Politics

AI, robots, lasers and gap years in armed forces: Key details as UK to become 'battle ready'

The UK must rebuild its military and get the whole country ready for war as the threat of conflict with a nuclear power like Russia or China is real,…

Keir Starmer has some big decisions to make - and may not have long to make them

Barely a day after lift-off for the Strategic Defence Review, there are serious questions about whether the government needs to go further.

Will Scotland ride the 'Farage tsunami' at the Hamilton by-election like England has with Reform?

Nigel Farage has a track record of noisy, messy campaign visits to Scotland. 

Fourth man arrested over fires at properties and car linked to Keir Starmer

A fourth man has been arrested over a series of fires at properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Starmer says he won't set 'arbitrary date' for spending 3% of GDP on defence

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say when the government could hit its "ambition" to spend 3% of GDP on defence amid questions over where the money…

Farage has 'grabbed the mic' to dominate media agenda, says Harman

Nigel Farage has successfully exploited the Commons recess to "grab the mic" and "dominate" the agenda, Harriet Harman has said.

Strategic Defence Review: UK 'moving to warfighting readiness' as it commits to build attack submarines

Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to build up to 12 attack submarines and put the military on a war footing as part of a major defence review - but without…

Hundreds face imminent eviction as Merseyside tower blocks condemned by firefighters

Hundreds of people are facing imminent homelessness after their Merseyside flat blocks were condemned by the fire service as being unsafe.

Britain has 'lost control' of its borders, defence secretary tells Sky News

Britain has "lost control" of its borders over the last five years, the defence secretary told Sky News after the highest number of migrants this year…

New UK weapons factories to be built 'very soon', Defence Secretary John Healey reveals

New weapons factories will be built "very soon" to show Vladimir Putin the UK is "stepping up our deterrents", the defence secretary has told Sky News.

Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists, Tories say

Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists in jail, the shadow justice secretary has said.

'No doubt' UK will spend 3% of GDP on defence in next parliament, defence secretary says

There is "no doubt" the UK "will spend 3% of our GDP on defence" in the next parliament, the defence secretary has said.

Reform UK to accept crypto donations, Farage says

Reform UK will start accepting donations in cryptocurrency, making it the "first" British party to do so, its leader Nigel Farage has said - but the…

Dua Lipa, Gary Lineker, and Benedict Cumberbatch join more than 300 figures urging PM to 'end UK complicity'…

Benedict Cumberbatch, Annie Lennox, Gary Lineker and Dua Lipa have joined more than 300 public figures calling on the prime minister to "end the UK's…

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