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Jul 1, 2026 - World

Prime minister has said his successor in No 10 should use fiscal headroom to fund a £4.7bn gap in defence spending UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has suggested Andy Burnham borrow billions more to cover the hole in the government’s defence investment plan (Dip), in a move economists say would severely reduce the likely next prime minister’s headroom against his fiscal rules.The prime minister said on Wednesday that his successor – who is very likely to be the Makerfield MP – should use the headroom to fund a £4.7bn gap in defence spending over the next four years. Continue reading...

Jul 1, 2026 - World

Culture secretary launches first review of how money is spent in more than two decadesFunding from the national lottery is too heavily concentrated in the south, the culture secretary has said, as she launched the first review in more than 20 years into how billons raised by ticket sales is spent.In comments that chime with Andy Burnham’s pledge to devolve more power from London if he becomes prime minister, Nandy said the model governing how lottery money is spent was “showing its age”. Continue reading...

Jul 1, 2026 - World

The climate crisis and worsening disparity could be responsible for more than 100,000 deaths a year in Europe, which should set off alarm bells for policymakers• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereCall it a tale of two heatwave experiences.As brutally hot conditions brought much of western Europe to its knees, an American writer living in Paris asserted that, for many, the heat was not “nearly as apocalyptic” as most media were suggesting. He said he had yet to buy a fan, instead relying on closed shutters, misting sessions and open windows in the evening to keep his ground-level flat cool. Continue reading...

Jul 1, 2026 - World

President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the ruling Chinese Communist Party must strengthen and further modernize its military forces and continue to embrace Marxist ideology.

Jul 1, 2026 - World

Following London's belated publication of its long-awaited, highly controversial Defense Investment Plan, political and defense circles in Britain are in an uproar, with the prime minister and the opposition leader sparring Wednesday in fiery exchanges in Parliament.