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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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      Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would easily win a contest against Prime Minister Keir Starmer to become Labour leader, polling of party members has shown. Reuters
      Burnham dominates leadership poll on head-to-head challenge with Starmer

      Prime Minister would defeat all contenders but one, survey of Labour members shows

      UKMay 19, 2026
      Ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. Unless they move soon the world will 'sleepwalk' into a food crisis, the UK foreign secretary has warned. Reuters
      World 'sleepwalking into food crisis' over Strait of Hormuz

      Food chains need fertiliser supply restored within weeks to avoid catastrophe, UK Foreign Secretary to say

      NewsMay 18, 2026
      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
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      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
      British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with potential rivals Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham during a school visit. PA
      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
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech in London. Mr Starmer is seeking to reset his government amid mounting leadership pressure following Labour’s local election losses. PA Wire
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      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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      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
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