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5 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
EXCL: Labour leader @Keir_Starmer opposes Boris Johnson's National Insurance hike to fund social care.

"We don't agree that is the appropriate way to do it. Do we accept we need more investment? Yes. Do we accept NI is the right way to do it? No."
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Starmer tells me it's "inevitable" taxes will have to rise to help solve social care crisis.

Amid pressure to back hike to capital gains instead of NI he hints he might be prepared to accept over-65s shd contribute.

"We need a fair way to raise the money that is needed."
After summer tour round UK, Starmer tells me:
🌹hostility to Labour under Corbyn has gone
🌹public now "open to being persuaded" by party
🌹he has no plans to welcome Andy Burnham back to Westminster
🌹it's "not a problem" if Corbyn comes to conference
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
EXCL: Keir Starmer backs roll out of Covid jabs to all secondary school kids - and says he would want his 12-year-old son to get the jab

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
More from Starmer interview:

👉🏼Labour to force vote on cutting £20 UC uplift on Weds. “We still think there's time them to back down."

👉🏼Ministers should "keep their word" on the pensions triple-lock - even if OAPs get a bigger rise than workers.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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21 Jul
BREAKING: Government confirms 3% pay rise for NHS staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried GPs.
Ministers originally suggested a rise of just 1% - a real terms pay cut - which was branded "insulting" by NHS workers.

It would have been politically *extremely* difficult for Health Secretary Sajid Javid to ignore recommendation of independent pay review body.
It comes after a chaotic few days of the pay announcement being on, off, then on again etc.

No 10 insiders suggesting there was some last minute wrangling over the detail. Not sure which bits.
Read 4 tweets
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21 Jul
Keir Starmer kicks off with PM's "get out of isolation free card" - asking if public should self-isolate if pinged.

Boris Johnson says isolation remains a "vital tool" but apologises to businesses/ public sector who are "experiencing any inconvenience".

Final #PMQs of session.
Starmer: "The British people are trying to follow the rules, how can they when his ministers keep making them up as they go along?"

(ref to ministers y'day saying app was "advisory" and "allow you to make informed decision" - No 10 insiders admit they didn't get "tone" right)
"We'll be heading for a summer of chaos" - Starmer

One million children out of school.

Businesses closing b/c staff self-isolating.

No 10 changing advice on which businesses exempt changing "hour by hour".

"Which workers will be exempt fr isolating before 16 Aug?"
Read 5 tweets
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10 Jun
Science committee chair @GregClarkMP confirms that Dominic Cummings hasn't produced any evidence to back up his allegations - and says they must be regarded as "unproven".

"If serious allegations are made against an individual, they must be corroborated with evidence".
Clark going through Cummings allegations...

Did you knowingly lie to the PM?
Hancock: "No"

Did you claim that everybody received treatment they needed?
Hancock: "I did absolutely say that everybody got the Covid treatment that they needed".
Did you blame devastating PPE shortages on NHS chief Simon Stevens and Chancellor?

"No that is not a fair recollection of the situation".

He adds there were "huge challenges" including removing bureaucracy/ ripping up red tape.
Read 4 tweets
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9 Jun
Excited to be at my first in-person press conference since the pandemic began, courtesy of the EU 🇪🇺 and Maroš Šefčovič. Looking forward to UK govt 🇬🇧following suit!
Maroš Šefčovič says still “numerous and fundamental” gaps in UK implementation of Brexit deal.

EU is “at a crossroads” in its relationship w/ UK. “Trust, which should be at the heart, needs to be restored”

Will act “swiftly, firmly and resolutely” if UK takes unilateral action
Šefčovič warns patience w/ UK is wearing “very very thin” & EU will “assess all options” at disposal.

These incl “cross-retaliation” such as suspending cooperation in some sectors & quota tariffs.

He adds: “I do not want this to happen...”
Read 6 tweets
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9 Jun
Keir Starmer goes on Kevan Collins £15bn school catch-up plan at #PMQs.

(Which ended up as £3bn after Rishi Sunak said it was too expensive).

"The PM roles over, and children lose out. So much for levelling up."
Keir Starmer contrasts UK's catch-up funding for pupils at £50 p/ppl p/yr with US at £1,600 and
Netherlands £2,500.

Labour leader highlights free school meals, exam fiasco, now catch-up.

"The PM has been all over the place on education and he's on the wrong side of it again"
Schools are fertile electoral territory for Labour after years of cuts and more recent rows over free school meals, exam chaos & now catch-up funding.

School-funding was a massive issue at the 2017 general election... theguardian.com/education/2017…
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7 Jun
Boris Johnson's foreign aid cuts are safe... for now.

But Speaker adds that MPs should get a vote - and drops big hint he'd allow an emergency debate as soon as tomorrow.
I'm told that former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, leader of the Tory foreign aid rebels, has applied for an emergency SO24 debate tomorrow so MPs get a vote on the Government's plans. Speaker minded to grant it.
NEW: Former minister Andrew Mitchell applies for emergency SO24 debate on Govt plan for overseas aid cuts. He claims vote would've passed by "probably around 20", warning: "The House of Commons maths is not going to go away."
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