Oliver Wright
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Policy Editor of The Times
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Joined January 2010
The chief executive of Oxfam has been forced out by the charity’s trustees amid allegations of bullying staff. Halima Begum was facing claims that she had created a “climate of fear”. It followed complaints from more than 70 staff. https://t.co/HLmEj2dznK
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After an external investigation, the charity said there had been ‘an irretrievable breakdown in its trust and confidence’ in Halima Begum
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Oxfam chief forced out amid bullying claims https://t.co/33i5zQZfCu
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After an external investigation, the charity said there had been ‘an irretrievable breakdown in its trust and confidence’ in Halima Begum
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Can European leaders secure an Ukraine peace deal by Christmas - or does Trump just walk away? https://t.co/CssVNaBPMa
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The latest breaking UK, US, world, business and sport news from The Times and The Sunday Times. Go beyond today's headlines with in-depth analysis and comment.
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EXCL Concerns about Starmer’s leadership have prompted a group of soft-left Labour MPs to make early preparations for a leadership contest. Senior MPs in the Tribune Group believe they have the 80 members needed to enter a candidate into a future contest https://t.co/xWrstSjx0i
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The Tribune Group say they have the 80 MPs needed to back a candidate in a leadership contest with the PM
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Excl: Tory frontbencher apologises after police called to guest’s drunken Parliament bar row https://t.co/GwndsfwNc8
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EXCLUSIVE Rachel Reeves has told the Budget watchdog that she plans to increase income tax as she seeks to repair the public finances The Chancellor has informed the Office of Budget Responsibility that a rise in personal taxation is one of the “major measures” on tax and
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EXCLUSIVE: The prison service was unaware for six days that it had accidentally released a second migrant sex offender who was due to be deported Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian prisoner who is on the sex offenders register, was mistakenly released from HMP
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EXCLUSIVE: China compromised the system used to transfer highly secret data around Whitehall and obtained “vast amounts” of classified government information over a period of many years, Dominic Cummings has said Cummings, who served as a senior adviser to Boris Johnson, said
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Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer warns students not to take part in ‘un-British’ protests marking the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre and accuses those who call for violence against Jews of a ‘total loss of empathy and humanity’ Writing in The Times, the prime minister
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BREAKING Reform UK is close to having enough support to form a majority government after extending its lead over Labour, a YouGov MRP suggests Labour's position has significantly worsened since the last MRP in June. It is now on track to be left with just 144 MPs, down from 178
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This was due to be released as part of standard National Archives disclosure. But officials recommended keeping it secret because it could harm Britain's relations with the US
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Exclusive: Release of a secret memo in which Lord Mandelson urged Tony Blair to meet Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister was blocked by the government
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Revealed: How voters are turning against net zero https://t.co/0jGAInbbbP
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Research for The Times has uncovered a huge rise in scepticism over climate change as voters turn against net zero policies
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Delighted to say I've been promoted to Political Correspondent at The Times🎉 Excited for the next stage with the best team in the business!
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EXCLUSIVE: The parliamentary authorities have mounted a major investigation after a mobile phone was hidden in the Commons as part of a prank to broadcast sex noises during Prime Minister’s questions The Times has been told that the phone was planted near the front bench and
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An investigation has begun into how the phone was planted near the front bench in a serious breach of parliamentary security
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: For a Times investigation into lobbying, reporters have spoken to dozens of sources, scrutinised leaked documents and gone undercover. Here’s how we uncovered the story ⬇️
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How Boris Johnson is the only one standing in Nigel Farage’s way https://t.co/cH6TntqWxQ
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No 10 gags civil servants to stop them speaking out in public https://t.co/1g59xzXnhr
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Happy to share that from Friday I will be joining @thetimes' team in the lobby this summer, reporting on politics live from SW1 🗳️ If you'd like to get in touch about a story or for a coffee, please reach out via DMs or through the email address in my bio📧
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