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Exclusive: Executives at corporation say media monitoring and anti-disinformation are vital to national securityBBC bosses are lobbying to use the UK’s defence budget to help pay for the embattled World Service, arguing that aspects of the service should qualify as...
Rachel Reeves urged to break manifesto pledges to avoid ‘pasty tax’ budget
Labour colleagues advise chancellor against string of small money-raising measures, as OBR presents forecastSome of Rachel Reeves’s Labour colleagues have urged her to ditch the party’s manifesto promises rather than risk a “pasty tax” budget that raises money through...
Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms
Leader says move is is necessary ‘to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens’Kemi Badenoch has announced that a Conservative government under her leadership would pull the UK out of the European convention on human rights.The move marks a lurch to the right...
Starmer urges pro-Palestine protesters to ‘respect the grief of British Jews’
Writing before a planned protest against Palestine Action ban, PM says activists should recognise a time of mourningThe prime minister has called for protesters to “respect the grief of British Jews this week” after the Manchester synagogue attack.Ahead of a planned...