2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (646+ words) Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s decision to reprioritise Army training, insisting that military exercises have not been halted despite growing concern over pressure on the defence budget. Mark Francois, the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, questioned…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (629+ words) A Labour minister has refused to rule out the party committing to rejoin the European Union in its next general election manifesto, reopening a politically sensitive question over Britain’s long-term relationship with the bloc. Hamish Falconer, a Foreign Office minister,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (620+ words) Plans to align the UK’s Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax rates would represent a fundamental shift in the tax system and could discourage investment, according to Sean Drury, head of tax at Blick Rothenberg. Speculation over aligning the two…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (832+ words) Britain is preparing to dust off its military reserves and put tens of thousands of former troops on a longer war footing as the government confronts what ministers describe as an increasingly dangerous security environment. New legislation will make it…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (183+ words) Ed Miliband has faced a growing backlash over the UK’s decision to impose sanctions … More than one million people in Britain could lose access to piped drinking water in a major infrastructure failure, according to a revised government assessment that…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (725+ words) Ed Miliband has faced a growing backlash over the UK’s decision to impose sanctions on Israeli settlements, after the Israeli embassy accused the Foreign Secretary of creating “an atmosphere for violence against Jews” in Britain. Miliband told MPs that a…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (512+ words) Rupert Lowe has emerged as an early contender to succeed Nigel Farage as leader of Reform UK, as the party faces mounting scrutiny over allegations concerning foreign political funding. Bookmakers have priced a number of potential successors to Farage, with…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (634+ words) Chris Rokos, one of Britain’s largest individual taxpayers, is reportedly preparing to leave the UK for Greece, as businesses and wealthy individuals await the government’s October Budget amid speculation of further tax increases. Rokos, the billionaire founder of hedge fund…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1215+ words) Before arriving in Ukraine, Witkoff had already met Vladimir Putin eight times. This weekend, the two American envoys went to Moscow first, sitting down with Putin inside the Kremlin before travelling onwards to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Washington…...