Labour MP Downie found the true cost this disruption, recovery & investment in resilience – the ‘Putin tax’ – is likely to be vastly higher, but lack of govt data/attribution hampers accurate calculation Govt must publish its own annual costings of hit to economy from hostile state conduct, he says

A defence minister has also told parliament that the govt is sounding out alternative suppliers for its MoD contract

Ministers have identified a handful of UK technology companies they hope might be candidates to take over the health service’s Federated Data Platform, as they consider applying a break clause in Palantir’s contract in March next year, people familiar with the matter told the FT

"...on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market... "Brexit has done more harm than good... "We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain," the PM says.

Breaking: Burnham announces he will set out what the "different options are for Britain’s long-term relationship with our European partners" later this year. "We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide...

We’re recording Political Fix *live* at Labour conference later after Burnham’s speech! Biz sec Johnny Reynolds is our special guest on the pod If you’re in Liverpool & fancy listening in, come along to the inHouse lounge for 5.30pm Stephen Bush, Jen Williams & George Parker are on the panel 🎙️📻🎧

People briefed on discussions say Burnham’s team is taking soundings on whether he should signal — either at conference or in “10-year plan” later this year — that the party’s next manifesto cd remove block to UK rejoining a customs union, single market or EU itself W/ @georgewparker.bsky.social

He stressed no decisions had been made

Asked by travelling press pack whether Britain (which spearheaded the MDM) can be a member of both entities, PM said: “That’s what we are in discussions about at the moment” Added: “The two sides are exploring the extent to which we can bring the two initiatives together, one can support the other”

Last week we revealed the UK is in talks to join the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) - with one of the options being a merger of it with the Multilateral Defence Mechanism (MDM). Andy Burnham confirmed today that such discussions are underway, while speaking in NY

It’s part of a wider phenomenon across leading AI companies: staff at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind have also publicly complained of similar issues, with many top researchers quitting due to the mental toll or coming to a belief that their work was unsafe for public release