Politics

Kemi Badenoch has called for Axel Rudakubana's parents to be deported if they don't face criminal action after a public inquiry found they could have prevented the Southport attack.

UK military chiefs have been asked to find £3.5bn in "efficiencies" and other savings this year, even as Sir Keir Starmer says he is readying his armed forces for war, sources have signalled.

A decision by Lord George Robertson to call out the prime minister and his chancellor over their failure to rearm the UK at speed in the face of growing threats marks the most significant intervention on defence spending since the end of the Cold War.

Britain's economic prospects have been downgraded more than any other major economy in the International Monetary Fund's latest update on the state of the world.