Uk politics articles
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Rishi Sunak unveils £5bn extra defence spending ahead of US Aukus summit – UK politics live
Updated security strategy and funding boost comes ahead of UK PM’s meeting with US president and Australian PMDan Sabbagh, the Guardian’s defence editor, has written an analysis of the defence spending announcement (see 9.24am) and the integrated review update. Here is an extract.China, previously “a systemic competitor” – a phrase generally useful, if unmemorable – has upgraded to presenting an “epoch-defining challenge” – as a nod to the Conservative backbenchers who had wanted Beijing to be...
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Culture secretary ‘pleased’ BBC will speak to Gary Lineker about asylum policy tweet – UK politics live
Latest updates: BBC presenter compared government language on asylum seekers to ‘Germany in the 30s’Visa rules will be relaxed to make it easier for foreign workers to come to the UK to take up jobs in the construction sector, the Financial Times reports. It says:In the week that Rishi Sunak, prime minister, announced a crackdown on migration by illegal routes, the government has quietly been clearing the way for more overseas workers to come to the UK as it searches for ways to boost growth.The...
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Braverman admits as many as 80,000 people could cross Channel on small boats this year – UK politics live
Latest updates: home secretary says ‘it’s vital we fix this problem’ as Rishi Sunak prepares to face Keir Starmer at PMQsIn an interview on the Today programme Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said Labour did want to stop small boat crossings. But she said the goverment was being “irresponsible” because it was trying to address the problem with policies that would not work. She said:I think that they are being irresponsible in the way they’re doing this.Time and again they go for the...