

Sir Jake Berry
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@JakeBerry
Reform Party Member, Broadcaster, Political Commentator, former Chairman of the Conservative Party and former Member of Parliament.



Brumby (North Lincolnshire) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 52.3% (New) 🌹 LAB: 27.9% (-33.6) 🌍 GRN: 9.1% (+4.2) 🌳 CON: 7.5% (-21.9) 🔶 LDM: 3.2% (-1.1) Reform GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.



Exclusive: Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year The theft of the work device means that McSweeney’s WhatsApp messages and texts to Lord Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US, cannot be retrieved. It has led critics to question whether the phone was stolen The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times, can disclose that McSweeney told police the phone was taken by a man wearing a balaclava on an electric bike. The man grabbed it out of his hand as McSweeney was responding to text messages and cycled off. McSweeney gave chase but was unable to keep up Scotland Yard has a record of the incident but did not carry out any formal investigation. Officers did not speak to McSweeney directly because they were too busy. He was given a crime reference number and the case was closed McSweeney reported the theft of his phone to No 10 and the device was shut off remotely. He was given a new device with the same number the next day. The theft of the phone was first reported by The Sun on Sunday thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…






My statement on Iran.

I love that someone at Reform HQ was so detached from reality that they thought sending these two to Manchester would boost their chances.

Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as retailers warn it's being stolen to order bbc.in/4camZEr

NEW: Hundreds of thousands fewer children with SEND will be given legally binding EHCPs under changes announced by education secretary. Bridget Phillipson said the plans were designed to tackle "broken" system by preventing parents having to battle highly indebted councils to secure help for children. But restrictions on EHCPs threaten to cause backlash from parent groups and Labour MPs.

UK unemployment rate rises to 5.2%, the highest in nearly five years bbc.in/3Ok9f00