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Why Keir Starmer may gamble on increasing Britain’s defence spending

Amid rising tensions around the world, the UK government faces pressure to increase defence spending. External threats and uncertainty over the nature of peace talks with Russia over Ukraine have been in the spotlight. But there are also broader political and economic interests shaping these decisions.

The Conversation

Labour 'working in China's interest, not Scotland's' on Grangemouth, says Unite head

LABOUR are working in the Chinese national interest – not the UK or Scotland’s – by failing to step in and save jobs at Grangemouth, a top…

The National (Scotland)

Global Markets Mixed Amid Surge In Alibaba Stock

Global markets show mixed performance with France and Japan up, Germany and Britain down. BoJ hints at rate hikes, Alibaba's strong results boost Hang Seng.

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Andrew Gwynne under investigation by parliamentary watchdog over WhatsApp group – as it happened

MP, who was suspended from Labour party earlier this month, investigated for ‘actions causing significant damage’ to the reputation of the Commons

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows for Starmer to boost defence spending ahead of Trump showdown

PM travels to Washington next week as the only major UK party leader who has not backed calls to hike the defence budget to 2.5 per cent of Britain’s GDP by 2030

The Independent UK

Scotland's next big thing on two wheels is now ready to compete with Britain's best

Erin Boothman has been dubbed Scotland's "next Katie Archibald" and while many would be daunted by such expectation, the teenager is just…

The National (Scotland)

Britain lost 100 breweries last year, says ‘indie beer’ trade body

Fall in 2024 is biggest recorded as small operators struggle with rising costs, and aggressive tactics from big rivals

The Guardian - UK

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Don’t be fooled by Putin’s ‘imperialism dressed up as realpolitik’, Lammy warns

Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer Faces Nightmare Poll – Barely Escapes ‘Worst PM’ Label

"Sir Keir Starmer has managed to dodge becoming Britain's worst Prime Minister - all thanks to one controversial Conservative leader - in yet another humiliating polling blow."

The Fashion Central

Tech’s dirty secret: how to face up to dark data in the AI boom

Why your cat memes are harming the planet

Evening Standard

Truss praises Trump and Musk as she announces new ‘free speech media network’

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister promised a new venture in a speech to a right-wing conference in America.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves should rewrite the rulebook on GDP growth

Letters: Donald Power, Dr Neil Lancastle and Andrew Risby respond to an editorial on Britain’s broken economy

The Guardian - UK

US culture war show comes to London – and strikes a chord with European populists

At this year’s Arc conference, a new American export was on full display: ideological finger-wagging in Europe’s direction

The Guardian - UK

Britain needs a Trump-style MAGA movement to save it, Liz Truss claims

Liz Truss – who has blamed her own downfall on ‘the establishment’ – said the ‘deep state’ is making decisions in Britain

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Evening Standard

Healey compares Zelensky to Churchill with no wartime elections

John Healey said that he had seen Mr Zelensky’s ‘commitment to his country’.

The Conversation

How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends

Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry.

The Guardian - US

Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save it

Former prime minister says Britain is run by ‘deep state’ at rightwing conference in Maryland

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: This is when Keir Starmer plans to raise defence spending to 3%

Fewer more pathetic sights have there been than Paris on Monday night. The leaders of Europe’s eight once-great military powers, scrabbling together to meet and look relevant in a world that has left them behind. And what came of it? Only more empty words and disagreement.

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The Independent UK

The European country where trains are even less punctual than the UK’s

Comes as German chancellor mocked Britain for its ‘broken tracks and bad trains’

The Guardian - UK

Former Foreign Office head warns Reeves not to cut international aid

Exclusive: As chancellor scans budget for savings, Simon McDonald says need for humanitarian spending is ‘greater than ever’

The Fashion Central

UK on Alert: Atlantic Storm to Unleash 8 Inches of Snow and a Deluge of Torrential Rain!

A powerful Atlantic storm is set to hit Britain in the coming days, bringing a dual threat of deep snow and torrential rain, according to weather modeling

The Guardian - UK

Weatherwatch: how bitter cold of February 1917 quietened Britain’s birds

Thousands of birds starved during one of the coldest Februarys on record, a stark contrast with recent winters

The Guardian - UK

Britain and France working on plans for ‘reassurance force’ to protect Ukraine

Officials say the proposal would involve less than 30,000 troops and be concentrated on air and maritime defence

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on defence spending: bold ideas needed to have guns as well as butter

Editorial: As Europe innovates to boost defence without public service cuts, Britain clings to fiscal restraint – an unaffordable risk in an unstable world

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s rude awakening: inside the 21 February Guardian Weekly

A Trumpian sea change. Plus Britain’s radioactive chapati scandal

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