The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Today, the electoral path to the next Tory government (if there is one) is narrower than ever. Thanks to the rise of Reform UK and the prospect of a structural split in the right-wing vote. Yet whilst most commentary has focused on Nigel Farage’s success in the so-called Red Wall,…

Tory MP’s claim that officers should carry guns to stop prison violence dismissed as ‘headline-grabbing’

COMMENT: In the face of Russian aggression, Keir Starmer says he must ready the country for war by increasing military spending and building a platoon of nuclear submarines – but, as Mark Almond cautions, perhaps the only thing the Ministry of Defence can be guaranteed to produce on time are…

COMMENT: As the prime minister announces plans for 12 new nuclear-powered submarines, former submariner David Bessell warns that the news comes a decade too late

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid clashed with Robert Jenrick over a video of himself confronting alleged fare dodgers on the London Underground.

The Defence Secretary said the £6 billion of investment would ‘equip our forces for the future’.

Officers currently have access to batons and synthetic pepper spray.

The prominent conservative described extremism in prisons as ‘out of control’ amid a series of attacks by inmates

Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi targeted prison staff with boiling oil and homemade weapons.

COMMENT: ‘Do you want to go back and pay like everybody else?’ Jenrick’s public transport vigilante video conveyed a brilliantly effective message – and was another example of how successful political stunts can be, writes John Rentoul

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has called for Rudakubana’s privileges to be taken away