Ali Fortescue
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Political Correspondent & Presenter @skynews | ex @bbcnews | [email protected] | DMs always open for stories
Joined October 2012
RT @SkyNews: 'I was hit a lot.'. Lib Dem MP Josh Babarinde spoke to Sky's @AliFortescue about his experience of domestic abuse during his c….
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RT @TomLarkinObs: 📚🤯 Incredible, bonkers @chloehadj investigation - the 'true' heartwarming literary phenomenon The Salt Path is really a s….
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RT @SkyNews: Is Wales about to have a nationalist moment?. Sky's @AliFortescue delves into Plaid Cymru's rhetoric surrounding the historic….
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What was going on with Rachel Reeves at PMQs? . Analysis👇.
news.sky.com
Rachel Reeves was visibly upset during PMQs. Her spokesperson said it was due to a "personal matter".
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Dame Meg Hillier saying this is a “good and workable compromise” + shows govt “has listened” - via @BethRigby.
NEW: Liz Kendall letter to MPs confirming “2 changes to strengthen bill”. 1. Current PIP claimants stay w/i current system . 2. Exciting recipients UC health element have “incomes fully protected in real terms” . ministerial review of PIP assessment . Full letter 👇
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NEW: Liz Kendall letter to MPs confirming “2 changes to strengthen bill”. 1. Current PIP claimants stay w/i current system . 2. Exciting recipients UC health element have “incomes fully protected in real terms” . ministerial review of PIP assessment . Full letter 👇
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Sounds like major offer has been made to Welfare rebels tonight.
Things moving tonight on welfare told from both sides there have been constructive talks and offer made. On concessions . Existing PIP claimants won’t be hit by the new criteria . UC health element won’t be removed from existing claimants . Having ignored for weeks, seems No 10.
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Minister Luke Pollard tells @SophyRidgeSky "of course" govt is in dialogue about potential changes to welfare bill.
.@SophyRidgeSky : "So it does sound like you're in dialogue about perhaps making changes to the welfare bill?". @LukePollard MP: "Of course we are.". #PoliticsHub 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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RT @SkyNews: Rachel Reeves has outlined her long-awaited spending review, setting budgets for government departments up to the next electio….
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RT @SkyNews: 📢 Coming up on #PoliticsHub with @AliFortescue …. 🔴Former Chancellor, @nadhimzahawi.🔴Former Shadow Chancellor, @johnmcdonnellM….
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RT @SkyPoliticsHub: 'Does Rachel Reeves have a raincoat?' - Sky's @AliFortescue. Treasury minister @EmmaforWycombe dismisses concerns over….
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RT @SkyPoliticsHub: 'Is Reform now the official opposition?' - Sky's @AliFortescue. Shadow chancellor @MelJStride responds to the fact that….
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Treasury minister not ruling out tax rises in the autumn.
"I'm not ruling it in and I'm not ruling it out.". Sky's @AliFortescue asks Treasury minister @EmmaforWycombe whether taxes will be going up in the autumn. #PoliticsHub 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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RT @lucybishop12: £118M promised by the Chancellor today to make coal tips safe - an issue highlighted by @SkyNews, @AliFortescue and @hanw….
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Chancellor announces £118m for Welsh coal tips . Our report on this from April @hanwo0dward 👇👇.
Nearly 60 years after the Aberfan disaster, communities still living beneath coal tips tell Sky’s @AliFortescue they fear history could repeat itself.
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Kwasi Kwarteng or Rachel Reeves? . Quick fire Qs with @Jeremy_Hunt (that didn’t - can you believe it! - make the cut for the @SkyPoliticsHub last night)
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RT @SkyPoliticsHub: 'It pains me to say it, but I worry they are losing moral authority through their actions,' says former foreign secreta….
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RT @SkyNews: 📢 Coming up on #PoliticsHub with @AliFortescue…. 🔴Sir @Jeremy_Hunt, Former Chancellor.🔴@mgshanks, Energy Minister.🔴@Jamesara,….
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