Adam Payne
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Editor, @politicshome. Sometimes on our podcast The Rundown. Contact: [email protected] & DMs. Using this a tad less, but I’m on Bluesky.
The BBC has decided not to send its flagship Politics Live programme to party conferences this year, PolHome understands A former culture secretary said it was a "further erosion" of the BBC's political coverage, and urged the corporation to think again politicshome.com/news/article/b…
w/@siennamarla: The BBC doesn't plan to send Politics Live to party conferences this year, disappointing staff and prompting former culture secretary @JWhittingdale to urge the corporation to think again "The decision... is a further erosion of their political coverage"
The BBC has decided not to send its flagship Politics Live programme to party conferences this year, PolHome understands A former culture secretary said it was a "further erosion" of the BBC's political coverage, and urged the corporation to think again politicshome.com/news/article/b…
.@zoenora6 reports worry in government that resident (junior) doctor strikes, due to start Friday, could spread to other parts of the NHS workforce as the BMA, RCN & Unite prepare to ballot members Whitehall sources hope these groups will be more “circumspect” and “reasonable”
The government is reluctant to get its hopes up that it can avoid further strike action from senior doctors and nurses But Whitehall sources tell @politicshome they expect other groups of NHS workers to be more “reasonable” than the BMA resident doctors politicshome.com/news/article/g…
Our powerful @Daily_Express front page for tomorrow. The brutal suffering in Gaza must end. The shocking image shows Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, one, who weighs the same as three-month old baby due to the humanitarian crisis following the continued blocking of basic aid…
Kemi Badenoch has appointed James Cleverly as her new shadow housing secretary, PolHome understands Elsewhere, Kevin Hollinrake is set to become Tory party chairman, while Stuart Andrew and Nigel Huddleston will take up health and culture respectively politicshome.com/news/article/k…
W/ James Cleverly set to return to the front bench, here's his recent sit-down w/ PolHome's @zoenora6, in which he says the public needs a "philosphical reset" on defence "we're going to have to start thinking about how we defend our values – not just soft power, but hard power"
"People are going to have to get their heads around that maybe we're going to have to start thinking about how we defend our values – not just soft power, but hard power…” The UK needs nothing short of a “philosophical reset” on defence — @JamesCleverly politicshome.com/news/article/j…
London has rarely been a concern for Labour strategists in recent years. But there is nervousness & growing concern about what awaits them at next year's council elections & experts are warning Labour against "banking" on the capital politicshome.com/news/article/c…
Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed tells @_tomscotson he is “fully behind” Corbyn and Sultana co-leading a new, left-wing party A source close to Corbyn confirmed to PolHome at the time of writing that no decision had been made regarding one leader or two politicshome.com/news/article/g…
Nasty. This guy isn’t harming anyone, doesn’t say anything anti-British, he’s just ignorant in a way plenty of other British people are, of whatever ethnicity. So what’s the significance of the clip? Him being black?
'What do you think are British values?' @StevenEdginton finds out from South London locals what it means to be British.
NEW: Former London Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall will face no disciplinary action after sharing an AI-generated image of Sadiq Khan drowning. The monitoring officer found Hall did not break the GLA code of conduct and will not investigate further politicshome.com/news/article/s…
To mark 9 yrs since May became PM, @Alain_Tolhurst is joined by those who were in her inner circle to reflect on the chaos, her legacy, & parallels w/ Starmer ft her former press sec, Paul, recalling how he racked up a £100 phone bill showing May a Trump tweet mid-flight to Iraq
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨What can Starmer learn from May? Baroness JoJo Penn, @IsabelHardman, @SeemaKennedy and Paul Harrison sit down with @Alain_Tolhurst to discuss what Keir Starmer can learn from Theresa May's chaotic government nine years on 🎧 Listen here: podfollow.com/politicshome/e…
How much council waste will Reform's 'Doge' unit find? Another great @matilda__martin data dive suggests not a lot — and the @instituteforgov agrees In 23/24, 51-78% of expenditure by now Reform-run councils went on social care and homelessness alone politicshome.com/news/article/a…
There is anger within the Lib Dems over the party’s treatment of Christine Jardine, who was sacked from her front bench role last week for defying the whip on the welfare vote "To be treated like that in these circumstances is just not nice," an MP said politicshome.com/news/article/l…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suspended four MPs from Labour following recent rebellions politicshome.com/news/article/k…
Confirmed The following MPs have had the Labour whip removed, it is understood: Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin have been removed as trade envoys
Neil Duncan-Jordan tells PolHome’s @_tomscotson: “Although I’ve been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party today, I’ve been part of the Labour & trade union movement for 40 yrs and remain as committed as ever to its values. “To my constituents: it’s business as usual”
Breaking: A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today. The leak happened in February 2022 after a member of the armed…
An interesting test tomorrow of the government’s efforts to get local councils to stop pandering to NIMBYism. Barnet Council is set to vote on @BarnetFC’s bid to return to its 140-year old home by building a new stadium and community facility on a low-quality piece on greenbelt…
Live Aid: famously free of a message.
No political flags and no lectures.