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Tom Witherow retweeted
Well this will be interesting. First time Castleton v Post Office/Fujitsu has come to court. I think I will drop by to live-tweet and write up the proceedings.
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Tom Witherow retweeted
Definitely been kept from NEC in the recent past, triggered partly by my and @DanGreenJourno’s reporting on it for @LabourList.
No wonder if this is true.
Labour’s membership figure has been dubbed one of the party’s “most closely guarded secrets”.
It's even been said specific data has been kept from the national executive committee for fear of leaks.
It's out there now 👇
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Exc: Reform is now the UK’s largest party after Labour's membership collapses under Starmer.
Leaked figures show the party has lost 100,000 members allowing Reform to overtake.
Nigel Farage hails "milestone" moment, and says "the age of two-party politics is dead". 👇
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Membership numbers show a story of support leaking from Labour and the Tories, to Reform and the Greens:
Reform: 268,702
Labour: Fewer than 250,000
Greens: > 180,000
Tories: < 123,000
Lib Dems: c. 83,000
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Labour’s membership figure has been dubbed one of the party’s “most closely guarded secrets”.
It's even been said specific data has been kept from the national executive committee for fear of leaks.
It's out there now 👇
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Liz Truss claims she was "deposed" from Number 10 by the "deep state" in new trailer for her new media channel:
New: New detail on ex-PM Liz Truss's return to the political landscape via a new media channel.
🤳 Trailer released on @trussliz at 6pm.
🤳 First three guests are @PeterMcCormack @ThatAlexWoman @GoodwinMJ
🤳 Full ep tomorrow at 6.30pm.
Full story running on @thetimes now 👇
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New: New detail on ex-PM Liz Truss's return to the political landscape via a new media channel.
🤳 Trailer released on @trussliz at 6pm.
🤳 First three guests are @PeterMcCormack @ThatAlexWoman @GoodwinMJ
🤳 Full ep tomorrow at 6.30pm.
Full story running on @thetimes now 👇
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The Liz Truss Show: ex-PM launches ‘the home of counter-revolution’
The former Tory leader promises to take on the ‘free speech crisis’ and confront issues ‘others tiptoe round’ in the episodes on YouTube.
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Tom Witherow retweeted
💥The Navy have steamed into the Christmas ads battle
🚀 with a £1m missile launch
📽️ new combat footage
🥹 AND a tear-jerking tale of families torn apart by war (I cry easily)
Very slick. Well worth a watch.
Spare a thought for those apart this Christmas @RoyalNavy
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The MPs' Public Accounts Committee will launch a mini-investigation into Andrew and Royal Lodge after our front-page exclusive:
Chair @Clifton_BrownG said it will grill Treasury and Crown Estate to "ensure the taxpayer is receiving best value for money".
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Strong comments from Jim Gamble damning politicians of all parties on child grooming.
It "has been used for point-scoring," he says. "The last thing survivors need is in-fighting... There's a lot of people with their own vested interests in this, and they know who they are."
Jim Gamble, who has withdrawn as the frontrunner to become chair of the grooming gang inquiry, has blamed "political opportunism and point-scoring".
He told @JayneSeckerSky a lot of people have their "own vested interests".
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📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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Tom Witherow retweeted
Exclusive with @TomWitherow and @GeorgeGreenwood
Prince Andrew appears not to have paid rent for 35 years
Andrew did not own Sunninghill Park, the 12-bedroom house that was his official residence before Royal Lodge
Read the full story in @thetimes
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Front page exclusive today - Prince Andrew has not paid rent on Royal Lodge for two decades
He paid £8.5 million upfront costs in 2000s and can stay there for another 50 years.
@GeorgeGreenwood and I obtained Andrew's unredacted lease for the first time.
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Shadow justice secretary @RobertJenrick said:
"I don't know the ins and outs of the lease, but I don't think the taxpayer in any way should be fitting the bill for him to live in luxury homes ever again."
Read the full story here 👇
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Tom Witherow retweeted
The Times and NCTJ have launched the Andrew Norfolk Investigative Journalism Award in memory of the "tenacious" reporter. The award offers a year-long paid internship at The Times to support the next generation of investigative reporters news.co.uk/latest-news/the-t…
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Tom Witherow retweeted
Kudos to the Guardian for defending its investigative journalism.
The Guardian has won its High Court legal battle with the actor and director Noel Clarke, who sued us for libel over allegations of sexual misconduct. We ran two defences – truth and public interest – and won on both. judiciary.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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NEW: The NCA has taken over the investigation into alleged child sexual abuse by serving officers in Rotherham.
The BBC and @thetimes reported 6 complainants had lost faith in South Yorkshire Police to investigate its own officers.
One of the women was "elated" by the news.
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The full NCA statement is here -
“Though our investigation will be independent of South Yorkshire Police, we will work closely with the force and the Independent Office for Police Conduct..."
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There is already pressure to expand this -
@NJ_Timothy has been pressing for a special NCA unit to investigate bent cops since January, but has met resistance.
As it stands, not a single public servant has been convicted for a role in the street grooming scandal.
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