Kate McCann

Business and trade minister Chris Bryant fails to comment whether the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will face job losses as he admits the UK will no longer be able to produce virgin steel under the move to electric arc furnaces. @RhonddaBryant | @StigAbell | @KateEMcCann

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: we’ll try to be calm and useful on meningitis outbreak, noting how a national incident is not the same as a pandemic. Plus, John Bolton on Trump’s big mistake, are we living in a post-NATO world, end of assisted dying, what are poshest eggs etc

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: the world vs Donald Trump, he thinks he is the saviour, is he now being seen as a pariah? Plus, meningitis outbreak latest, AI coming for all of us, Zelensky in London, Scottish Assisted Dying, working until 75, chichi things in your shop etc

"It's been two and a half years of normalised antisemitism on our campuses." A poll has shown that one in five university students wouldn't live with Jewish people, which president of the Union of Jewish Students Louis Danker says is "not acceptable". @KateEMcCann | @StigAbell

“We've not sought to be protagonists in this war.” Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden says the UK's close relationship with the US does not mean “we will always have to support" every American intervention and action. @PatMcFaddenMP | @KateEMcCann

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: we already knew what Starmer knew when he rushed into appointing Mandelson. Now there’s proof. What happens next? Plus, the Matthew Doyle problem, oil hikes, ship strikes, US anti-war sentiment, foreign pop music, weather app influence, letters

Looks very much like Mandelson was being briefed on secret material before his security vetting had been completed

Also an enjoyable admission re govt consultations - “This consultation is not a performative consultation. It’s a genuine one. That's why we're not just doing a kind of online consultation in the way that normal consultations might happen.” @TimesRadio @KateEMcCann

Quite the journey Digital ID has been on since PM announced… Darren Jones to @KateEMcCann this morning admitting: - No idea of cost. Says OBR figure is wrong but can’t say higher or lower as “haven’t consulted yet” - Not clear what ID which actually involved, “we haven't consulted yet on what it is that we're trying to build and how we're going to build it.” - It may only just get in before next election “the minimum viable case will come in 2029 when the Prime Minister wants people to be able to digitally verify their rights to work.” @TimesRadio

Chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones confirms the “first tranche” of Peter Mandelson files will be released after PMQs today. @KateEMcCann | @DarrenPJones

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: day 12 of the conflict, how will it end if nobody can agree why it started? Are Israel and America aligned? We’ll ask Netanyahu’s spokesman. Plus, Iranian women’s football team latest, shipping drama, sleep apps, competitive watercress etc

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: Trump doing the hokey-cokey on Iran - is the war nearly over or not? Plus, incoming food inflation, evidence on jury trials, Iranian women’s football team, multivitamins and ageing, terror threat in UK, escape from Dubai, boat race coverage etc

Can the Trump Administration achieve regime change in Iran? Former U.S. National Security Adviser @AmbJohnBolton would consider it a "fine irony," but he remains skeptical about the outcome. Tune in for his unfiltered rationale - plus more insider intel from the sidelines of today’s biggest flashpoints: bit.ly/4b9qskl #Trump #Iran #Tehran #IranWar

“I would reassure people that the country's gas stores are in line with what you would expect at this time of year.” Housing secretary Steve Reed says there is “no immediate or expected threat” to the UK’s gas supplies. @SteveReedMP | @KateEMcCann

G7 finance ministers to hold emergency conference call at 12.30pm London time to discuss the impact of the US- -Iran war, Paris said in a statement. According to the Financial Times, several G7 nations favour a release of their Strategic Petroleum Reserves. ft.com/content/e1141f…

Coming up on @TimesRadio Breakfast: biggest one-day oil rise in history; Trump says you’d have to be a fool to think it’s not a price worth paying. Is there any chance the fool is him? Plus, ships in the water, cancelling King’s visit, jury reform, no hasslers, wife-carrying etc

Really grateful to be included on the Women in Westminster 100 list this year @politicshome alongside lots of women I look up to. Also whoever wrote this lovely entry I owe you many thanks and many drinks! The full list of brilliant women is here: #the100" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politicshome.com/in-focus/wiw.h…

🚨 SCOOP: Photo of damage to secret US spy site on RAF Akrotiri. The drone hit a hangar for US U-2 spy planes on Operation Olive Harvest Is this “minimal” as per John Healey? UK Home Sec Yvette Cooper claimed the drone hit the runway. Not true. thesun.co.uk/news/38414897/…

“We've been clear that welfare spending needs to be made sure it keeps under control.” “You were about to say reduced there and stopped yourself." @KateEMcCann asks Treasury minister James Murray why he won’t say if the government wants to cut welfare spending.

@PhilJonesy3 @onedecisionpod So glad you enjoyed!

A really informative chat with @KateEMcCann and former MI6 boss, Sir Richard Dearlove on the @onedecisionpod In Brief podcast today as they explore the conflict in Iran, the death of Khamenei, what it means for the region, the UK response and much more. youtube.com/watch?v=c_p1Oc…