Writing the summary…
How a young woman became an ISIS bride — and then an informant, helping save others
Source: NPR Politics
Original reporting
NPR Politics: read the full reportRelated stories
The Guardian
Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn
Campaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund Unpaid carers who were pursued for bills for thousands of pounds after welfare officials unlawfully changed benefit rules could wait years before learning whether they will get the money back, campaigners have warned. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is working through 200,000 cases where carer’s allowance benefit recipients were incorrectly given overpayments. An estimated 25,000 carers could receive full or partial refunds. Continue reading...
The Guardian
Reform’s Robert Jenrick ‘very confident’ £72m donations are ‘perfectly legal’ – UK politics live
Party’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ as Labour’s Angela Rayner warns of possible retrospective action Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo Analysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier More from Jenrick on the BBC asserting that the donations from the crypto billionaires are legal. As I sketched out earlier, the Labour government has a package of laws going through parliament right now aimed at stopping foreign money from influencing UK elections. The foreign donor cap is currently set at £100,000. There are no restrictions on how much citizens living in the UK can give parties. But if a Brit returning to the UK wishes to give more, the new law states that they need to be living in the country for a full calendar year before they can do so. Continue reading...
BBC Politics
Reform's £72m donations 'entirely in line with law', Jenrick says
The government is trying to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats.
The Guardian
Warning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can | John Harris
While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them Imagine this. Quite by chance, your TikTok feed presents you with footage of the fascists who recently took part in highly organised shows of strength in Dover and Portsmouth (and, on Wednesday, outside the London offices of the Daily Mail , demanding a new house for the mother of their leader, Daniel “Tommo” Thomas). For as long as the images hold your attention, you see and hear flashes of explanation, but then, as usual, you scroll away to someone leaping off a tall building, a fight on the London Underground, or a trick-performing dog. Hypothetically, TikTok users are able to skip through 260 videos in under 35 minutes . And it’s this distracted, quick-fire way that so many people receive information that may be responsible for a worry
The Guardian
Burnham must understand Wales is ‘not a region in England’, says first minister
Rhun ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour Senedd leader, questions Westminster’s willingness to relinquish powers Andy Burnham has to be serious about devolution and understand that Wales is a nation and “not a region in England”, according to the country’s first minister. Rhun ap Iorwerth, who is the first non-Labour leader of the Senedd since devolution, told the Guardian that while he was encouraged by initial discussions with the new UK prime minister, he was wary about Burnham being captured by a consensus Westminster view against relinquishing further powers. Continue reading...
NPR Politics
Alien Terrorist Removal Court deports legal US resident to Afghanistan in first-ever case
Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.