Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel will hold a security zone in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River after the war with Hezbollah.
Labour has called on Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice to explain the tax arrangements of Quidnet REIT Ltd after a report alleged the company avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax between 2018 and 2021. Tice said he complied with all relevant rules and described the arrangements as entirely legitimate tax planning. Quidnet lost REIT status in August 2021 and then became subject to normal corporation tax.
New campaigning data and modelling, reported by GB News, suggest Labour could be left controlling as few as two of London’s 32 borough councils after the 7 May elections. Tony Travers of the LSE said the capital could be heading for a “political earthquake,” with the Greens targeting inner-London seats and Reform UK seeking gains in outer boroughs. The article also cites Labour’s third-place finish in February’s Gorton and Denton by-election.
Britain has authorised the US to use UK military bases for what Downing Street said are defensive air operations against Iranian missile and drone sites threatening shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The move expands a 1 March arrangement that had focused on protecting British forces, bases and allies. Iran said allowing US forces to use British bases amounted to participation in aggression and warned Britain would bear responsibility for any consequences.
