'A wider lens': How the new National Security Strategy promises to tackle energy and climate threats

Stuart Stone
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer watches Dutch-UK Marine training - Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer watches Dutch-UK Marine training - Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister declares energy security a 'vital' part of the UK's beefed up National Security Strategy, as green experts welcome recognition of escalating climate impacts

The UK's new National Security Strategy may have generated headlines for its commitment to ramp up defence spending in response to escalating military threats, but it has also secured praise from environmental...

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