Glen Owen

6 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Glen Owen

Hundreds of millions of pounds will be invested in cutting-edge drones and artificial intelligence for the military as part of Rachel Reeves' attempt to revive the flagging economy. The Chancellor's new industrial strategy will include a £330 million investment in technology used by the Armed Forces, such as 'next-generation drones' to be developed for joint use on the battlefield and by the emergency services.

6 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Glen Owen |Daisy Graham-Brown

A future master of the universe? Wes Streeting sips champagne with elite at 'world's secret government'By GLEN OWEN and DAISY GRAHAM-BROWN Published: 19:53 EDT, 21 June 2025 | Updated: 19:53 EDT, 21 June 2025 It is the shadowy gathering of the global elite which has been described as ‘the world’s secret Government’ – and this year Wes Streeting joined for the first time.

6 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Glen Owen |Dan Hodges

Sir Keir Starmer was last night accused of being a ‘hypocrite’ by Kemi Badenoch for condemning an attack on RAF Brize Norton – having previously defended airbase protesters and used them to build support for his Labour leadership campaign. The Prime Minister described the raid on the base by Palestine Action as ‘disgraceful’ and an ‘act of vandalism’ after the group posted footage showing protesters spraying red paint into the engines of two Airbus Voyager aircraft.

6 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Glen Owen |Calum Muirhead

British businesses have been urged to rise up and fight Angela Rayner’s crippling new labour laws, amid dire warnings of the devastating effects they will wreak on the economy. Conservatives have sent an open letter to company bosses this weekend urging them to speak out against the Deputy Prime Minister’s radical plans – or be ‘sleepwalked into disaster’.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Glen Owen

Ministers are pushing through new laws to fast-track the admission of violent and disruptive pupils into academy schools. In the latest attempt by Labour to clip the wings of academies, which are designed to be free of local authority control, schools would be directed by councils to take thousands of pupils permanently excluded for physical violence or threatening to use an offensive weapon. Currently, they have the power to do so only if the Education Secretary rules on their behalf.