Katherine Forster
Political Reporter at GB News
Political Correspondent @GBNEWS. Previously The Sunday Times & The Spectator. Northerner. DMs open
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3 weeks ago |
gbnews.com | Katherine Forster
“Big promises that come to nothing”. The words of Chancellor Rachel Reeves in Rochdale, as she acknowledged what’s happened to the North under successive Governments. She’s not wrong. Fast rail from Liverpool to Hull, HS2 to Manchester and Leeds. Even at one point, a tunnel through the Pennines. Northern Powerhouse. Levelling Up.All promised. None delivered. This time, she says it will be different, announcing £15.6billion of investment into city transport in the North and Midlands.
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1 month ago |
gbnews.com | Katherine Forster
Labour MPs have been issued a damning warning over the Assisted Dying Bill after it was debated in the Commons today. In an exclusive interview with GB News, Lord Harper, former Tory Minister for Disabled People, explained how the bill is a "disaster waiting to happen". Although the bill comfortably passed its 2nd reading in November by 55 votes, this week, critics have spoken out against changing the law.
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Mar 25, 2025 |
msn.com | Katherine Forster
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Mar 25, 2025 |
gbnews.com | Katherine Forster
There’s good news for the South of England today, both for drivers and rail passengers. The Lower Thames Crossing has been given the go-ahead to link Kent and Essex, and Chiltern Railways will run trains between Oxford and Milton Keynes for the first time in 60 years. The Lower Thames Crossing will be Britain’s biggest single planned road building project, and will total over 14 miles of roads, including the tunnel beneath the Thames.
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Mar 23, 2025 |
gbnews.com | Katherine Forster
"Stand up to Trump" was Sir Ed Davey's central message from the Liberal Democrat conference in Harrogate today. The Lib Dem boss labelled the US President a "bully", called for the UK to respond to US tariffs with tariffs of our own, and urged Britain to "stand side-by-side with the EU and with our Commonwealth ally Canada". Davey also claimed Nigel Farage would turn "our great country into little more than a Trump tribute act". "Farage thinks Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are great.
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The build-up to the blow up (& why trouble was brewing despite the Oval Office smiles last Friday): https://t.co/vf4O2ED763 via @NYTimes
“Just going on TV and making noise is not governing. And quite frankly I’m tired of hearing politicians make promises that they don’t know how to deliver. That’s not my style” Kemi Badenoch tells me as she announces a Law Commission looking into our possible withdrawal from the
'Isn't this all much too little too late?!' 'Going on TV and making noise is not governing!' GB News' @Forster_K challenges Kemi Badenoch on whether people are listening to her over voices like Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick. https://t.co/LELtosuHoE
“Simply shouting out announcements like Nigel Farage is doing is not serious…it’s not a plan”, Kemi Badenoch tells me when I point out he’s getting tons of attention and she’s…not
'Isn't this all much too little too late?!' 'Going on TV and making noise is not governing!' GB News' @Forster_K challenges Kemi Badenoch on whether people are listening to her over voices like Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick. https://t.co/LELtosuHoE
