Paul McNamara
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Senior Political Correspondent for @Channel4News; all views usually belong to someone else far cleverer and passed off as my own...
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https://www.channel4.com/news/by/paul-mcnamara 14-04-2011 01:09:29
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Had a couple of days off and absolutely ploughed through this.
A spectacularly good tale - as enraging as it is engaging.
Cracking read by Sonia Purnell
I haven’t read the article yet BUT…
…this cover photo by Oli Scarff is incredible.
Photo-journalists and broadcast news camera staff are the cornerstone of this industry
This is significant.
Tim Loughton is a very well respected back bencher - the sort of MP junior MPs look to in times of direction.
When some MPs say they’re walking away, no one cares.
Tim Loughton MP 🇺🇦 walking away is one that Conservative HQ notices…
It’s the Blackpool South by-election in three weeks - Paul McNamara and I have been talking to voters there, and to the candidates vying to be its next MP.
🎥 Neil Corbett
🎬 Sophie Larkin-Tannett
Our interview with the Shadow Chancellor today. Rachel Reeves confirms to Paul McNamara that Labour will commit to keeping the government’s full childcare expansion, but will not commit to scrapping the two-child limit. You can watch in full here.
🎥 Ian hunter
“We will honour the commitments that have been made to parents.”
Rachel Reeves tells Paul McNamara Labour will go ahead with the plan to give eligible working parents of children as young as nine months old, 30 hours of free childcare a week from September 2025.
“I am not whipped by the Conservative Party, I am only loyal to my region.”
Individuals can “cut through” national trends, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street tells Paul McNamara - as polls suggest the Tories will suffer in the upcoming local elections.
“It’s pretty much Boris Johnson’s levelling up 2.0.”
Paul McNamara asks Sir Keir Starmer whether he’ll commit “real new money” to councils with his plans to shift power away from Westminster.
The Labour leader says he will “unlock” money that has been pledged but not delivered.
Keir Starmer asked if he’ll stick to ban on zero hours contract and deliver it in his first term in Government? (By Lizzy Buchan)
“Yes”