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Thomas Harding

Thomas Harding

Security and Policy Editor
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Thomas Harding is the security and policy editor covering Westminster politics and European affairs. He has reported extensively on the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the British parliament. Before joining The National in 2020, he was a special adviser to the UK defence secretary, working on policy and communications in the Ministry of Defence. He was also defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, covering the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. He has a degree in international history.
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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, outside Havering Town Hall following the local election in Romford, UK . Bloomberg
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Starmer vows to listen as Reform surges in early UK election results

Labour haemorrhages seats in councils across England, takes a drubbing in Scotland and is humiliated in Wales

UKMay 09, 2026
Councillor Khayla Abu Mosa of Labour. Thomas Harding / The National
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Count in Crawley sees Labour swept aside by Nigel Farage's party

UKMay 08, 2026
Projectiles are packed at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania. Getty Images
ExclusiveIran war blockade squeezes US supply of vital ingredient for making missiles

Severe drop in urea exports from Gulf could impact restocking of missiles and bombs, The National can reveal

MENAMay 07, 2026
Ballot boxes and signs are dispatched to polling stations across the UK. PA
UK grass roots tension as local elections set to shake up political landscape

Prime Minister Keir Starmer could face leadership challenge if results as bad as predicted

UKMay 06, 2026
Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers, the backbone of the US Navy surface fleet for more than 30 years, in the Middle East. The loss of such a warship would be catastrophic for the US, one expert told The National. Alamy
Demining operations chart course for Strait of Hormuz opening

Clearance of threats raises hopes for crossings if deal between US and Iran struck

MENAMay 06, 2026
A poster for the Green Party, which is looking to strengthen its position in British politics. Bloomberg
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Momentum on political extremes as Greens and Reform battle for Hastings vote

Local elections could herald new era in British politics, with hard-left and hard-right parties taking power

UKMay 04, 2026
A Slingshot Aerospace telescope, similar to one Britain will use to scan the skies for falling space debris. Photo: Slingshot Aerospace
UK boosts its eyes in space with telescope network across overseas territories

King Charles visits Bermuda installation that is to form part of global surveillance network

UKMay 02, 2026
British Army guardsmen in London. A leading Conservative has decried the 'ill-prepared' state of today's UK armed forces. Getty Images
IRGC's decades-long efforts to prove British military unfit for modern warfare

Ex-minister blasts 'weakened' UK armed forces, while head of Royal Navy admits he inherited a declining fleet

UKApril 30, 2026
Iran's ambassador to the UK Ali Mousavi appears before a House of Commons committee last year. Photo: Parliament live TV
UK summons Iranian ambassador over 'inflammatory' post

Embassy's call for recruits in fight against US and Israel 'completely unacceptable', minister states

UKApril 28, 2026
Morgan McSweeney gives evidence to MPs. AFP
Sacked chief of staff backs Starmer over Mandelson affair

Morgan McSweeney defends former boss during two-hour grilling by MPs

UKApril 28, 2026
Britain is to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in legislation that will be laid out next month, the government has indicated. EPA
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Iran's IRGC faces proscription by UK government after 'deal'

Peer tells The National that getting Prime Minister Keir Starmer to concede on legislation was a 'win'

UKApril 27, 2026
A US military aircraft hit by suspected Iranian drones. Tehran's accuracy has vastly improved with imported navigation chips. Reuters
Iran relies on Chinese and Russian tech to give drones 'pinpoint accuracy'

Satellite navigation has dramatically improved Tehran's strike capabilities

MENAApril 27, 2026
An anti-US mural in Tehran based on the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, where trade has been strangled by Iran. AFP
Why US might and Israeli 'magical thinking' failed to break Iran

Regional conflict highlights that air power has limits, while diplomacy does not

MENAApril 24, 2026
The Foreign Office in London has cut a key department that investigated alleged war crimes in the Middle East. Bloomberg
UK shuts down Gaza and Lebanon atrocities inquiry unit

London remains heavily invested in conflict prevention and resolution work, officials say

UKApril 24, 2026
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. Getty Images
Britain and Turkey sign strategic partnership agreement

Foreign ministers agree on co-operation across defence, industry and resolving global conflicts

MENAApril 23, 2026
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