‘We are in a new era of threat’, defence secretary warns – UK politics live
John Healey says decisions made over the coming weeks will affect not only Ukraine but security of world for generations to come, as he speaks in LondonAway from defence for a second, there are two breaking stories with privatised water companies in England. Thames Water has won court approval for an emergency debt package worth up to £3bn that should stave off the collapse of Britain’s biggest water company for at least another few months. Anglian Water, meanwhile, has asked the UK’s competition watchdog to allow it to raise bills over the next five years even more than it has so far been allowed to, as it called a ruling by the water regulator “unacceptable”.The Liberal Democrats have called for parliament to be recalled amid discussion of the possibility that British troops might be deployed on the ground in Ukraine as part of a European peacekeeping force in the event there is a US-Russia brokered peace deal.This is an era-defining moment for global security with events that will impact us for decades taking place over days.We must act immediately to save Ukraine from a shoddy deal cooked up by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Continue reading...
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John Healey says decisions made over the coming weeks will affect not only Ukraine but security of world for generations to come, as he speaks in London
Away from defence for a second, there are two breaking stories with privatised water companies in England. Thames Water has won court approval for an emergency debt package worth up to £3bn that should stave off the collapse of Britain’s biggest water company for at least another few months. Anglian Water, meanwhile, has asked the UK’s competition watchdog to allow it to raise bills over the next five years even more than it has so far been allowed to, as it called a ruling by the water regulator “unacceptable”.
The Liberal Democrats have called for parliament to be recalled amid discussion of the possibility that British troops might be deployed on the ground in Ukraine as part of a European peacekeeping force in the event there is a US-Russia brokered peace deal.
This is an era-defining moment for global security with events that will impact us for decades taking place over days.
We must act immediately to save Ukraine from a shoddy deal cooked up by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Continue reading...
