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Interesting that Chx swerves backing a “buy British” campaign, warning against the UK “becoming inward-looking” amid market turmoil She tells MPs: “If every country in the world decided that they only wanted to buy things produced in their country, that’s not a good way forward”

EXC: Jeremy Hunt, James Cleverly and Andrew Mitchell are to get knighthoods in Rishi Sunak’s resignation list Theresa Villiers will get a damehood Raft of Sunak former staffers in line for CBEs and OBEs on.ft.com/3G2ETe9

What's on tomorrow's front pages? 📰 On the Press Preview, Sky's Barbara Serra is joined by columnist and broadcaster steve richards and the Financial Time's Whitehall Editor Lucy Fisher for a first look at Tuesday's top stories. trib.al/kdXA2Dr 📺 Sky 501

SCOOP - British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye, says UK government must ‘respect’ its rights in first comments on the situation ft.com/content/5f78be… with Lucy Fisher

🎙️ What is a ‘woman’ in law? The Supreme Court ruling Plus: the British Steel debacle’s impact on UK-China investment and diplomatic ties robert shrimsley Anna Gross & Sylvia Pfeifer are on Political Fix this week Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧

FT WEEKEND: Defence review urges Arctic build-up #TomorrowsPapersToday

EXC: Britain must expand its military footprint in Arctic and High North as region becomes increasingly contested due to melting sea ice, govt’s strategic defence review set to advise Story from me, Sylvia Pfeifer & Charles Clover on.ft.com/4jhnrBp

NEW: Veteran NHS manager w/ private health sector experience is to be next perm sec at Dept of Health, as civil service prepares for extensive churn at top of Whitehall Samantha Jones in at DHSC, as MoJ, DfT & DSIT seek new perm secs via me & Sarah Neville ft.com/content/e062f5…

Scotland stands to gain from Trump’s clean energy rollback, says Scottish secretary Ian Murray tells Financial Times that investors spooked by US president are looking favourably at UK as alt destination for their cash - especially Scotland for its renewables sector ft.com/content/ae0dcd…

UK military is shrinking by 200-300 personnel a month, says chief of defence staff It will take up to 3 years for British armed forces to start growing in size, acc to Adm Radakin enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/cb8e048…

It is, of course, a local election results special on Political Fix this week 🎙️ robert shrimsley, George Parker & Stephen Bush join me to discuss the ‘reformquake’ and whether it’s the end of the two-party duopoly… Out now, wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧

Looking forward to joining the BBCR4 Week in Westminster panel from 11am with Vicki Young 🎙️ Ailbhe Rea, Henry Hill and I will be discussing what happens next for Reform, Lab & the Tories after these dramatic local election results 📻🎧

EXC: Head of Royal Navy has stepped down and his deputy is in charge of service Adm Sir Ben Key notified MoD last autumn he'd leave this summer for personal reasons, acc to ppl familiar w/ matter Not related to govt strategic defence review, they said ft.com/content/0582e5…

#Scoop - Pentagon wants #UKMilitary to reduce activity in #IndoPacific & boost focus on Europe. #BridgeColby (Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby) also voiced concern about Prince of Wales aircraft carrier visiting Indo-Pacific on current deployment. on.ft.com/439Lj2Z

EXC: Pentagon wants UK military to focus more on Europe *and less on Asia* Elbridge Colby, #3 official at Pentagon, has raised concerns about Prince of Wales carrier strike group heading to Indo-Pac region Big pivot from Biden era Via @dimi & me👇 ft.com/content/21dffa…

‘I don’t think anybody went to bed that night’: VE veterans share their stories with Laurence Fletcher & me It was such a privilege to speak again with Christian Lamb, now 104, about her extraordinary experiences as a Wren in WW2 on.ft.com/3ERyP89