BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
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".
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Express Politics14 Apr 2026
Universal Credit in 'full-blown crisis' as claimants soar by 1.5m under Labour
Tories slam 'bad economic choices' for 'driving people onto welfare and passing the bill onto taxpayers'
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The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026
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
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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
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.
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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
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.
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The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026
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
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The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026
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
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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
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.
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The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026
UK woman fears being stranded in Spain over new Home Office border rules
Natasha Cochrane de la Rosa was refused boarding on flight to London because she was not aware of the rule change A British woman has told how she fears being stranded in Spain for months after being refused boarding a on flight back home to London because she was not aware of new Home Office border rules. Natasha Cochrane de la Rosa, 26, was born in the UK to a British father and a Spanish mother, but because of archaic laws she was not entitled automatically to British citizenship because her
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The Guardian Politics14 Apr 2026
Reeves arrives at IMF with little leeway to prove its UK downgrade wrong
Chancellor faced with fund’s forecast that impact of Iran war will leave Britain as G7’s biggest loser Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns The Iran war is bad news for the global economy. But for some countries, the unfolding conflict is having a bigger impact than for others. The International Monetary Fund’s verdict is that Britain is the G7’s biggest loser. Amid the rising damage from the Middle East war, the Washington-based fund warned UK economic growth rate wou
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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
The Lib Dem manifesto in 60 seconds
BBC Wales' Gareth Lewis outlines the key details from the Welsh Lib Dem Senedd election manifesto.
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BBC Politics14 Apr 2026
UK faces biggest hit to growth from Iran war of major economies, IMF says
The financial body cuts its growth forecast for the UK and warns the war threatens to throw the global economy "off course".
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