Jason Groves

Political Editor of the Daily Mail. Views my own, I'm afraid.

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

CHART OF THE DAY: I do understand why countries compete so hard to organize the COP climate conference — it has become a huge business.

Nearly 100,000 people are schedule to attend COP31 in Antalya (Turkey). That's ~3x the number of COP21 in Paris, and ~10x the COP3 in Kyoto.

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

NEW: No 10 rolling the pitch for cuts to benefits for *existing* young claimants ahead of the Milburn review. Spokeswoman says govt faces choice: ‘We can either invest earlier in young people’s success or we can continue paying the price of failure. We can’t afford to do both’

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

What is going on with the grooming gangs scandal? 18 months ago, the govt conceded 'words are not enough - victims and survivors need action'. But the authorities are *still* not collecting ethnicity data
https://t.co/I2x4T3UM05 via @DailyMail

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Andy Burnham now flying back from the Cop climate summit in Turkey where he delivered a six-minute speech to an empty hall pledging a 'new era of British leadership' on saving the planet. Meanwhile at home, Labour's big 'clean power 2030' pledge is being quietly ditched...

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Not sure anyone has spotted this - @Miatsf tells @BBCJustinR that Clean Power 2030 is now a 'stretch target'. Comes after @AngelaRayner used exactly the same language to describe building 1.5m houses - so that's two really big manifesto promises that are being downgraded.

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

'We weren't in the social media age at the time'

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Fossil fuels taking the strain today...

[The Independent @Independent]

This interview with Russell Brand could well win Ed Miliband the General Election http://t.co/nCZyTyvFmP

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

July 17: 'I have a plan'
July 20: 'Later this year I will bring forward a plan'
November 5: 'To be honest', you might have to wait til next year...

[Hugo Gye @HugoGye]

@TheEconomist ANDY BURNHAM EXC #2

The prime minister's ten-year plan could be pushed into 2027.

It was expected in December, but Burnham tells me: "We may go into the new year, to be honest... December or January, I think we will need to leave that open."

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Is the PM’s 10-year plan for Britain slipping? He had said it would come this year, but asked if this is still the case, his spokesman replies: ‘I don’t think we’ve ever given you a date’

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Burnham’s deputy Louise Haigh ducks the question when asked if the government believes that ‘lawbreakers can’t be lawmakers’ at #PMQs

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Shabana Mahmood originally said her immigration reforms would save the UK £10bn. She won’t say how much the decision to water them down will cost, but borders minister Anna Turley says they will still save ‘at least a billion’. So potentially a £9bn retreat

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Amid all the talk about foreign influence in British politics...

[Christopher Hope📝 @christopherhope]

Extraordinary. Just 18 per cent - 35,000 - of the 202,000 people who responded to the consultation on the Home Office's crackdown on indefinite leave to remain were British citizens. Three quarters were "current visa holders". Critics now asking if it is any wonder Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms were watered down. More now on @GBNEWS.

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Small boat migrants will be eligible for indefinite leave to remain under Shabana Mahmood's watered down reforms. They will have to wait up to 30 years to qualify, but there will be a route those who come to the UK illegally

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

John Healey has come full circle on welfare in a day. This morning he told the BBC's Today programme he'd cut welfare spending before the election. Now he tells @Channel4News: 'It's not correct to say that we're going to bring this welfare bill down in this Parliament...'

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

NEW: No 10 clarifying that despite the Chancellor saying he would cut the welfare bill by the next election there is no commitment to do so

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

To be fair to Healey, the PM says things every week that have to be immediately 'clarified' by his spin doctors. Why shouldn't the Chancellor join in the fun?

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

Uh oh… after John Healey clearly promised on @BBCr4today that the benefits bill will be cut before the next election, @ChrisMasonBBC tells listeners the Treasury have since been on the phone disputing he said this and that he wasn’t putting a timeline on welfare reductions.

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Resolution Foundation says typical disposable incomes are set to fall by an average of £1,050 over the next three years

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Office for Budget Responsibility says the Employment Rights Act ‘will likely have a negative impact’ on the economy, but has not put a precise figure on it

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Official forecasts suggest living standards will fall this year despite ‘breathing space’ measures in the Budget

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Budget 2026 raises taxes by £7bn a year by the end of the decade