Still no social media link for this important story for many young families Come on #BBC #r4today

Excl: Labour reveals plans to set up a national police savings body to buy police cars, IT equipment, forensic services and other kit to pay for 13,000 extra neighbourhood police officers.

The move is designed to cut huge disparity in costs of procuring equipment.

New figures

The National Audit Office critical of UK Government cancelling #childcare roll out trials Sadly no social media link yet on #bbc website story #wakeuptommoney #r4today

Action man Sunak’s week does not include #PMQs as he’s suddenly discovered an interest in Germany and howitzers! Yes another defence day #r4today

Tax cuts…tax cuts… increase defence spending by £75 billion…tax cuts..tax cuts…tax cuts.

The Northern Echo: 'Teesworks deal is unforgivable' #TomorrowsPapersToday

Be good to also hear a commitment to far better defence procurement Too often millions have been wasted

Metro: Let this be last channel tragedy #TomorrowsPapersToday

🚨Tomorrow's The Northern Echo. An Chris Lloyd EXCLUSIVE🚨
🧐Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayor race as Boro's Steve Gibson launches a scathing attack on Ben Houchen over Teesworks deal and endorses his rival Labour's Chris McEwan #TomorrowsPapersToday

So sad to hear this. There was no-one better at capturing & explaining the essence of British political movements, in a way that combined an understanding of history, political philosophy & economics. He was also a lovely lovely man, brimming with enthusiasm & generosity.

1. Our story on trials of infected blood products on children produced by Chloe Hayward was mentioned several times in the Commons - Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 said it raised “serious criminal and ethical issues” - MPs across the House pressed for answers on compensation ….

Here is the key point about today's announcement on defence spending.
The overall spending 'envelope' was set in the Budget, and hasn't been adjusted. With no more spending overall (and no tax rises) that can mean only one thing: bigger spending cuts elsewhere.

Not a Villa fan but Emery has transformed the club and they are attractive to watch Rogers may be buy of the season

Increasing defence spending and cutting NI means what from Sunak?

Slashing NHS, education, pensions, benefits, law and order, transport, housing, environment?

Raising other taxes?

Increasing borrowing?

He won’t tell, can’t tell.

To be clear: this was not a question about domestic politics - it was about our long-term defence commitment.

If, as polls suggest, the Tories lose next election then all their future plans go with them.

Anybody who cares about our security will want to know what comes next

Michael Clarke pointing out UK nuclear weapon spending specifically #Dreadnought all over the place Big challenge for next Government to get it under control #skynews

Is anyone daring to ask where the money is coming from? #unfundedcommitments

The City of London is quietly bleeding to insignificance as Brexit unfolds. Shell considers listing in New York, banks relocate to the EU. It needed reform inside EU - not killing. Goldman Sachs moves senior banker to Paris in post-Brexit revamp via Financial Times
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Another £50m is on its way to Rwanda making it £340m so far.

There’s a book to be written on how Sunak got to a place where his Rwanda policy with its unworkable, cruel, expensive, law breaking nationally embarrassing contradictions- Rwanda is safe but it’s a deterrent etc, etc- became his make or break policy in a country where public