The prime minister has frequently claimed the government is spending £270bn on defence over this parliament which he says is “the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s”. This number represents the total cash spending figure for the MoD budget set out in the 2025 Spending Review, covering the four years to 2028-29….
Three in five homes listed for sale since January remain on the market, according to property portal Zoopla, as high mortgage rates frustrate potential buyers. A lack of demand from buyers, as well as some high asking prices from sellers, have left homes in some areas unsold. Agreed sales were 7% below last year, Zoopla…
People granted asylum in the UK will be required to pay back around £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they start earning, the government has announced. Adults who have sufficient funds will be asked to pay off the sum over time under new rules included in the upcoming Immigration and Asylum…
Geopolitical Analysis There is something almost cinematic about Vladimir Putin’s trajectory. A child from the gray backalleys of Leningrad, the son of a factory worker and a survivor of the Nazi siege, who ends up ruling the world’s largest country for over a quarter of a century. A KGB agent trained in the culture of…
“Film directors are a bunch of wretches who devote themselves to doing something that is, technologically, almost obsolete,” Orson Welles declared in a 1985 interview, recorded by ‘Arte TV’ (source in Spanish), months before his death. Alonso Quijano could have said something similar about the profession of chivalry, already obsolete in the Renaissance Spain that…
Andy Burnham will need a “Moscow test” for his policies if he becomes prime minister, the former Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has said. Burnham, the favourite to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, has previously said that new legislation must pass a “Makerfield test”, the constituency he was elected…
Pollard said: “This Labour government is now rebuilding our military, including through increasing the size of our strategic reserves and giving them more opportunities to work with their regular counterparts.” The Conservatives said their pledge would be to recruit approximately 18,000 new reservists to bring the total to 50,000. The trained and untrained strength of…
Congress has failed to address the work force disruption that artificial intelligence could generate. The White House, excited about the upside for stocks and investment, has downplayed the potential for widespread job losses. Now, amid growing public anger over A.I. and a debate over how to regulate it, a group of employers, state governors and…
In its quest to outlaw abortion across the country, the antiabortion movement has been largely unified around a core idea: Women who get the procedure should be spared punishment, while doctors and others who make it available should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But a growing number of conservative leaders are…
The United States Senate has voted in favour of invoking its war powers to force President Donald Trump to halt his military campaign against Iran or seek congressional approval before any further action is taken. Here is a closer look at Tuesday’s vote – the 10th attempt Congress has made to rein in the US-Israel…
