Mason Boycott-Owen
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🚨 Delighted to say that I have moved to
@POLITICOEurope
covering all things politics and writing the Sunday Crunch newsletter
My DMs are very much open for coffees and pints 🎈
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My dad telling me to put another jumper on instead of turning on the heating
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🚨personal news🚨
After 4(ish) lovely years at the Telegraph I’m off to the
@yorkshirepost
as its new Westminster Correspondent in the lobby from August
Can’t wait to get started with a great team at Yorkshire's national newspaper
As always DMs are open for tips/stories/pints
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NEW: Government faces legal action over handling of coronavirus pandemic
@TelGlobalHealth
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NEW: Labour is working with Joe Biden's team which wrote the Inflation Reduction Act to make a verison for the UK
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EXC: Keir Starmer pledges devolution, industry jobs and that Yorkshire’s voters won’t be taken for granted again
My exclusive interview with the Labour leader in tomorrow’s
@YorkshirePost
as Tory MPs prepare to bring down Truss
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When you haven’t got enough points to unlock the Matt Hancock character
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Prince Harry arrives at St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School in Acton and is greeted by pupils and Winnie the dog
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FOI request being “paused because we’ve not responded in 6 months” is a new one
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Interesting voter breakdown in our splash today on North Yorkshire mayoral election
York:
🔴 Lab: 25,639
🔵 Con: 7,173
North Yorkshire:
🔴 Lab: 41,122
🔵 Con: 44,794
Labour almost neck-and-neck in the area it won no seats in 2019
YORKSHIRE POST: Historic’ victory for Labour in Tory regional heartland
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The family of an NHS pharmacist who died from Covid -19 will lodge a civil claim alleging that health secretary Matt Hancock and Public Health England breached their statutory duty in key decisions made about the spread of coronavirus in the UK.
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EXC: A Labour MP’s aide has been paid £400,000 by Kurdistani oil companies while he and his MP pushed for the region’s interests in Parliament.
My investigation in tomorrow’s
@Telegraph
features machine guns, free trips abroad, and Top Gear.
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NEW: Yorkshire is to recieve only half the Levelling Up funding of the South East of England
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Sorry to repeat it, but I am still absolutely loving the Lib Dem offer to Labour of a temporary Government under Ken Clarke.
'Hello Mr Corbyn, would you like to give me, the leader of a party with 14 MPs, all of your 247 votes to install another Conservative Prime Minister?'
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EXC: National Service plan could see future cuts to numeracy in deprived Yorkshire communities
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Harry needed a hand from a special little helper to plant the commemorate cherry tree
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Mmmm yes, who would do such a thing?
It’s staggering that Labour’s Sadiq Khan is faking newspaper headlines in his videos to spread misinformation and lies online - the desperate actions of a man who’d rather lie than listen.
Labour’s gutter politics in London needs cleaning up. Only
@Councillorsuzie
will listen.
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"Can I say, what an honour it is to be at this dispatch box facing the next Prime Minister as she awaits her call from the Palace, a true honour"
says
@EmilyThornberry
as Suella takes attorney general questions in the Commons
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All the children chanting ‘Prince Harry!’ as he makes his way outside
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Breaking: Tory candidate for Selby by-election has pulled out.
New selection will have to take place in the coming days
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The Prince really got into the unveiling of the plaque
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Harry was greeted to a beautiful rendition of Seasons of Love by the pupils
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Did they go over-budget while deciding to get married and have a third child when winter was drawing in?
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First day at the YP today - DMs and emails are open for any stories / coffees
mason.boycottowen
@nationalworld
.com
🚨personal news🚨
After 4(ish) lovely years at the Telegraph I’m off to the
@yorkshirepost
as its new Westminster Correspondent in the lobby from August
Can’t wait to get started with a great team at Yorkshire's national newspaper
As always DMs are open for tips/stories/pints
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The father-to-be got stuck in and helped out some of the children planting saplings in the garden.
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The Prince found time to stop and chat with some of his little fans
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New: The scramble to the pumps has started putting trials at risk, on top of a shortage of barristers and growing backlog
@TelegraphNews
@Telegraph
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🚨 🚨 Some personal news 🚨 🚨
I am pleased to announce I have been refunded a whole 2 British pounds quid by student finance.
DMs are open for any hot tips on where I can invest it.
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🚨EXC: I interviewed Rishi Sunak for
@yorkshirepost
to get an insight into why he has an "inner belief" he can still succeed, and trace his journey from candidate to Prime Minister in under a decade.
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🚨 New: The
@yorkshirepost
launches Battleground Yorkshire, a new series exploring the key seats and issues ahead of polling day.
I visit 12 seats in 12 weeks and speak to voters, candidates and experts to see how Yorkshire will vote.
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Finished the
@Telegraph
grad scheme this year - and it’s been great, in spite of what is thoroughly a rubbish year with all of this going on
Anyhoo - here some stories I was proud of from 2020 - more to come in January:
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NEW: Older workers are facing being chucked on the "scrapheap" as over-50s unemployment and age discrimination tribunal claims have surged during second lockdown
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NEW: All this week I’ve taken a deep dive into devolution, and where is next for project under Sunak
My long-read today for the
@yorkshirepost
is free to read 🔓
Here is what I found 🧵👇
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Grab a copy of today’s Sunday
@Telegraph
to read my exclusive on how pregnant women are being denied pain relief on the NHS 👇
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It was the story I was born to write - a page of news on
@GreggsOfficial
sausage rolls.
Pick up today’s
@TheEveningTimes
to read how Glasgow loves the new
#vegansausagerolls
And of course my in-depth review of these bad boys - as well as the moral implications for society
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🗳️ Doesn’t rule out leading Labour into 2030 election (by which time he could be 67)
🤝 Says he and Reeves are “as close or closer” than Blair and Brown
📉 Hints at upcoming announcement on OBR reform to strengthen the body
🏭 Open to the idea of One Yorkshire devolution deal
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Absolutely huge energy from Ofqual press office.
"The office is closed"
Clearly expecting a quiet one today
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*** news ***
Pleased to say that myself and
@Tony_Diver
have returned unscathed from Scotland, and have joined
@PA
on loan from the
@Telegraph
for the next three months.
Send all of your news to: mason.boycott-owen
@pressassociation
.com
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🏠New: Government will not reform council tax
Response to Levelling Up Committee is pretty clear on changing unfair bands:
⛔️ Too expensive to do
⛔️ Likely to hit pensioners
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Pick up a copy of tomorrow’s Sunday
@Telegraph
to read my investigation into how councils across the country are misleading vulnerable people and their families over what care they are entitled to
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NEW: Sunak faces a perfect storm of national and local factors in his seat that makes the unthinkable possible next month
My look at whether Rishi Sunak lose Richmond and Northallerton for
@yorkshirepost
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Nice cheery quote from Seneca there by Truss, the Roman philosopher forced to take his own life for a crime he didn’t commit
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🎈Bit of personal news🎈
Dead chuffed to say I’ll be starting at the
@Telegraph
in September on their Editorial Graduate Scheme
Cheers to everyone who’s given me advice, guidance and work over the last couple of years - wouldn’t be where I am without it!
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🔵Our analysis shows that of the £1.6 billion England given out in England, £1.1 billion went to areas with a Tory MP, or a majority of Tory MPs.
🔴Only around £475 million was given to Labour areas of the country.
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Hello! In lieu of any New Years resolutions I’ve decided to simply ‘do more stuff’ next year, and write about it.
It’s a new album, a new film, a new pub, and somewhere to eat every fortnight or so straight to your inbox:
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NEW: People are going blind because they are too scared to go to the optician or doctor during lockdown.
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EXC: I spoke to Richard today about what the first thing he will say to Nazanin as she returns from Iran
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Wrote my first ever pieces for Palatinate and wouldn’t have done journalism without it
The uni could look at the almost £300,000 paid to its Vice Chancellor, or the £2 million of University money invested in works of art over the years if they’re looking for spare change
Editorial: Palatinate deserves SU funding for print newspapers
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Northern Powerhouse has its first win by getting someone called Sheffield as Editor of the Standard
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I went up to Manchester last week to speak to retained Thomas Cook staff who are being 'held to ransom' at risk of losing redundancy pay - my exclusive on the front page of today's
@telebusiness
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New with
@PaulNuki
: PHE-led tests which take swabs and saliva samples from the same patient are counted as two separate tests as the Govt tries to get to 200,000 daily tests.
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“The lighthouse beam only comes around so often to an opposition party," he says.
"It came around on to us in the last few weeks and months and it illuminated a party which has changed, which is ready, which has got the answers to the challenges the country is facing.”
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Simon Clarke suggests inflation means that levelling up fund bids will have to be downgraded
i.e. less money for levelling up
Says central or local govt can't "buck inflation" or "accommodate the cost" in settlements
Responding to Labour's
@AlexNorrisNN
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Starmer would be the oldest first term PM since Callaghan, but insists he’s here to see the project through
“I want to be the next prime minister, I'm into this for the long term, I know it will take time.”
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West Yorkshire Mayor
@TracyBrabin
takes a swipe at former No 10 "meddling" where an advisor travelled 200 miles to tell her what colour the bins should be.
“Fortunately that person is no longer in post, but I still am, so we continue doing the good work”. 👀
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Labour claiming victory in North Yorkshire
Spox: “This is a truly historic result in York and North Yorkshire. Keir Starmer's Labour party is now winning in Rishi Sunak’s backyard. The Prime Minister’s own constituents have taken a look at the two parties and chosen Labour.”
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Yorkshire MP slams "BBC bias" while sharing a story from a, errr, fake newspaper which the party puts out as leaflets
BBC BIAS
I was involved in this and worked hard to make it happen. Labour now want to take away that rail link and use the money elsewhere.
Was the
@BBCLookNorth
headline: MINISTER REFUSES LABOUR MAYOR’S DEMAND TO SCRAP RAIL LINK TO AIRPORT? Sadly no. 🧵3/6
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Can't wait for Jools Holland, Sting, Paloma Faith and a steel drum band's take on WAP to play us into 2021
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Telegraph understands that Larry sees May’s proposal as: “a paw deal for the U.K.”
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🚨 fun news 🚨
I’ve got a newsletter launching on Tuesday with
@yorkshirepost
Every week I bring you a round-up of what’s happening in politics and what it means for Yorkshire, the North and beyond.
You can sign up to Westminster Explained here:
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Mid-date they spent a good hour explaining why they were convinced they were haunted by the ghost of Mary Shelley, before showing me their copy of Frankenstein that they ‘have on them at all times’
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You'd think the time spent by FOI officers coming up with excuses not to answer your request could be better spent actually getting the information you asked for
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👑 One pensioner in particular would likely be hit by any changes to council tax bands
From the Economist: Buckingham Palace, valued at ~£1 billion, sits in band H and is charged £1,828 by Westminster City Council, less than an average three-bedroom property in Blackpool. In 2024, 46 per cent of households in England will pay more in council tax than the Palace.
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@montie
Get rid of the “” Tim - she’s had a long professional career and will always be more of a journalist that you’re capable of being
Do you not respect her because she’s a woman or because she’s Muslim - or is it both?
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*thinly-veiled subtweet*
There are so few entry-level trainee schemes for young journalists in the UK at the moment.
It's a real shame that some 'journalism trainee schemes' ask for a at least a year of professional experience or significant experience in e.g. investigations
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EXC: The Government is looking at ways it can bring back grammar schools and expand existing ones, the Education Secretary has confirmed in an exclusive interview with the
@yorkshirepost
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EXC: A majority of police officers have seen evidence lost or stored incorrectly, often directly impacting the outcome of their investigations
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🏭 Comes amid fears the UK could be left behind in the green energy race with the EU already unveiling its fightback against US subsidies called "protectionist" by Kemi Badenoch
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@BillNeelyNBC
@BBCNews
@thetimes
@Telegraph
Great to see you’re using the death of a talented woman to get a few likes for what weird prejudices you have against U.K. media - classy stuff, Bill
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Staff at Big Sainsbury’s say they’ve not had any pasta sheets in stock since May.
Wembley lasagna clearly wreaking havoc on supply chains, and more importantly, my dinner plans
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New: Boris’ popularity is on the wane with Tory association chairs, MPs and voters in Tory heartlands, as well as his own constituents.
Reaction to
@Tony_Diver
’s scoop is that for the actions of Number 10 staff, “the culture starts at the top”
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EXCL in today's
@Telegraph
NHS trusts have spent almost £30 mil on preparation for coroners inquests amid concerns that "witness coaching" of staff has not been stamped out
@INQUEST_ORG
@AvMAuk
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Cravendale was right... the cows want it back
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GB News just cut to a tree in the studio instead of their guest - this is just pure comedy
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We want your ideas on the best way to manage
#coronavirus
.
So far we’ve had 3,700 ideas and over 16,000 comments on our online discussion.
The last chance to submit ideas is 10pm Monday.
Tell us what you think now➡️
Have you had your say yet?
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Pick up today’s
@TheEveningTimes
to read about how hundreds of residents and campaigners came together to fight the closure of Whitehill Swimming Pool
@SaveWhitehill
@PaulJSweeney
@DennistounCC
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🗞 Pick up a copy of tomorrow’s
@Telegraph
to read my investigation into the National Lottery’s online games
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EXC: No plans to appoint a Minister for the North, breaking a campaign pledge Rishi made to Red Wall Tories in the NRG
PM signed up to the "Northern Agenda" in July, inc the cabinet job with "direct responsibility for local growth"
@yorkshirepost
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🇩🇪 Am told this builds on Labour's trip to Germany where it discussed how the UK can find a middle-ground between business investment and competing with the Bloc
This could see the UK and European counterparts focusing on separate industries
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NEW: Rishi Sunak has now ditched half of his pledges to Northern Tories in the NRG
Department for Education have no plans for "Voxbridge" (two vocational colleges in the North to rival Oxford and Cambridge)
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Ah yes, Cities of London and Westminster - my fave *checks notes* town...
How many of the seats Labour needs to turn around to win at the next election are towns?
104 out of 123 according to this analysis by
@andrew_harrop
@thefabians
#Peston
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If you’re bemused after discovering some headphones attached to your backpack after coming off the Victoria line, they were ripped out of my ears and phone as you barged past.
Both thoughts and prayers are appreciated at this difficult time.
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Someone's leaked the leak inquiry you say?
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 w/
@patrickkmaguire
Labour Party staff have filed a complaint over Sue Gray's handling of a secret leak inquiry.
They claim Keir Starmer's chief of staff inspected phones and interviewed officials without union representation during party investigation into story
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