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Ahead of Keir Starmer's trip to the Nato summit, former defence secretary John Healey speaks to @bbcnickrobinson about his concerns for the alliance and the threats it faces

Listen to the latest #PoliticalThinking on BBC Sounds

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Accusations around Nigel Farage leave him looking vulnerable to his rivals, @ChrisMasonBBC writes

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PoliticsJOE’s Ava-Santina Evans tells #PoliticsLive “a massive reset" is required as the programme discusses the government’s new proposal on donations from overseas votes moving to the UK

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On Monday's #PoliticsLive

Allison Gardner MP, Labour
Leon Emirali, Former Conservative adviser
Ava-Santina Evans, PoliticsJOE

10:15pm BBC Two https://t.co/cXaLpgQvqR

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Nigel Farage says no "wrongdoing" after benefits, provided by ally once convicted of fraud in US, not declared

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Police probe Yes Scotland campaign's 'missing £1.5m' claim https://t.co/vkrqGkWzxX

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Nigel Farage could face an investigation into claims he failed to declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US.

Chief Political correspondent Henry Zeffman told #BBCBreakfast the Reform UK leader has said he has 'done no wrongdoing'

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Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year https://t.co/2sAa0KjOjb

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will pay any council tax owed linked to houseboat

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'Posh George': Who is aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy? https://t.co/c1AtMpLy70

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“It has diminished Britain”
“I profoundly disagree!”

Christiane Amanpour and Lord Gove differ over the legacy of Brexit and it’s impact on Britain’s economy and defence relationships.

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“He’s personable, he’s pragmatic”

Lord Gove, editor of the Spectator, assesses Andy Burnham and says he’s a “more formidable political operator” than when he last ran for Labour leadership

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“Is there the sort of will at the centre to grapple with those big issues…and I think that was lacking”

Steph Driver, who was Downing Street Director of Communications under Keir Starmer, analyses what went wrong.

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“My message was just be yourself. Stay yourself.”

Labour peer Lord Blunkett shares the advice he’s given to his former colleague Andy Burnham who is front-runner to become the next prime minister

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“No rules have been broken whatsoever”

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick responds to allegations that Nigel Farage may have broken parliamentary rules, after reports he failed to declare benefits provided by an ally who was once convicted of fraud in the US.

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"The fact that senior clinicians refused to take part in Donna Ockenden's review in Nottingham is totally unacceptable"

Health Secretary says he felt "numb" and "winded" by the sheer scale of the maternity scandal, after meeting the families of patients at NHS Nottingham.

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"It just feels wrong and it has to change"

James Murray tells #BBCLauraK he would like to see a retrospective duty of candour applied to staff at NHS Nottingham, after senior staff refused to engage with the largest maternity scandal in NHS history.

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"Just to be clear with people, it is an option then of booting them out?"

#BBCLauraK asks Health Secretary James Murray whether the government will cancel the NHS contract with Palantir, following its review.

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Police leadership needs 'ethical reset', Lord Blunkett tells BBC https://t.co/G5T0CLuL5A

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Farage denies breaking rules after reports of undeclared benefits from ally https://t.co/bCwESCZUMs