PM would offer to extend Britain’s nuclear deterrent in exchange for access to EU free-trade zone Daily Telegraph 09/08/26 Britain could rejoin the EU’s single market under a new post- Brexit deal presented to Andy Burnham. In exchange for access to the bloc’s free-trade zone, the Prime Minister would be expected to promise to extend the protection of Britain’s Armed Forces and nuclear deterrent across the Continent. The plan was drawn up by Nick Boles, a former Conservative MP who quit the party in 2019 and helped with Sir Keir Starmer’s preparations for government. It has since been circulated to top government officials, including Jonathan Powell, the national security adviser. Under the proposal, Britain would push for the creation of a “European Confederation”, linking the EU’s free-trade zone with Nato’s defence commitments. Countries such as Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway and the Western Balkan states would also be invited to join. As a member, Britain would pledge to sp...
More than 230,000 non-EU foreign households face eviction under Badenoch’s plan to stop UK being used as ‘cash machine’ Daily Telegraph 06/08/26 Kemi Badenoch has pledged to evict foreign nationals from council housing, under plans to end Britain’s status as a “cash machine for the world”. The Conservatives would eject almost 230,000 non-EU foreign national households, which the party said would free up homes for British families. The policy would also ban any foreigners, from the EU or elsewhere, from signing new tenancies . Announcing the plans, Helen Whately, the shadow work and pensions secretary, said: “Making Britain your home should be earned by working, paying tax and integrating. “It should not come with a free ride on the benefits system. Britain cannot be a cash machine for the world.” The waiting list for social housing has reached 1.3 million households in the UK, and housing charities have warned that the backlog will take more than a century to clear at the current...