The key facts behind the day's headlines on July 9, as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has warned that holidaymakers should expect additional queues when they check in for their flights home due to the need for coronavirus checks.
Grant Shapps has accused Labour of "extraordinary" double-standards, as Greater Manchester Police announces it will investigate Angela Rayner over a house declaration. Labour's deputy leader is accused of failing to properly disclose her living situation a decade ago in official documents. The defence secretary argues Ms Rayner has spent her political career calling people out for "exactly what she seems to be doing now". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The defence secretary says Sir Keir Starmer's announcement that Labour will back the UK's nuclear deterrent is "not credible". Grant Shapps adds "you can't trust Labour on this" and claims many of the Labour leader's backbenchers are "absolutely against having a nuclear deterrent". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
When asked if the West is doing sufficient to keep “the Russians at bay”, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says we “need to do more” and “that it is unthinkable that we would lose this war to Putin." Report by Rowlandi. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The UK has airdropped food supplies into Gaza for the first time as the Defence Secretary urged Israel to allow more aid into the war-torn territory. Grant Shapps authorised the airdrop following an assessed reduction in threat to the military mission and risk to civilians. An RAF A400M aircraft flew from Amman to drop the supplies along Gaza’s northern coastline as part of a Jordanian-led international aid mission, according to the Ministry of Defence. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has called on America to “back Ukraine” as it’s in their own “self-interest”. “What does it say if a dictator can just simply walk in, take over a neighbouring country and outlast the patience of the West involved?”, Mr Shapps asked.
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All the latest political developments in the UK, as Sir Ed Davey said changes to the NHS app to allow it to double up as an electronic vaccine passport was an “abuse of democracy”.
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The Transport Secretary has said some companies will require staff to be double-jabbed, but it will not be made law by the Government.He also confirmed that while revellers will need proof of..
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All the latest political developments in the UK, after the Government announced US and EU travellers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus can enter England without the need to quarantine.
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