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Combined authority confirms police investigation into Luke Campbell as reported by @CatNeilan
“We recognise the seriousness of the matters reported and understand the concern they have caused among our staff, partners and the wider public.”
He “firmly denies the allegation”
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The woman was left feeling “shocked, embarrassed and humiliated”, docs seen by @ObserverUK state.
Three weeks later, the prior offer of a permanent position was withdrawn
Reform mayor under police investigation for alleged cyberflashing
Luke Campbell, an Olympic gold medallist boxer and rising star in Nigel Farage’s party, is accused of showing naked pictures of himself to female colleague
✍️ Catherine Neilan
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Exclusive: @luke11campbell says there is "no chance" of him leaving Reform UK
There have been recent rumours about a potential defection, but the Hull and East Yorkshire mayor rules that out
We spoke during a trade mission to India where he was with 6 northern Labour mayors
Exclusive: Jonathan Reynolds raised anti-government protests and importance of right of expression during meetings with Indian ministers
He tells me: “One of India’s huge strengths…is that it’s a democracy and it’s governed by the rule of law.”
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Exclusive: South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard criticises the Indian government while on a trade mission to the country
“I don't have any truck with some of the things the Indian government are doing, and I make no bones about that”
Why are Northern mayors on a visit to India?
ITV News has been granted access to the largest trade mission to the country since the free trade agreement came into force
We spoke to @bevcraig, @KiMcGuinness and @olivercoppard about their hopes for the trip
"Sooner or later, the triple lock everybody knows is going to come to an end"
Father of the House @EdwardLeighGB says the triple lock should go and that "people are fed up of politicians who tell people what they think they want to hear"
Badenoch has backed the triple lock
I went on a tour of the Tory’s ‘Birmingham Tapestry’
Newark MP @RobertJenrick is mentioned a lot…
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EXC: Lib Dem frontbencher Alison Bennett has stood down from the role as Care and Carers spokesperson
Clive Jones has been appointed to replace her. It comes as splits in the Party emerge over Ed Davey's robust defence of the triple lock
I think Donald Trump may have done the best out of the politicians depicted on the ‘Birmingham’ tapestry
"There are respectable people who have different views on this issue"
@KemiBadenoch responds to @EdwardLeighGB's view the triple lock is "unsustainable"
She confirms it will be in the next manifesto
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📝 EXC w/@SamCoatesSky: An internal Lib Dem memo leaked to Sky News makes the cases both for AND against the triple lock, which many are seizing on as ammunition to force Ed Davey into a rethink of the pensions policy ⬇️
Think they mean after the locals, he told ITV Calendar…
Harrogate & Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon has attacked Davey before. After the locals he said:
“It’s really frustrating when we hear the party leadership and Ed Davey talking about 'the LibDems has been the antidote to Reform.' Well, in places like Wakefield Reform has beaten us. I think we need a better message."
Quite the criticism of Ed Davey on the triple lock by the Lib Dem’s only Yorkshire MP
I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.
The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.
The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults.
We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires.
That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people.
Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit.
Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living.
I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations.
This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.
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💥Yvette Cooper blasts three men - a senior health journalist, former Matt Hancock spad and a senior dr - who described her first interview as Health Secretary as 'underwhelming' and 'very narrow in focus'
What did she talk about? Improving maternity care.
'That's what we've been up against for decades', she tells the Labour Party conference (to huge applause)
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Will John Healey extend the freeze on fuel duty?
Have a listen to his answer in my regional exclusive interview for @itvcalendar
He is certainly not ruling it out
EXC: John Healey tells me he "hasn't decided" whether he'll have a drink at the budget
He tells me to "wait and see" about whether he'll revive the tradition of Chancellors drinking their "special tipple" during the speech
The last to do so was Ken Clarke
"I would always listen to local people"
Andy Burnham says he will talk to @DSkaith and @RachaelMaskell about their concerns around the Linton-on-Ouse asylum proposal
Is the government going to change its position?
