Liz Bates
Political Correspondent at Sky News
Political Correspondent @SkyNews Not from New York City I’m from Rotherham
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1 day ago |
news.sky.com | Liz Bates
Thames Water chief executive Chris Weston has apologised to customers and promised to turn the failing utility company around. He told Sky News: "I'm sorry that the service that the customers receive… it's not where we would like it to be, everyone is very committed in terms of trying and sorting it out.
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3 days ago |
news.sky.com | Liz Bates
The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach. Top of the agenda for an overhaul are short sentences, which look set to give way to more community rehabilitation. The cost argument is clear - prison is expensive. It's around £60,000 per person per year compared to community sentences at roughly £4,500 a year. But it's not just saving money that is driving the change.
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1 week ago |
news.sky.com | Liz Bates |Alexandra Rogers
Podcast Reform flirts with loyal Labour voters – is it a winning strategy? Tuesday 6 May 2025 16:39, UK
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1 week ago |
coastfm.co.uk | Liz Bates |Alexandra Rogers
???? Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app ???? Reform is flirting with traditional Labour support - workers and union members. Ten local authorities are now controlled by Reform - including Doncaster, taken from Labour - plus three mayoralties and a new MP. After Nigel Farage's success in local elections last week, is this the strategy to take him all the way to Downing Street?
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2 weeks ago |
three.fm | Liz Bates
Carla Denyer defended fellow co-leader Adrian Ramsay after he failed to say whether he still believed "trans women are women". This cast doubt over the stance of the defiantly pro-trans party and raised questions over whether the two leaders were at odds. But as she joined activists on the campaign trail in Kent on Friday, Ms Denyer claimed she and her fellow Green MP were still unified but couldn't say whether they had spoken about the contentious issue.
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