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Britain is sending RAF Typhoon fighter jets and transport aircraft to help Saudi Arabia defend against escalating Houthi missile and drone attacks, following a strike that killed at least 12 people at the kingdom’s busiest airport.

Britain formally blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for a suspected plot against RAF Fairford that triggered the sudden withdrawal of all 12 U.S. B-1 bombers, prompting new UK sanctions and a joint condemnation from 29 countries while Iran denied the allegations.

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick unveiled a plan to cut £108 billion in government spending, including £50 billion from welfare, as UK borrowing costs hit a 30-year high and Prime Minister Andy Burnham struggled to name any cuts of his own.