Ben Riley-Smith

2 days ago | msn.com | Jack Maidment |Ben Riley-Smith

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2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jack Maidment |Ben Riley-Smith

Rachel Reeves is set to announce £15.6 billion for transport projects outside London in an attempt to tackle a surge in support for Reform UK. The money will be spent on tram, train and bus projects in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tyne and Wear. It comes as Downing Street attempts to tackle the surge in support for Nigel Farage's party, which currently tops the opinion polls.

2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Riley-Smith

Wider defence investment in AI continues. AI-enabled weaponry and machinery will be purchased. A new Defence Innovation Agency is also being set up, though specifics remain unclear. But critics of the decision are noting that the Porton Down work would have given the UK the edge over hostile powers, creating AI military technology not yet publicly available. The standalone AI research programme received around £20 million a year and in turn funded various individual projects.

3 days ago | msn.com | Ben Riley-Smith

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3 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ben Riley-Smith

Rachel Reeves, left, and Yvette Cooper, who wants more funding to invest in policing - Ian Vogler/AFP via GettyYvette Cooper is battling Rachel Reeves for more money with just a week left before the Treasury unveils new departmental budgets for the rest of the decade. The Home Office is understood to be one of the few departments that has not settled negotiations with the Treasury before the spending review concludes on June 11.