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Kemi Badenoch has offered Conservative support, in order to help the government pass its controversial welfare changes. The Tory leader told Sky News she would be asking for three commitments from Sir Keir Starmer, if he wants to use Conservative votes to pass the reforms to disability benefits, which have triggered an unprecedented rebellion of…

The UK has to “actively prepare” for the potential of a “wartime scenario” on the “UK homeland” a government review has warned. Published today, the National Security Strategy said it was “the first time in many years” that such an event has had to be considered. It comes as Sky News recently explored what a…

Sir Keir Starmer has reaffirmed his desire to push through controversial benefit cuts despite a mounting rebellion among his own MPs. The prime minister said there was a “clear moral case” for his reforms, which include measures designed to slash £5bn a year from the welfare bill by 2030. PM arrives at NATO summit –…

A senior executive at NatWest Group heads a pack of contenders to become the next boss of Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund (NWF). Sky News has learnt that Oliver Holbourn, who is stepping down as chief executive of NatWest’s RBS International arm, is the current frontrunner to take the helm of the Treasury-supervised investment vehicle….

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 A NATO summit will be held in The Hague today, hours after Donald Trump announced Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire. Meanwhile, on the domestic front, more than 100 Labour MPs have shown their hand and vowed to defeat…

Under yet another attack from Russia, a fictional British government of former ministers and military chiefs face a terrifying choice in the final episode of The Wargame. The home secretary, played by Amber Rudd, asks a key question. “We have the nuclear deterrent. In what circumstances would we use it prime minister?” Image: The attorney…

Doctors are using AI software that does not meet minimum standards to record and transcribe patient meetings, according to a Sky News investigation. NHS bosses have demanded GPs and hospitals stop using artificial intelligence software that could breach data protection rules and put patients at risk. A warning sent out by NHS England this month…

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is set to increase spending on defence, security and resilience to 5% of GDP by 2035 to meet an “era of radical uncertainty” – but without promising any additional cash. The move – part of a new spending pledge by the NATO alliance – was panned as deceptive “smoke…

The UK could send further capabilities to the Middle East if necessary, a minister has suggested after Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base in Qatar. Luke Pollard told the Commons that additional RAF Typhoon jets announced by Sir Keir Starmer last week have arrived in the region to “deter threats and…

Moderate Labour MPs are planning a “reasoned amendment” to oppose the government’s disability benefit cuts, which will be published as soon as tomorrow, Sky News understands. MPs who have not yet gone public with their criticisms are being encouraged to support a delay to assess the impact of cuts to personal independence payments. It is an…