
Aubrey Allegretti
Chief Political Correspondent at The Times
Chief Political Correspondent for The Times. Also: @SPAjournalism trustee, @KXSteelers player and #LFC fan 🏳️🌈
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1 day ago |
thetimes.com | Steven Swinford |Max Kendix |Aubrey Allegretti
Few figures in Reform UK were more evangelical about the prospects of Nigel Farage as a future prime minister than Zia Yusuf. “Not only will Nigel become prime minister, he will become prime minister with hundreds of MPs who are under no uncertain terms as to why they’re being elected,” the chairman of Reform UK said last year. That unswerving faith in Farage came to an abrupt end last night after Yusuf found himself embroiled in the latest in a series of brutal internal party rows.
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3 days ago |
thetimes.com | Steven Swinford |Aubrey Allegretti |Chris Smyth
At cabinet on Tuesday morning Sir Keir Starmer expressed his gratitude to ministers for their work before next week’s spending review. For several of those sitting round the table the prime minister’s words might have rung a little hollow as they grapple with deep cuts to their budgets. The next few days will have far-reaching implications for their departments and their political aspirations.
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3 days ago |
thetimes.com | Steven Swinford |Chris Smyth |Aubrey Allegretti
Britain’s most senior police chiefs have directly warned Sir Keir Starmer that they will face “stark choices” about which crimes they investigate if the Treasury pushes ahead with cuts. In a significant escalation ahead of the spending review, Sir Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan Police, and other senior police officers have written to the prime minister warning him that cuts will have “far-reaching consequences”.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Aubrey Allegretti
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Oliver Wright |Aubrey Allegretti
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