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Shapps: £4 billion worth of contracts signed to develop attack submarines

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps also announced RAF Typhoons have been sent to Poland to support the UK’s fellow Nato country.

The Independent UK

Russia prepares to finance years of fighting in Ukraine according to leaked documents

The claims are based on leaked documents from Moscow

Evening Standard

The UK defense secretary suggests British training of Ukrainian soldiers could move into Ukraine

Britain’s new defense secretary has suggested that British military training of Ukrainian soldiers, which currently takes place in U.K. bases, could move into western Ukraine

The Independent UK

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PM insists no plan to send British troops for training in Ukraine ‘here and now’

Rishi Sunak made clear that plans mooted by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps would be for after the conflict with Russia.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps to ramp up support for Zelensky by increasing troop training in Ukraine

Grant Shapps has spoken to UK military chiefs about ‘eventually’ moving training into Ukraine

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps reveals military training plans inside Ukraine

Britain has till date steered clear of formal military presence inside Ukraine to avoid direct conflict with Russia

The Independent UK

Defence Secretary plans Ukraine training move ‘in country’

Grant Shapps has spoken to UK military chiefs about ‘eventually’ moving training into Ukraine.

The Independent UK

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British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps

Defence secretary says proposal being discussed would reduce reliance on UK and other Nato members’ bases

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 583

As the war enters its 583rd day, these are the main developments.

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NATO's secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss battlefield and ammunition needs in Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 582 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have shot down 34 of 44 drones; Greenpeace criticises monitoring of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; UK defence secretary visits Kyiv

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps visits President Zelensky in Ukraine

The Defence Secretary met Mr Zelensky and other military officials in Kyiv.

The Independent UK

New Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in Kyiv for talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

The meeting came as Vladimir Putin’s military unleashed a large wave of air strikes on three regions of Ukraine

Evening Standard

How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

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Abolishing HS2 and inheritance tax? Rish! would not speculate on speculation he started

For far too long Rishi Sunak had been held back by successive Tory governments. Time for some unspecified action

The Independent UK

Tory titans out to derail Sunak over HS2

PM in crisis as top Conservative revolt over plan to scrap northern leg grows

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak declines to back HS2 to north of England as Tory civil war stirs

Rishi Sunak has insisted he is committed to levelling up despite declining to back building HS2 to the north of England in the face of warnings by…

The Independent UK

PM says he is ‘committed to levelling up’ despite declining to back HS2 to North

Rishi Sunak is thought to be considering scrapping or delaying the leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester in response to soaring costs.

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Rishi Sunak stays silent on inheritance tax slash speculation

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on speculation that he is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax.

The Independent UK

Senior Tories urge Rishi Sunak to back HS2 to Manchester despite cost fears

Former chancellor George Osborne says it would be a ‘gross act of vandalism’ to axe the northern leg of the high-speed network

The Independent UK

Sunak urged to back HS2 to Manchester despite cost fears

Former chancellor George Osborne said it would be a ‘gross act of vandalism’ to axe the northern leg of the high-speed network.

The Guardian - UK

Tory donor threatens to pull funding if Sunak scraps northern HS2 rail line

Exclusive: Major donor questioning ‘ability to continue support’ for party amid doubt over Birmingham to Manchester leg

The Independent UK

Government minister says inheritance tax is ‘deeply unfair’ as Sunak ‘plans to scrap’ levy

Rishi Sunak is said to be preparing to announce a cut in the levy – or even scrap it altogether

The Guardian - UK

Shapps says it would be ‘crazy’ not to reconsider full HS2 rail project

Viability of northern leg in doubt after rumours Sunak and Hunt could ditch the Birmingham to Manchester section

The Independent UK

High-speed rail was touted as a game-changer in Britain. Costs are making the government think twice

The British government is considering scrapping a big chunk of an overdue and over-budget high-speed rail line once touted as a way to attract jobs and investment to northern England

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