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Dan Bloom

@danbloom1

U.K. political editor for POLITICO

Houses of Parliament Katılım Ekim 2009
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Dan Bloom
Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
This is a great piece, not just on Andy Burnham’s strengths and frailties but on the strange nature of the metro mayor job — a bigger profile with fewer responsibilities; it just makes it so much easier to be popular
Joshi Herrmann@joshi

I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that many people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble. I wrote this for @ManchesterMill - I hope it’s insightful and fair. manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking-f…

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Emilio Casalicchio
Emilio Casalicchio@e_casalicchio·
🚨 BURNHAM MEDIA HUDDLE - Suggests social care should be on NHS via a specific "social care levy" - Supports "thrust" of Mahmood migration changes but clearly skeptical of ILR changes - Won't say if Starmer would be a hindrance in campaign. Repeats need for Labour 'change'
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Sam Blewett
Sam Blewett@BlewettSam·
🚀 Rachel Reeves’ allies are warning she must not be “torpedoed” by Keir Starmer’s sinking ship 😬And from spooking the bond markets to damaging relations with business and going OTT on net zero, they’re taking aim at possible successor Ed Miliband
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Esther Webber
Esther Webber@estwebber·
EXCL: Morgan McSweeney is doubling down on his pivot to security as he shows up in Prague to warn about disinformation. Allies say he is conscious of the potential for AI to ramp up in British elections, with trust already low and the Reform Party on the march.
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Geri Scott
Geri Scott@Geri_E_L_Scott·
I, too, wish to not be "burdened with the regularity of meetings".
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford

BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor made clear that he 'preferred to travel to more sophisticated countries' in his role as trade envoy Captain Blair, then Andrew’s private secretary, said he would prefer to visit countries that were 'in the lead on technology' On cultural visits he 'had a preference for ballet rather than theatre, the Commonwealth and military affairs Blair made clear that Andrew 'should not be offered golfing functions abroad'. 'This was a private activity and if he took his clubs with him he would not play in any public sense' In another memo it was made clear that Andrew should not be “burdened with the regularity of meetings... or the burden of paper which goes along with Board membership" Andrew was appointed without any vetting and any consideration of an alternative at the direct request of the Queen thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
@tomhfh I’m not certain how the policy works at the business/tax calculation end, but on the employee end- fwiw my old paper reimbursed me at whatever the govt figure was at the time. So to raise that would suggest firms will be reimbursing more expenses to their employees
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Tom Harwood
Tom Harwood@tomhfh·
@danbloom1 Ah, tax. Wondered if this was some central diktat for what businesses themselves would reimburse staff for travel.
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
EXCL: Playbook hears that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a rise in mileage rates today — i.e. the 45p a mile that employers pay employees in expenses for using their car for business travel. They haven’t been lifted for 15 years. It's been a big union ask
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
@tomhfh I believe it’s about reclaiming expenses when driving your own car for work (e.g. I claimed back 40p, then 45p a mile when working as a local reporter and driving my own car) gov.uk/expenses-and-b…
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Tom Harwood
Tom Harwood@tomhfh·
@danbloom1 This is set by the government?? Is this just a tax exemption thing?
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Sam Blewett
Sam Blewett@BlewettSam·
For who's who in the operation to get Andy Burnham into Parliament, POLITICO has you covered From the closest ally, to the Commons supporters turned by-election campaigners and the Cabinet pals ... oh and how Josh Simons is playing (a little bit) of a role Link in next post 👇
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
One of the three sources added that discussions are under way about including a policy to tackle rising household energy bills A spokesperson for Andy Burnham declined to comment Full story here ⬇️ politico.eu/article/andy-b…
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
EXCL: Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
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Bethany Dawson
Bethany Dawson@bethanymrd·
Another PPS quietly resigned:
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Dan Bloom@danbloom1·
Andy Burnham's policy is that he'd like to rejoin the EU at some point Wes Streeting's policy is that he'd like to rejoin the EU at some point Politics is all about timing, emphasis and (in this case) strategic de-emphasis ... 💥
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar

It's a bit odd that Andy Burnham's remark today that he's not proposing the UK rejoins the EU *right now* is being characterised as some kind of u-turn. In his interview with me and @kiranstacey last year he said: "I want to rejoin... I hope *in my lifetime* we see this country rejoin the EU". In the same podcast, he also told us: "I don't think there's any prospect of rejoining any time soon." x.com/kiranstacey/st…

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