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Chris Mason: British Steel law rushed through Parliament but it is just a stop gap
There was a moment where all they could do was wait. Government officials were holed up in a Premier Inn down the road from British Steel’s steelworks in Scunthorpe and parliament’s work to change the law to allow them to take control of the Chinese-owned company was complete. But they couldn’t move yet. All they…
Chris Mason: What can Starmer do in a world buffeted by Trump?
As if the economic picture in the UK wasn’t shaky already, it has now got shakier still. The cost of living is continuing to bite for many and people will worry about the prospect of recession. It is the last thing the government could do with. It is the last thing millions of families could…
Chris Mason: Tariffs are yet another example of colossal, upending change
A week ago, Westminster was digesting the chancellor’s Spring Statement and all the talk was of a tightrope walk and precarious public finances. Next, let’s go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since. And then recall the…
Chris Mason: Trump means uncertainty is the new certainty for the UK
The world has changed, said the chancellor – and hours later it did, again. It is a phrase that has become a familiar one at Westminster in the last few days and the line used to justify the shift in priorities and spending cuts Rachel Reeves announced in her Spring Statement. When folk in government…
Chris Mason: Colossal stakes for UK summit on Ukraine
In the immediate hours after those astonishing exchanges between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House, European leaders, one after another, offered their public support for Ukraine. But the prime minister remained silent. Then, as I dashed into the studio for the BBC News at Ten, my phone went. I had been…
Chris Mason: PM upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe’s new reality
A big moment and a big decision, ahead of a big meeting. The government’s announcement that it will crank up defence spending and shrivel the international aid budget amounts to a big shift in strategy, posture and political positioning. Take a look at the Labour Party’s election manifesto, written less than a year ago, if…
Chris Mason: Labour must make economic growth ideas work this time
Labour were talking about economic growth for months before the general election and they have been talking about it for months afterwards as well. The thing is, there hasn’t been any, or next to none of it. This is a problem, for the daily lives of millions of us, and the government’s prospects and popularity,…
Chris Mason: Political heat map flashes red over Treasury
If you were to produce a political heat map of the government right now, there is one big bit that would be bright red, and probably flashing: the Treasury. Firstly, there have been all of the headlines about the now former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Tulip Siddiq. For all of the complexities and subtleties…
Scott Disick Reveals “Hook Up” Advice He Gave Son Mason Disick
Scott Disick got candid about sharing dating tips with 15-year-old son Mason Disick, telling Khloe Kardashian the stern advice he gave the teen about “hook ups.” Scott Disick is keeping up with his son Mason Disick’s love life. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum revealed he’s discussed dating with his 15-year-old son—whom he shares…
How Scott Disick Is Talking to Son Mason About His Alcohol Addiction
Scott Disick detailed the candid conversations he’s had with his and Kourtney Kardashian’s 15-year-old son Mason Disick about his past struggles with alcohol. Scott Disick is keeping it real with his kids. The Flip it Like Disick star, who shares children Mason, 15, Penelope, 12, and Reign, 10, with ex Kourtney Kardashian, revealed he doesn’t…
Chris Mason: Is Starmer leaving the door open to an abuse inquiry?
“He’s deranged!” So said a cabinet minister to me, describing Elon Musk. The anger and exasperation at the heart of government about the world’s richest man is palpable. The flurry – or slurry, as his critics see it – of social media posts from Mr Musk include not just gratuitous insults and ignorance, but falsehoods.…
One of two brothers accused of murdering Chloe Mason in Caboolture was defending home and family, lawyer says
Solicitor claims Kaine Thomson-Gleeson was acting in self-defence when 23-year-old was fatally shot A solicitor for one of two brothers accused of shooting dead a woman after chasing her down a residential street has claimed his client acted in response to an armed threat. Codye Ian Thomson, 29, of Marsden and Kaine Raymond Thomson-Gleeson, 32,…
Chris Mason: Musk looms large over UK politics as MPs return for 2025
The new year in politics starts with the bang of a billionaire with a bigger mouth than his bank balance. Elon Musk has been lobbing almost as many digital darts over the Atlantic as Luke Littler has the real things in the last couple of days. The world’s richest man has been sounding off in…
Brothers wanted over alleged Queensland shooting murder of Chloe Mason believed to be camping in NSW
Warrants for the arrest of Codye Thomson and Kaine Thomson-Gleeson have been issued over the killing of 23-year-old in Caboolture Two brothers wanted for an alleged shooting murder north of Brisbane last month are now on the run after they were released after being questioned last month, according to Queensland police. Police named 29-year-old Codye…