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UK fighter jets intercept Russian plane over Norwegian Sea

The Ministry of Defence calls Moscow's activity "unsafe" and "unprofessional".

Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further

Burnham’s No 10 North may yet prove more symbol than substance. The test will not be where an office is based, but whether power and responsibility genuinely move with it. It is time the Scottish Government remembered that devolution should not stop at Holyrood. The post Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further appeared first on Conservative Home.

Struggling Construction Sector Activity Performs Below Expectations

The heavy-hit construction sector has posted a weaker-than-expected recovery in the latest closely-watched activity statistics. The UK construction PMI came in at 38.4 in June, up marginally from May’s six-year low of 38.2 but still deep in contraction territory and below the 40.0 expected. Far below the neutral 50.0 mark… Output has now fallen every…

Nigel Farage's Clacton seat under threat - 'preparations made for by-election'

The Reform UK leader has blamed an 'establishment hit job' amid calls for an investigation into financial support he received from a convicted criminal.

EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs

Growth in charge points falls markedly despite surge in number of rapid-charging units Business live – latest updates The UK’s rollout of electric vehicle chargers has slowed amid challenging cost pressures and uncertainty over government sales targets. Charger companies installed 5,100 public charge points in the first half of 2026, pushing the total to 121,171, according to Zapmap, a data company. That was a 10% increase on the same point a year before – well below growth rates above 40% in

Farage warned attack against ‘establishment’ over unregistered gifts could lead to harsher punishment – UK politics live

Reform UK leader claims he is victim of ‘hit job’ as parliamentary standards commissioner investigates £5m donation Good morning. Two weeks today (unless there is some news development in the totally unexpected category) Keir Starmer will formally resign as PM, and the king will appoint Andy Burnham to replace him. Starmer has been forced out in part because of the rise of Nigel Farage; Labour MPs might have forgiven bad local election results, but not when they implied a new insurgency party w

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EXC: Burnham Set to Back Starmer’s Chagos Giveaway

Likely incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham is minded to try to complete Labour’s doomed Chagos Islands giveaway – the foreign policy blunder that played a substantial role in the downfall of Keir Starmer’s premiership. The change of Labour leader presented an opportunity to drop the deal for good… According to multiple sources who are familiar…

Here is a police statement: we are not woke or anti-woke, or fighting a culture war. We just strive to be fair | Matt Jukes

As a review highlights leadership deficiencies, we see the need for improvement. But being dragged into polarised debates doesn’t help Matt Jukes is deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police ‘Nepotism and bias’ rife in England and Wales police leadership, report finds It has become almost impossible to discuss policing today without someone trying to place it on one side of a political argument or another. Depending on who is speaking, policing is either “too woke” or not progressive eno

Farage says he's 'done no wrongdoing' after benefits from ally not declared

The Liberal Democrats have asked the Reform UK leader to be "straight with the British people".

Is Farage on the ropes?

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‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre

Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge development Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered to chase “the jobs of the future”. Instead, local people in Lanarkshire fear they may have to sell their properties and