UK cabinet ministers are searching for additional funds to increase defence spending following the resignation of former defence secretary John Healey. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy confirmed departments are in talks with the Treasury to find more money for defence, as the new defence secretary, Dan Jarvis, works on an alternative plan before the Nato summit.
UK Government ministers, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting, faced questions on PM Keir Starmer's future after a cabinet meeting, amid calls from over 80 Labour MPs for his resignation or a departure timetable.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, reeling from a crushing local election defeat, faced a new setback to his leadership on Saturday when a former minister said she would challenge him for the top job if no one else stepped forward. Starmer’s Labour Party recorded the worst losses of a governing party in municipal polls since 1995, prompting a growing number of his own lawmakers to call on him to quit. To try to shore up his position in the party earlier on Saturday, he named two influential...
Experts warn Europe is dangerously over-reliant on Chinese green technology, with China supplying 98% of the continent's solar panels, 88% of lithium-ion batteries and 61% of inverters. A report co-authored by former UK national security official Michael Collins says this creates serious economic and geopolitical risks, including potential 'kill switch' capabilities and supply chain vulnerabilities. The authors say Europe risks being forced to choose between opposing Chinese activity and maintaining its energy transition.
King Charles's security is being reviewed before his state visit to the US this week after a gunman attempted to storm the White House correspondents' dinner where Donald Trump was present. The 31-year-old suspect, Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, was arrested. Nobody was killed though one Secret Service officer was shot. The king will visit Virginia, New York and Washington DC from Monday for the 250th anniversary of US independence.
