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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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Armed police officers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue where two people died in a suspected terror attack. PA Wire
How the Manchester synagogue security response played out

Government emergency handbook sets out advice to keep civilian casualties at a minimum

UKOctober 02, 2025
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood suggested that defining Islamophobia might increase hatred, as it risked giving the community 'special treatment'. AFP
UK government signals climbdown on Islamophobia rule

Muslim leaders call on Labour to embrace protections against anti-Muslim activity

UKOctober 01, 2025
Keir Starmer gives his speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool. Getty
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Britain's globalisation will be reversed, vows embattled Starmer

Prime Minister's Labour Party conference speech comes with his own position looking increasingly precarious

UKSeptember 30, 2025
Tony Blair has been earmarked to play a key role in US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. AP
UK ministers back Trump plan as Blair is handed role

Former PM's involvement in Israel-Palestine peace process expected to 'raise eyebrows'

UKSeptember 30, 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Britain was as 'an open, tolerant and generous place', but the far-right was hijacking patriotism to its own ends. Bloomberg
Migrants face 'good citizenship' test to remain in Britain

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood recalls her upbringing working in her Pakistani parents' shop as she signals shift to right on immigration

UKSeptember 29, 2025
A Russian soldier launches a drone in Ukraine. EPA
Europe plans 'drone wall' to fight off escalating Russian threats

Three serious incidents blamed on Moscow this month raise fears of widening war

EuropeSeptember 27, 2025
Cyber attacks have had a devastating impact on leading British brands in recent months. Getty / Nick Donaldson
M&S, Jaguar Land Rover, and the new cyber saboteurs stalking 'Brand Britain'

Vulnerability to hackers has cost major companies more than £2.65 billion in recent months. Are the country's security services capable of preventing the next attack?

UKSeptember 26, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover's plant in Halewood, Liverpool. JLR employs more than 30,000 people, with a supply chain involving around 200,000 workers. PA
UK considers rescue plan for suppliers to cyber-crippled Jaguar Land Rover

Britain must face reality of 'cyber vulnerabilities', experts tell The National

UKSeptember 25, 2025
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has clashed with US President Donald Trump several times in the past decade. Getty Images
London Mayor Sadiq Khan hits back at Trump's Sharia sneer

British MPs demand US ambassador be reprimanded after President's 'Islamophobic' comments

UKSeptember 24, 2025
Protesters and police clash at Milan's central station on Monday during a day of action to denounce Israel's military offensive in Gaza. EPA
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Pro-Palestine mass demonstrations in Italy 'will not move' PM Meloni

Prime Minister will wait until Germany changes position, Liberal Democrats leader tells The National

EuropeSeptember 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers. EPA
Trump sets sights on Afghan base as Nvidia deal strengthens US ties with UK

Palestine statehood and multibillion-dollar AI agreement set parameters of relationship between the countries

UKSeptember 19, 2025
Labour MPs Peter Prinsley, left, and Simon Opher, are doctors who believe UK's Palestine policy prompted Israeli anger at border. Getty Images
British MPs refused entry to West Bank over 'Israeli anger at Palestine recognition'

Labour politicians, both doctors, went to inspect health centres and were refused on security, safety and public order grounds

UKSeptember 17, 2025
Prince William, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and Kate, Princess of Wales, receive US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at Windsor Castle. PA
Donald Trump shown historic King George III 'independence letter' during state visit

US President studies documents marking America’s 250th anniversary during second UK state visit

UKSeptember 17, 2025
Liverpool fans pay their respects at the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield in 2009, on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Getty Images
Hillsborough Law to oblige public officials to tell truth

Keir Starmer announces 'legal duty of candour' in response to official lies and cover-up in wake of infamous football tragedy

UKSeptember 16, 2025
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood at a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street. PA
'You can be English and look like me,' Shabana Mahmood tells England's far-right

Home Secretary, a Muslim of Pakistani descent, calls out hijacking of St George's flag by anti-immigration crowd

UKSeptember 15, 2025
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