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UNBELIEVABLE: Esther mcvey - The Untold Story

How bland Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty became TV’s most problematic pairing

IN FOCUS: As Dan Walker denies allegations of bullying, racism and sexism in the newsroom, Katie Rosseinsky explores how it is so easy for TV newscasters to keep making the headlines themselves

The Independent UK

Arts snobbery row erupts as opera gets seven times more funding than brass band

More than £226 million was spent by the Government and public bodies in Arts Council grants on opera from 2022 to 2025, while £31.5 million of funding went to brass bands in the same period

The Independent UK

Halal meat 'dog whistle' row erupts between former Cabinet minister Esther McVey and London MP

Hendon MP David Pinto-Duschinsky criticised former TV presenter Ms McVey over her bill for mandatory labelling of halal and kosher meat

Evening Standard

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Eleven Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform

Senior Tories are concerned that Robert Jenrick’s departure could trigger others to follow

The Independent UK

Sentencing reforms clear the Commons despite concerns over early releases

The Sentencing Bill aims to ease the crisis in prison places by restricting the use of short sentences and strengthening community punishments.

Evening Standard

Sentencing reforms will take ‘sledgehammer’ to justice system – Tory MP

Tory former minister Esther McVey has hit out at the proposed changes.

The Independent UK

Forget Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ – the immigration debate shows real loathing

Since the summer recess the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically

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Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP

Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.

Evening Standard

Runcorn by-election: Reform narrowly wins in major blow to Sir Keir Starmer

Reform UK claimed victory in the seat in the early hours of Friday morning, after a full recount was conducted

The Independent UK

Moderna Faces Suspension After Offering UK Children £1,500 And Teddy Bears To Join COVID Trials

Moderna, known for its COVID-19 vaccines, has been found guilty of 10 breaches of regulatory code after it marketed its booster jab trials towards children.

International Business Times UK

Mike Graham Tears Into Keir Starmer Over ‘Reclaiming’ St George’s Flag in Fiery Rant

Keir Starmer’s call to “reclaim” the St George’s flag didn’t go down well with everyone, especially not with TalkTV’s Mike Graham.

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Nigel Farage Laughs His Way to Victory in Devastating Blow to the Tories

Reform UK is turning heads this April, with new opinion polls showing Nigel Farage’s party edging ahead just weeks before the Runcorn by-election.

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Conservatives should stand aside and let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says senior Tory MP

The Runcorn and Helsby by-election next month will see both Reform and the Conservatives attempt to overturn Labour’s 15,000 vote majority in the safe seat

The Independent UK

Government should abolish Sentencing Council, Tory MP suggests

Esther McVey drew comparisons to the Government’s recent decision to abolish NHS England.

Evening Standard

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£26 billion national insurance ‘grab’ could dent police front line, warns MP

Esther McVey accused the Government of ‘financial illiteracy’, ahead of a change to employers’ national insurance contribution rates.

The Independent UK

Labour minister defends migrant raid videos after being accused of trying to mimic Reform

Dame Angela Eagle said the government is simply ‘enforcing the rules’ by publishing videos of immigration raids targeting illegal workers

The Independent UK

Reporting of vaccine side-effects should be mandatory – Tory former minister

Esther McVey said there was a ‘gross underreporting’ of unintended impacts of vaccines to the medicines regulator.

The Guardian - UK

GB News overtakes rival Sky in latest live viewing figures, data shows

Rightwing broadcaster’s ratings surge in month featuring farmers’ protest in London and Trump re-election in US

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The Independent UK

GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom for breaking impartiality rules over Rishi Sunak interview

Ofcom says broadcaster gave Rishi Sunak a ‘mostly uncontested platform’ in February interview

The Independent UK

GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom after Rishi Sunak Q and A debate

The channel’s chief executive, Angelos Frangopoulos, said the ‘unnecessary, unfair and unlawful’ ruling is being challenged in the courts.

The Independent UK

Esther McVey doubles down on ‘repugnant’ Holocaust smoking ban comparison

The former common sense minister has refused to back down over a Tweet which appeard to compare the smoking ban to the Holocaust

Evening Standard

Margaret Thatcher portrait will stay on display in No10, minister says after backlash

Sir Keir Starmer is reported to have found one portrait of his Tory predecessor ‘unsettling’ and wanted it to be moved

The Guardian - UK

Government seeking to make ‘fewer places where you can smoke’ – as it happened

Jacqui Smith says Labour hopes to ‘make it much more likely’ that smokers will want to give up

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP told to ‘get a grip’ for using Holocaust poem to criticise smoking ban

Esther McVey used poem about complicity with the Nazis to criticise Labour’s proposals about smoking in beer gardens

The Independent UK

Jewish leaders hit out at Tory MP’s ‘repugnant’ use of Holocaust to criticise smoking ban

Ex-common sense minister defends her ‘analogy’ as she rejects criticism as ‘politically correct bullying’

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