Exclusive from @breeallegretti Ministers have been secretly warned that some English reservoirs are at risk of running dry, hitting water supplies to homes in the run-up to Christmas The government’s emergency committee, known as Cobra, is meeting up to twice a week to discuss the situation in the southwest of England and Sussex A secret “reasonable worst-case scenario” was drawn up, anticipating that several reservoirs’ water stocks could fall to 0 per cent — dubbed “day zero” — within weeks Officials warned that without action, supplies to some homes could be affected, along with disruption to the construction of a nuclear power station and operations at a prison Wimbleball reservoir, which supplies more than 400,000 people in Somerset, has 13 per cent of its capacity, while Ardingly, which serves 280,000 customers across West Sussex, is at 17 per cent Ministers battling to avoid reservoirs running dry by Christmas thetimes.com/article/7812e10…

Today I made what was meant to be a light-hearted self-deprecating remark. I didn’t get it right and it hasn’t come off as I intended. I fully support our Home Secretary and the government’s position on migration reform. As I said earlier this week, it’s absolutely right that people should have to make a contribution to this country in order to earn citizenship.

An interesting reflection on this from Miatta Fahnbulleh herself. Speaking to journalists today, she said: "I made three promises to myself when I came into politics. The first was never lie, which has created some awkward moments, including being interviewed by Sophy Ridge yesterday." xitter.cf/SophyRidgeSky/status/2…

I feel so sorry for @joetidy he must have thought that gig would be nice and quiet and BANG 4 and PHP and other explanations to people who have no idea what he’s banging on about but can’t get into their banking app or gov account and he’s dragged onto the telly every day to try and say it without 300000k nerds saying he’s said the wrong thing slightly with the name it was 2 weeks ago and had been for 3 decades. Like poor sod.

Good thing the OBR has no big projects coming, and a track record of impeccable cyber practices

Consistent with guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), we have taken our website offline in view of the critical security issues affecting PHP. We will continue to follow further guidance. For more information, see the NCSC advisory: ncsc.gov.uk/news/critical-se…

Over 2 million graduates made repayments last year and still ended up owing more. The student finance system is broken. It's a tax on aspiration, stopping graduates from starting a family or getting on the housing ladder. We need a review and a fair deal.

National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell's wife suggests he was not too involved in proscribing Palestine Action, which was done on national security grounds... No10 officials must be tearing their hair out...

🚨 Darren Jones: officials repeatedly told me I couldn’t act ‘because of the constitution’ The former chief secretary to the PM told PACAC: - “I would often reply with, ‘The constitution’s unwritten. So if I decide to do something, it changes. Therefore, why can’t I do it?’” - He tried to “abolish the Cabinet Office three times” - He was not “allowed to abolish the Cabinet Office” @darrenpjones politics.co.uk/2026/10/darre…

A bit more ...

Here are the curtailment and turn-up actions over the past week… This is a cumulative view of 🟡 curtailed energy on the transmission network, as well as the 🟢 energy turned up. This includes both transmission constraints as well as actions due to regular balancing of demand. You can clearly see the regional patterns with most curtailment volume occurring in Scotland and most turn-up volume in England. By volume the curtailment actions are predominantly wind farms in Scotland, most likely due to transmission constraints at the boundaries. The turn-up actions by volume are mostly gas assets replacing the still-needed energy that couldn't be transmitted from Scotland. Both of these highlight the need for the grid upgrades that are under construction today. There's also been some curtailment in England, the majority by volume at offshore wind farms. Various battery assets also had accepted bids to delay discharging energy back onto the grid. I'll soon be releasing this interactive historic playback on the map for you to play with yourself.