Chris Mason

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Starmer's robust language nods to immigration failures

2 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Chris Mason

Image source, EPAIt is perhaps little wonder immigration is as politically charged an issue as it is, when you consider two things. Firstly, as I wrote here, the numbers point to it being the stand-out UK social and demographic change of the 21st century. And secondly, it is also one of the biggest and most transparent political failings, when you compare rhetoric to reality.
Starmer's robust language nods to immigration failures

2 days ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

Starmer's robust language nods to immigration failuresEPAIt is perhaps little wonder immigration is as politically charged an issue as it is, when you consider two things. Firstly, as I wrote here, the numbers point to it being the stand-out UK social and demographic change of the 21st century. And secondly, it is also one of the biggest and most transparent political failings, when you compare rhetoric to reality.
Chris Mason: UK immigration has seen a trend over the last 30 years

2 days ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

While the focus is on legal immigration, it is expected that ministers will discuss illegal immigration.
Chris Mason: Starmer can claim limited win with America deal

6 days ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

Chris Mason: Starmer can claim limited win with America dealGetty ImagesIt is turning out to be quite the month for trade deals of various complexions. There was the one with India earlier this week, now the pact with the US, and a new deal with the European Union is expected the week after next at a UK-EU summit in London. All sorts of arrangements, varying significantly, can huddle under the umbrella vocabulary of a trade deal and this trio of agreements is very different.
Chris Mason: Can Delhi deal mask Labour's problems at home?

1 week ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

Chris Mason: Can Delhi deal mask Labour's problems at home? ReutersWithin moments of the briefing with the business secretary beginning, Jonathan Reynolds described it to us as a case study in the government's claim to be going further and faster in doing what it can to improve living standards. Little wonder ministers want to lean into this deal with Delhi, grappling as they are with political heat at home from their own side and their opponents.
Fireworks for Reform as Labour, Conservatives write election post-mortems

1 week ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortemsGetty ImagesFor all of the noise and the numbers following this week's elections in England, two sentences tell you much of what you need to know. The prime minister and the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch have both written post-mortem articles in Saturday's newspapers.
Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortems

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Chris Mason

8 hours agoA United Nations judge has been jailed for six years and four months for forcing a woman to work as a domestic slave. Lydia Mugambe, 50, was studying for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford when police discovered she had a young Ugandan woman at her home carrying out unpaid work as a maid and …
Bruised Tories and Labour left working out how to tackle Reform

1 week ago | bbc.com | Chris Mason

Bruised Tories and Labour left working out how to tackle ReformGetty ImagesBoy, it was close. Mighty close. Thursday night at the DCBL stadium in Widnes turned into the early hours which turned into Friday breakfast time, as volunteers carried out a full recount of the 32,655 votes cast in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
Anger and indifference collide in unpredictable local elections

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chris Mason

If last year's general election was all consuming and everywhere, this year's local elections, in truth, are neither. That is not to denigrate for a moment how much they matter in the places where they are happening, nor the extent to which they will mould the mood of national politics in their aftermath. But the reality is there are not many contests this year, not least because some have been postponed because of an imminent shake-up in local government structures in some places.
Jenkyns at odds with Farage on special needs

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chris Mason |Alice Thompson

Reform UK's candidate to be the first mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, has appeared to contradict her party's leader Nigel Farage over their outlook on children with special educational needs, or SEND. Dame Andrea, a former Conservative minister, has spoken publicly about both her and her young son having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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