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The government’s Cobra emergency committee met to discuss how to respond. After sign off from Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s de facto deputy Louise Haigh, the alert was sent at 19:00 on 14 August.It triggered a backlash on social media with some vowing to opt out of further alerts in their phone settings, domestic abuse charities and survivors saying victims with hidden phones were put at risk, and confusion about alerts sent multiple times.Dowden’s worry is that the wildfire alert was more like a public information campaign than an imminent threat to life across all of England and Wales.”People need to…

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 10, 2026.Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday blasted communities that oppose new data centers as Republicans confront voter backlash over the projects ahead of November’s midterm elections.”The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.”If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over…

The Conservatives and Reform UK, however, are preparing to attack his policies, questioning how they will be funded and whether there will be new tax rises.Kemi Badenoch reshuffled her shadow cabinet team on Monday in preparation for this moment. To sharpen her party’s attacks on Labour over its handling of tax and the economy she promoted Andrew Griffith to be her new shadow chancellor.The Conservatives are making much of his past jobs in business. Before entering politics he was chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Sky, and chair of Just Eat.He is promising a Conservative government that would…

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz stand behind U.S. President Donald Trump, as he delivers remarks on his administration’s healthcare policies, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 31, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. economy could grow at rates as high as 20%, while arguing that even such rapid growth should not prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.“We could have a…

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Aug. 31, 2026. Stringer | ReutersA tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate. The tanker was sailing in the southern shipping lane close to the Omani coast, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post on Tuesday, Asia time. No casualties were reported. Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on Monday in retaliation for the U.S. attack on its Larak Island. American forces targeted…

The prime minister’s announcement that he will keep hundreds of criminals behind bars who would otherwise have been released early is one he has wanted to make for weeks.Andy Burnham had already expanded the list of people ineligible for early release and had consistently said he wanted to go further.What is not clear is exactly what has changed to allow him to do so.Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice warned that exempting any more prisoners risked “prisons reaching capacity and collapsing”.The prime minister himself previously said he had “pushed to the very limits of what is possible to do”.In…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday defended the Trump administration’s recent intervention in the bond market, pushing back on an eyebrow-raising critique from his investing mentor, billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller.”Stan’s a great investor, but what I would point out is that, again, the U.S. bond market has been the best performing market since the president came in,” Bessent told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.When Eisen noted that bond yields have been rising around the world, Bessent said, “Not in the U.S. They’re flat since the president came in.”…

The government is spending £110m on creating more cells in existing prisons in England and Wales as part of its plans to tackle overcrowding. The money, which has been “fast-tracked from existing budgets”, will be used to speed up the construction of hundreds of new prison places, the Ministry of Justice has said.Existing space within prisons, such as unused office space, laundry rooms and storage areas, will be converted into cells.The announcement comes at a time of crisis for the prison system, which is close to maximum capacity, with the government being criticised for its handling of an early release…

People walk by One World Trade, otherwise known as the Freedon Tower, which is located on the land where the Twin Towers once stood before they were destroyed in the attacks on September 11, 2001 on September 09, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence urged U.S. spy agencies to better prepare for “Black Swan” artificial intelligence risks, warning in a new report the technology could be leveraged by terrorists or adversaries to develop more dangerous weapons and plot more deadly attacks. “[T]he Committee believes the [intelligence community] and policymakers more broadly…

Sir James Cleverly, who resigned from the shadow cabinet on Saturday to run for mayor of London, has accused the prime minister of waging a “war on London” and pursuing a “very anti-London agenda”.The senior Conservative claimed Andy Burnham’s devolution drive would come at the expense of London, arguing the plans centralised power in Manchester.On Saturday, Sir James announced he was quitting the Tory front bench as shadow secretary of state for housing, communities and local government to run for City Hall at the next mayoral election in 2028.A government spokesperson said devolution plans would “deliver good growth in every…