Arj Singh
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Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper LUFC. arj.singh@inews.co.uk. Got a story, tip or just fancy a chat? DMs open.
Exc: Nigel Farage received taxpayer-funded security for a year after secretly accepting a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire that he has claimed was needed to pay for his protection inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage did have taxpayer-funded security after accepting £5m gift from billionaire
The Reform leader had an eight-person protection team and two vehicles
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EXC: Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security
The Reform leader's spokesman told The i Paper it was a downgrade on the state-funded security he had previously received
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EXC: Plan to build council houses for migrants halted due to cost - blow to Burnham plan to shut asylum hotels inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Plan to build council houses for migrants halted due to cost
A plan for councils to provide new homes for migrants has been halted by ministers amid concerns over costs, The i Paper has learnt, in a potential blow to Andy Burnham’s plan to shut asylum hotels. T...
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NEW: Burnham to cut benefits bill by giving mayors powers to boost work inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham to cut benefits bill by giving mayors powers to boost work
Andy Burnham will outline proposals to hand significant powers to mayors on Monday
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EXC: Andy Burnham has a 16-point lead over Nigel Farage on who is more trusted with the economy, poll shows But voters want him to follow through on suggestions he could cut income tax inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham's most popular policies, according to voters - and the ones they don't like
Polling for The i Paper reveals Burnham is more trusted with the economy than Farage
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🍺EXC: Voters would rather have a pint with Andy Burnham than Nigel Farage, new poll shows Labour lead Reform with PM Burnham, who beats Farage on all personal head to heads inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour lead Reform with Burnham as PM, new poll shows
Pollsters warn lead is 'wafer thin' and such boosts 'rarely survive contact with the daily grind of leading'
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Exc: Home Office crackdown on migrants already in Britain would hit two million people inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Home Office crackdown on migrants already in Britain would hit two million people
Charity criticises Shabana Mahmood's plan to double time it takes to qualify for leave to remain
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EXC: Home Secretary abandons plan to house asylum seekers at army barracks in the Highlands But Shabana Mahmood expected to announce new military sites to house migrants this week, as she accelerates asylum hotel closures inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Home Office abandons plan to house asylum seekers at military base
The climbdown is the latest development in The Labour Party's plan to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029
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'It's over, Andy Burnham has won' - Streeting, Starmer loyalist and Labour left leadership challenges melt away as coronation of new PM looms inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham's secret weekend talks with Streeting seal his bid to become prime minister
'It's over, Andy Burnham has won', an MP told The i Paper
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Big read tonight: Starmer faces Cabinet coup after frantic ring round to stop Burnham inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's frantic Cabinet ring round in bid to stop Burnham
The Prime Minister has said he will fight any leadership challenge after Greater Manchester mayor sweeps to by-election victory
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EXC: Starmer calling round Cabinet to shore up support after Burnham by-election victory inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's frantic Cabinet ring round in bid to stop Burnham
Keir Starmer is ringing members of the Cabinet in a bid to shore up his position in the wake of Andy Burnham’s by-election victory. The Prime Minister is already understood to have spoken to at least ...
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'Andy is not a superhero': Labour doubts grow over Burnham as PM… but a coronation is still predicted inews.co.uk/news/politic...
'Andy is not a superhero': Doubts grow over Burnham as PM
Labour MPs worry 'history is repeating itself' over a lack of policy
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🇬🇧🇪🇺Brexit reset deal this summer now in jeopardy Starmer is trying to get the EU to postpone the most difficult bit of negotiations - lower uni fees - and agree youth mobility without it inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit reset deal this summer now in jeopardy
Sir Keir Starmer is trying to postpone the toughest part of the EU negotiations on cheaper university fees for European students
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Keir Starmer 'destroyed' his own authority by U-turning on benefit cuts - his own welfare minister says in secret texts to Mandelson inews.co.uk/news/politic...
The secret texts that reveal the moment Starmer's authority was 'destroyed'
Keir Starmer’s own current welfare minister said the PM's authority was in tatters after a Labour rebellion over welfare reforms
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:rotating_light:EXC: Burnham as PM would not beat Farage at next general election, new exclusive poll shows inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham as PM would not beat Farage in a general election, poll shows
Manchester mayor faces a battle to defeat Reform UK if he becomes Prime Minister
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EXC 🇬🇧🇪🇺Brexit reset deadlocked as talks on under-30s visas and food deal stall EU rejects UK demands for ‘long’ transition periods to align with Brussels rules inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit reset deadlocked as talks on under-30s visas and food deal stall
EU foreign ministers held private talks in Brussels earlier this week
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Exc: The newly unearthed 'toxic' messages that reveal Reform candidate's anti-abortion views Rob Kenyon, who is taking on Andy Burnham in Makerfield, said women use abortions for “vanity purposes” inews.co.uk/news/politic...
The 'toxic' messages that reveal Reform candidate's anti-abortion views
Reform UK’s candidate to take on Andy Burnham in a crunch by-election next month once said women get abortions for “vanity purposes” and want to “shag anyone they want”. The i Paper has seen a file of...
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EXC Tap-in, tap-out contactless travel for the North could be brought in under Burnham, sources suggest inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Tap-in, tap-out contactless travel for the North could be brought in under Burnham
The proposal would give travellers a single way to pay for buses, trains, trams and coaches across the region
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Exc: Burnham's spending plans 'will lead to higher taxes and hurt growth' IFS and NIESR on the PM hopeful’s economic policies inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham's spending plans 'will lead to higher taxes and hurt growth'
Andy Burnham warned by economists over spending plans after he commits to Rachel Reeves's fiscal rules
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Brexit visa for the under-30s faces delay due to Labour leadership crisis inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit visa for the under-30s faces delay due to Labour leadership crisis
Signing off on Keir Starmer's flagship Brexit reset would be 'tricky' during leadership chaos, insiders say
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Inside the Burnham campaign launch plan - and the seat he's targeting inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Inside the Burnham campaign launch plan - and the seat he's targeting
Greater Manchester Mayor has found a parliamentary seat, and could move as soon as Thursday
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Cabinet could move to oust Starmer in days, insiders warn Saturday read inside Labour inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Cabinet could move to oust Starmer in days, insiders warn
Sir Keir Starmer will make another bid to reset his leadership with a crunch speech on Monday
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EXC 🇬🇧🇪🇺Starmer set to signal path to an even softer Brexit in major speech potentially in weeks More single market alignment, but red lines will remain inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer set to signal path to an even softer Brexit
'Big, expansive, ambitious conversations' are also under way over the long-term future of the EU relationship
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Sack Starmer, get Farage. The new election threat to Labour rebels Big read with @chloechaplain.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Sack Starmer, get Farage. The new election threat to Labour rebels
Talk of replacing the Prime Minister is reaching 'fever pitch', Labour MPs say
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Starmer faces 'indignity' of whipping his own MPs to save him in sleaze vote inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer faces 'indignity' of whipping his own MPs to save him in sleaze vote
***EMBARGOED 6pm******EMBARGOED 6pm******EMBARGOED 6pm*** Sir Keir Starmer is expected to order Labour MPs to vote against a sleaze inquiry over the Peter Mandelson vetting fiasco in what some insider...
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Big read: Rayner privately 'warned' Starmer over Mandelson - as leadership rivals circle wounded PM inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Rayner privately 'warned' Starmer over Mandelson - as leadership rivals circle wounded PM
Cabinet members are distancing themselves from Mandelson debacle
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UPDATE: Labour anger over Starmer's ex-comms chief reignited MP Charlotte Nicholls tells me: "It just speaks to a 'jobs for the boys' culture within the top of Government that is the original sin of the whole Mandelson saga" inews.co.uk/news/politic...
PM's ex-comms chief who supported sex offender was lined up for ambassador role
Revelation came as sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins gave evidence on Peter Mandelson appointment to MPs
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PM's ex-comms chief who supported sex offender was lined up for ambassador role inews.co.uk/news/politic...
PM's ex-comms chief who supported sex offender was lined up for ambassador role
Revelation came as sacked foreign office chief Olly Robbins gave evidence on Peter Mandelson appointment to MPs
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