Joshua Nevett
Political Reporter at BBC CWR
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bbc.com | Joshua Nevett
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has laughed off being added to a WhatsApp group mistakenly set up by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick to promote his London Marathon run. Hundreds of contacts, including Conservative MPs, peers and political journalists, were among those added to group chat on Thursday morning.
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Joshua NevettPolitical reporterIain WatsonPolitical correspondentThe UK government is in negotiations with France on a scheme to return illegal migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats. In return, the British government would accept legal migrants seeking family reunion in the UK. The French interior ministry told the BBC this would be a pilot scheme based on "a one-for-one principle", with the aim of discouraging smuggling networks.
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Joshua NevettPolitical reporterThe Liberal Democrats are calling for specialist rural crime teams to be embedded in every police force in England and Wales. The proposals would see forces appointing a named contact for rural communities and officers given better access to technology, such as drones. The party said the policy would be funded by scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), who are elected officials responsible for overseeing police forces.
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Joshua NevettPolitical reporterPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid £54,718 in income tax in 2023/24, according to a document released by the government. A summary shows he paid the tax on £152,225 of income in the financial year ending 5 April 2024, a period when Labour was in opposition. Sir Keir received most of his income from his role as an MP and smaller amounts from book royalties and £5,174 of interest on money in a savings account.
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bbc.co.uk | Joshua Nevett
Handing down his judgement, Deputy District Judge Anthony Woodcock said of Bray: "He admitted that he is 'anti-Tory', which is his words. "He believes his is an important message to disseminate. He needs the volume that he uses the get the message across from Parliament Street to the Palace of Westminster."The defendant, from Port Talbot, south Wales, looked up to the public gallery and was given a thumbs up by one of his supporters following the verdict.
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