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More than 100 UK citizens' details leaked in MoD Afghan data breach

MORE than 100 UK citizens' details — including spies and special forces personnel — were included in a massive data leak that led to…

The National (Scotland)

Intelligence committee demands to know why ministers kept them in the dark over Afghan data breach

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has warned there was no grounds for information to be withheld from them

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer's national security adviser to finally face MPs after repeated requests

Keir Starmer’s national security adviser will answer questions from MPs and peers after eight months of repeated requests for him to do so, it has…

The National (Scotland)

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National security adviser will face MPs, minister confirms

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has been calling for Jonathan Powell to appear before it since his appointment in November.

Evening Standard

Company that makes NASCAR Martinsville grandfather clock set to close

Martinsville Speedway is one of the oldest tracks on the NASCAR schedule, and it was part of the original eight-race season in 1949. The historic half-mile hosts two Cup races every year and is part of the Round of 8 playoff round.

Motorsport

Iran’s threat to UK on a par with Russia’s, security report finds

Parliamentary committee says UK is priority target for cyber and physical attacks as well as assassinations

The Guardian - UK

High court dismisses challenges against adding VAT to UK private school fees

Surcharge was a Labour party manifesto commitment at the 2024 general election

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Private schools lose High Court battle against Starmer’s VAT raid on fees

Around 11,000 pupils have already left private schooling since the policy came into force in January

The Independent UK

Average private school fees increase following government’s VAT rise

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said applying VAT to private school fees would help ‘provide the highest quality of support and teaching’ in the state sector

The Independent UK

Average private school fees rise to more than £22,000 a year

Independent schools have been hit with a ‘triple whammy of financial blows’ after the Government’s decision to impose VAT on fees, the ISC chief said.

Evening Standard

‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis

Northern Ontario is seeing a ‘shorter window’ for ice roads that deliver vital supplies to remote First Nations

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy refuses to criticise US for not backing UN resolution condemning Russian invasion – as it happened

Foreign secretary says the UK co-sponsored the motion, voted for it and will support Ukraine but refused to criticise US

The Guardian - UK

The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain

Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the world

The Guardian - UK

Families launch legal action over government’s private school fees VAT raid

The lawyer representing the claimants accused the government of rushing the VAT policy through

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Evening Standard

'Be watchful' on national security, says minister backing UK universities offering places to Chinese students

Ex-National Security Adviser Lord Sedwill stressed earlier that universities should be ‘thoughtful’ about what courses they offer to Chinese students

The Guardian - UK

Advice ignored by ministers could have blocked Prince Andrew ‘spy’

Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, tells the Observer he advised Tories to criminalise foreign agents in 2019

Dynamite News

ICSE, ISC board exams scheduled announced

According to the date sheet, the ISC Class 12 exams will commence from February 13, 2025 and end on April 5, 2025. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Private schools to take legal action against planned VAT on fees

Independent Schools Council says its focus is on children and it is concerned about impact on specialist schools

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Evening Standard

Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees

Members of the Independent Schools Council board voted to take action after the policy was confirmed in the Budget.

Autosport

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s US GP penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’s penalty in the United States Grand Prix rejected by the FIA stewards.

Motorsport

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s Austin penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’ Austin penalty rejected by the FIA stewards for last weekend’s Formula 1 race in Austin.

The Guardian - UK

Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy

The Guardian - UK

UK’s new industrial strategy shows welcome signs of pragmatism. But the watchdog must have teeth

Rachel Reeves’s green paper seems to take policy more seriously than Tory predecessors

The Guardian - UK

Demand for England’s grammar schools falls – despite VAT on school fees

Ending tax exemption for private education has not led to influx at selective secondaries predicted by critics

The Guardian - UK

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023

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