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'We owe it to the people of all four nations to get to a point where the UK government is working in a collaborative way with the devolved governments,' Prime Minister Andy Burnham says in his opening remarks at today's devolution summit in Glasgow.
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"We have got to go after those Russian assets," says @wesstreeting
The defence sec says he "strongly supports" Rachel Reeves' plan to work with the EU to seize €210bn in Russian assets to support Ukraine ⬇️
Defence Sec Wes Streeting tells @AnnaJonesSky he "strongly" supports Rachel Reeves' call to unfreeze Russian assets. "We've got to go after those Russian assets... I've been talking to my NATO counterparts about what more we can do in this area so that was music to my ears."
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting tells @AnnaJonesSky "defence has been the big winner in the budget" 🧐with other departments doing the "heavy lifting to make sure we prioritise defence".
He rejects criticsm about the lack of detail on where the extra £11bn to hit 3% by 2030 will be found. "We're going to have to look at spending in the round and so it's right to do that at the spending review."
Exclusive: Campaigners claim leaflets promoting clinics in illegal Israeli settlements at a recruitment event for British medics in London violate the spirit of UK government sanctions announced in September, but not yet implemented
Leaflets promoting clinics in illegal Israeli settlements handed out at London medical recruitment event trib.al/qH1kLa5
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🚨Exclusive: 'He grabbed me by the arm' and 'shoved me out of the way' - 'It's just absolutely fantasy to say that it was the Liberal Democrats that started it.'
Lib Dem MP @CarolineVoaden tells me she was 'startled' after a physical altercation with Nigel Farage during the state opening of parliament
The South Devon MP says she reported what happened to the Sergeant at Arms, who told her Farage had been told to apologise (but she says she has never received one).
Reform maintains 'it's not true at all' and 'this is typical Lib Dem dishonesty in an attempt to stay relevant', while the Lib Dem frontbencher @mpmwilko backs up Voaden's account.
The MP involved in a “physical altercation” with Nigel Farage says it’s “absolutely fantasy” that the Lib Dems started it.
Caroline Voaden told Sky’s @LucyJMcDaid she was “startled” by the exchange in May.
Reform says the allegations are “not true at all”
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Leaflets promoting clinics in illegal Israeli settlements handed out at London medical recruitment event trib.al/qH1kLa5
Exclusive: Leaflet promoting clinics in illegal Israeli settlements handed out at London medical recruitment event- campaigners argue this violates the spirit of UK sanctions announced in September but yet to be implemented news.sky.com/share/13605395
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.@SophyRidgeSky asks both @libdemdaisy and @RobertJenrick about the alleged altercation that happened between a Lib Dem member and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage ⬇️
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🗣️ "You're asking us to be ready, but why aren't you ready?"
@SophyRidgeSky questions the chancellor on how the government will get to 3% of GDP for defence, and presses him on whether they are actually prepared.
Full interview: trib.al/W0OJ6Cg
The Chancellor is likely to announce that medicines donated by pharmaceutical giants to compassionate and early access schemes will be emempt from VAT in tomorrow's budget, Sky News understands - exclusive by @theoscarbentley news.sky.com/story/politics-…
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Baroness Carmen Smith has shared her reaction to vote on House of Lords reform with Sky's @AmandaAkass.
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'The Lords most people know are the ones in Bridgerton': watch highlights from today’s debate about establishing a consultation on abolishing & replacing the Lords here, as well as my interview with Baroness Smith after her bill passed to committee stage
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With many thanks to the legendary @HWoodwardSky - our coverage today was her vision xx
Meet Baroness Carmen Smith, who’s trying to take down the Lords from within. She wants to replace the Lords with a new elected chamber, something Keir Starmer once promised.
Debate on her bill begins at 10am today.
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BREAKING: Bill pushing government to replace House of Lords moved on to next stage by peers.
Live from Westminster, political correspondent @amandaakass explains what the next stages are.
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Baroness Carmen Smith's bill calling for a consultation on replacing the House of Lords with a new more representative second chamber has passed - it will now go to commitee stage.
The youngest member of the House of Lords is on a mission to destroy it from within.
Baroness Carmen Smith is using a private members bill to try to force the government to consult people on replacing the 700-year-old House of Lords with an alternative second chamber that is more representative of the nations and regions. Sky's @amandaakass reports.
Baroness Twycross, speaking for the govt, says while they have "significant sympathy" with Baroness Smith's proposal as per the manifesto - they do not support it as it "prematurely imposes the duty to consult" within 12 weeks & they have been taking a staged approach to reform
Interesting that of the speakers so far the majority have been supportive of Baroness Smith's bill calling for a consultation into abolishing and replacing the existing House of Lords @SkyNews
Exclusive polling by YouGov for @SkyNews found 56% of the public support having a a wholly or mostly elected House of Lords - compared to just 17% who prefer the idea of a wholly or mostly appointed one. Only 7% support the current wholly appointed set up.
