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The Times political editor Steven Swinford has said that John Healey is taking a “more conservative approach” to increases in youth minimum wage in his budget that comes out on Wednesday.

“Previously, there were absolutely huge increases in the minimum wage for younger people. You know, about 26 per cent over the last two years that went up. This time it's just going up by 3.9 per cent.”

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Adam Boulton says that Donald Trump's attack on Norway is "demented stuff" from the US President.

"The one thing I would say is these people are stupid and incompetent. I think we can say that safely in the Trump administration."

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Host of the Stretford Paddock podcast Jay Motty says that Manchester United "are almost unmanageable".

“If a manager comes in and he's given the right funds, the right backing in the January transfer window...Manchester United can get back to challenging. But at the moment we're a million miles away from that.”

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“I believe that within my lifetime, within the next ten, 20 or 30 years, we will see an episode resembling a civil war.”

The son of former French president Nicholas Sarkozy, Louis Sarkozy says if Marine Le Pen is elected the next leader of France then “every left wing party, especially Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise will call for riots.”

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“In regard to Digwa, were there opportunities to prevent what happened? Were those opportunities missed?”

Crime & policing commissioner Danny Shaw breaks down the independent review into police conduct and missed warnings in the Henry Nowak murder.

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“We’ve all got different politics, that doesn’t mean we can’t work together.”

Lucie Kon, former BBC producer, explains how she was ‘forced out’ by colleagues at the BBC for her ‘zionist’ beliefs following October 7th.

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Sadiq Khan understands that the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street will have some initial “teething problems”, but is also “confident” Londoners will recognise the “huge advantage” this project will have.

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“Often ideology is just a cloak for people’s desire to commit acts of violence anyway.”

Philosopher Quassim Cassam discusses the personality type a terrorist is likely to have.

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Andrew Neil says he "wouldn’t rush to apologise” to Meghan Markle amid allegations against her father.

“It doesn’t roll back everything she did in these appalling interviews, the Netflix documentary and so on.”

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Reform UK would approve North Sea licences at Rosebank and go "well beyond", says Reform UK leader Richard Tice.

"With Norway, for example, where last year they drilled, I think, 49 new production wells. We drilled zero."

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The Conservatives would not fund upgrades to the National Grid that currently relies too heavily on renewables, says shadow energy secretary Andrew Bowie.

"As David Cameron would have said back in the day, cutting the green crap."

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Rough sleeping is a symbol for many people of "what is going wrong in society", so Labour is aiming to get everyone off the streets by Christmas, says housing minister Sally Jameson.

"I think people will also notice it in their own communities and on their high streets as well."

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The director of the tv adaptation of Carrie, Mike Flanagan says the that idea of "a version of reality where kids don't survive school is a level of horror that's hard to understand."

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“I hope we see some really bold reforms that get us out of this low growth trap that is causing so many people to be desperately worried about their future.”

The UK needs "bold reforms" in the budget to save youth jobs, says Jeremy Hunt.

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The Thomas Markle allegations will be deeply traumatic for his daughter Meghan, says former editor of the Evening Standard Emily Sheffield.

"She's been living with this knowledge for seven years."

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“The country is broke.”

Reform UK’s emergency budget plan includes cutting 68,000 civil service jobs and curbing welfare spending but they will “give some of it back to working people”, says Robert Jenrick.

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After previously revealing a bottle of Sauvignon blanc and mascara were in her emergency go-bag, Angela Rayner U-turns and says she would now prioritise "water over wine".

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"We need a pragmatic and honest conversation about the damage that was done, the promises that were said to the British people that never materialised."

Angela Rayner backs Andy Burnham on closer EU ties in the future.

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