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Olivia Barber

Rachel Reeves delivering the Autumn Budget today
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Five key takeaways from the Autumn Budget

Olivia Barber
26 November, 2025

There were some radical choices in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, but some will leave low and middle-income workers paying the price for reducing the national debt

Nigel Farage responds to school racism allegations
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Farage’s former classmate calls his racism denials “fundamentally dishonest”

Olivia Barber
26 November, 2025

“He is being fundamentally dishonest in everything that he says there.”

Shabana Mahmood unveils hardline plans for asylum system
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More than 500 immigration law experts speak out against Labour’s asylum proposals

Olivia Barber
26 November, 2025

Experts argue that the policies are “gimmicks” designed to make the government look tough, but they are not evidence-based

Reform UK
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Reform branch chair questioned over claims of being an ‘international best-selling author’

Olivia Barber
25 November, 2025

Lee Nallalingham describes himself as a best-selling author but hasn’t backed up the claim

Kemi Badenoch speaking at the CBI

Kemi Badenoch accused of ‘declaring war on workers’ over attacks on Employment Rights Bill

Olivia Barber
25 November, 2025

Badenoch made some bizarre claims about the Employment Rights Bill in a speech at the CBI conference yesterday

Nigel Farage responds to school racism allegations

Nigel Farage says he never abused classmates ‘in a hurtful or insulting way’

Olivia Barber
25 November, 2025

‘That’s very, very caveated. You’re not quite ruling this out.’

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Cross-party MPs ramp up calls for government to restore Electoral Commission’s independence

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

“Our democracy is not safe while the Electoral Commission is left so vulnerable.”

Rachel Reeves delivering her spending review this afternoon
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What do progressives want to see in the Autumn Budget?

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

Ditch the fiscal rules, scrap the two-child limit, wealth tax now! Progressives want to see bold reforms in the Budget. Will Labour deliver?

Nigel Farage being interviewed about Trump's state banquet
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Minister slams Nigel Farage over Reform’s “Russia problem”

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

“Nigel Farage will talk out of both sides of his mouth but he has been consistent about […] his support and admiration for Vladimir Putin.”

Ex-Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Nathan Gill has been sentenced to more than ten years in prison
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Nigel Farage faces calls to investigate any further pro-Russia links in Reform following Nathan Gill sentencing

Olivia Barber
21 November, 2025

Labour says Farage must “give the public a cast iron guarantee that any remaining pro-Russian links have been removed from his Party”.

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