Gary Gibbon , Political Editor

Rishi Sunak has warned that the UK faces the most dangerous few years it has ever known, under the threat from authoritarian states like Russia and China.

Rishi Sunak says a “malign actor” has broken into the armed forces payroll system, potentially compromising the details of more than a quarter of a million current and recently retired members of the military.

With so many losses, Rishi Sunak has described the night as ‘disappointing’. But he’s sure voters will stick with the Tories come the general election.

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is back from his visits to Poland and Germany, hoping that his pledge to increase defence spending has gone down well at home – not least with his restive backbenchers.

Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030. On a trip to Poland, the prime minister said the extra billions will put Britain’s defence industry “on a war footing” – and Nato members cannot expect the US alone to foot the bill for defending the West. He also…

Rishi Sunak has said he is determined to get his Bill to deport cross-channel asylum seekers to Rwanda through parliament tonight – even if it means MPs and Lords sitting late into the early hours The Bill cannot become law until both Houses agree  – and the government says that means opposition Lords must give…

The Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Labour will spend nearly two billion pounds on upgrading Britain’s ports. The money would come in part from his planned increase in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.

The standoff between the Commons and the Lords over the Government’s Rwanda Bill is continuing. The Lords have just started another debate on the Bill after MPs rejected amendments they had put in yesterday. Some peers are threatening to defy the Commons again. If they are successful, the row could continue into next week.

MPs have just finished debating and voted in favour of a plan to stop young people born after 2009 ever buying a packet of cigarettes.

Congratulating the RAF personnel who were involved in the US-led mission to help Israel down the barrage of missiles fired from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs earlier that the UK’s aim was to prevent further destabilisation in the Middle East. And he also urged an end to the conflict in Gaza, calling on…

Members of the House of Lords have prolonged their stand-off with Ministers over the Rwanda Bill by inflicting a series of defeats on the Government this afternoon. Opposition Lords say it should be up to the courts to decide if Rwanda is a safe place to send asylum seekers rather than ministers. The defeats means…

There was some good news for Rishi Sunak last night when MPs threw out a series of amendments to his flagship bill,  which he hopes will get deportation flights to Rwanda off the ground. But there still could be more trouble for the bill looming in the Lords.

Rishi Sunak has insisted ‘All conservatives are united’ despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid general election disaster.

Gary Gibbon spoke to the Communities Secretary Michael Gove ahead of his announcement and asked him what problem he was addressing with this new definition of extremism.

Rishi Sunak has confirmed there will not be a general election on the 2nd May.