Coming up on Iain Dale in the Evening from 7pm on LBC...

7pm Is the MoD capable of spending extra money wisely?

8pm Cross Question with
Darren Jones MP
The Rt. Hon. Craig Whittaker MP
Ailbhe Rea
Giles

9pm Have youy been discriminated against because of your age?

Wow amazing views on the British Airways flight from Belfast to London this evening! The man beside me is loving the 'window' seat.

NEW: Bloomberg UK Saturday read

— Rwanda enters endgame next week, but Tories worry it puts Sunak in new danger

— if courts block flights again his law won’t have worked

— if flights slowly begin but crossings still rise, it’ll be exposed as a failure

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: The UK is spearheading a drive to expand intelligence-sharing on electoral interference between G7 allies+other European nations - dubbed a “democratic coalition” - as voters head to polls in 50+ countries this year
w/Jorge Valero Alberto Nardelli
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A great honour to be on #BBCNewscast to hear Ailbhe Rea’s fascinating insights alongside Adam Fleming and Chris Mason

It was great joining Adam Fleming Chris Mason
and Nicholas Watt for today's Newscast!

It's on BBC One at ten past midnight for the night owls among you. (Although sadly not BBC NI.)

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

It was great joining Adam Fleming Chris Mason
and Nicholas Watt for today's Newscast!

It's on BBC One at ten past midnight for the night owls among you. (Although sadly not BBC NI.)

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Enjoyed being outed for my incredibly basic taste in music on Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge and Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 this eve

'There's a question as to whether viewers interpret this as a Conservative problem or a problem with politics more widely.'

Ailbhe Rea addresses the recent scandals that have hit the Tory party.

#PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233

Our line up:

Anneliese Dodds
Ross Greer
Ailbhe Rea
Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧

EXC: Keir Starmer has vowed to sack anyone who briefs against his advisers

In a speech to Labour HQ yesterday, he twice denounced “boys’ club” jibes against his team as unfair to the men and women who work for him

thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-s…

Hunt expects interest rates to be falling by the autumn, which will help deliver a 'feel-good factor' for households. High inflation is well and truly behind us, he told Kailey Leinz. Story by Joe Mayes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Today's Readout! On the nightmare vote for Rishi Sunak in the House of Commons this evening

— the biggest rumour in Westminster at the moment is that Sunak has been in talks about a post-election job

— two sources say he wants to run an AI project backed by Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman

— No10 and Blackstone deny talks

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: The UK begins talks with Meta/Google/Apple/X this week to push them to sign a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens

Consultation later this month but officials are concerned tech firms won't agree to it
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Officials have proposed amending UK copyright law to allow people+firms to opt out of allowing AI language models to scrape their content

Broader AI regulation also in the works, but consultation will likely wait until the Paris AI summit
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…