Evening briefing Monday 14th September

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up, so how the business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters. PWC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concepts to competitive edge. PWC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands, so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at PWC.co.uk This is Times Radio's evening briefing on Monday 14 September. The House of Lords is debating plans to tighten the rules on political donations, following reform UK's record £72 million windfall. Niger-Ferrarch insists the two 36 million-pound donations are legal under current rules, but wouldn't say whether the donors were UK residents by the government's March cut off. Ministers want to cap donations from British expats at £100,000 a year

1:02with the changes applied retrospectively. The author of the Government Commissioned Review, Sir Philip Reichroft, told Times Radio there are formed donations or a game changer. This really takes it on to another level altogether, and it is time, I think, for us to think whether this is the way we want British politics to go. Do we want to get down the American route where money dominates the whole process? Of course, if reform is raising this sort of sums of money, it puts huge pressure on the other parties to try and match them. SMP leader John Swinney says Andy Burnham will be the UK's last Prime Minister after Nationalist leaders signed a pact pledging closer cooperation on independence. The SMP, Plyde Cummrey and Shinn Fain say Westminster's time is coming to an end, and are pushing for referendums on the future of the Union. Downing Street insists the Prime Minister remains committed to keeping the United Kingdom together. Shinn Fain president Mary Lumet Donald, told Times Radio, she hopes John Swinney's prediction is right.

2:02I say that in a spirit of respect, I know that for English people, the same as Scottish and Irish and Welsh, all of us want a good future for ourselves and for our kids. I want that for everybody, but I will tell you that the only way forward that we can achieve our best opportunities and our best outcomes is for Ireland to be reunited. And that means an end to British jurisdiction. Donald Trump has accused critics of vantificial intelligence of being part of what he calls a sick conspiracy against the technology. The US president says the only guardrails AI needs as strong political leadership after anthropic boss Dario Amodi called for development to be slowed. His comments calm as technology stocks have fallen amid growing concern about the risks posed by rapid advances in AI. A man has admitted to drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge over a period of two decades. The defendant, who's in his 60s and from stockport in Greater Manchester,

3:05pleaded guilty to offence his dating between 2004 and 2025. He can't be named to protect the identity of his wife. A British soldier has died in Ukraine in a road traffic accident. The Ministry of Defence says a small number of service personnel are in operation in the country protecting diplomats. Earlier today former Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed he narrowly missed being caught up in a Russian drone strike while he was visiting the country. Number 10 says Andy Burnham has cancelled all of his engagements until the end of tomorrow. It's after the death of his father Roy who'd been suffering from Alzheimer's. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio. This episode of the Times Radio news briefing is sponsored by PWC. AI is everywhere. In the news, in our hands, but return an investment, not so much. So how do you get beyond the hype and deliver AI that powers reinvention and growth across your

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