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Jane Merrick

London

Policy Editor at The i Paper

Policy editor @theipaper, a @Time Person of The Year 2017

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  • How UK is preparing for war, including new smartphone emergency siren alerts

    2 days ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

    Emergency text alerts will be sent to every phone in the UK later this year as part of a drill to prepare the country for war or other disaster. The first test for the nationwide smartphone warning system was sent in April 2023, while the alerts have been used since then for real-life emergencies to people in particular regions of the country affected by flooding and red weather warnings.

  • The real threat to the UK from Iran - from sleeper cells to cyber attacks

    3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

    The US and Israel claim to have taken out much of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities but British government insiders and intelligence experts warn that Tehran still poses a direct threat to the UK. Through the targeting of dissidents, the Jewish community and cyber attacks on people, as well as critical national infrastructure, the UK still believes Iran poses a direct threat on British soil.

  • Net zero and small boats costs to count towards 5% defence spending target

    5 days ago | msn.com | Will Hazell |Molly Blackall |Jane Merrick

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • UK ‘prepared to defend US and allies’ as Iran fires missiles at Qatar

    5 days ago | msn.com | Jane Merrick |Arj Singh

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • UK 'prepare to defend US and allies' as Iran fires missiles at Qatar and Iraq

    5 days ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

    Britain risked being dragged into an all-out war in the Middle East as the government made clear it was prepared to defend the US from an attack by Iran. Tehran said it had begun targeting America’s largest military base in the Middle East, just outside the Qatari capital of Doha, as well as a US compound in Iraq, on Monday evening in retaliation for Donald Trump’s strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Jane Merrick
Jane Merrick @janemerrick23
9 Jun 25

Huge government u-turn on winter fuel - 9m pensioners to get their payments this winter. For those on £35k income or less. Story by @HugoGye @theipaper https://t.co/9RcDMaStQa

Jane Merrick
Jane Merrick @janemerrick23
9 Jun 25

RT @eleanormia: If you want some light reading on a Monday morning, @janemerrick23 has summed up how the UK will respond to a nuclear missi…

Jane Merrick
Jane Merrick @janemerrick23
8 Jun 25

RT @theipaper: UK to join up with allies for stronger response to Putin’s ‘grey zone’ warfare Exclusive by @janemerrick23 and @singharj…