Matt Western urged the Government on Wednesday to reassess the UK’s reliance on the US as it prepares to publish a new national security strategy.

The US and Iran have engaged in four rounds of talks since early last month focused on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Lawyers for a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder have pledged to support him in any bid for compensation. Peter Sullivan, 68, who to date has spent more of his ...