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UK Unveils Largest Defence Overhaul Since Cold War Amid Rising Global Threats

The UK launches a £15bn defence strategy to modernise forces with AI, nuclear subs, and cyber defences amid rising global threats.

International Business Times UK

Grant Shapps says he’s barred from sharing theories on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ‘in cahoots’

Grant Shapps says he is barred from sharing his theories on why Donald Trump is "in cahoots" with Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK

Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia

Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civilians

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Johnson and Sunak may be asked to give evidence at asylum centre inquiry

Ex-secretaries of state and ministers could also be required to take part in hearings into Manston scandal

The Guardian - UK

A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee review – a white-hot takedown of environmental policy

The climate professor is justified in identifying the thinktanks, fossil fuel companies and politicians responsible for exacerbating the climate crisis but his list of remedies is underpowered

The Guardian - UK

Covid restrictions five years on: How the pandemic brought the world’s leading travel industry to its knees

Pandemic panic led to ‘millions of taxpayers’ cash blown on measures with no apparent plan or proof that it was working to protect public health’

The Independent UK

‘Woke nonsense’: Grant Shapps hits out at submarine’s new name

Grant Shapps said ‘woke nonsense’ is being put ahead of tradition

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Renaming of submarine Agincourt ‘woke nonsense’, says ex-defence secretary

The Astute-class hunter-killer submarine planned to be called HMS Agincourt will now be HMS Achilles.

Evening Standard

What is DEI and why is Trump opposed to it?

What the pushback against a more equal society could mean for a world fraught with power imbalances

The Guardian - UK

Hammersmith Bridge could stay closed to vehicles until 2035, MP warns

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has urged residents to write to the Department for Transport about the impact the closure is still having on their daily lives

Evening Standard

UK rail passengers to get new government-backed train ticket website

New retailer, which is part of Great British Railways plan, is not expected until 2026 at the earliest

The Guardian - UK

British troops should join post-war peacekeeping force in Ukraine, former defence ministers say

Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to raise the issue during Keir Starmer’s upcoming trip to Kyiv

The Independent UK

Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summit

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries’ owner pulls news of £1bn port investment after ministers criticise firm

Transport secretary denounced DP World over mass sackings while bringing in protections for workers at sea

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The Independent UK

‘Cock up not conspiracy!’ - Inside the downfall of James Cleverly

How Robert Jenrick had a lucky escape

The Guardian - UK

Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism

PM says deal has secured future of US-UK military base as Conservative leadership hopefuls play blame game

The Guardian - UK

Is this the Tory leadership race or the seventh circle of hell?

The woeful standard of wannabe leaders – KemiKaze, Jimmy Dimly, Honest Bob – proves the Tories’ masochistic need to be abused

The Independent UK

Ed Davey joins calls to let Ukraine use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

The Liberal Democrat leader joined a growing chorus calling for a shift in stance

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and five former defence secretaries urge PM to let Ukraine fire UK missiles on Russia

The former prime minister joined Grant Shapps, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson, Penny Mordaunt and Liam Fox are calling for Ukraine to be granted permission to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

The Guardian - UK

In search of clout in Tory race, Jimmy Dimly brings on the Shappster

There is still fun to be had in Westminster as James Cleverly and Kemi Badenoch kickstart their leadership campaigns

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ‘inadequately briefed’ on alternatives to Stonehenge tunnel plan, lawyers argue

Latest high court battle gets under way over approval of road tunnel under the world heritage site

International Business Times UK

First Female Chancellor and a Surge in Female MPs: How Women are Reshaping UK Politics

The recent UK general election has seen an unprecedented increase in female representation, with 263 women elected as Members of Parliament, marking a historic 40% of the total seats.

The Independent UK

Full list of 175 Tory MPs that lost their jobs in election bloodbath

Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats

The Independent UK

UK’s new defence minister forced to flee to bomb shelter during first trip to Ukraine

British defence secretary John Healey says he was forced to hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart in a bomb shelter during his first trip to Odesa

The Independent UK

Strikes, HS2 & Covid: Simon Calder on the highs and lows of the last three Tory transport secretaries

The Man Who Pays His Way: Highlights of the reigns of Shapps, Trevelyan and Harper

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