Ed Chivers

I make political programmes for the BBC. Producer 'Fixing Britain': @JSchofieldTrust Senior Fellow

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

For the last few months I’ve been working on this alongside the ‘maestro’ @gilesedwards⁩. Please tune in! All this week at 9am on ⁦@BBCRadio4⁩ and also available on ⁦⁦@BBCSounds⁩

BBC Radio 4 - Fixing Britain with Louise Casey https://t.co/gWuVUj5JEy

[Vicki Young @BBCVickiYoung]

What’s it like to play football with @AndyBurnhamGM & @Keir_Starmer? Do tactics on the pitch reflect their political style? We discuss on Week in Westminster

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

@RebeccaKeating @BBCr4today Congratulations Rebecca!

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Do listen to latest @BBCRadio4 #WeekInWestminster
🌍 Iran conflict w Admiral Lord West @Tobias_Ellwood
🧑‍⚖️Jury trials w @VeraBaird Cassia Rowland @instituteforgov
🕌 Social cohesion w @sundersays @KishwerFalkner
🌹Labour strategy w @OvePM @PronouncedAlva
Editor @edwardchivers
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[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

@benrileysmith @Telegraph Congratulations on all fronts!

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

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[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, you say?

Live to Downing Street:

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"This was a catastrophic error of political and moral judgment," Labour MP Jonathan Hinder tells #PoliticsLive

"I think Labour MPs would appreciate the prime minister saying 'I cocked up'", he adds

Follow live: https://t.co/jUSinxgEAa

[George Parker @GeorgeWParker]

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of Peter Mandelson's big pre-Washington interview, when he claimed questions about Epstein were "an FT obsession" adding: "You can all f*** off."
https://t.co/Ss3gbbhg7T

[Henry Zeffman @hzeffman]

NEW: Who was John Pond?

This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.

Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

Great to work on this with @benrileysmith once again. As well as analysis of Trump/Greenland we also looked ahead to Starmer's China trip, looked at the evidence around a possible social media ban and a timely discussion on 'centrism'. Listen here: https://t.co/QWmtVqMM0j

[Ben Riley-Smith @benrileysmith]

Been in the Week in Westminster hot seat this week. Program just went out. Kim Darroch on what’s lying behind Trump’s Greenland stance especially illuminating (hint: It’s all about maps).

🎧Pls do have a listen🎧
https://t.co/eXnrZUFkj0

[Ben Riley-Smith @benrileysmith]

Been in the Week in Westminster hot seat this week. Program just went out. Kim Darroch on what’s lying behind Trump’s Greenland stance especially illuminating (hint: It’s all about maps).

🎧Pls do have a listen🎧
https://t.co/eXnrZUFkj0

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"I have seen it, it is clear, it is damning and it came from inside Rob Jenrick's inner circle"

Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake tells #PoliticsLive he's seen evidence that led to Kemi Badenoch sacking her shadow justice secretary

Follow live: https://t.co/JetWcOTs3N

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

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[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect.

I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.

The British public are tired of political psychodrama and so am I. They saw too much of it in the last government, they’re seeing too much of it in THIS government.

I will not repeat those mistakes.

[Ed Chivers @edwardchivers]

Crazy scenes in immediate run-up to the Budget - follow it on #politicslive and here: https://t.co/M0KjX79ipF

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

The OBR has broken **the entire Budget**. It's extraordinary. Completely unprecedented. Hyperbole doesn't do it justice

Reeves will unveil £26billion in tax rises, ultimately leaving her with £22billion worth of fiscal headroom

* The tax burden will hit a record 28 per cent as a proportion of GDP in 2031

* The freeze in income tax thresholds raises £8billion. It will lead to 780,000 more basic rate taxpayers and 920,000 more higher rate taxpayers

* The tax raid on pension contributions raises £4.7billion

* Pay per mile levy on electric cars raises £1.4billion

* Cuts to writing down capital allowances £1.5billion

* Gambling taxes £1.1billion

[Henry Zeffman @hzeffman]

Absolutely extraordinary and truly unimaginable scenes as OBR publishes the Budget in advance. Watch Politics Live on BBC 2 and iPlayer now as @ChrisMasonBBC @faisalislam @HelenMiller_IFS analyse NOW what Reeves will announce shortly

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

MORE:

*UK TO IMPOSE TAX ON PROPERTIES WORTH OVER £2M: OBR

*UK TO FREEZE FUEL DUTY RATES UNTIL SEPT. 2026: OBR

*UK TO REFORM GAMBLING DUTIES: OBR

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

BREAKING:

The OBR has published the key budget measures before Rachel Reeves has spoken

*UK FISCAL HEADROOM VS SPENDING RULE £22B; EST. £15B

*UK EXTENDS FREEZE ON INCOME TAX THRESHOLDS UNTIL 2030-31

*UK NICS SECONDARY THRESHOLD FROZEN UNTIL 2030-31: OBR

*UK TO FREEZE FUEL DUTY RATES UNTIL SEPT. 2026: OBR

*UK OBR SEES 2025 GDP GROWTH 1.5%; SAW +1.0%

*UK OBR SEES 2026 GDP GROWTH 1.4%; SAW +1.9%

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Gilt yields falling sharply. If the OBR repot has leaked this is unprecedented.

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"We were in pretty serious straits... I'm very pleased to say that it's a story with a happy ending"

On #PoliticsLive shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho recalls her childbirth experience that left her in a coma and her son critically ill

https://t.co/K3WfXtJO4g

[Henry Zeffman @hzeffman]

I think there may be a subtext to this post