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Politics latest: Reeves to cut food costs and offer free children’s bus rides in cost of living package

The chancellor will announce a range of policies on Thursday to try and combat the economic impact of Donald Trump’s war with Iran

The Independent UK

Ex-minister allowed ‘perception of impropriety’ over defence firm job – watchdog

Sir Grant Shapps served as defence minister under former prime minister Rishi Sunak.

Evening Standard

Green Party divisions exposed as Polanski faces backlash over ‘inappropriate’ Golders Green post

Senior Green Party figures have failed to support Polanski after backlash from Met commissioner

The Independent UK

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Driverless Tube trains given red signal by TfL chief as next week's four-day Tube strike remains on

Andy Lord says there is ‘no business case’ to axe Tube drivers - as RMT prepares for four-day walkout

Evening Standard

Sir Grant Shapps criticises ‘catastrophic’ budget after receiving knighthood

The former defence secretary criticised the ‘chaos’ he said surrounded Rachel Reeves’s Budget after receiving his knighthood from the Princess Royal.

The Independent UK

UK court jails James Bond fantasist for seven years for attempting to spy for Russia

Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends "a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia."

Euronews

James Bond fantasist jailed for 7 years in UK for trying to spy for Russia

A British man who had aspirations of being James Bond has been jailed for seven years for trying to spy for what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents

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James Bond fantasist jailed after sharing Grant Shapps’ details with fake Russian spies

The judge said Howard Phillips had ‘a personality with narcissistic tendencies and an overblown sense of his own importance’

The Independent UK

Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge says

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps reveals how father-in-law desperately tried to help fight off Manchester synagogue attacker

Grant Shapps has shared how his father-in-law desperately tried to help fight off the Manchester synagogue attacker.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps describes father-in-law’s synagogue horror

The former defence minister’s father-in-law helped to save those inside by barricading the doors.

Evening Standard

Who is the Manchester synagogue terrorist? Everything we know about Jihad Al-Shamie

Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was not on the radar of police or security services

Evening Standard

Manchester synagogue terrorist on bail for rape at the time of his rampage

Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died after Jihad Al-Shamie drove into a group of people outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue before stabbing a man

Evening Standard

MPs and military figures urge Trump to intervene and block Starmer’s Chagos deal

Labour MPs vote to push through Chagos Islands deal but questions raised over legal case as defence secretary John Healey finally reveals details

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The Guardian - UK

Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen

Aircraft with European Commission president onboard reportedly forced to circle Bulgarian airport for an hour

International Business Times UK

UK Bank Holidays Derailed: CrossCountry Strike Leaves Travellers Stranded

Limited services on 24-25 Aug, with £500,000 economic hit. Pay dispute fuels debate as passengers face holiday travel chaos

The National (Scotland)

Watchdog slammed as former Tory defence secretary joins missile start up

FORMER Tory defence secretary Grant Shapps has been cleared by the parliamentary standards watchdog to join a defence start-up.

The Independent UK

Watchdog slammed for clearing ex-defence secretary’s startup move

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The Independent UK

Ex-defence secretary allowed to work for missiles start-up – as long as he avoids defence matters

The ex-defence secretary said he co-founded the company ‘to help protect our skies’ but if it saves lives in Ukraine ‘then that would obviously be very good news’

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog criticised for clearing ex-defence secretary Shapps to join missile maker

Former minister can take up role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace – as long as he avoids defence matters

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Mirage fighter jet crashes after pilot ejects due to technical fault

Protests take aim at Zelenskyy over targeting of anti-corruption agency; envoys read to meet Russian counterparts in Istanbul. What we know on day 1,246

Euronews

British man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for Russia

Howard Phillips, 65, intended to help two apparent Russian agents who were in fact undercover British intelligence officers.

The Guardian - UK

Man found guilty over sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips, 65, gave Shapps’s home address and private plane location to undercover officers

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How the two-year effort to keep the Afghanistan data breach secret fell apart

In today’s newsletter: Questions have been raised over whether a superinjunction was used for national security or to avert an immigration scandal

The Independent UK

Hundreds of MoD data breaches revealed as security questions raised in wake of Afghan data breach

In one incident last year, the names and bank details of 272,000 staff were breached when one of its systems was hacked

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