rival – Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham or Wes Streeting – to issue a formal challenge, bringing about a leadership contest.

Rayner has publicly lent Starmer her support on recent difficult issues and, as reported in The i Paper, is undecided as to whether to take a job in Cabinet.

A source close to Streeting, meanwhile, was forced to deny reports the Health Secretary is poised to launch a leadership bid. “Wes has said repeatedly, including in several interviews last week that he supports the PM and isn’t preparing to challenge him,” they said.

Burnham is also reported to be shoring up his plans to return to Westminster by persuading a sitting MP to give up their seat and winning over the Labour Party’s ruling body, which was responsible for blocking his last attempt.

But such a return might not be the easy path to No 10 that Burnham hopes for.

“Apparently he’s convinced a sitting MP to step aside to facilitate his glorious return to Westminster, nearly 10 years after leaving,” one Labour MP said.

“Now someone else has done the hard yards in returning Labour to power after 14 years in the wilderness, Andy has decided now is the perfect time for himself to take over. I’m not sure MPs, Labour members or the country are going to be as grateful as he might think.”

A spokesperson for Burnham said they would not engage in “gossip, rumour and rubbish”, adding: “Andy’s focus is absolutely on the elections on Thursday.”

Who is heading for a reshuffle

The perceived wisdom is that even if Starmer does not face a challenge, the cost of him staying in the job will be a potentially difficult Cabinet reshuffle.

And there are questions over whether he will even have the political authority to make the significant changes he would need to.

Starmer has indicated he wants Rayner back but has not said what he would be prepared to offer her.

What she would be prepared to accept is another matter.

And Starmer is constricted in how far he can shift the dial on some of the more left-wing policies Rayner, and her allies, may push for while he still has Rachel Reeves as Chancellor and her “ironclad fiscal rules”.

A promise of a more radical agenda could require a softening of these tough restrictions on borrowing and Labour MPs have speculated that former Labour leader and current Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is vying for her job.

But Starmer and Reeves are so intrinsically linked in this administration that demoting her would be politically difficult.

A Labour MP told The i Paper: “Ed definitely wants the role of chancellor, but it is hard to see a world in which Starmer could demote Reeves without having to go himself.”

Starmer’s fightback

Despite the pressure, Starmer remained resolute in his intention to see out the full five years of his term.

An article, penned by the PM in The Observer, was intended to set out his view that it would be a mistake to divert attention from governing to a leadership contest.

Starmer believes the changing of leaders under Tory rule held the party back from being able pursue real change in government, it is understood.

But he hinted he was prepared to engage with critics on the left of his party to move forward with a more radical agenda in the incoming parliamentary session, which will begin with the King’s Speech later this month.

In his op-ed, the Prime Minister argued that instead of “sink[ing] into the politics of grievance and division” the country must “rise to this moment – together – in a national effort”.

In a clear message to his would-be challengers, Starmer said the Conservative government missed an opportunity to build a more unified nation in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and instead “descended into political infighting” which, he argued, damaged the fortunes of the country.

He also promised an “agenda of radical reform” post the local elections – signalling he was listening to those in Labour who have been dissatisfied with the direction of his Government.

This warning was mirrored by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander who, when asked on Sunday what she would say to Starmer’s rivals, told them to “give their head a gentle wobble”.

Asking the Prime Minister to “reapply for his job” would “be the wrong thing to do”, Alexander said.

“I don’t think the public would thank us if the Labour Party turned into some sort of self-indulgent debating society when there are pockets of the world that feel like they are going to hell in a handcart at the moment,” she told Sky.

Food price rises and gaps on supermarket shelves could last well into 2027 even if the US-Iran war ends soon, shoppers have been warned.

UK fruit and veg growers have warned that soaring energy costs mean higher prices and shortages of of goods such as tomatoes and peppers could start hitting home this spring.

Milk and potatoes prices are expected to increases sharply later this year, say supply chain experts, while meat, chicken, fizzy drink and beer prices could also soar.

Experts also warned of smaller portions – so-called “shrinkflation” – when it comes to treats like chocolate, biscuits and fish and chips, as producers look to cut rising costs.

Darren Jones, No 10’s chief secretary, warned last week that “long tail” impact of the Iran conflict could last up to eight months after any deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

But food producers and experts told The i Paper that the negative effects may last even longer – predicting that higher prices and possible shortages could run deep into 2027.

Why some price hikes are still months away

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has warned of 9 per cent UK food inflation by the end of 2026. It would add £470 to average annual shopping bills, according to recent analysis.

Britain’s fruit and veg growers reliant on glasshouses have been hit by both higher fertiliser prices and soaring energy prices.

Some may have to decide to cut short their season soon to minimise losses – sparking warnings of price rises and possible gaps on the shelves for tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from May.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has warned the price of milk and products from arable crops – like bread, potatoes and cereals – could start increasing in the next three to six months because of higher fertiliser and red diesel prices.

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said farmers were “understandably worried” about getting enough red diesel and fertiliser for their combine harvesters and to boost crop growth over the summer.

Red diesel, a cheaper fuel for farmers to use in agricultural vehicles was 76p per litre last year, latest figures put it at 104p.

Shipments of fertilisers have largely stopped since the war with costs across the board up on pre-war prices. Yara International, one of the world’s biggest fertiliser producers, has warned a lack of fertiliser could drop yields by up to 50 per cent.

“Focus is also rapidly turning to longer-term impacts from the autumn onwards,” Bradshaw told The i Paper. He said farmers would have to make “critical decisions” are made about how much to plant for next year.

Soaring shopping bill set to continue in 2027

Scott Walker, chief executive GB Potatoes, warned this week that the “inevitable” price rises for his own industry may not happen until next year. He told Sky News that farmers’ 2027 contracts with supermarkets would have to reflect a doubling of red diesel and some fertiliser prices.

Professor Aled Jones, director of the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, said the problems facing farmers meant the price hikes would continue in 2027.

“For farmers, some of the impacts from red diesel and fertiliser costs will have a longer tail, so the impact on prices on the things like bread, cereals, potatoes may not come until autumn, [and continue] into next year,” he told The i Paper.

Dr Derek Watson, an associate professor in cultural management at the University of Sunderland, said the difficulties faced by farmers meant “we will see reduced yields this year – but next year it could be worse”.

He told The i Paper: “What’s happened already [with the Iran crisis] is going to have reverberations in the medium to long term. Mostly definitely food price increase will continue well into 2027.”

Why CO2 shortages would make things even worse

Supply of carbon dioxide (CO2) could be disrupted should the Iran conflict last into the summer, under the Government’s “reasonable worst-case scenario” leaked last month.

CO2 is required for the slaughtering of pigs and chickens, and in the production of beer and fizzy drinks. It is also needed for the plastic packaging needed to prolong the shelf life of baked goods and salads.

Jones said extra cost of getting CO2 “could feed into meats, chicken, beer and fizzy drinks getting more expensive”.

There could even be shortages of some red meat and chicken products. Dr Watson said major CO2 disruption “could mean less meat and poultry products in the worst-case scenario”.

Why fish portions are suffering from ‘shrinkflation’

Dr Watson warned that that some manufacturers and outlets could turn to “shrinkflation” – smaller portions or cheaper ingredients – to deal with rising cost pressures.

“With chocolate bars and biscuits, you could see further shrinkflation,” he said.

Some chocolate manufacturers have previously cut the amount of cocoa content and added cheaper ingredients such as fruit and fillings when their own costs have increased.

Andrew Crook, president of National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), told The i Paper that some fish and chip shops that used to sell large portions of fish “will have had to cut down”.

He said fish and chip prices would rise this year because of multiple cost pressures: energy bills, delivery, packaging and “cod prices being at an all-time high”.

There was the risk of further closures in the sector, Crook warned – though he said fish and chip shops appreciate that “we are still being supported by our customers” since the Iran war began.

Yara International warned last week that the Iran war could lead to the “dramatic consequence” of food shortages in some of Africa’s poorest communities.

The FDF has said British shoppers should not be concerned about shortages at the moment since manufacturers remained “agile”. But the body has warned that Iran-related disruption will push up prices.

Ministers have said CO2 supplies are not currently a concern. The Government has helped restart a bioethanol plant in Teesside so Britain produce more CO2 of its own.

While the Government has attempted to calm fears, Sir Keir Starmer has warned that even when the Strait of Hormuz reopens, it will not be a return to normal.

A Government spokesperson said it was taking the effects of the Iran war “very seriously” and is “actively monitoring the potential impact of the conflict on the food and farming sector”.

They added: “The UK has a resilient food system and we do not expect any change to food availability. We are continuing to meet with stakeholders including farmer’s unions to share information on rising fuel and oil prices.”

A string of Labour leadership contenders and Cabinet ministers risk losing their seats at the next election if the Government pushes ahead with its “tourist tax”, a new poll has revealed.

The survey of 10,000 people for UKHospitality suggests voters are nearly 10 times more likely to punish an MP who backs the tax at the ballot box, threatening the Government’s majority in 200 seats.

The industry groups opposed to plans for the new tax, which was announced by Rachel Reeves in last year’s Budget and is expected to be featured in this month’s King’s Speech.

The tourist tax would allow English mayoral authorities and local councils in Wales and Scotland to impose a levy on overnight visitors in a boost to budgets at a time when many have faced deep cuts. While the amount is still to be decided, a model being introduced in Edinburgh in July is 5 per cent.

Labour mayors have been pushing for the tourist tax as a way to fund local infrastructure. England is currently the only country among the G7 which blocks authorities from allowing tourist levies.

It is estimated in London alone, a tourist levy could raise £240m a year – both Scotland and Wales have both recently introduced different types of taxes on overnight visitors.

The mega-poll used multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP) modelling – whereby a large poll is combined with other sources of data such as census information – to drill down into opinion at a constituency level.

Cabinet ministers under threat

In 200 of the 411 seats won by Sir Keir Starmer’s party in 2024, the number of Labour supporters who would be less likely to vote for their MP over their support for the tax exceeds the sitting MPs’ 2024 majority.

Cabinet ministers and leadership contenders who face losing their seats under the poll findings include Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, Yvette Cooper, Emma Reynolds and Steve Reed.

Overall, 56 per cent of those asked are opposed to the tax while just 24 per cent are in favour.

And one in five Brits would refrain from booking a holiday in England as a result of any increase to the cost of a break from the tourist tax.

Plans for the levy, which has also been dubbed a “holiday tax”, come amid increased pressures on the cost of living due to the war in Iran, as well as a surge in bookings for UK staycations as a result of fears over jet fuel shortages.

Would a holiday tax threaten staycations?

A separate poll for The i Paper on Sunday revealed that three in 10 people are considering changing their holiday plans due to the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a rise in interest for domestic holidays.

But UKHospitality said just as there was renewed interest in staycations, people would be alarmed at the cost of a UK break being higher if the tourist tax goes ahead.

The organisation said the tax could add more than £100 to the cost of a two-week break.

In the UKHospitality poll, 47 per cent of people would be less likely to vote for their existing MP if they supported the tax, compared with just 5 per cent who said it would make them more likely to back them.

Some 40 per cent of Labour voters in 2024 said they would be less likely to re-elect an MP who supported the tax.

The UKHospitality polling shows that a majority oppose the tax in 574 of 632 British constituencies.

And 45 per cent of Conservative 2024 voters said they would be less likely to re-elect an MP who supported the tax, alongside 40 per cent of Liberal Democrats, 47 per cent of Greens and 53 per cent of Reform UK voters.

Nearly two thirds of people who said they “struggle to make ends meet” oppose the holiday tax, while almost three quarters said a holiday tax would stop them holidaying in England, reduce the number of trips they take, or reduce how much they can spend while on trips.

‘Wake up call’ for every MP

Allen Simpson, chief executive of UKHospitality, said: “This polling should be a wake-up call for every MP tempted to back the holiday tax.

“It is opposed by a majority of their constituents, it would deter millions from holidaying in England, and it would hit hardest the very families the Government says it wants to help.

“Voters are nearly 10 times more likely to punish their MP for backing this tax than to thank them for it. That is a political signal no MP should ignore. The public’s verdict is clear and decisive: stop the holiday tax. Let’s keep holidays relaxing, not taxing.”

Butlin’s chief executive Jon Hendry Pickup said: “For many families, a holiday tax won’t mean choosing a different type of break – it will mean not going on holiday at all. The numbers here are stark and in an already price-sensitive market, even small increases can be the tipping point between booking and staying at home.”

Reform UK said none of its mayors would impose the tax in their areas.

The party’s Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, said: “There appears to be nothing that Labour won’t tax. This will be the death knell for many seaside resorts and will stop up to one in five Brits holidaying in England.

“No Reform UK mayors will enforce this terrible tax. We want people to be able to have fun and enjoy themselves without being clobbered by the taxman. This latest ploy from Labour shows they have completely giving up on serving hard-pressed people.”

A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: “This poll is based on speculation. The final design of the visitor levy has not been decided.

“We’re clear that the levy will ensure areas benefit even more from tourism and ,ayors will have more money to invest in local priorities.”

Stack Data Strategy interviewed 10,005 adults online across Great Britain for UK Hospitality, in partnership with Butlin’s, Haven and Hilton, between 24 March and 20 April 2026.