Arj Singh
@singharj
Deputy Political Editor @theipaper. LUFC. [email protected] Got a story, tip or just fancy a chat? DMs open.
Rachel Reeves's power is slipping away - and MPs are losing faith - by @HugoGye and @singharj for @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
🇬🇧🇪🇺EXC EU still pushing for extensive youth mobility scheme in Brexit reset Secret negotiating mandate believed by UK officials to be similar to last year’s draft, demanding four year visas and free NHS inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
📱Exc: Labour slips out announcement on relaxing planning laws to make it easier to erect 5G mobile phone masts inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
EXCL: Former Unite boss Len McCluskey enjoyed private jet flights and football tickets arranged by the firm who built a multi-million pound hotel for the union, a report seen by BBC finds bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Exc @theipaper Govt wants to get legislation aligning UK and EU regulations on food & animal products through Parliament before the next King's speech Ministers are keen to see economic benefits of closer ties to the continent - and hope it will help them out of Budget hole
🇬🇧 State Pension Age Could Rise Again Due To Mounting Cost Of Triple Lock ▫The State Pension Age review will report back by March 2029 ▫@singharj ▫is.gd/anqYdD #frontpagestoday #UK @theipaper
Water firms will be forced to refund customers who are overcharged inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Good thread
Even the most impartial newspapers are highlighting the intense criticism Reeves is under right now. Even if you think she's doing a good job - in fact, *especially* if you think that - it's crystal clear that there is a problem with how HMT is speaking to the outside world.
Exclusive: Ministers are considering restricting migrants’ access to benefits as part of efforts to tackle the small boats crisis, @theipaper understands
🇬🇧🇪🇺Exc w/@HugoGye UK sets end of year deadline to negotiate EU weapons fund access, and will press sceptical France on it during Macron’s visit inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Exc: Home Office wrongly classed hundreds of child asylum seekers as adults inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
End of the 'gold-plated' public-sector pension? Govt urged to boost salaries of state employees in exchange for a lower pension Officials are considering proposals - long way away from happening yet and would be opposed by unions Story @theipaper: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
NEW: The UK govt is actively preparing for a national power outage on the scale of the Spain/Portugal blackouts, new resilience action plan reveals
Tuesday's front page: 50,000 children will be lifted out of poverty due to rebellion on welfare reforms #Tomorrowspaperstoday Latest by @SinghArj: trib.al/ZRQL20n
NEW: the government is to ban the use of NDAs to silence victims of harassment and abuse. Employment minister Justin Madders tells @theipaper it is time to “rebalance the power relationship” between bad bosses and staff
NEW 50,000 children will be lifted out of poverty due to welfare reform rebellion and PIP U-turn - official figures But plans save none of the £5bn envisaged inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Friends of Rachel Reeves and family underlining to me /others tonight that the reason for her tears today was wholly personal/serious - and that it is wrong to jump to the conclusion it was a mixture of welfare bill chaos and being overburdened. ➡️Hence the K Starmer…
Thursday's front page: Reeves future in doubt after tearful PMQs #TomorrowsPapersToday Latest from @ChaplainChloe, @singharj and @kitty_donaldson: trib.al/MQE0s8W
Wes Streeting writes for @theipaper Health sec promises nurses fast-track job starts, quicker payment of expenses and better food at work in bid to show they are valued Comes ahead of tomorrow's 10yr health plan
Wednesday's front page: Labour rebels force Starmer to retreat on benefits cuts again - amid chaos in the Commons #TomorrowsPapersToday