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Keir Starmer's national security adviser to finally face MPs after repeated requests

Keir Starmer’s national security adviser will answer questions from MPs and peers after eight months of repeated requests for him to do so, it has…

The National (Scotland)

National security adviser will face MPs, minister confirms

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has been calling for Jonathan Powell to appear before it since his appointment in November.

Evening Standard

Britain preparing for blackouts on the scale of power cuts seen in Spain and Portugal, resilience plan reveals

The resilience action plan warned Britain could face blackouts on the scale of Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

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Learn from ‘our Scandinavian neighbours’ about crises and war, ministers urged

Pat McFadden spoke to MPs after the Government unveiled plans for an emergency alert system test later this year.

Evening Standard

UK to test nationwide emergency alert system for second time

Alert to take place on 7 September, designed to warn of danger to life, and putting phone on silent will not mute it

The Guardian - UK

Date set for millions of phones across UK to receive emergency alert test

The Emergency Alert System will be tested at 3.00pm on 7 September

The Independent UK

Exact date and time of next mobile phone emergency alert system test is revealed

The emergency alert is used to warn if there is a danger to life nearby, in instances like extreme weather

Evening Standard

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Starmer’s reno of the UK is going brilliantly. If you don’t count the walls falling down

Nothing says you’ve lifted the mood of the nation like having to haul your chancellor to a photocall at a ‘wellbeing centre’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

With a £5bn hole to fill, the true battle on Keir Starmer’s hands is only just beginning

Sir Keir Starmer’s capitulation on welfare cuts has dented his authority and raised questions about his judgment

The Independent UK

Labour MP who led welfare revolt calls for wealth tax to meet £5bn cost of U-turn

Rachael Maskell blamed the chancellor for the scale of rebellion, saying the Treasury had chosen to ‘find savings on the backs of disabled people’

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘have to work harder’ to bring down small boat numbers – McFadden

The tally for 2025 is approaching 20,000.

The Independent UK

Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister

Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely

The Guardian - UK

Reeves ‘going nowhere’ and has Starmer’s full backing, No 10 says – as it happened

Downing Street’s show of support comes after Reeves was seen in tears in the House of Commons

The Guardian - UK

Minister declines to rule out tax rises amid welfare climbdown warning

Pat McFadden said that ministers ‘will keep to the tax promises’ in their election manifesto.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Britain ‘must prepare for wartime scenario on home soil’, security review warns

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says whole country must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about threats faced major powers like China

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Hannan Day celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold

Back in 2016, Dan prophesied about what the post-EU sunlit uplands would be like on this very day – no spoiler alert needed

Evening Standard

‘UK must prepare for war on home soil for first time in years’, strategy warns

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the Commons the whole country must now be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about the threats it faces.

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts

Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead

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Evening Standard

UK must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about global threats, minister warns

Pat McFadden warned of the challenge from ‘major powers like China’, and threats of new technologies as he set out the national security strategy.

The Guardian - UK

Minister defends welfare cuts, saying number receiving Pip rising by 1,000 a day

Pat McFadden says number of people on benefit is due to double over decade, as more than 100 Labour MPs try to pause cuts

The Independent UK

Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts that will 'destroy financial safety net'

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Starmer to ‘press forward’ with welfare cuts despite rebellion – as it happened

PM says current system is ‘broken’ and there is a ‘clear moral case for change’

Evening Standard

Procurement rules set to be overhauled as ministers lay out infrastructure plans

The Treasury has promised hundreds of billions over the next decade for projects such as roads, railways and homes.

Evening Standard

UK ministers confident post-Brexit trade friction will be eased by deal

The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.

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