Tuesday evening news briefing: Sunak unveils biggest military spending increase in a generation
Good evening. The Prime Minister has unveiled the biggest uplift to military spending in a generation, which will add £23 billion to the military budget over the next six years.
Elsewhere, the French Navy allowed a dinghy packed with migrants to continue across the Channel to Britain despite the deaths of five people, including a seven-year-old girl, on board.
Sunak unveils biggest military spending increase in a generation
Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase Britain’s defence budget to £75 billion a year by the end of the decade, taking it to 2.5pc of national wealth.
French navy lets packed migrant boat reach England despite five deaths onboard
Three men and a woman died alongside a seven-year-old girl, who was crushed when people smugglers crammed more than 100 migrants onto the dinghy.
Nigel Farage accuses NatWest lawyers of cover up in debanking row
Nigel Farage has claimed “the cover up continues” over the truth behind his debanking scandal as he accused lawyers acting for NatWest of a lack of transparency.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Politics | Donald Trump’s lawyer is ‘losing all credibility’, the judge presiding over the former president’s hush money trial has warned amid heated exchanges.
St George’s Day | Protesters break through cordon and clash with police
Huw Edwards | Family of young person at centre of scandal ‘still suffering’
Israel-Hamas war | Hezbollah launches deepest ever attack inside Israel
Markets | Rate cuts still ‘some way off’, warns Bank of England chief economist
Pictured | Prince Louis poses for new photo to mark his sixth birthday
Pictured: Wreckage after helicopters collide in Malaysian flypast rehearsal
Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew onboard, the country’s rescue agency said.
Comment and analysis
Ross Clark | Potholes are now a conspiracy against drivers
Patrick O’Flynn | It’s virtually illegal to be English and proud
Tom Harris | Labour have already killed the Rwanda deportation scheme
Mike Warburton | HMRC breaks the rules and a family lose their home – Britain’s ruinous tax system
Suzanne Moore | People are in denial following the Cass report – it’s like deprogramming cult members
Feature of the day
Why being honest is the key to avoiding a toxic work culture
As it’s revealed poor workplace mental health costs the UK £56bn a year, our expert says communication and feedback are central to wellbeing.
Business news: Elon Musk plots new direction after Tesla’s electric car crisis
Tesla investors have spent the last few months wondering if the car maker’s chief executive has his eye on the ball.
Editor’s choice
Travel | Europe’s cheapest holiday destination? The answer might surprise you
Revealed | How to make the perfect iced coffee (and save a fortune)
Corinne Fowler | My writing on colonialism made me a hate figure – so I replied to my trolls
Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Rugby | How the Premiership’s play-off race will finish
Leicester | Vardy’s fairy tale is nearing its end – what’s next?
Simon Heffer | ICC must act like a charity to save the Test game
Discover | How the club each referee supports determines their schedule
Exclusive | The grounds vying to host first India-Pakistan Test since 2007
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