Politics latest: Defence secretary giving speech as UK orders new warships for marines

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The defence secretary is set to announce 'up to' six new warships to support the Royal Marines - watch his speech in the stream below. Meanwhile, the Labour leader faces a crunch meeting with union bosses over his flagship workers' rights package.

The defence secretary is set to announce"up to" six new warships to support the Royal Marines - watch his speech in the stream below. Meanwhile, the Labour leader faces a crunch meeting with union bosses over his flagship workers' rights package.Grant Shapps has just delivered a speech at the Sea Power Conference discussing the future of the Royal Navy's capabilities.

As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches next month, Mr Shapps says he is"delighted" to confirm that"up to six" new versatile warships will be built to support the Royal Marines; Grant Shapps will announce that three new warships have been commissioned to support the Royal Marines, with another three under consideration.

Asked if she realised the anger that going to the funeral would cause, she said:"I didn't, but I ought to have. "I do believe that I did lead from the front the whole way through the pandemic, as did all of my Executive colleagues," she said.The Foreign Office today summoned the Chinese ambassador after three people were charged yesterday with spying for Hong Kong's intelligence service in the UK.

It is alleged that between 20 December 2023 and 2 May, Yuen, Wai and Trickett agreed to undertake information gathering, surveillance and acts of deception that were likely to assist a foreign intelligence service.Following the arrests yesterday, the Chinese embassy in London responded by saying it strongly condemns the UK's"unwarranted accusation against the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government".

The Migration Advisory Committee looked at whether the route was being abused and if it was not being"driven more by a desire for immigration" after Home Secretary James Cleverly requested an emergency review in March. But the committee, made up of five university professors and a Home Office representative, said they found"no evidence of widespread abuse" of the graduate route.

To the fury of many Opposition MPs, Ms Mordaunt wanted MPs accused of serious sex or violent offences to be barred from parliament only when they're charged.

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