The collapse of the China Spy Trial has left our country less safe. The Government has chosen not to act to deter against future hostilities. When will Starmer muster a defence of our democracy and national security?

Prince Andrew has not paid rent on Royal Lodge for two decades, The Times can reveal, after the terms of his lease have finally been disclosed. thetimes.com/uk/royal-famil…

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The Virginia Giuffre story is so, so sad. The details are hard to take. Excellent interview with Amy Wallace (co-author of her book) on Newsnight.

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves will launch a £2 billion tax raid on lawyers, family doctors and accountants as she seeks to balance the books by targeting the wealthy The chancellor is expected to use the budget to impose a new charge on people who use limited liability partnerships

Excl: Home sec Shabana Mahmood says the grooming gangs inquiry won’t be “watered down on my watch” and is determined ethnicity and religion will be examined. Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying. Writing in The Times Mahmood

The latest official radio listening figures say the amount of time people listen to Times Radio has gone up 13% over the past year. Listeners are now tuning in for 4.8m hours a week, that's over 8.5 hours a week each on average. Why not listen now? app.times.radio

“If Reform win tonight, I'll be surprised.” Plaid Cymru candidate Lindsay Whittle is “buoyant” about his party’s prospects in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election.

“Has it been frustrating not to have a leader in Welsh Reform yet?” “No, I've been extremely lucky in which I've had Nigel Farage out on the doorstep with me.” No Welsh Reform UK leader is not a problem for the party, says Senedd candidate Llŷr Powell.

BREAKING: Plaid Cymru wins in Caerphilly by-election Reform in second Labour vote has collapsed

Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0) ➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2) 🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) 🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3) 🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2) 🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New) 💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2021.

Reform candidate Llŷr Powell declines to speak alongside the other candidates - after coming in second

“The people of Caerphilly have told [Labour] that they have had enough.” Labour’s "dominance" has now “been broken” in Caerphilly, says Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.

‘This is a watershed moment for Welsh politics’ says Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth following his party’s win in Caerphilly Adds that voters ‘rejected’ Reform’s ‘politics of division’

“Don’t take people for granted, and that’s what Keir Starmer has done.” The 2026 Senedd elections are “all to play for now”, says the new Plaid Cymru MS for Caerphilly Lindsay Whittle.

Busy show on Times Radio kicking off with a big interview with newly elected deputy leader of the Labour Party Lucy Powell MP. She tells me about her political missions & how she wants to tackle a toxic culture in the party plus plenty more. Tune in at just after 4pm

“I fear that it will be incredibly difficult to get at the truth of this.” Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP, member of the National Security Strategy Committee, tells #TimesRadio the reluctance to be open about China as an active threat is "extraordinary”.