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UK approves massive Chinese embassy in central London despite security concerns

Opponents have warned of a potential threat to the UK's national security given the site's proximity to London’s two primary financial districts.

Euronews

Tory dismissed from party over Reform defection talks

He has been stripped of the Conservative whip and removed from the shadow cabinet

The Independent UK

What are the Chagos Islands – and why is the UK returning them to Mauritius?

Donald Trump has called the plan to transfer sovereignty ‘stupid’ and linked it to his own push to acquire Greenland

The Guardian - UK

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Triumphant Tories might miss Robert Jenrick more than they think – they need the voters he represents

Kemi Badenoch may look like a stronger leader now, but Jenrick is a dangerous rival – he knows where the Conservatives have been going wrong, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Government faces 'embarrassing and potentially catastrophic' legal challenge if it approves China super-embassy

Critics argue the controversial embassy near the Tower of London could be used for Chinese espionage

Evening Standard

Trump hits out at Starmer’s ‘great stupidity’ in handing over Chagos Islands

Donald Trump said the decision to hand the islands to Mauritius – which the US had previously welcomed – was an act of ‘total weakness’.

Evening Standard

Badenoch warns Tory MPs against ‘psychodrama’ after defections

The Conservative leader said recent departures from the party were ‘not about policy differences or ideology, they are about character.’

Evening Standard

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Government to hold consultation on Australian-style under-16s social media ban

Ministers will visit Australia as part of the consultation.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick says MPs wanting to follow him to Reform UK should ‘make their minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick said of his defection: “I have never felt stronger and more certain about anything I have done in my life”

The Independent UK

MPs following Robert Jenrick to Reform should ‘make minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick joined Nigel Farage at a rally in Nottinghamshire where he said he has never felt ‘more certain’ after defecting to Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Badenoch warns Tory MPs about people trying to ‘undermine party from within’

Conservative leader says staffers are briefing against party, in lengthy letter after Robert Jenrick’s switch to Reform

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage Prepares to Unveil 'Former Labour MP' as Reform UK's Newest Defector

Nigel Farage is preparing to unveil a former Labour MP as Reform UK's latest high-profile defector, intensifying pressure on both Keir Starmer and the Conservatives as the insurgent party surges in the polls and redraws Westminster's political fault lines.

International Business Times UK

I told Kemi Badenoch to kick Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party, claims Tory turncoat Robert Jenrick

Outsted minister takes aim at Truss’s disastrous 2022 Budget and says she should be ‘chucked’ from party

The Independent UK

Jenrick: Badenoch’s reluctance to kick out Truss shows Tories have not changed

Mr Jenrick wrote in The Times that Britain is ‘broken today as never before in my lifetime’.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Woman who says smear test saved her life urges others not to delay screening

Gayle Maxwell, who was diagnosed with cancer aged 39 in 2015, is sharing her story as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.

Evening Standard

Met Police Commissioner calls for widespread police reforms

Sir Mark Rowley called for a reduction in police forces across England in Wales as part of his suggested reforms

Evening Standard

Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week.

Evening Standard

London gets first Reform MP as Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory to defect in a week

The Romford MP said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party

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The Independent UK

Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week

He said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party.

The Independent UK

Rightwing Tory MP who admired South American dictator defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform

It comes days after Robert Jenrick quit the Tories

The Guardian - UK

The playground politicking around Robert Jenrick’s jump

Letters: Madhan Street reflects on the language used to talk about Robert Jenrick’s defection and Dr Anthony Isaacs calls for cooperation to counter a Conservative/Reform alliance

The Guardian - UK

No amount of defections will change the fact that Reform and the Tories are singing the same tunes

The battle for political domination on the British right is a family feud – the result will be a Conservative restoration, not revolution, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Chinese ‘super-embassy’ could be ‘advantageous’ to national security, former MI5 boss claims

Ministers have promised to decide on planning permission by 20 January amid mounting concern over the security implications

The Independent UK

UK will become Trump’s ‘poodle’ if it fails to invest in defence, Badenoch warns

Comments come after US president threatened to slap fresh tariffs on UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

The Guardian - UK

Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’

Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’

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