I thought it was "basic good manners" to wear a face mask in shops...?
Matt Dathan
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Matt Dathan
@matt_dathan
Journalist | Home Affairs Editor @TheTimes | Tweeting in a personal capacity | Campaigning for @DSAInfo | From Stourbridge | #BCFC fan
London
Born December 16
Joined February 2011
- A woman nearly killed by her ex-husband received this letter on Friday informing he'll be out of prison 9 months earlier than planned under the government's early release scheme Elizabeth Hudson says the decision not to exclude domestic abusers from early release is
- Excl: The Amazon driver who delivered the lethal knife to the 17 year-old Southport attacker handed the package to an adult at his home address, believed to be his mother or father. Amazon has two-stage age verification for knife sales. It's understood that he used software
- EXCLUSIVE: Priti Patel has sided with the group of Cabinet ministers calling for PM to go The home secretary - one of Johnson's most loyal supporters - believes there's no way he can continue to govern without the support of his party She's joined Shapps and Gove NOT Dorries
- The Foreign Office official twitter account, or at least somebody who has access to it, has liked this tweet celebrating Priti Patel's departure...🧐 (It's since been unliked!)
- Philip Schofield asks Matt Hancock why "30 kids can't meet in the park to feed the ducks but 30 men can meet to shoot them" @thismorning
- The Home Office has sacked David Neal, the "independent" chief inspector of borders and immigration... for speaking to the media. The 15 reports he has submitted to the Home Office in the last year remain unpublished. That's why he spoke to the media, to expose his findings
- Excl: Decisions made by Suella Braverman led directly to overcrowding and outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria at the migrant centre in Kent. She blocked the transfer of migrants to hotels in a bid to cut costs but meant numbers soared to triple capacity:
- David Neal, chief inspector of Borders & Immigration, says he's not met the home secretary since starting job 14 months ago He says 6 scheduled meetings with Priti Patel have been cancelled "I'm frustrated because I think I have a lot of things to offer" @CommonsHomeAffs
- NEW: Big climb down just slipped out without any fanfare by the Home Office on its plans to reduce immigration Minimum income threshold needed to bring foreign spouses to UK will only rise to £29,000 initially. No timeline for it to be raised to £38,700
- Jeremy Corbyn's senior policy adviser Andrew Fisher told a meeting of Labour Shadow Cabinet political advisers today that people who continue to leak would be sacked. And that threat has now been leaked to me.
- Excl: Internal Labour party polling found Emily Thornberry is on course to lose her seat to the Lib Dems:
- Excl: Prince Charles has privately described the government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda as “appalling":
- NEW tonight: Maureen Lipman has recorded a mock version of her iconic BT advert to launch a blistering attack on Jeremy Corbyn's economic plans - and also accuses him of having an "ology of extremism". WATCH HERE:
