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By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor

The UK will buy at least 12 F-35 stealth jets that can carry nuclear bombs in the most significant strengthening of its nuclear capability in a generation, the government has said.

Sir Keir Starmer will tell a summit of NATO allies in The Hague on Wednesday that the new squadron will join an alliance mission that can be armed with American nuclear weapons.

The dramatic move will doubtless draw condemnation and concern from Russia and China.

But it comes at a time of growing global insecurity and as the prime minister and his European and Canadian counterparts scramble to convince Donald Trump they are serious about bolstering their ability to defend Europe instead of overly relying on the United States.

The American president, a long-standing NATO-sceptic, raised questions about whether he would uphold the alliance鈥檚 founding article 5 principle 鈥� that an attack on one is an attack on all 鈥� even before he arrived in the Dutch city on Tuesday evening.

An urgent need to keep Mr Trump on side has prompted NATO allies to agree to increase spending on defence and national resilience to a new target of 5% of GDP by 2035.

As part of this push to rearm, Sir Keir will give the Royal Air Force the ability to carry air-borne nuclear bombs for the first time since the 1990s when the V-bomber was taken out of service.

"In an era of radical uncertainty we can no longer take peace for granted," he said.

"These F35 dual capable aircraft will herald a new era for our world-leading Royal Air Force and deter hostile threats that threaten the UK and our allies.

"The UK's commitment to NATO is unquestionable, as is the alliance's contribution to keeping the UK safe and secure, but we must all step up to protect the Euro-Atlantic area for generations to come."

It was not immediately clear when the F-35 jets would be bought or how much they will cost, but the new squadron will be part of a NATO-led nuclear deterrence mission.

The RAF and the Royal Navy already operate F-35B jets that can fly off Britain's two aircraft carriers, but which are not equipped to drop nuclear bombs.

The new planes will be the F-35A variant, operated by the air force, that take off from land but can fly further and be armed with nuclear or conventional weapons.

Wes Streeting has said there is no money to implement the assisted dying bill that passed its third reading in the Commons last week.

The health secretary, who is opposed to the bill as a whole, wrote in a Facebook post: "Even with the savings that might come from assisted dying if people take up the service - and it feels uncomfortable talking about savings in this context to be honest - setting up this service will also take time and money that is in short supply.

"There isn't a budget for this. Politics is about prioritising. It is a daily series of choices and trade-offs. I fear we've made the wrong one."

Sir Keir Starmer was asked about his health secretary's comments while speaking to journalists on the way to the NATO summit today.

He said: "It is my responsibility to make sure the bill is workable, and that means workable in all its aspects. I'm confident we've done that preparation."

The new Labour government that is less than a year old is facing an unprecedented political crisis.

Over 125 of its own MPs are threatening to rebel and sink Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall's flagship bill to slash benefits.

The government says it has no choice - the welfare budget is ballooning, and they need to get more people in work.

But MPs say these changes will impact the most vulnerable and push thousands into poverty.

Our political correspondent Tamara Cohen explains what is going on:

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Sir Keir Starmer has been catching up with fellow world leaders at the NATO summit in The Hague this evening.

It's the start of a two-day summit, where allies will commit to boosting defence and security spending to 5% of GDP by 2035.

Downing Street has provided a few details of meetings the prime minister has already had with his Dutch counterpart, as well as the German chancellor and French president.

With Dutch PM Dick Schoof, Starmer talked about the need for "diplomacy" in the Middle East, and their joint desire to keep backing Ukraine against Russian aggression.

He also reflected on those two conflicts with Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron, and the possibility of imposing more sanctions on Moscow was discussed.

They also spoke about Gaza. Starmer repeated that the situation was "intolerable", and said all sides must work towards a ceasefire.

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Our economics and data editor Ed Conway has drilled deeper into the numbers - and has identified a trend that explains all.

At least 125 Labour MPs have signed up to a "reasoned amendment" that could tank the government's welfare reform bill - and one of those is Stella Creasy, who is on Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge.

She insists that defeating the bill is not "the conversation we're having right now", but they want to "raise alternative ways" of reforming the welfare system with ministers - including tax allowance thresholds.

But she says the rebels are "now at a point where we feel this [amendment] is the way forward".

'De-escalation is an important principle'

The aim of the amendment is to get more information about the changes and their impact, she says.

Asked if Downing Street has engaged with the rebels, Creasy replies: "People have had meetings. But what we're now saying is actually we're still concerned. We are concerned this will not reduce the welfare bill, this will push more people into poverty. And there are better ways that we can secure the changes we want to do."

She backs Sir Keir Starmer's assertion that this is not a confidence vote in the government, saying: "De-escalation is an important principle around the world right now. What matters is getting the policy right.

"What you are seeing is a very clear message that we don't think we're there yet."

At least 125 Labour MPs have signed on to a "reasoned amendment" that, if passed, would kill the government's legislation to slash disability benefits, and the London mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, has called on ministers to think again.

Sky's Sophy Ridge asks minister Dan Jarvis if he agrees these cuts are the wrong thing to do, and he replies: "I completely understand the strength of feeling about this particular issue.

"What I would say is that there are a number of very positive measures in this bill."

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He points to spending on support for people to get back into work as a key example, adding: "If we can't get this legislation through next week, that will fall."

Pushed on if he supports the bill, the minister says it is "completely unsustainable" that there are 1,000 people per day qualifying for PIP payments.

"Our country won't be successful if we allow people to remain on benefits for protracted periods of time," he argues.

"We've got to reform the arrangements. And contained within this bill are a number of very positive measures."

The first guest on tonight's edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is the security minister, Dan Jarvis, in the wake of the publication of the government's National Security Strategy (NSS) which warns the UK has to "actively prepare" for the potential of a "wartime scenario".

Jarvis says: "The key message is the world is a very difficult and challenging place, but as a government we are getting organised, we're marshalling our resources."

Challenged on the fact that the government has suddenly agreed to spend 5% of GDP on defence - a pretty steep hike in spending - the minister says it also includes national security, not just military defence (things like cyber defences, for example).

On the substance of the NSS, Sophy asks what exactly preparing for a "wartime scenario" means.

Jarvis says there is a "wide spectrum of different threats" facing the UK, such as cyber, and also making sure the public is "aware and not alarmed" of the various threats.

'Malign actors' targeting UK

Pushed for an example, the minister said: "Look at the attack that's taking place on Marks and Spencer, and on a range of other UK based entities."

Sophy says to him: "A wartime scenario is not a cyberattack on Marks and Spencer, is it?"

He replies: "Well, we're talking about hostile activity from a range of malign actors, which includes a hostile state threat that we know that we have to work very hard to guard against."

The minister also points to the 20 plots from Iran on UK soil disrupted by security services.

The aim is to ensure that government, the police, the armed forces, and intelligence services are "properly geared" and ready to respond to the range of threats they have identified."