Sophy Ridge
Presenter and Host, Sophy Ridge On Sunday at Sky News
Lead politics presenter, Sky News. RTS Presenter of the Year. “Fuelled by canteen hash browns” - the Sunday Times.
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3 weeks ago |
news.sky.com | Sophy Ridge
Governments "have to be fair" to pensioners but there is a case for people on the top rate of income tax to be excluded from winter fuel payments, Gordon Brown has said. Asked if he thought the U-turn was the right move, he said: "Yeah. I think what Keir's saying is the economy has improved and he feels that the country is in a better position, that they can afford to do better by the pensioner community. "You must be fair to the different communities in your country when they're struggling...
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1 month ago |
coastfm.co.uk | Sophy Ridge
"Supermax" jails could be built to house the most dangerous offenders following a spate of alleged attacks on staff, the prisons minister has said. James Timpson told the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge that "we shouldn't rule anything out" when asked if the most dangerous criminals should be placed in top security prisons. It comes after Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana allegedly threw boiling water from a kettle at an officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday. Police are now investigating.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Sophy Ridge
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1 month ago |
news.sky.com | Sophy Ridge
"As far as I'm concerned, there's only three ways to spend the taxpayers' hard-earned when it comes for prisons. More walls, more bars and more guards."Prison reform is one of the hardest sells in government. Hospitals, schools, defence - these are all things you would put on an election leaflet. Even the less glamorous end of the spectrum - potholes and bin collections - are vote winners. But prisons?
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1 month ago |
news.sky.com | Rhiannon Mills |Sophy Ridge
The Royal Family are "fully focused" on this week's VE Day events and celebrating the "selfless devotion, duty and service" of the wartime generation, despite Prince Harry's shock interview.
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