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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it the biggest increase in defence spending in a generation, pledging an additional £75 billion over the next six years.

Professionals, politicians, and celebrities including JK Rowling wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demanding a probe into ’trans’ activism.

More than 120,000 crossings on small boats have been recorded since recording began in 2018.

The FCDO said the foreign secretary instructed officials to summon the ambassador to raise ’significant concerns at interference in UK democratic institutions.’

Deaths caused by alcohol misuse increased rapidly after the start of the COVID-19 lockdown period and that trend is continuing, official figures show.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said an officer used ‘clumsy and offensive’ phrases to a Jewish activist on April 13.

The Ministry of Justice has projected a longer-term rise in prison population, up to 106,300 by March 2027.

Susan Hall has pledged to ’stop the war on motorists’ by removing some unwanted low traffic neighbourhoods and 20 mph zones.

The government is facing a ’tricky choice' between raising taxes to fix public services or stick to its plan and cut taxes further.

The prime minister and the home secretary hailed the ‘landmark’ legislation and said flights will begin by July.

Two men have gone on trial accused of the murder of music manager Robert ‘Fox’ Powell, who was shot dead outside a party in rural Essex in June 2020.

A High Court judge has ruled a woman who held up a sign outside a criminal trial urging jurors to listen to their ‘conscience’ was not in contempt of court.

In a forward to a Policy Exchange report, Sir Sajid Javid warned an official definition for Islamophobia would risk creating a blasphemy law via the backdoor.

Report says clinicians may be influenced to recommend devices, with the NHS accepting £35 million from 2017–2019 from pharma giants including Johnson & Johnson.

The prime minister said Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley retains his confidence, but anti-Semitism campaigners insisted he should resign.

Parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, have been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act 1911.

The ombudsman saw a 44 percent rise in debanking complaints, with the Treasury Committee stating that some businesses are being ‘unfairly debanked.’

The head of Britain’s National Crime Agency has joined more than 30 European police chiefs in calling for end-to-end encryption to be halted.