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Millions to receive emergency alert in ‘largest public safety exercise in British history’

Millions of smartphones on 4G and 5G networks across the UK will make a loud siren-like noise next month

The Independent UK

Emergency alert test in a month will be 'one of the biggest' drills in UK history

On Sunday, September 7, at around 3pm, mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound for up to 10 seconds

Evening Standard

Emergency alert tests next month ‘one of the biggest’ drills in UK history

The Government has previously used the system for real, including in January during Storm Eowyn.

The Independent UK

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Parents’ jobs to determine who gets civil service internships

Civil service internships will be given out based on applicants’ parents’ jobs when they were 14

The Independent UK

Civil service internships to be restricted to working class

‘We need to get more working-class young people into the Civil Service so it harnesses the broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country’

Evening Standard

Public to be assured in emergency alert drill in September

Millions of devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for around 10 seconds as they receive the text on September 7.

Evening Standard

Cabinet ministers urged to ensure contracts go to firms that boost British jobs

Rachel Reeves and Pat McFadden have written to colleagues, urging them to help deliver more British jobs.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian view on standards in politics: a golden reform opportunity squandered

Editorial: Labour’s changes are too feeble and too late. These new bodies should have been launched long ago

The Guardian - UK

UK Government panned for blanking letter questioning links to pro-Israel group

THE UK Government has been condemned for refusing to respond to a letter expressing concerns over its links to Labour Friends of Israel ...

The National (Scotland)

Water industry may be added to list of sensitive business sectors, says minister

The communications, energy and data infrastructure sectors are all required to notify the investment security unit of certain business deals.

The Independent UK

Ministers who serve less than six months in government won’t get payoffs as PM tightens rules on ‘golden goodbyes’

The revolving door of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson’s governments cost the taxpayer more than £3 million in severance payoffs

The Independent UK

Ethics Commission launched and ministerial exit pay tightened in standards drive

The Government said the reforms would mean there were ‘stronger rules, fewer quangos and clearer lines of accountability’.

Evening Standard

UK should consider banning cryptocurrency political donations, minister says

Pat McFadden reacts over concerns foreign powers could use untraceable money to affect British democracy

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer's national security adviser to finally face MPs after repeated requests

Keir Starmer’s national security adviser will answer questions from MPs and peers after eight months of repeated requests for him to do so, it has…

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Evening Standard

National security adviser will face MPs, minister confirms

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has been calling for Jonathan Powell to appear before it since his appointment in November.

The Independent UK

Britain preparing for blackouts on the scale of power cuts seen in Spain and Portugal, resilience plan reveals

The resilience action plan warned Britain could face blackouts on the scale of Spain and Portugal

Evening Standard

Learn from ‘our Scandinavian neighbours’ about crises and war, ministers urged

Pat McFadden spoke to MPs after the Government unveiled plans for an emergency alert system test later this year.

The Guardian - UK

UK to test nationwide emergency alert system for second time

Alert to take place on 7 September, designed to warn of danger to life, and putting phone on silent will not mute it

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The Independent UK

Date set for millions of phones across UK to receive emergency alert test

The Emergency Alert System will be tested at 3.00pm on 7 September

Evening Standard

Exact date and time of next mobile phone emergency alert system test is revealed

The emergency alert is used to warn if there is a danger to life nearby, in instances like extreme weather

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s reno of the UK is going brilliantly. If you don’t count the walls falling down

Nothing says you’ve lifted the mood of the nation like having to haul your chancellor to a photocall at a ‘wellbeing centre’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

With a £5bn hole to fill, the true battle on Keir Starmer’s hands is only just beginning

Sir Keir Starmer’s capitulation on welfare cuts has dented his authority and raised questions about his judgment

The Independent UK

Labour MP who led welfare revolt calls for wealth tax to meet £5bn cost of U-turn

Rachael Maskell blamed the chancellor for the scale of rebellion, saying the Treasury had chosen to ‘find savings on the backs of disabled people’

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘have to work harder’ to bring down small boat numbers – McFadden

The tally for 2025 is approaching 20,000.

The Guardian - UK

Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister

Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely

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