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4 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd |David Hughes |Margaret Davis |David Lynch
Suspect remains in custody as police probe fires at properties linked to PMA 21-year-old man remains in custody after he was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday as part of an investigation into suspected arson attacks on properties and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer. Police are working “at pace” to establish the cause of the fires and “any potential motivation” as inquiries are ongoing, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command said.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd |Kim Pilling
The number of “nationally significant” cyber attacks in the last eight months has doubled on the same period a year ago, a security chief has warned. Richard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, said that the agency had dealt with 200 incidents since September 2024, including twice as many causing widespread disruption as the same period last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Christopher McKeon |Caitlin Doherty |Nina Lloyd |Helen Corbett |George Lithgow |Harry Stedman
The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in Thursday’s local elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats. Kemi Badenoch’s party began Thursday holding 15 of the councils up for election, but by Friday evening had lost control of every single one of them. Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities stretching from Kent to Co Durham.
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2 months ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | David Lynch |Christopher McKeon |David Hughes |Nina Lloyd
PM signals he will take on ‘watchdog state’ of blocker bodies and agenciesSir Keir Starmer signalled he wants to take on a “watchdog state completely out of whack with the priorities of the British people”, as he set out plans to reform public services. The Prime Minister spoke of his desire to cut red tape holding back housing developers and businesses, and signalled he wanted to reverse a sense among politicians “that we don’t trust ourselves” to take decisions.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd
Failing to remove extreme videos from social media could lead them to inspire further attacks like the Southport atrocity, Yvette Cooper has warned tech giants. The Home Secretary has written to Elon Musk’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, TikTok, Google and YouTube calling on them to “urgently review” material accessed by killer Axel Rudakubana, which is still available online.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
sg.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd
Russia is prepared to launch a series of cyber attacks on Britain and other Nato members as it seeks to weaken support for Ukraine, a senior Cabinet minister will warn in a major speech next week. Moscow will “not think twice” about exploiting defence gaps to target UK businesses, and allies must “not underestimate” the threat it poses, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will say.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd |David Hughes
Many farmers protesting over Government changes to inheritance tax are “wrong” about the policy, the Environment Secretary has said. Steve Reed rejected claims that many in the sector will be affected by plans to limit 100% property relief to the first £1 million of agricultural assets. The remarks are likely to anger some farmers who have been taking part in large-scale demonstrations across Westminster to urge the Government to reverse the policy announced in the October Budget.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd
Faster testing of hypersonic defence under new Aukus deal, MoD saysFaster testing of “battle-winning capabilities” that could include long-range strike missiles will be enabled by a new agreement between the UK, US and Australia, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd
Reeves pledges to rip up red tape as post-2008 crash regulation ‘gone too far’Rachel Reeves will pledge to rip up financial red tape in a major speech arguing that regulatory changes following the 2008 economic crash have “gone too far”. The Chancellor will use her first Mansion House address to say that measures brought in since the crisis to “eliminate risk” have had “unintended consequences” in holding back growth.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nina Lloyd
UK and France seek to put Ukraine in ‘strongest possible position into winter’Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron discussed putting Ukraine in the “strongest possible position going into winter” as they met amid uncertainty over the future of US backing for Kyiv. In a show of European solidarity days after Donald Trump’s election win, the two leaders held talks in Paris to mark Armistice Day and consider how best to continue supporting the wartorn country.
