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1 week ago | channel103.com | Deborah Haynes

The plan, announced by the government over the weekend, will form part of Sir Keir Starmer's long-awaited Strategic Defence Review, which will be published on Monday. However, it lacks key details, including when the first arms plant will be built, when the first missile will be made, or even what kind of missiles, drones and rockets will be purchased. The government is yet to appoint a new senior leader to take on the job of "national armaments director", who will oversee the whole effort.

1 week ago | channel103.com | Mark Kleinman

Sky News has learnt that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) - which now leads oversight of Ofcom in Whitehall - is drawing up proposals to launch a recruitment process in the coming months. Lord Grade, the veteran broadcast executive who held senior posts at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, has served as Ofcom chair since May 2022.

1 week ago | channel103.com | Liz Bates

The former Number 10 aide also claimed the Conservative Party "might be dead". Listen to the full interview at 5pm on the Sky News Daily podcast - tap here to followHis remarks came in a wide-ranging interview with Sky News, in which the controversial figure, who served as Boris Johnson's chief adviser from 2019 to 2020, said Nigel Farage could "definitely" become the next prime minister.

1 week ago | channel103.com | Liz Bates

The former Number 10 aide also claimed the Conservative Party "might be dead". Listen to the full interview at 5pm on the Sky News Daily podcast - tap here to followHis remarks came in a wide-ranging interview with Sky News, in which the controversial figure, who served as Boris Johnson's chief adviser from 2019 to 2020, also said Nigel Farage could "definitely" become the next prime minister. On Tory leader Ms Badenoch, Mr Cummings said: "Kemi is going to go, probably this year.

2 weeks ago | channel103.com | Paul Kelso

You might tut at sluggish GDP or sigh at labour market data, presuming you notice them at all, but inflation is the number you feel in your pocket. This month the link could not be plainer. The headline rate of CPI inflation in April jumped 3.5% on the same time a year ago, up almost a percentage point on March, and driven largely by the timing of changes in household bills.