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Will Angela Rayner get a payout after quitting as deputy PM?

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is due to update MPs after the Ministry of Defence's third-party payroll system was broken into, with reports that China were behind the hack. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK government hacked

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Royal Air Force jets have been deployed to the Middle East after Iran fired drones at Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)

RAF jets scramble to Middle East

Rishi Sunak could lose his safe seat in a Labour landslide general election, according to a new poll. Picture: Carl Recine/PA Wire

PM could lose seat in Labour landslide general election

Russia has been accused on blocking the GPS on an RAF jet carrying Grant Shapps on his trip to Poland following Nato war drills. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Russia blocks GPS on jet carrying UK minister

Labour is calling for reform on ministerial severance pay. Credit: Mark Hall/Adobe

Explainer Labour calls for reform on ministerial severance pay as £1m paid out

NationalWorld: time to end £1m chaos payments.

Time to end chaos of £1 million pay-outs to ministerial merry-go-round Ralph Blackburn

General Sir Patrick Sanders has emphasise the need for the Government to “mobilise the nation” in the event of war with Russia. Picture: PA

General Sir Patrick Sanders: Who is chief of Britain’s Defence Staff?

This weekend Laura Kuenssberg will be joined by Grant Shapps, Yvette Cooper and Humza Yousaf MSP (Photo: BBC/October Films/Stuart Powell)

Who are this week’s guests on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg?

Grant Shapps has announced the UK will be deploying 20,000 troops to NATO Europe. Picture: Leon Neal/PA Wire

UK deploying 20,000 troops to NATO Europe

A "selfless" British soldier, Major Kevin McCool, died while off duty in Kenya - with defence secretary Grant Shapps leading tributes. (Photo: Ministry of Defence/PA Wire)

Breaking 'Tragic loss' as 'selfless' British soldier dies off duty in Kenya

Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond will join HMS Lancaster in the Gulf to "bolster" the UK's presence in the Middle East. (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking UK sends second Royal Navy warship to the Middle East

Calls have been mounting for Suella Braverman to be sacked (Photo: Justin Tallis/PA Wire)

Breaking Tory MPs distance themselves from Suella, as calls to sack her intensify

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

BBC handout photo of Defence Secretary Grant Shapps waiting to appear on the BBC 1 current affairs programme, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg. Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

Analysis Grant Shapps has had five Cabinet jobs in less than a year

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut - reports

A man takes a photograph using his smartphone of a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin in front of the Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on 25 August 2023 (Photo: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Government to designate Wagner as a terrorist group - what that means
The move comes after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last month
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Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street after being appointed Defence Secretary.

Who is the wife of Grant Shapps and what is her new career?

Claire Coutinho leaves Downing Street, central London, after being appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's mini-reshuffle (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Breaking Climate campaigners call on new energy secretary to 'step up' net zero game

Grant Shapps: Who is new Defence Secretary replacing Ben Wallace & why has Rishi Sunak appointed him?

Explainer Who is Grant Shapps - the UK's new Defence Secretary?

Grant Shapps has been appointed Defence Secretary by Rishi Sunak (image: Getty Images)

Explainer Grant Shapps’ biggest gaffes - from bizarre photo edits to pseudonyms

Alistair Strathern, who hopes to take Nadine Dorries' seat for Labour, took part of a zombie-themed Greenpeace protest outside the Home Office in London (NationalWorld/Greenpeace/PA/Getty/Labour)

Breaking Zombie or absentee? Labour challenger took part in Greenpeace protest

Energy security secretary Grant Shapps will today announce how Great British Nuclear will drive the rapid expansion of new nuclear power plants in the UK at an unprecedented scale and pace (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

UK to see ‘rapid expansion’ of nuclear power with design contest

Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain a ‘green energy superpower’

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Boris Johnson urges publishing of Privileges Committee report

Boris Johnson accuses PM of ‘talking rubbish’ over honours list row

Labour backtracks on £28 billion a year green investment plan

Is Suella Braverman after the keys for Number 10 Downing Street. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty

Analysis Suella Braverman’s speech felt like a bid for a job with no vacancy
NationalWorld’s politics editor Tom Hourigan considers whether the Home Secretary is gunning for Rishi Sunak's job
Tom Hourigan

Former PC Wayne Couzens. Credit: Kent Messenger / SWNS

Wayne Couzens should be ‘stripped of pension’ from nuclear police

The sun sets behind the wind turbines of Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Government’s Powering Up Britain strategy described as ‘lacklustre’

A train entering Central Station in Glasgow, Scotland in June 2022 (Pic: Getty Images)

Derby expected to be named Great British Railways new headquarters

British Gas has suspended “all warrant activity” after an investigation by The Times alleged that debt collectors forced their way into people’s homes to install prepayment meters. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ofgem tells energy companies to suspend forced prepaid meter fittings

A smart meter indicating that it is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Shapps tells energy providers to stop switching to prepayment meters

Earlier this year, National Grid warned households of the possibility of three-hour blackouts if energy supply cannot meet demand. Credit: Getty Images

Minister says there will be ‘no blackouts’ across the UK this winter

Are cost of living support payments being offered in 2023? (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Explainer Public urged to plug gaps in doors and windows to cut energy costs

Trade unions could be moving towards a deal in the rail dispute

Protests have erupted across China against the ruling Communist Party in anger over the country’s zero-Covid policy (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC journalist ‘beaten by police’ as Covid protests break out in China

The business secretary has said an extra £1bn will be spent to insulate the UK’s least energy-efficient homes

Thousands of UK homes to save £310 a year under new insulation scheme

Funding for loft insulation grants could be coming as soon as April 2023 (image: Adobe)

Government to launch Eco+ insulation grants scheme from spring 2023

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps said the Bulb deal would provide “reassurance” to consumers (images: Getty Images/PA)

Octopus Energy buys Bulb Energy - here’s what it means for you

Fourth cabinet since July means unprecedented ministerial churn

Liz Truss is set to speak at Conservative Party Conference having had her premiership deeply damaged in recent days (image: Getty Images)

Liz Truss speech: when PM will address Conservative Party Conference

Plans for radical MOT change opposed by most drivers

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When are next UK train strikes 2022? Dates of September action

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Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 for three months

RMT members will walk out on 15 and 17 September as the pay, jobs and conditions dispute continues. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rail workers to stage new strike action in September - dates in full

RMT boss Mick Lynch says rail strikes could continue ‘indefinitely (image: Getty Images)

New 24-hour train strike dates announced for September

Dangerous cycling: analysis of Department for Transport figures shows how many pedestrians are hit by bikes and killed each year

How many pedestrians are killed by cyclists?

Network Rail boss Andrew Haines is one of the people sitting around the negotiating table with RMT leader Mick Lynch (images: Network Rail/Getty Images/AFP)

How much does Network Rail boss Andrew Haines earn? Salary explained

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Government wants full self-driving vehicles on UK roads by 2025

Cyclists may need registration plates and insurance under new laws the government is keen to introduce (Photo: Getty Images)

Cyclists could face 20mph speed limits under strict new laws

Bus fares in England are set to be capped at £2 per journey (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Bus fares in England could be capped at £2 per journey for 12 months

RMT supporters protest outside Network Rail offices in Glasgow on 27 July, 2022 (Pic: Getty Images)

August train strikes 2022 this week: when are next rail strike dates?

Passengers make their way through Glasgow Central station as a nationwide strike called by the RMT Union was held today on 27 July (Pic: Getty Images)

Train strikes this week: when are rail staff striking in July 2022?

Test engineer Scott Bibby in the driver’s seat of a Hitachi Intercity Express Programme train (IEP) at Hitachi’s manufacturing plant in Newyton Aycliffe, north-east England (Photo:SCOTT HEPPELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Train driver’s salary UK: how much do train drivers earn?

Passengers make their way through Glasgow Central station as a nationwide strike called by the RMT Union was held today on 27 July, 2022 (Pic: Getty Images)

Train Strike 2022: is compensation available and how to claim a refund

Mick Lynch says RMT union still open to talks which could end dispute

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