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Streeting says he began stockpiling food weeks ago amid rising threat to UK

Streeting spoke after the chancellor, John Healey, said he wanted defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035; having already asked Whitehall departments to find 1% cuts in their budgets for long-term…

Zelenskyy urges US to speed up Patriot deliveries

Patriot interceptors are crucial for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia’s ballistic missiles, amid fears that Moscow will ramp up its attacks on energy facilities to bring winter blackouts in Ukraine. In the…

Polish president Nawrocki pushes his way into top court amid rule-of-law tussle

Korwin-Piotrowska suspended the court’s president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy Bartłomiej Sochański — both named by PiS and seen as loyalists — claiming authority to take over the court’s management . Święczkowski…

Scottish Lib Dems defeat SNP on Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill

Earlier this month, the SNP Government said that it would no longer pursue this, claiming that they could make change more quickly as though these things were a binary choice. All MPs and MSPs in Scotland will have read…

The real problem with Britain’s Political Traitors show is that no one is very faithful to anything for long | Robert Hutton

It's like the celebrity edition, except that everyone is less comely – politics being the practice of show business for ugly people . For this week's task, the players have to construct a "budget" of tiny crowd-pleasing…

Why politicians chasing economic growth is a lie | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

In our conversation we look at what life after growth looks like for towns and suburbs, and what it should look like. This report from south Wales in 2016 examines the present-day reality. For a broader analysis of how…

Funding deadlock derails global effort to save nature

Now, those countries want other high-income nations to chip in more. “We all know that we need more resources to ensure the effective implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework,” said Jessika Roswall, the EU’s…

When you’re traduced, abused and gaslighted – believe me, Black History Month matters | Hugh Muir

Those on the right seek to end the celebration on the basis that it amounts to special treatment for a group that doesn't deserve it. History should be colour-blind: society should not differentiate, they say. We are not…

Massive Attack, Bob Marley, bell hooks and grime: the forces that shaped four generations of Black Britons | The panel

She had such a compassionate and inspired approach to truth-telling that I try to carry with me wherever I go. What albums or artists have most shaped your sense of self? British music has shaped me completely. In…

Is time up for backyard fireworks? UK ministers weigh partial ban over noise concerns

But if campaigners get their way, this could be the last blast for bangers in the back yard. In January concerns about the noise and availability of fireworks were aired in a parliamentary debate , with two petitions…