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Luke Pollard says blueprint expected last autumn is ‘a bigger task than many people outside defence realise’ A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK’s next-generation Tempest fighter jet programme, but...
Welcome to new cold war as world descends on Italy amid global political chaos
Organisers are hoping for a celebration of winter sport at Milano Cortina 2026 but tensions will not be far from the surfaceA short stroll from where the grandees of the International Olympic Committee are staying in Milan sits the Museum of Illusions – a place...
Starmer faces rising anger over Mandelson as MPs agree to release files to security committee – as it happened
Starmer faces criticism from MPs on all sides of the CommonsThis liveblog is now closed. Read the politics team’s report on today’s developments herePMQs is starting soon. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has dismissed...
Wes Streeting to offer resident doctors bigger pay rise to end dispute
Health secretary to increase pay offer and guarantee working conditions for resident doctors only Wes Streeting is to offer resident doctors a bigger pay rise than other NHS staff as part of a new package of measures to try to end their long-running dispute.The health...