Downing Street confirms that £1bn of the £1.8bn 'new' money for the NHS is not in fact new at all. They're now trying to work out where the other £800 million came from. That may not be new either.
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In tomorrow's Times: Home Secretary Priti Patel tries to sack her most senior civil servant amid claims she bullies and belittles senior staff
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Labour surges to its largest poll lead over the Tories in more than two decades, as voters turn against Kwasi Kwarteng’s budget.
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Three million EU citizens living in the UK will have prove they have a "lawful" right to use the NHS after a no-deal Brexit, government admits.
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Breaking: New YouGov poll for The Times finds Truss has extended her lead over Sunak to 34 points with sixty per cent of Tory members saying they now back the foreign secretary to become prime minister.
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Johnsonites hate the Sunakites. Sunakites hate the Johnsonites. Trussites also hate the Sunakites, but some of them can’t stand Johnson either. As for Penny Mordaunt — both camps think she would be a disastrous prime minister.
In tribute to @SamCoatesSky
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Votes show the DUP abstained on both the customs union and Boles Common Market 2.0 plan. Downing Street and hard core Brexiteers won't like that one bit.
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Government looks set to announce a ‘national emergency’ later today with an above 50/50 chance that temperatures could reach over 40 degrees next week.
Currently we’re at a level three alert - but expected to move to level four for the first time ever.
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Boris Johnson's 'do or die' Brexit strategy is driven by focus groups.
So we did our own. And this is what we found:
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Five days before he announced plans for an election Boris Johnson told the Cabinet there were "no plans for an early General Election" official minutes released as part of a Scottish court case reveal. 1/2
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The Tories are currently targeting voters in 34 constituencies on Facebook saying they live in one of “the 12 seats that could make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister”. Hmm. Sort of sums up the Johnson campaign.
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Delighted and daunted to be taking over from Andy Grice as political editor of The Independent. Huge shoes to fill.
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Reports suggest that the Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera is to be charged with sedition. A sinister development and test of @foreignoffice pledge to make media freedom a priority.
#FreeErickKabendera
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Revealed: Labour had evidence of its candidates’ antisemitism last Saturday - but failed to listen to the tape.
The Times political read:
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If ever there was a messeage that was written to be leaked...
NEW: @itvnews has seen WhatsApp messages sent by Boris Johnson to Tory MPs urging them "to calm down and get behind the Prime Minister".
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William Hague categorically rules out becoming the next Conservative chairman. "Under no circumbstances" he says.
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Grants Shapps keeps referring to 'Stephen Simons' who is head of the NHS. Actually it's Simon Stevens. He should really get that right.
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Breaking: Sunak texted Cameron saying he had "pushed" Treasury officials to find a way of giving Greensill access to Bank of England Covid loans.
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In tomorrow's Times: Priti Patel faces claims of bullying in two other government departments -and Downing Street knew. Ministers and officials now speak out. She was "vile" says one.
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Breaking: Former health secretary Sajid Javid backs Liz Truss for the Tory leadership warning Sunak would lead the UK “sleep-walking into a high-tax, low-growth” economy.
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A lot of people in Westminster who care about politics don’t care much about politics in Northern Ireland. This week they probably should. Here’s why (and it’s not all gloomy).
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Times Exclusive - Paul Dacre pulls out of Ofcom race attacking the civil service blob
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Sometimes there is a case for pixelating horrific images. Other times it is vital not to. This is one of those times.
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First he tried to stop it, then he tried to delay it. Today Johnson was forced to accept another partygate investigation following a Tory rebellion thetimes.co.uk/article/boris…
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14 Tory party activists have been suspended for posting Islamophobic comments on a Jacob Rees-Mogg supporters group. 1/2
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Breaking: Equality and Human Rights Commission says it has evidence Labour may have "unlawfully discriminated against people because of their ethnicity and religious beliefs"
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Labour has written to all its defeated general election candidates...advising them to call 999 or the Samaritans if they’re feeling suicidal.
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Head of Ofgem warns the energy price cap expected to rise to £2800 in October - up from £1,971 now
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This would carry more weight if it was a principle that Cummings championed in government - as Sonia Khan would probably testify. One person's openness is another person's leak. But suspect he's right in general about transparency.
14/ I can think of no significant element of covid response that wd not have been improved by discarding secrecy and opening up. This was symbolised by e.g how COBR cd not be used: a constrained STRAP environment cd not cope with the scale/speed, another important lesson
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Yesterday morning the award winning Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera arrested by @TanzaniaPolice. No explanation given. Kabendera has worked for @thetimes @guardiannews and @theipaper. Serious questions of media freedom for President @MagufuliJP
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That would be the permanent secretary at the Department for Exiting the Europan Union and chief government sherpa nitter.app/jimwaterson/status/827…
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Boris Johnson self-isolation u-turn suggests bigger problems with his Downing Street team. This helps explain things
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I’m think you’re wrong I’m afraid. I’ve read the derogations and nowhere does it cover the points raised in the article. And that is also the view of the GB government. Otherwise they would have authorised the drug in NI? Can you point me to the relevant section?
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A huge loss for The Times - but a great job for @estwebber You’ll be massively missed.
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It's horribly technical - but with the connivance of the speaker - sources suggest that SO number 24 could be the easiest way to hold indicative votes. Trumps all other business
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@Louis_Tomlinson I'm not ginger but you're causing chaos to my twitter feed...
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If anyone can follow @elliotttimes in the best job in political journalism it is @Steven_Swinford A truly worthy successor and a great appointment.
Delighted to announce I'll be succeeding the brilliant @elliotttimes as Political Editor at The Times when he stands down next year
Hugely honoured to lead our superb lobby team through what will inevitably be another extraordinary period in British politics
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Revealed: The reality of how Ryanair treats its staff independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
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Not wanting to sow further division ...but while @DUPleader calls today's Times story "inaccurate" she doesn't rule out backing a UK wide customs agreement. In fact it was in her own 2017 manifesto. 1/2
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Can't help but feel May's statement will prove counterproductive - by publicly haranguing the very people whose support she needs. It’s not exactly hearts and minds.
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Kwasi Kwarteng blames Liz Truss for going too far and too fast with her economic reforms and reveals he warned the prime minister it would lead to her downfall.
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So the Brexit department's permanent secretary is to 'retire' at the end of the month - aged 57. Given his department is responsible for no deal - it is not a good look for the civil service.
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Now the Americans have engaged thetimes.co.uk/article/joe-b…
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Exclusive: No 10 chief Dan Rosenfield facing mutiny from ‘demoralised’ political advisers. This Saturday’s Times weekend read.
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Thousands of the poorest families will pay higher bills this winter because of “unacceptable” failings in Whitehall. Full story here.
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Suspect Johnson’s rhetoric in the Commons is deliberately provocative. He wants the furious reaction - it gets what he’s saying more coverage and appeals to the Brexiteers he needs to win an election #Cummings
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Budget trivia: Just three mentions of Brexit in the Treasury red book and all in one footnote. In contrast the OBR cites it 66 times
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Downing Street installs ‘happy or not machines’ to monitor the morale of Boris Johnson’s aides - and they’re not best pleased…
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Another headline written long before tonight's debate started nitter.app/SunNation/status/58374…”
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Fascinating and beautifully crafted podcast from @Jack_Blanchard_ on politicians and pandemics through the ages. Really worth a listen
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'I can't spell and now don't care': why we need more dyslexic journalists independent.co.uk/life-style…
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Given at that point Johnson already knew of MPs plans to force him to extend Article 50 - that has to come quite close to misleading the cabinet 2/2
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In case anyone needed reminding this threat on the consequences of nuclear war is well worth reading
With each new Russian atrocity in Ukraine, calls for NATO intervention increase. Are we sleepwalking towards nuclear war? The appetite for risk is increasing with the horror of civilian casualties. Putin is cornered and may escalate. What's the worst that can happen? Thread: 1/12
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Really important report from @sommervilletv from Syria leading BBC news at ten. Puts Brexit into context. And what we’re ignoring while government bandwidth can’t deal with anything else.
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As per @patrickkmaguire Labour sources in Tower Hamlets think they've lost the race for mayor. Means a return to power for Luther Rahman - despite being banned from office for five years for corrupt and illegal practices.
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Depressing that @David_Cameron cannot find a single hour in the next 114 days to take part in #LeadersLive to encourage young to vote
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Fascinating blog from the photographer behind Obama/Cameron 'selfie' blogs.afp.com/correspondent/…
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100 Muslim leaders call for Alan Henning to be freed. You can support them here: ind.pn/alanhenning Please retweet #NotInMyName
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In the longer term I wonder if this debate will make an Labour/SNP less unpalatable to the English electorate after May 7
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"It was the ultimate role of the dice." But can Boris Johnson control Dominic Cummings and his "terrorist demands"?
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Brexit: How did it ever come to this?
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Britain forced to pay £2.3bn fine to Brussels over cheap Chinese imports
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Osborne mentions Greece twice in first few minutes. Never let a good crisis go to waste #budget2015
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Dirty tricks return in the fight to run Tower Hamlets as disgraced former mayor eyes a comeback
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Justine Greening is sounding wholly unconvinced on the radio by her own grammar schools policy. But then, of course, it's not her policy.
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A loyal friend and highly effective minister - Theresa May says British politics worse off without James Brokenshire
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Ministers crack down on your right to know what they're up to - And the man doing the dirty work wants anonymity. ind.pn/1jh5dBg
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One of the most significant new laws being planned by Boris Johnson won't be in today's Queen's speech. But its going to dominate politics and our relations with the EU for months to come. w/@patrickkmaguire and @Smyth_Chris thetimes.co.uk/article/stop-…
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Green,SNP and Plaid leaders to meet up informally before tonight's debate to discuss tactics, I'm told
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Sounds like Corbyn has pulled out of Marr interview tomorrow. Very different relationship with the media coming...
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Varadkar's latest Brexit intervention needs to be seen in the context of the Irish election on Feb 8. He's not doing well in the polls at all and Brit bashing is easier ground for Fine Gael than public services.
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For the record: The Independent was not leaked or ‘duped’ into publishing today's front page story by the Government. @ggreenwald
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1/2 A big question about UK Syrian air strike is why Cameron felt we had to carry it out rather than leave it to the US
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So the Green Deal is dead. Killed off on the sly the day after Parliament rises. Not good.
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The Government's crackdown on Freedom of Information has just gone from bad to farcical. ind.pn/1jh5dBg
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Ed Miliband asks a group of teenage girls in Northamptonshire:what can politicians do for you? Get a Nandos in town, they reply
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This is a long piece - but a superb analysis of how a man’s career got ruined by malevolence and sloppy journalism
All of us hacks should read this and remind ourselves of how by being lazy we could utterly destroy someone commentarymagazine.com/artic…
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Starbucks, Google and Amazon up before Public Accounts Committee on Monday over tax dodging. Blood sport.
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Given a Ukrainian military plane was shot down in a same area four days ago - why were international flights still using that route?
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So Britain tells the EU it will trigger article 50 on March 29. One wonders why the delay. Writers block?
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Whitehall's computers said no: The real reason why benefits are not keeping pace with spiralling inflation
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Secretive Italian count with as much farmland as King in cladding row
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National Citizens Service to be expanded. That is good news. Been quiet success story of the last five years #SR2015
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No in this case the view of the UK's medicines regulator - who you would imagine would want the treatment to be available to as many people a legally possible.
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Boris Johnson is determined to reverse Rishi Sunak’s £15bn tax raid on business setting up a fresh clash with his chancellor
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