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PM Sunak: We will put the UK defence industry on a war footing
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday he would put the British defence industry on a war footing, announcing 10 billion pounds ($12.43 billion) of extra long-term funding for munitions in light of the war in Ukraine.
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MSP expenses cap raised to cover second home council tax rise
The Scottish Parliament has increased MSPs’ expenses to allow them to use the public purse to cover the cost of council tax doubling on their second homes in Edinburgh.
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Hezbollah launches deepest ever attack inside Israel
Hezbollah has launched a series of drone strikes against Israeli military bases, in its deepest attack inside Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.
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Britain to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, Rishi Sunak announces
Boris Johnson first promised in 2022 that Britain would spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of this decade
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Violence against police officers erupts at St George's Day march in London
VIOLENT disorder has broken out as "far-right groups" attend a St George’s Day march in London ...
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Pictured: Siblings, aged five and eight, killed by ‘drunk driver’ who smashed into a children’s birthday party
Children’s mother and older brother were among more than a dozen others injured when a 66-year-old woman plowed her car 25-feet through a kids’ birthday party at the Swan Boat Club in Michigan
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Britain will boost defence spending to 2.5pc, Sunak announces
Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase Britain’s defence budget to £75 billion a year by the end of the decade, taking it to 2.5pc of national wealth.
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