Mhari Aurora
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Sky News Breakfast Political Correspondent, previously @thetimes | Got a story? DM me 📲 or email me 📩 [email protected]
London, England
Joined November 2018
MORE: Lord Offord has resigned his peerage altogether - he will no longer sit in the House of Lords. Nigel Farage says it’s “incredibly brave” to do this and calls the House of Lords “the best old people’s home in the country”.
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NEW: Tory frontbench peer and shadow energy minister Lord Malcolm Offord has just defected to Reform UK live on stage in a rally with Nigel Farage. Offord says: “I am resigning from the Conservative Party. Today I am joining Reform UK. And today I announce my intention to stand
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'It gives that impression of a lack of control' - @MhariAurora Mhari joins @SophyRidgeSky & @WilfredFrost to go through Sophy's interview with David Lammy, where he confirmed that two more prisoners have been mistakenly released ⬇️
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NEW: David Lammy will today announce: • Extending magistrates’ sentencing powers from 12 months to 18 months, with a provision to go further to 24 months • Scrapping the defendants right to elect to be tried by a jury • Reforming the appeals process and removing the
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Even the most self-sufficient kids need a squad to take on the ARC. Token Black knows the value of teamwork (and a deep wallet). Rally your friends and dive into ARC Raiders to fight the good fight. If you’re lucky, maybe Token will spot you some high-end upgrades.
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🗣️ 'Are you aware of any more violent offenders or sex offenders who have been let out of jail by mistake' - @SophyRidgeSky 🗣️ 'There are two people currently at large' - Justice Sec @DavidLammy
https://t.co/irYjbdutqk 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube
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As the government U-turn on day-one protection from unfair dismissal, Sky's @MhariAurora explains what was originally in Labour's manifesto and why they have decided to do this https://t.co/G8gDzyqv3Q 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham reacts to government u-turn on day 1 rights: “The employment rights bill is a shell of its former self. With fire and rehire and zero hours contracts not being banned, the Bill is already unrecognisable. “These constant row backs will
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Labour 2024 manifesto on workers rights: “This will include banning exploitative zero hours contracts; ending fire and rehire; and introducing basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay, and protection from unfair dismissal.” Surely this is a breach of the manifesto?
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BREAKING: The government has U-turned on its manifesto pledge to introduce day one protections from unfair dismissal. https://t.co/G8gDzyqv3Q 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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"Have you offered to resigned and if not, why not?" Sky's @joncraig presses Office for Budget Responsibility boss Richard Hughes for answers after the budget was erroneously uploaded before the chancellor's announcement. https://t.co/LBYFsKhFHB 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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LibDems furious that the OBR estimates digital ID will cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years. LibDem Cabinet Office Spox: “This just confirms what we already knew, digital IDs are a huge waste of taxpayers' money, and will do nothing to tackle the spiralling
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Kemi Badenoch finishes her response to the Budget to cheers from her backbenchers - absolutely savage attacks of Rachel Reeves. One of the strongest moments we’ve seen from Badenoch since becoming Tory leader
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Ooff! Kemi Badenoch criticises Rachel Reeves for “wallowing in self pity and whining about mansplaining and misogyny”. She looks at Rachel Reeves across the despatch box and tells her: “Woman to woman, people aren’t complaining because she’s female, they’re complaining because
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Leader of the Opposition claims Reeves “is taking the public for fools” and criticises that “a million more people claiming UC than there were at the time of the last Budget”
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Kemi Badenoch responds to the Budget, accusing Reeves of raising “taxes on anyone doing the right thing […] no-one will ever trust her again”. Badenoch claims not only will Reeves will be known for being the first woman chancellor but also as “the worst ever chancellor”
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Good news for politicians both left and right who've been calling for a nuanced read of gambling; you've got betting that involves learning and socialising and then you've got betting that involves lonely scrolling/staring into a machine
🎰🎲 Chancellor hikes gambling taxes substantially (something former PM Gordon Brown has been lobbying for) raising £1.1 billion by 2029-30 • Remote gambling will be taxed at 40%, up from 21% • Online gambling will be taxed at 25% 💻 • No tax hikes for in-person gambling
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Angela Rayner praising Reeves’ decision to abolish the 2 child benefit cap
Ending the two-child benefit cap will help hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Labour’s record on fighting child poverty changed my life. Now we’re doing it again for the next generation. 🌹
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Reeves officially announces she will abolish the 2 child benefit cap IN FULL. Also removing the ‘rape clause’ from the statute books (where if a woman has been raped she has to prove it to be eligible for the extra benefits for her additional child) saying as a woman chancellor
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