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Thomas Harding

Thomas Harding

Security and Policy Editor
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Thomas Harding is the security and policy editor covering Westminster politics and European affairs. He has reported extensively on the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the British parliament. Before joining The National in 2020, he was a special adviser to the UK defence secretary, working on policy and communications in the Ministry of Defence. He was also defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, covering the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. He has a degree in international history.
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British paratroopers on exercises. Getty Images
UK to set out decade of arms spending as Starmer seeks legacy

Defence investment plan expected to contain £18 billion increase in spending to put Britain's military on strong footing

UKMay 18, 2026
The APKWS, second left, on a Typhoon fighter jet based at RAF Akrotiri, a British Overseas Territory in Cyprus. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence
UK rushes low-cost drone interceptor missile into service to defend Gulf states

$20,000 UAV killer mounted on Typhoon jets designed to protect against Iran's Shahed drones

UKMay 16, 2026
St George's cross flags on display in Makerfield, where Andy Burnham is to stand in a by-election. Getty Images
Could Labour eclipse Reform in UK's 'most consequential election'?

Political expert believes Makerfield vote is 'epic test' for Andy Burnham in bid to become prime minister

UKMay 16, 2026
Andy Burnham in 2007, 2017, and 2026. Getty Images
Will it be third time lucky for 'King of the North' Andy Burnham?

Manchester mayor has twice failed to grab the Labour leadership

UKMay 15, 2026
Wes Streeting has resigned from Keir Starmer's Cabinet. Getty Images
Wes Streeting's path from council flat and criminals to aspiring PM

Modernising, articulate communicator who opposed 2003 Iraq invasion would 'die happy' if he became prime minister

UKMay 14, 2026
Wes Streeting's resignation could trigger a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer. Reuters
Starmer's government on life support as Streeting quits

Labour’s Andy Burnham says he will try to re-enter parliament by standing in upcoming by-election

UKMay 14, 2026
King Charles and Queen Camilla at the state opening of parliament on Wednesday. Getty Images
UK defence spending is winner from Starmer's woes

Funding pledged for mine-hunter drones to help secure Strait of Hormuz

UKMay 13, 2026
How a Labour leadership challenge to Starmer would work

Candidates will need 81 MPs to nominate them but all 250,000 Labour members will ultimately vote for Britain's next prime minister

UKMay 12, 2026
Ifhat Shaheen, left, of the Green Party, celebrates winning one a seat in the ward of Stoke Newington in this week's elections. Getty Images
AnalysisLabour ministerial aides quit as core support from traditional backers collapses

Local election data shows the party declined in heartlands and with voting groups including Muslims

UKMay 11, 2026
Keir Starmer pushes EU reset as leadership pressure mounts

UK Prime Minister responds to pressure on his job as challengers circle

UKMay 11, 2026
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, outside Havering Town Hall following the local election in Romford, UK . Bloomberg
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Starmer vows to listen as Reform surges in early UK election results

Labour haemorrhages seats in councils across England, takes a drubbing in Scotland and is humiliated in Wales

UKMay 09, 2026
Councillor Khayla Abu Mosa of Labour. Thomas Harding / The National
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Labour wilts as Reform storms area around Gatwick Airport

Count in Crawley sees Labour swept aside by Nigel Farage's party

UKMay 08, 2026
Projectiles are packed at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania. Getty Images
ExclusiveIran war blockade squeezes US supply of vital ingredient for making missiles

Severe drop in urea exports from Gulf could impact restocking of missiles and bombs, The National can reveal

MENAMay 07, 2026
UK grass roots tension as local elections set to shake up political landscape

Prime Minister Keir Starmer could face leadership challenge if results as bad as predicted

UKMay 06, 2026
Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers, the backbone of the US Navy surface fleet for more than 30 years, in the Middle East. The loss of such a warship would be catastrophic for the US, one expert told The National. Alamy
Demining operations chart course for Strait of Hormuz opening

Clearance of threats raises hopes for crossings if deal between US and Iran struck

MENAMay 06, 2026
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