Martina Bet
Political Correspondent at The Sun
Political correspondent at @TheSun - [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thesun.co.uk | Martina Bet
BENEFITS will have to be slashed again after ministers blew their one big shot to fix Britain’s spiralling welfare bill, Government insiders fear. Plans for a major crackdown were watered down - with No10 accused of panicking over leaks and pushback from leftie Labour MPs.The reforms were originally due to be unveiled at the Spring Statement - but were brought forward and softened following a wobble in Downing Street.
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1 week ago |
thesun.co.uk | Jack Elsom |Martina Bet
PARLIAMENT is being recalled tomorrow for an emergency Saturday session as the future of British Steel teeters on the brink. MPs have had their Easter holidays cut short to be summoned back to Westminster for an urgent update on the vital industry. It is possible British Steel will be nationalised to save it from collapsing entirely following crisis talks with ministers. The last time Parliament sat on Saturday was in 2021 after the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government.
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1 week ago |
thesun.co.uk | Martina Bet
BRITISH steelmaking is less than 24 hours from collapse as ministers scramble to save the industry. In last-ditch crisis talks, the Government offered to buy emergency coal from abroad to keep Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces fired up. But it has sparked anger as it comes just months after Energy Secretary Ed Miliband blocked any hope of a new UK coal mine in Cumbria as part of his drive to hit Net Zero — leaving Britain reliant on imported supplies.
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1 week ago |
thesun.co.uk | Ashley Armstrong |Martina Bet
TRILLIONS of dollars were wiped back off US stock markets yesterday after the White House confirmed tariffs on China would rocket to 145 per cent. Investors fled for the hills — fearing further financial turbulence would result from the near-daily ratcheting up of the levies between the two economic superpowers. And despite another day spent in the red, President Donald Trump still insisted his trade war was “going very well”.
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2 weeks ago |
thesun.co.uk | Martina Bet
MICHAEL Gove is set for a seat in the House of Lords as ex-PM Rishi Sunak dishes out peerages to his closest allies. The Tory veteran - who held six cabinet posts under four prime ministers - is among seven names expected to feature in Mr Sunak's resignation honours, according to sources familiar with the list. Mr Gove, now editor of The Spectator magazine, remains hugely influential in Tory circles despite stepping down as an MP.
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EXCL: Cyber crooks waging war on British schools - with more than a third hit by crippling attacks in the past year. Education chiefs scrambling to protect pupils after a surge in hacking attempts, many linked to Russian-speaking gangs. https://t.co/3Bw8ls7MWX
EXCL: A fresh crackdown to slash net migration has sparked a Government row over reducing graduate visas. Education officials have been pushing back measures in the upcoming immigration white paper- warning the move could cripple the university sector. https://t.co/nTQRvivoMl