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Sky News Politics9 Jun 2026

Growing unease over UK's stuttering efforts to rearm

The UK could yet unveil all – or parts – of a long-delayed investment plan for defence by Friday, but a disagreement on funding is still unresolved, it is understood.

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Sky News Politics8 Jun 2026

AI to be used in crown courts to reduce time victims have to wait

The government is piloting the use of artificial intelligence in the crown court, with a raft of new technology projects aiming to deliver improvements across the justice system and tackle the court backlog.

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Sky News Politics8 Jun 2026

'Security crisis' as MoD loses hundreds of laptops and phones

More than 1,000 devices have been lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2024, at a potential cost of more than £1.6m.

Defence
Sky News Politics6 Jun 2026

Defence investment plan delay and drift has left the UK less safe, say MPs

A chronic delay in the release by Sir Keir Starmer's government of a major plan to invest in defence has harmed the military and left the country less safe, a group of MPs has warned.

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Sky News Politics6 Jun 2026

Defence spending plan delay 'has left the UK less safe and undermined its credibility'

A chronic delay in the release by Sir Keir Starmer's government of a major plan to invest in defence has harmed the military and left the country less safe, a group of MPs has warned.

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Sky News Politics4 Jun 2026

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-files-defence-investment-kemi-badenoch-12593360?postid=11813061#liveblog-body'>Andy Burnham says for the first time that he would join Labour leadership contest</a>

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Sky News Politics3 Jun 2026

Former victims minister urges PM to meet Epstein survivors

Former victims minister Alex Davies-Jones has urged Sir Keir Starmer to meet survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, warning they risk being forgotten as MPs debate the latest files relating to Peter Mandelson.

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Sky News Politics2 Jun 2026

Warning over US tech firm's 'unacceptable' role in Britain

Britain's reliance on US tech firm Palantir in transforming public services is an "unacceptable point of weakness" that could leave people's private information "at the mercy" of foreign actors, MPs have warned.

PoliticsDefence
Sky News Politics1 Jun 2026

Britain was told to rearm. A year later, there's no sign of the cash - and it's having an impact

A majority of UK defence technology firms have suffered financial harm because of a chronic delay in the publication of a government investment plan for defence, a survey has revealed.

Defence
Sky News Politics30 May 2026

US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drones through defence pact

Unmanned undersea vehicles will be developed under the AUKUS defence pact, US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth said.

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Sky News Politics29 May 2026

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-tories-criticise-delay-in-publishing-defence-funding-plan-12593360?postid=11777167#liveblog-body'>AI to be used to check age of asylum seekers posing as children</a>

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Sky News Politics26 May 2026

Labour needs 'fundamental reset', says Blair amid leadership crisis

Sir Tony Blair has warned Labour against forcing Sir Keir Starmer to quit without having a proper policy agenda to follow him, in his first intervention since the party was plunged into a leadership crisis.

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