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Political editor @LBC 📻 🎙📸 💻👩‍💻 Previously @TheSun @TheTimes @PoliticsHome 🗞 natasha.clark @global .com

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4 years
The #ClapForCarers heard out across London 👏👏👏👏 #clapforNHS #clapforourcarers
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Keir Starmer trolling Boris Johnson by looking at wallpaper in John Lewis (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Labour's Lisa Nandy: "This is a guy who self isolated six times. He is Mr Rules, he does not break the rules." #Ridge
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The flag above No10 has been lowered to half mast to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore this afternoon
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New from Morrisons: - Hiring extra 3500 staff to help with extra food deliveries - Sick pay for all staff - new range of food parcels to order - More deliver slots - Customer call centre for phone orders
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Scots reporting the PM to the police over his lockdown visit...
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Multiple Tory MPs say Penny Mordaunt pulled tonight's amendment because govt did not have votes to support Israel 'humanitarian pause' motion. Rumour is that too many Tories had told Whips they were minded to back the Labour motion in favour of full fat ceasefire...
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Priti Patel signing the deal with Rwanda today
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Jeremy Hunt, wearing his Tate&Lyle lanyard, says we have a 'lot more to do' to tackle childhood obesity in Britain #CPC17
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Exc - UK and France were poised to sign historic £50m deal to put British officials on French beaches in bid to curb small boats crisis But France pulled it after Truss refused to say if Macron was friend or foe... With @thejonnyreilly
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QOTD: Doctor at London hosp told PA: "I wore an FFP3 (respiratory mask), some goggles, a hat, a full-length gown with the consistency of a bin bag and two pairs of gloves solidly for about two months. "A bunch of Tories can wear a napkin over their face to go Waitrose."
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Sir Keir Starmer tells @NickFerrariLBC "you can disagree with what I'm saying but after five big speeches, you can't really say you don't know what I stand for unless you've not paid much attention." @LBC
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Councillors in Manchester voted unanimously to make Ariana Grande an honorary citizen of the city following the terror attack
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Aaaaand it's dead. Liz Truss spox: “Our hard-working frontline staff are the bed rock of society and there will be no proposal taken forward on regional pay boards for civil servants or public sector workers.”
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Jacob Rees Mogg reveals the fixed term parliaments act will finally be repealed next week...
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Protesters causing travel chaos in parliament square as impromptu protest paralysed westminster outside parliament
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First pics of the happy couple after the wedding in Downing St garden yesterday. Rebecca Fulton/Downing Street/PA Wire
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Of course, one of Boris' biggest problems will be the privileges committee. We understand No10 has already handed over documents, emails, pictures, messages. One insider said the evidence was so damning it was likely to lead to a Commons suspension...
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BREAKING: Ben Wallace rules himself OUT of the leadership race and says he "leans towards" Boris Johnson as the person who can "win elections"
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Whoopsie. Sir Keir Starmer hid secret field land ownership from Commons chiefs for eight years... standards commissioner said he should have declared it when he became an MP in 2015. He's due to sell it soon @MrHarryCole
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Hearing that Jacob Rees Mogg is expected to take on the role of business secretary *and* the junior minister's responsibilities of energy and climate change later today Word is at least two Tories have turned down the jr role which would have worked closely with him
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New: Tory MP Alexander Stafford writes to Parliamentary Commissioner Kathryn Stone over Sir Keir Starmer's alleged breaches of code of conduct Calls on them to say why they haven't said who paid him tens of thousands of pounds for "legal advice given before 2020"...
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Theresa taking questions from public audience in Leeds. Then gets super nervous... "You have a pen in your hand, are you a journalist?!"
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Iceland boss Richard Walker throws weight behind Labour today after 'defecting' from Tories He tells @NickFerrariLBC "It's clear the Conservative party have failed the nation, they are out of touch with the needs of everyday people, drifting further to the right, the country is…
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Robert Jenrick tells MPs Scotland are not taking any small boat migrants... "The Scottish gov are refusing to take any of the asylum seekers arriving in the UK on small boats. that is not right. there is a widening gulf between the actions of the Scottish Gov and their rhetoric"
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Lisa Nandy defence part II: "It was not illegal to eat."
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We have received a small number of complaints regarding Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to Scotland. "This is a working visit in his official capacity as Prime Minister and we are policing the event appropriately."
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Nadhim Zahawi defends the PM over the No10 Christmas quiz pictures "What do we see? We see the PM in a virtual quiz night for 10 - 15 minutes to thank his staff, who by the way, had no choice, but to come in every single day...
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LATEST: reports that it was a £5.25 Five Guys banana and salted caramel milkshake.
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. @piersmorgan and @susannareid100 absolutely taking apart @RobertJenrick on testing. He can't give a single clear, simple answer. Can't be honest on what earth is happening and why we can't test as many as we want
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Conservative Prospective Candidate for Henley Caroline Newton, on the idea of standing aside for Boris Johnson, tells LBC: “Absolutely not… the idea that a woman would step aside for a man to take a job that he just fancies is absurd” @LBC @TomSwarbrick1
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Not saying we don't have any updates but the brilliant PA just put this out... LARRY THE CAT'S TUSSLE WITH PIGEON ON DOWNING STREET ADDS TO BREXIT DRAMA
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Absolutely disgusting amount of litter left by the #PeoplesVoteMarch today. At least 7 staff picking up litter in Westminster right now. Please take your placards home.
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Delighted to officially become environment correspondent at what I'm told is a very quiet time for the beat... ♻️🌱🦊🌲🌿🥦🌍
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Exclusive Immigration minister Robert Jenrick leaves his red box abandoned on a public train in major security breach Witnesses saw him leave the carriage for at least four mins in the direction of the loo His team claim it was "close by"
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PM's Press Secretary says when asked why a former PM has been brought into government, "we are looking to the future, not the past". Hmm. Not sure about that one
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NEW: I'm told multiple letters of no confidence in the prime minister went in yesterday. Rebel MPs were unhappy about the way the vote was handled by the PM being seen as a final straw. Some had held back from putting theirs in, in December. @LBC @NickFerrariLBC
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“After spending months preaching about his integrity and calling for others to resign, Keir Starmer now finds himself being investigated by both the police over Beergate and the standards commissioner over his second job providing advice to secret clients...
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Sadiq Khan tells LBC’s Andrew Marr that he is ‘shocked’ and ‘appalled’ by Frank Hester’s alleged comments about Diane Abbott AND says Hester should ‘apologise unequivocally’ and ‘if not the Tories must return the money’ he has donated to the party. @LBC @AndrewMarr9
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Theresa May: "Vote for the deal. Simples!"
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Thrilled to say I'm moving to @LBC in September to become their new political editor! So sad to be leaving my amazing Sun colleagues who are like family to me after six amazing years, but I'm really excited for a new challenge - bring it on 🙌 📻 🎙
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438 votes for an early election today when Boris Johnson only needed 320. The number of votes needed yesterday under the FTPA? 434. ARGH.
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Happy book arrival day @MrHarryCole @JAHeale 😍
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🔥 Excl Tory Home Office WhatsApp group row over Suella Braverman's homelessness comments... MPs round on Richard Graham for "taking pot shots" and "airing dirty laundry" at Home Sec on Twitter... Full exchange below... @LBC @AndrewMarr9
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NEW: Rachel Reeves tells @TheNewsAgents Alistair Darling had been a mentor to her since she got into Parliament and he told her to "show where the money comes from" and that "the numbers add up" and not to fall into Tory traps "I would regularly phone him up and ask him for…
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Laura Trott reacts to this live on @AndrewMarr9 but does not apologise despite being asked several times. She says: "I've got to be very, very clear, this was not a joke. it was nothing to do with this appalling tragedy. It was about Keir Starmer's uturns. The trans issue does…
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NEW: Brianna Ghey's father, Peter Spooner, has told @SkyNews that Rishi Sunak should apologise for his "degrading" comments. "For the PM of our country to come out with degrading comments like he did, regardless of them being in relation to discussions in parliament, they are…
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Andy Baxter, union chief who represents Manston processing staff, tells @TimesRadio he will be writing to the Home Sec this week to ask her about what "contingencies" are in place if things get out of hand there... predicts the site could have 5k people on it
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Delighted to be becoming Chief Political Correspondent at The Sun as part of our lobby reshuffle @SunPolitics 🗞 📰 A huge pleasure to work with our fantastic team, getting out the biggest and best stories every single day ☀️🎉
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Breaking: Cox's legal advice says the "legal risk remains unchanged... if the situation does arise, the UK would have no internationally lawful means of exiting the protocol's arrangements"
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Well this is something 🤔
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Gov furious over Sue Gray - they say she has not cooperated at all with today's "update" into her resignation, refused to answer any questions about when or how talks took place with Labour and they will now submit evidence to ACOBA... Will Mr Rules fill us in?
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New... a top mandarin who accused Dominic Raab of bullying made m huge Brexit blunder in negotiations over Gibraltar... The official told the Spanish they could station cops on the Rock after Brexit in huge overstretch By @MrHarryCole
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👀 Hearing shadow foreign secretary David Lammy to meet with President Obama while he's in the UK too
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Not every day you get to do your *first* #marr show, grill the PM for the *first* time at a live presser ... and celebrate *five years* in the job... all while filing furiously 🤯 Stuff I'd only ever dreamed I'd get to do.
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Boris' message to Tory MPs tonight: "I assure you we are doing what we believe is best for the country and to ensure that the NHS is not overwhelmed in a way that could cost many thousands of lives... I am afraid there are no easy short term options"
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New: Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been diagnosed with diabetes. He's lost 3 stone in recent months but refused to miss the election campaign. He says Theresa May has been an inspiration and adds: "I'm going to get through this."
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Delighted to become digital political editor @SunPolitics with 35 days to go before we (might) leave the EU! ... bring it on
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George Eustice out as Environment Secretary, just days after the first anniversary of Geronimo's tragic murder
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Awkward photo of Corbyn and Emily Thornberry this morning - she looks baffled!
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Tory MP Bob Neil tells @AndrewMarr9 "yes" he thinks Suella Braverman's position is untenable. "I think she is over the line. It is not the way I'm expecting a Conservative Home Secretary to behave." @LBC
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Speak to Sadiq live now @LBC with @mrjamesob What did you feel when you heard what Lee Anderson said about you? "I've had a number of emotions... sad, angry, frustrated, appalled, heart-broken. A lot of different emotions. "People who I think should no matter have not called…
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This was really moving. ❤❤❤
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94,000 NHS staff still aren't vaccinated, Sajid says
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PM snapped wearing a mask in public for the first time - pic Andrew Parsons
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Terminate climate change: @Schwarzenegger and @AlokSharma_RDG chat #COP26 - Arnie hails Boris as 'the real deal' and vows COP will be a huge success - Alok promises to take Arnie out for a beer in Glasgow as he 'can't wait to be part of the action'
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New: Liz Truss tells broadcasters in New York she wants to look at reviewing *all* tax rates... Tells the Beeb: "We have to look at all tax rates." Paves the way for massive shake up of the system, income tax brackets and more... The seismic shift is starting...
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Zahawi: "Sitting in his office, respecting the lockdown rules, not drinking... Many would have had a similar zoom quiz. They are in his office, they work with him. "People will look and think, he’s on a virtual call, before he goes back to work, is that really a terrible crime?"
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One year ago.
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John Major's explosive intervention in full: - He calls on Theresa May to STOP Brexit if it will make Brits poorer - Accuses her of 'bad politics' - Says the people should have the chance to change their minds in 2021
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Sunak told Sun on Sunday eve when asked why he'd hired Gavin knowing complaints about him had been made, "I stand by all the decisions I have made." Wonder if he will repeat that today?
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Blimey. Five days on from Lee Anderson's comments, Illegal Minister Michael Tomlinson still can't say what was wrong about his comments. @NickFerrariLBC asks him six times before terminating the interview... @LBC Tomlinson: "I think what Lee said was wrong. As a result of…
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Keir Starmer climbs down on gender reforms: "If we reflect on what's happened in Scotland... if you're going to make reforms you have to carry the public with you.... this should be a reset of the situation."
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Excl: Ministers have privately agreed to bring forward the date the state pension age hits 68 Was due to be 2046, but now expected to be before the end of 2030s Row between Treasury and DWP about where that date lands...
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"... If he held himself to the same standards he demands of others, he’d have long since handed in his notice.”
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No10 confirm that they won't be appointing a dedicated minister for disabled people. The brief will be handed to someone within the department already, on top of their existing responsibilities. Comes after last week they appointed two migration ministers. No10 deny it is a…
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Breaking: Chief Whip Simon Hart MP said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
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Intervention of the day...
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Rishi-backer Greg Hands is getting cleared out after his summer attacks on Team Truss - apparently they haven't asked him to stay. Sounds like concerns about JRM's climate views have left her unable to fill it
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Delighted to be taking on environment, green and climate news ahead of #COP26 - pls hit me up with reading material, stories etc!🌲 ♻️ 🌎
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Tory MPs with years of experience in the Commons dropping like flies One source predicts we could reach up to 100 standing down by the election...
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Amazing scoop from our newest member of the team... after just 4 days in the job. 💪💪💪
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The Tory deputy chief whip has sensationally quit tonight after allegedly drunkenly groping two men last night, The Sun can reveal
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Breaking: Labour withdraw support for Ali in Rochdale Azhar Ali is understood to be suspended from the Labour party pending investigation. A Labour party spokesperson said: “Following new information about further comments made by Azhar Ali coming to light today, the Labour…
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Agonising. But a delight to finally say I'm an England fan. You did us so proud, boys. Next time! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Saj opens his LGA conference speech with a Matt Hancock gag, saying: "I hope my camera is on? The one on the laptop - not the one on the ceiling..."
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Ed Miliband last week... "We are in favour of common ownership absolutely... Starmer said this in the leadership campaign - we haven't changed that commitment." Ttoday... "Will you nationalise the Big Six energy companies?" Keir Starmer: "No"
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"We are in favour of common ownership absolutely... Starmer said this in the leadership campaign - we haven't changed that commitment." - Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband on Labour supporting public ownership of energy, water and transport. @Ed_Miliband | #Newsnight
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Tory donor Mohamed Amersi tells @lewis_goodall he is "holding the cheque book back because there are lots of problems that CCHQ has to first of all sort out" Says its been an "absolute disgrace" how Sunak has handled the Frank Hester row "I never ever saw any form of racism…
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May confirms that Christmas means Christmas. #pmqs
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Matt Hancock tells @timesradio : "We have chosen not to join the EU scheme on vaccine purchase. It would not have allowed us to have a say in the vaccines, the price, the quantity or the delivery schedule... We think we will go faster this way.
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Protesters are playing a John Bercow “Order!” Remix near Downing Street and it’s the best thing I’ve heard all day.
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Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon is representing Labour in tonight's ITV 7-way debate tonight
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Greta on UK: "When you see a pattern of policies, all the time, avoiding taking real action... i think you can draw conclusions that climate action is not our main priority right now." #marr
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20 mins ago there were no plans for the PM and Brady to meet. Now No10 confirm Sir Graham Brady is in the building...
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Breaking: Germany has announced it is cancelling the new $10bn Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia
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NEW: @IainDale speaks with @trussliz in a *very* explosive chat tonight from 7pm @LBC - It "has to be" Donald Trump to win the White House "I don't think Biden has been particularly supportive to the UK, I would like to see a new President" - Calls for BoE governor Andrew…
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Another 2 firms today confirm to @LBC they will increase the price of boilers as a direct result of the government's clean heat market mechanism, which will come in on Jan 1. For every target heat pump not sold they will get a fine of £3k, like those on electric cars coming on…
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Presumably the Government will have to come forward with an amendment to the energy prices bill which is coming forward *checks notes*... today, which specifically refers to *checks notes*... a two year period?
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