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Mahmood orders urgent security review after killing of Ann Widdecombe

Home secretary also expands police support ‘with immediate effect’ for high-profile public figures not currently MPs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12

HS2: Heidi Alexander to set out true cost of rail project – and when trains will begin to run

Transport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bn

The Guardian - UK · May 18

HS2 ‘gold plating’ and high speed focus blamed for railway’s extensive woes

A new report will criticise the ‘original sins’ of the decision-making behind the multibillion-pound rail project

The Independent UK · May 17

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‘Gold plating’ HS2 resulted in railway’s woes, major report due to say

A report will criticise the ‘original sins’ in the decision-making behind the multibillion-pound rail project.

Evening Standard · May 17

‘Shortcomings and failures’ could sink Aukus nuclear submarines plan, UK inquiry warns

Australia is dependent upon UK’s ability to deliver new submarines but report says ‘cracks are already beginning to show’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28

Fate of Aukus nuclear submarine deal may be delayed months as UK and Australia wait on Trump review

Snap Trump administration review of the $360bn deal announced a month ago expected to extend beyond initial 30-day timeframe

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2025

Britain’s support for AUKUS is unwavering - but its capacity to deliver is another matter

A recently announced Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact has sparked a renewed bout of debate in Australia. Led by the “AUKUS-agnostic” US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, the review raises serious questions over whether Australia will receive its US-made Virginia-class submarines on schedule from 2032.

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2025

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‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airlift

Emails released as part of employment tribunal lift lid on questionable decisions made amid Afghanistan evacuation

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2025

‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors

UK firm in vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized nuclear plants

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

Ex-defence secretary Wallace ‘was advised against inquiry into SAS executions allegations’

Top civil servant tried to persuade ex-defence secretary not to commission inquiry into UK military actions in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Sir Stephen Lovegrove to chair Rolls-Royce-led nuclear consortium

New role for former permanent secretary in energy department raises concerns over ‘revolving door’ between public and private

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2023

AUKUS must seek more collaboration to avoid 'cosy' tag

Australia, the UK and the US must bring more countries into the AUKUS fold to counter authoritarian powers' technological edge, a former UK intelligence argues.

AAP · Apr 4, 2023

Sunak faces scrutiny over whether he knew of Gavin Williamson bully claims

Source says PM was given ‘general description’ of alleged incident but gave Williamson a job anyway

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

Why is Liz Truss sacking top civil servants? Because she wants to suppress dissent

This is government Trump-style, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022

Former heads of civil service blast Liz Truss over sacking of Treasury mandarin

Sir Tom Scholar removed after six years shortly after PM’s arrival in office

Irish Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

National Security Adviser warns of 'accidental' nuclear war between the West and China

He warned of the “pace and scale with which China is expanding its nuclear and conventional arsenals”

Wales Online · Jul 28, 2022

Warning of 'accidental' nuclear war between the West and China

'Miscalculations' could see nuclear conflict

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Nuclear war moving closer as China rapidly boosts arsenal, warns UK security boss

UK's National Security Adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove has given a speech warning that a nuclear war is now a greater threat as China rapidly builds up its weapons arsenal

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Al Jazeera · Jul 28, 2022

UK adviser warns of nuclear war risk amid communication breakdown

Stephen Lovegrove says backdoor channels that kept world safe during the Cold War have disintegrated.

Wales Online · Jul 27, 2022

Truss seeks to unite the Commonwealth to counter China’s influence

But the Foreign Secretary is accused of ignoring the 'damage her Government has done to Britain’s reputation abroad'

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2022

Risk of nuclear war from cutting off China and Russia, says security tsar

Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK’s national security adviser, says backdoor channels have deteriorated

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

World entering ‘dangerous new age’ amid rapid spread of lethal weapons, warns UK national security adviser

Sophisticated weapons being acquired by armed groups as well as states, Sir Stephen Lovegrove says

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

MPs frustrated as national security adviser quizzed over Nowzad evacuation

Sir Stephen Lovegrove was accused of giving evidence ‘opposite’ to that supplied by top civil servant Sir Philip Barton.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Security chief denies consulting No 10 over Afghanistan charity evacuation

Sir Stephen Lovegrove tells MPs he cannot recall with whom he checked that Nowzad staff were eligible for help

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

Security review finds no grounds to block Chinese takeover of UK’s biggest microchip firm

Senior Conservatives calling on Kwasi Kwarteng to block sale of Newport Wafer Fab to subsidiary of Chinese company

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