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Chris Mason: Iran war means government's vicious circles tighten and darken

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

Chris Mason: Iran war means government's vicious circles tighten and darken

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

Chris Mason: Iran war has trapped Labour in a vicious circle

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which analysts believe is unlikely to deliver a significant step towards peace. The talks in Berlin – held on the third anniversary of the start of Sudan’s ruinous war – are expected to help address a catastrophic funding shortfall that is com

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Former Nato chief warns UK's national security 'in peril'

Lord George Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary, will use a speech to accuse "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism".

How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence

With the army’s size halved since the cold war, UK ambitions to be globally deployable do not match the reality, experts say Middle East crisis – live updates If Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was a wake-up call for Nato, the war in the Gulf has brought some harsh realities home to the British public about the state of the UK’s armed forces. While air defence systems and fighter jets were already in place or deployed relatively swiftly, the time it took to send a single destr

Palantir defends its record as MPs demand more scrutiny of data use

NHS guidance that all hospitals should be using Palantir software from this month has sparked a backlash.

Palantir defends its record as MPs demand more scrutiny of data use

NHS guidance that all hospitals should be using Palantir software from this month has sparked a backlash.

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’ Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from government-funded hotels while others have been sent to live in army barracks, the Home Office has announced. Eleven “asylum hotels” in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been closed, as first reported by the Guardian, and more will close “in the coming weeks”. About 350 claimants have been moved to the Crowborough military

The Guardian view on defence spending: should the UK’s security rest with Donald Trump? | Editorial

A former Nato chief demands more cash while fixing Britain’s global role. Before billions are spent, ministers must define the purpose of its military George Robertson’s claims about the prime minister’s “corrosive complacency” over Britain’s safety made headlines. But it is a howl of pain, not a sober security analysis. The former Nato secretary general and author of the government’s strategic defence review (SDR) wants Downing Street to back his view of Britain’s role in the world – as Robin t

Number of asylum hotels falls to 185 after 11 close

The government says the fall is partly due to housing people in alternative sites such as military barracks.