BBC News:
| Is Andy Burnham facing a £5bn defence 'black hole'? | Wed 1st Jul 2026 14:55 BST |
BBC Verify investigates whether a shortfall in funding for the government's defence investment plan is a "black hole". | |
| Chris Mason: Starmer's defence plan leaves crunching trade‑offs for Burnham to confront | Wed 1st Jul 2026 08:18 BST |
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan. | |
| Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension | Wed 1st Jul 2026 00:05 BST |
Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older | |
| Frank Gardner: Key points from government's defence spending plan | Tue 30th Jun 2026 18:43 BST |
The BBC's security correspondent analyses the details of the plan, and what they mean for the UK's armed forces. | |
| Shetland backs plan to connect islands with £1.5bn undersea tunnels | Tue 30th Jun 2026 13:18 BST |
The undersea links between some of the UK's most northerly islands could be in place within eight years. | |
| Another UK heatwave could be on the way | Tue 30th Jun 2026 11:33 BST |
As parts of Europe continue to swelter in record temperatures, higher temperatures could develop again across the UK later this week, as Simon King explains. | |


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