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Alistair Smout

@asmo17

Journo at Reuters, currently in Westminster

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Joined November 2011
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Adam Ramsay Jourdan@ARJourdanJun 18
UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say reuters.com/world/china/uk-a… @geddiejdk @reuters_shiraki @asmo17 @danielleussink @Reuters
EXCLUSIVE: UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say

EXCLUSIVE: UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say

The British government is in advanced talks with Japanese ​carmaker Nissan about providing it financial support in return for a long-term commitment and investment in its Sunderland plant, five...

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the victories of both Farage and Corbyn in their respective constituencies confirmed moments apart from each other
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Grant Shapps loses seat. Lab 19,877 Con 16,078 Reform on 6k. Microcosm of Tory problems right there.
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Shapps and Chalk lose their seats to Labour and Lib Dems respectively
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Starmer has just spoken after winning Holborn and St Pancras. "Tonight people here and around the country have spoken, and they're ready for change... The change begins right here."
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this seems likely
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Labour are definitely going to get more than 410 seats.
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Momentum say Jeremy Corbyn has won Islington North
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Labour also hold Hartlepool, which along with Barnsleys North and South will calm some supporters who were worried about the exit poll and projections Reform UK would win theose seats. But Lee Anderson does get a first win for Reform of the night in Ashfield
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Barnsley North held comfortably in the end by Labour. The exit poll had it as a likely Reform gain
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a supposedly 99% likely win for Reform was instead held by Labour by 8,000 votes. good context for the Exit poll and the 13 seats it has predicted Reform will win
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John Curtice saying that the first two seats fit with the broad picture of the exit poll, although the Reform share is actually slightly less than it had forecast in those seats
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this is fun - Reuters' UK General Election Live page is now, uh, live! reuters.com/world/uk/electio…
UK Election 2024 as it happened: Keir Starmer is new PM after Labour landslide

UK Election 2024 as it happened: Keir Starmer is new PM after Labour landslide

Labour won a massive majority with Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffering the worst performance in the party's history.

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UK's Sunak suffers major blow as Rwanda migrant scheme declared unlawful reuters.com/world/uk/uks-sun…
UK's Sunak suffers major blow as Rwanda migrant scheme declared unlawful

UK's Sunak suffers major blow as Rwanda migrant scheme declared unlawful

Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government's scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.

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Sacked minister Braverman attacks UK's Sunak as failing and weak reuters.com/world/uk/former-…

Sacked minister Braverman attacks UK's Sunak as failing and weak

Sacked British minister Suella Braverman launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, accusing him of betraying both her and the country.

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UK's Sunak to learn fate of his Rwanda migrant plan this week reuters.com/world/uk/uks-sun…
UK's Sunak to learn fate of his Rwanda migrant plan this week

UK's Sunak to learn fate of his Rwanda migrant plan this week

Britain's Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on Wednesday on whether the government can go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, a decision which could have far-reaching ramifi...

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UK PM Sunak did not approve interior minister's article on protests - spokesperson reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-s…
UK PM Sunak did not approve interior minister's article on protests - spokesperson

UK PM Sunak did not approve interior minister's article on protests - spokesperson

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not approve a newspaper article by interior minister Suella Braverman where she escalated a row with police over the handling of pro-Palestinian marches this...

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UK's Sunak wants to ban cigarettes for younger generations reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-s…

Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations

Britain's government on Wednesday proposed banning younger generations from ever buying cigarettes, a move that would give the country some of the world's toughest smoking rules and hurt the sales of...

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UK's Sunak promises tax cuts once inflation tamed reuters.com/world/uk/uks-sun…
UK's Sunak promises tax cuts once inflation tamed

UK's Sunak promises tax cuts once inflation tamed

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday that he would cut taxes once inflation was under control, following mounting concerns from Conservative Party members about a rise in tax...

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