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Andrew Bounds

@AndyBounds

4 years

Confirming that former East and West Germany are more equal than the North and South of the UK.

John Tomaney

@john_tomaney

4 years

The UK's 'levelling-up' challenge in comparative perspective. Source:

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BREXIT SCOOP Electric vehicles will cost more in 2024 as industry cannot make enough batteries and chemicals to qualify for tariff-free trade under the TCA. ⁦ @ACEA_auto ⁩ ⁦ @MikeHawesSMMT ⁩ want exemptions extended via @FT

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📣 Personal breaking news alert. I am returning to Brussels next week to cover Brexit, trade and financial regulation replacing this irreplaceable @jimbrunsden . Thanks to @Sam1Fleming @hallbenjamin @khalafroula @MattGarrahan for the opportunity . Very excited. 😀

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BREAKING ⁦ @EUCouncil member states demanding a retaliation plan of U.K. triggers article 16 - led by 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 and including 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 via ⁦ @FT ⁩ ⁦ @Sam1Fleming ⁩ ⁦ @GuyChazan ⁩ ⁦ @GeorgeWParker ⁩

Brussels urged to prepare contingency plan for UK trade war

EU countries want European Commission to be ready if Britain suspends key part of Brexit deal

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Brexit trade friction caused 15% fall in UK-EU exports in first half of 2021 @pmdfoster

Brexit trade friction caused 15% fall in UK-EU exports in first half of 2021

Standards for food and chemical products and technical specifications for machinery have led to problems, study shows

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2 years

Big problems with the effort to get 20m tonnes of grain out of Ukraine in 3 months - not enough trains, trucks and barges and delays over paperwork at the border @maxseddon @polinaivanovva

EU steps up effort to bring millions of tonnes of grain out of Ukraine

Russian blockade of ports forces search for alternative routes to supply countries relying on cereals from wartorn country

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2 years

Oh dear. @BBCr4today bulletin just described @TracyBrabin as MP for West Yorkshire not mayor. Great insight into how London media and politicians think. Test of #LevellingUp is how much this will change.

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3 years

West Midlands faces 12% GDP hit unless EU deal includes rules of origin warns @andy4wm Me and @pmdfoster via @financialtimes

West Midlands’ Tory mayor warns over post-Brexit tariffs

Andy Street says manufacturers in the region could face duties of up to 10% even if a deal is struck

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The new North-South divide showing why London. Kent and Essex are in Tier 3 credit again to the award winning @jburnmurdoch @ChrisGiles_ via @financialtimes

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MPs demand UK Covid support for 3m @ExcludedUK self-employed @EmmaAgyemang via @financialtimes

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SCOOP! Viktor Orbán refuses to discuss Russia oil embargo at EU summit - sanctions still stuck. He fears a 55% fuel price rise . Wants money to convert refineries. @vonderleyen put €2bn to do so in recovery facility that Hungary cannot access yet

Viktor Orbán refuses to discuss Russia oil embargo at EU summit

Letter from Hungary’s prime minister demands more detail from Brussels on alternative sources of fuel

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Micheal Heseltine on @bbc5live says the economic plan announced yesterday was the usual dull ideas "cooked up in London". Says mayors have coherent strategies but being ignored. "The conversations take place but no action follows". "There is no indication there is a plan."

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How Manchester is regenerating with @ProfBrianCox @OfficialUoM @SalfordUni @manmetuni @ManCityCouncil @Bruntwood_UK - and the possible trouble ahead via @financialtimes

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4 years

@kerryanna2709 Food shops were never told to shut. Many small bakeries are still open.

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2 years

EU set to ban products made using forced labour with @JavierespFT

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3 years

Levelling up fund based not on deprivation but travel to work time, empty premises and homes (with nod to productivity and skills) Favours rural areas @PickardJE @notworknicola via @financialtimes

Government criticised over design of levelling up fund

Methodology published on Thursday fails to include accepted measures for deprivation

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@AndyBounds

4 years

"We will never be able to repay that loan" but we will take it to keep staff in a job. Life on the front line of #coronavirus from an excellent restaurant and deli

Lunya

@Lunya

4 years

I don’t think @10DowningStreet will ever see this, but who knows if it gets retweeted enough. A letter to the Prime Minister

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10 months

‘Brexit 2.0’ - how the EU is diverging from the U.K. and companies have to comply with different sets of rules with @pmdfoster thanks to @GeorgeMRiddell @MakeUK_ @NathalieLoiseau @britishchambers

British companies start to grapple with ‘Brexit 2.0’

UK business is concerned about new EU regulations that diverge from domestic equivalents

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@AndyBounds

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Mario Draghi’s competitiveness report must come before the EU elections or it will undermine democracy, @PieterOmtzigt and @DirkGotink write to @vonderleyen . Also opposes fresh joint borrowing. Today’s Europe Express with me and @HenryJFoy via @ft

Why the Dutch want to see the EU’s economic plans before June’s election

Also in this newsletter: EU leaders head to Lithuania to show solidarity

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@AndyBounds

3 years

💥 Among the options being discussed in EU capitals are curbing UK access to the bloc’s energy supplies, imposing tariffs on British exports, or in extreme circumstances terminating the trade agreement between the two sides.💥

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@AndyBounds

7 years

Birmingham and Manchester say they are happy with @UberUK and won't follow London decision though Manchester monitoring #uberlondon

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@AndyBounds

4 years

The London backlash has started before a penny has been diverted north. Via @pickardJE via @financialtimes

London’s leaders warn over push to narrow regional inequalities

Government told to remember importance of keeping city ‘globally competitive’

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@AndyBounds

1 year

SCOOP with @pmdfoster in Brussels. Commission worried that Rishi Sunak's beloved freeports scheme could lure investors with tax breaks and breach level playing field commitments....thanks to @SamuelMarcLowe @uk_tpo for explanations

EU to raise concerns over UK’s freeports scheme

Brussels fears policy could violate post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Wales to ‘police’ border as devolved nations remind Johnson England is not the UK via @financialtimes

Wales to ‘police’ border as devolved nations remind Johnson England is not the UK

Leaders of three devolved administrations accuse PM of confusing the public over lockdown easing

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@AndyBounds

3 months

🧨 SCOOP 🧨 EU member states to trash talk Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid. Confidential document reveals plan to damage investor confidence as patience runs out. with @HenryJFoy and @mdunai via @ftD

Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid

EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package

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@AndyBounds

3 years

Belatedly, these are the new 1 hour tests that are being trialled in Liverpool. A swab but the result comes on the strip and no need for a lab. Lots of people turned up today.

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5 years

Thanks to @jrf_uk and @anandMenon1 @UKandEU for allowing me to listen to concerns of people on low incomes in poorer places. Policymakers must listen too. Most issues raised are controlled in Westminster, not Brussels via @financialtimes

What the UK’s ‘left-behind’ areas want after Brexit

Jobs for school leavers and support for local businesses, people demand in focus groups

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Does not answer the question of what would have happened without restrictions. Could be even higher??

Daniel Hewitt

@DanielHewittITV

4 years

NEW: Labour analysis shows 19 out of 20 areas in England that have been have been under local lockdown restrictions for the past 2 months have seen an increase in Covid-19 infection rates.

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@AndyBounds

4 years

@AndyBurnhamGM Will you publish the data for Greater Manchester now that you have it?

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@AndyBounds

3 years

Most important para in this Mandelson piece. Labour has winners in Wales, Gtr Manchester, Merseyside, West of England, Cambs & Peterboro and London (and prob W Yorks) it can listen to. @MarkDrakeford @AndyBurnhamGM @MetroMayorSteve via @financialtimes

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@AndyBounds

3 years

BREAKING Looks like @RobertJenrick is about to kill the UK's planned coking coal mine after massive international pressure.

Decision to call-in: West Cumbria Coal Mine

MHCLG letter to Cumbria County Council concerning West Cumbria Coal Mine, Whitehaven, Cumbria.

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3 years

Why moving senior civil servants to a northern city makes sense by @SebastianEPayne featuring @jillongovt on how she tried but failed to avoid working in London! via @financialtimes

Go north to escape Whitehall’s civil service bubble

Redeploying UK government staff to large northern cities is best practically, if not politically

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@AndyBounds

8 months

My turn to fill in for the irreplaceable @pmdfoster in which I examine what the Brexit commissioner will be doing with his time - solving climate change rather than UK relations

EU interest in UK wanes as commissioner goes green

Deals struck with Brussels on financial services and migration will be useful but small

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Liverpool and Manchester have been told they could have to lock down from tomorrow @MetroMayorSteve says. The local authorities there have no idea what means. "It is more back of a fag packet stuff from the government"

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@AndyBounds

3 years

@JolyonMaugham Great story from @jimwaterson . This quote tells you all you need to know:. A government spokesperson said: “The CAMPAIGN to appoint the chair of Ofcom will be run in compliance with the governance rules for public appointments.” (My emphasis).

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4 years

This is a big step towards making Test and Trace work but more to be done. With @Laura_K_Hughes . Good work by @blackburndarwen @MayorofGM and others

UK government abandons centralised approach to contact tracing in England

‘Ringfenced’ teams to work with local councils after successful trials

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5 years

Greater Manchester needs more devolved powers and proper public transport to reach economic potential says study by @dianecoyle1859 @MyStephanomics @henryoverman @MazzucatoM commissioned by @MayorofGM via @financialtimes

Greater Manchester needs more devolved powers, says study

Conurbation of 2.8m has ‘world-class strengths’ but too many low-skilled jobs

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3 years

In response, the BBC made lots of regional news staff redundant

BBC North

@BBCNorthPR

3 years

In the first two weeks of 2021, 46% of people in England watched the regional news on @BBCOne . Our teams will continue to bring you the latest news and information throughout the lockdown. 📲

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4 years

@TracyBrabin announces West Yorkshire mayoral candidacy in the right place, local paper. Would be first woman metro mayor but will face competition for Labour nomination

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7 years

@BBCPolitics @StuartWilksHeeg @UKIP @paulnuttallukip Have to say many Iraqs and other Arabs I spoke to in Manchester agree with @UKIP . A Mancunian Hindu suggested banning the burqa

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UK’s regional inequality worst of all comparable countries - and it is growing finds @IPPRNorth via @financialtimes

UK’s regional inequality one of worst in developed world

Health, jobs, disposable income and productivity more polarised, says study

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4 years

@jimwaterson Looks more a sportless @bbc5live doesn't it? R4 has drama, documentaries, culture shows etc. But they cost money...

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EU and U.K. say they won’t postpone exemption , arguing that the industry needs to quickly build a supply chain in Europe. Neither side wants to ask the other first as they would demand concession in return, per one person familiar with the matter.

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@AndyBounds

1 year

In ⁦ @pmdfoster ⁩ hotseat this week. How could/should the U.K. respond to US and EU likely subsidy race. With ⁦⁦ @DavidHenigUK ⁩ ⁦ @SMMT ⁦ @KemiBadenoch ⁩ via @FT

UK risks being squeezed in a protectionist world

Also, why the cost of electric vehicles is likely to go up and healthy life expectancy to go down

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@AndyBounds

1 year

SCOOP! Another EU/U.K. dispute as member states pressure ⁦ @MarosSefcovic ⁩ over citizen’ rights - a top priority says one diplomat via @FT ⁦ @Sam1Fleming ⁩ ⁦ @pmdfoster ⁩

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So just as Europe tries to eliminate fossil fuel driven car manufacturing by 2030 consumers will be paying 10% tax on EVs! Member states could force Brussels to look for a deal - @UeEspana is in favour. But U.K. must agree too. And trust is limited. @SamuelMarcLowe for the RoO!

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@AndyBounds

2 years

No flights out of Geneva so far today because of IT issues. Ministers are stuck at @wto #MC12 until they agree something!

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@AndyBounds

5 years

Thanks to @JayMitchinson @yorkshirepost for letting me see behind the scenes at UK's most trust regional newspaper. Sorry for paywall but good journalism costs money via @financialtimes

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@AndyBounds

6 years

Why can't we have promised money for council houses? @salford_mayor asks government. @LGANews also frustrated via @financialtimes

UK councils frustrated as they await £2bn housing fund

Theresa May promised to fund social housing in October but the money is yet to be released

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@AndyBounds

4 years

@cllrsfielding As I said on @R4WorldTonight on Monday the government doctor has told you you need a leg amputated to stop infection spreading. If you agree, you get some crutches and sick pay. "If I don't agree?" "I'm doing it anyway". You might not get the crutches.

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Ian Gillies leader of York council joked that Yorkshire is the only county mentioned in the bible “Three wise men came from the East Riding camels” #oneyorksconf

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Home office system belatedly updated to reject right of 141,000 to stay in the U.K. EU diplomat says many face poverty if forced to pay back welfare payments. Mood could infect Protocol talks.

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Rochdale’s Innovative use of the Towns Fund ⁦ @emmerich_mike ⁩ ⁦ @Bruntwood_UK ⁩ ⁦ @AndyBurnhamGM ⁩ ⁦ @tony4rochdale ⁩ ⁦ @RochdaleCouncil ⁩

Rochdale hopes machine centre will manufacture revival in fortunes

England’s 20th most deprived town looks to build on its heritage, hailing plan for institute as unique opportunity

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4 years

@lewis_goodall I agree, I think it just needed a trigger to make people see why it was important. Leicester was that trigger.

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@AndyBounds

5 years

⁦ @vincecable ⁩ with ⁦ @timfarron ⁩ in Kendal to meet Cumbria chamber members. For Q&A on #Brexit . Debate is “squeezing the life out of the country”

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@AndyBounds

5 years

I was in @yorkshirepost editorial conference when it was pitched. Cracker! Story coming in @FinancialTimes about why it is the most trusted paper in Britain, along with @guardiannews

Michael Crick

@MichaelLCrick

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Amazing story in Yorkshire Post that Johnson’s & Corbyn’s ancestors in Masham were next-door neighbours. Just the kind of story I wish I’d found

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As talk of government imposing measures on Manchester grows I take the temperature with @TampopoFox @EagleInnSalford @MayorofGM @gmchamber @TomBloxhamMBE and the citizens of the Republic of Mancunia via @financialtimes

Manchester united as mayor fights London over virus

Andy Burnham appears to have public and business support in region’s stand-off with government

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@AndyBounds

5 years

Why @MoneySupermkt is moving tech jobs from Minsk to Manchester and how regional cities have growing tech clusters @TechNation data via @financialtimes

Tech jobs spread out from London across UK

Regional cities say companies are being drawn by lower cost of living

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@AndyBounds

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Anyone getting excited about UK- India trade talks today as @KemiBadenoch flies to Delhi should read this interview by @JohnReedwrites and Benjamin Parkin. India wants one sided transition periods and access to U.K. for lower skilled workers.

UK trade talks ‘moving very well’, says Indian minister

Top official downplays remaining hurdles on work visas and access to auto and spirits industries

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BREAKING UK "upset" over @EUCouncilPress declaration with Latin American and Caribbean endorsing ‘Islas Malvinas’ for the Falklands @LOS_Fisher @mj_stott @HenryJFoy

UK battles to reverse EU endorsement of ‘Islas Malvinas’ name

Buenos Aires celebrates ‘diplomatic triumph’ after summit with European leaders uses Argentine term for Falkland Islands

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Levelling up for towns has begun....

Brian Groom

@GroomB

4 years

Footfall is down 69% in London, 52% in Manchester, 49% in Birmingham, 44% in Leeds. But up 8% in Doncaster and 2% in Wigan.

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In today's FT @salford_mayor warns that another #Grenfell style blaze is all too possible because of the slow pace of fire safety reforms via @financialtimes

Slow progress on fire safety risks another Grenfell, mayor warns

Government criticised over regulatory system that is ‘not fit for purpose’

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@AndyBounds

3 years

Government's favourite mayor is joining others in kicking off about rail services getting worse while ministers talk endlessly about how wonderful they will be one day.

Ben Houchen

@BenHouchen

3 years

If Govt want to avoid another 2018 rail timetable debacle, @grantshapps needs to pause all proposed timetable changes. What is being proposed is unacceptable and disproportionately impacts the NE. It’s based on 2015 assumptions and, post Covid, it doesn’t work for the North.

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London to Amsterdam will now be quicker than London to Edinburgh even with check-in. Until #HS2 is built

PA Media

@PA

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Eurostar will begin direct commercial services from Amsterdam to London in April

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SCOOP with @alicemhancock @Petercampbell1 @PickardJE as EU’s @MarosSefcovic offers 1 year compromise to UK on EV tariffs via @ft

EU to loosen new rules on EV sales in attempt to defuse row with UK

Brussels says it will interpret ‘made in Europe’ rules very loosely in 2024

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@AndyBounds

2 years

In case you were wondering. No these friendly talks did not make any progress.

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@CBeaune

2 years

#Brexit | Heureux de recevoir à Paris @DavidGHFrost pour relancer un dialogue nécessaire et assurer la mise en œuvre de nos accords 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷

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@DanJarvisMP notes that Richmond North Yorks is more in need of levelling up than Barnsley, according to the chancellor, also Richmond's MP

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@AndyBounds

4 years

this is what @MayorofGM has been saying for months. Jury payments to self isolate. It all feels too late now...

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Impact of financial and other targeted support on rates of self-isolation or quarantine Financial Support with shopping and similar Information Psych well being Evidence review

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Wetherspoons Has Its Own News Magazine And It's Just Ripping Off Entire Columns From Other Newspapers - here is @FT response. I hope we join @FraserNelson in demanding payment in pints via @MarkDiStef

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Another attempt by CPS to curtail reporting. A genuine and honest error sees journalist on a criminal charge?? @BBC_Arif is diligent and careful Glad BBC is sticking by him - via: @pressgazette

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Harry Styles is "the face of" and investor the new Manchester arena...is Madchester now officially dead? via @financialtimes

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BREAKING @GoldmanSachs to open Birmingham office in tech push via @financialtimes

Goldman Sachs to open Birmingham office in tech push

US investment bank will create hundreds of jobs in largest UK base outside London

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Will coronavirus break the UK? We talk to @fmwales @vaughangething @MayorofGM @scotgov @michaelgove @MayorofLondon about the future after the strains of fighting the pandemic via @financialtimes

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“This is Europe telling Viktor Orbán ‘enough is enough; it’s time to get in line. You may have a pistol, but we have the bazooka’,” said @Mij_Europe , Europe director at Eurasia Group, a consultancy.

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@JamesReedYP @GregMulholland1 made the most gracious concession speech I have heard. With a plug to buy his album! #GE2017

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@alanbeattie will be dropping his marmalade over this shock. Via @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster et al Rishi Sunak’s hopes of securing India trade deal this month have faded, sources say via @ft

Rishi Sunak’s hopes of securing India trade deal this month appear to have faded

Lack of progress in opening up markets to British professional services said to be crucial stumbling block

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@AndyBounds

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Still astonished by this story at bottom of front page! @HenryJFoy @mdunai

Financial Times

@FT

3 months

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, January 29

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BREAKING UK minister @scullyp "working up" a plan for state bailout for owner-directors who pay themselves in dividends - 2m people via @financialtimes

UK minister seeks ways to extend bailout to owner-directors

About 2m businesspeople thought to be ineligible for existing coronavirus support schemes

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4 years

Investing in infrastructure alone won’t level up UK, economists say - big review of Greater Manchester and what it needs to close productivity gap by @AndyBurnhamGM @DianeCoyle1859 @henryoverman and others via @financialtimes

Investing in infrastructure alone won’t level up UK, economists say

Report commissioned by Greater Manchester mayor shows how coronavirus has hit the poorest hardest

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@Peston @georgvh @SuellaBraverman The title is appropriate then!

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Conservative Mark Fletcher in Bolsover says theBeast Dennis Skinner was an excellent MP. Gone after 49 years. Not here nor is anyone from Labour

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Theresa May in Manchester reminds audience that Emmeline Pankhurst stood as a Tory MP. Calls her an icon #suffragettes

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There is absolutely NO schadenfreude in Brussels about this @GeorgeWParker @Petercampbell1

FT UK Politics

@ftukpolitics

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UK car exports to Canada face 6% tariffs within days as trade spat deepens

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Manchester latest: @RobertJenrick letter says gyms CAN remain open. Betting shops, casinos, soft play centres etc close. And only £22m support. Though that may be haggled up this morning.

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@AndyBounds

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National Infrastructure commission rail review finds better regional links are more important than those to London. And full HS2 Eastern Leg would need another £43bn on top of the £86bn rail budget over next 25 years. Prioritises east-west links over HS2

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@MarosSefcovic says no movement from the UK in NI protocol talks. Next week is "very important" he said with meeting in London on Friday. Warns against triggering Art 16 which would have "serious consequences" . Rhetoric getting tougher.

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In tomorrow's @FT @salford_mayor warns that another #Grenfell style blaze is all too possible because of the slow pace of fire safety reforms @McrCladiators via @financialtimes

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The full and frank statement

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@AndyBounds

3 years

The Olympics shows how levelling up could work. Invest in clusters of excellence around the country (diving in Leeds, athletics in Sheffield and Birmingham, cycling in Manc) and the talent develops and gets results. @thomasforth @MarkGregory21 @CentreforCities am I right?

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@PatJHennessy @PickardJE V good but also did NOT say “if you are losing a battle and need more resources don’t tell me; just be positive”.

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@AndyBounds

5 years

Ignore Brexit for a day and read this - the shocking inequality across UK regions - need sustained, thoughtful policies to deal with it before it is too late finds @UK_2070 @SirBobKerslake via @financialtimes

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4 years

The count at #Bolsover where Dennis Skinner is set to lose according to other candidates. He is not here and Labour not talking. He has been MP here since 1970. The end for the Beast!

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5 years

A £70bn transport blueprint from @Transport4North including high-speed rail expansion. Will it get government funding? via @financialtimes

North unveils £70bn blueprint for high-speed rail expansion

Fast line from Liverpool to Newcastle at heart of 30-year infrastructure upgrade

www.ft.com

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@AndyBounds

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Where is the fastest growing regional economy in the UK? @MarketingDerby @NottsCC @nottinghamcity via @financialtimes

East Midland cities enjoy an overdue makeover

Nottingham and Derby succeed in winning investment and boosting their economies

www.ft.com

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Andrew Bounds

@AndyBounds

3 years

Renters are treated like captive cash cows in U.K. shocking how many inflated bills from social landlords ⁦⁦ @miss_marriage ⁩ via @FT

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@AndyBounds

3 years

More energy innovation in northeast England via @ChrisTigheFT via @financialtimes

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Northern English cities ask for control over Covid policy and more money as economies take a hit @ChrisGiles_ @ChrisTigheFT via @financialtimes

Rapid spread of Covid infections in England prompts calls for tougher curbs

Rates in northern England soar while London mayor warns of tipping point

www.ft.com

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@AndyBounds

4 years

Liverpool’s £241m Covid deficit poses threat to local services @MetroMayorSteve says "biggest crisis since WWII" . @londoncouncils @corecities also have huge budget holes with the £3.2bn government bail out not enough, they say via @financialtimes

Liverpool’s £241m Covid-19 deficit poses threat to local services

Council leaders urge government to release further emergency funding to ease pressures

www.ft.com

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@AndyBounds

3 years

"When will @RishiSunak start raising tax?" He already has. Council tax will go up by another 5% this year - since its introduction it has gone up twice as fast as inflation. @ChrisGiles_ does the numbers I do the politics @LGAcomms via @financialtimes

England’s councils face austerity by stealth

Sunak is giving local authorities extra flexibility to fund social care but council tax is struggling to replace central grants

www.ft.com

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5 years

Lord Heseltine calls for a “peasants’ revolt” of the regions against London. “The subservience of the provinces to London I find incredible.” He tells Meeting celebrating #liverpool renaissance @LiverpoolUni that massive devolution is needed now

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