Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge( Image: David Woolfall) I doubt there is a single Daily Express reader who fails to understand that Britain is facing the most serious potential threats for generations.... You will also totally understand that this requires more spending on Defense.We thought Keir Starmer agreed.... But in Government, as the threat picture has deteriorated, we did the right thing and started to reverse that trend....

A policeman raped a woman and got her pregnant after “ plying her with drinks ” on a night out, a court has been told. Ben Lister, 36, is accused of having sex with the “ paralytically drunk ” victim – who was 20 at the time – as she “ drifted in and out of consciousness ” at a friend’s house.He then lied when she asked if the pair had slept together, telling her he had “ only performed oral sex ”, Bradford Crown Court was told. Lister said the woman was later “ in denial ” that the baby had res

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Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Labour’s shadow health secretary has accused the SNP of employing “ grievance politics ” in Westminster, saying the party’s House of Commons leader is a “ career politician ”.... It’s always constant whinging, complaining and pretending they don’t have any agency.” The MP said the SNP say they

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