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Natasha Clark

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Political editor @LBC covering all things Westminster and beyond www.lbc.co.uk

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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was so good. Go see it: www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
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BLOODSPORT: After Helen of Troy
New play, modern day retelling of Helen of Troy set in Essex. Helen has been brought home from the decade-long war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates. Her best friend Cee does not.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm running my second marathon next month for @safelineuk.bsky.social sexual abuse support charity - I'd love your support if you're able to! www.justgiving.com/page/tashyme...
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Natasha's fundraiser for Safeline
Help Natasha Clark raise money to support Safeline
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Vaughan: "You don’t win back public confidence in the asylum system by threatening to forcibly remove refugees who have lived here lawfully for 15 or 20 years. That just breeds insecurity and fractured communities."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
He says Govt plans undermine the government’s integration and cohesion objectives, risk worsening child poverty, unfairly shifting settlement “goalposts”, and would harm the UK’s economic competitiveness by exacerbating skills shortages
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
NEW: Labour MP Tony Vaughan coordinates private letter to the Home Secretary, which has been signed by 100 Labour MPs, expressing concerns
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
First 150 families with be piloted. Home Office says it's part of successful Danish model Controversially, children *will* be included as part of these plans Borders minister Alex Norris says it will be a "targeted pilot" to cut down the £158k average cost per year
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Each person could get up to £10k each - capped at £40k per family. Govt says this would save £20million overall on hotel costs if it's rolled out wider
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Exc: Failed asylum seekers and families to be paid up to £40,000 to leave the UK within 7 days www.lbc.co.uk/article/fail...
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Failed asylum seeker families to be paid up to £40k to leave UK within 7 days under radical trial | LBC
Families of failed asylum-seekers will be paid up to £40,000 to leave the UK voluntarily within seven days, LBC can reveal.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Insiders insist no final decisions on the sum made, but it will be more than the current £3k. Critics will say it could be a pull factor. From today, asylum seekers will only get temporary refugee status and will have to reapply every 30 months Home Secretary braced for 40-strong rebellion
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
EXC: Shabana Mahmood refuses to rule out paying failed asylum seekers & other migrants up to £30,000 as the Danes do, to encourage people to cooperate with the Home Office and leave UK earlier www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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Britain to pay migrants 'more than £3k' to leave UK as Home Secretary faces 40-strong MP migration rebellion | LBC
The Home Secretary refused to rule out paying up to £30,000 for families to leave willingly as an incentive, in a bid to save the taxpayer money.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
NEW: Met confirm they're looking at Epstein files in relation to reports to them about possible misconduct in public office news.met.police.uk/news/update-...
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Update into review of alleged misconduct in public office
Met Police Commander Ella Marriott gives an update on a review of alleged misconduct in public office.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
PM's chief secretary, Darren Jones, tells MPs in Commons that the Govt believes Lord Mandelson "lied" on his disclosure and vetting before he became ambassador to the US: "when someone lies in their declarations of interest, there must be a consequence.... removal from the HOL and loss of peerage."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tells @lbc.co.uk @fraserknight.bsky.social the Epstein files show "potential evidence of corruption in public office" & she’d support a criminal investigation into Lord Mandelson
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
McDonald scathing about Mandelson for leaking information straight to Epstein: "This sets alarm bells ringing and short of national security, I can't think of anything more grievous for a secretary of state to be disclosing ... "I am staggered by this. It's disloyal and disrespectful."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Labour MP Andy McDonald calls on PM to go further re. Lord Mandelson, tells @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social he should have his peerage stripped: "If it does require primary legislation if he will not go, let's get on with these things." @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
EXC: Rachel Reeves tells LBC student loan system is 'fair' amid fury as graduates rack up thousands of pounds of debt interest www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...
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Rachel Reeves tells LBC student loan system is 'fair' amid fury as graduates rack up thousands of pounds of debt interest | LBC
5.8 million people who took out a student loan between 2012 and July 2023 are on a Plan 2 repayment plan, which sees interest at RPI inflation - plus up to three per centage points depending on earnin...
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Full interview here: www.lbc.co.uk/article/pub-...
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Rachel Reeves pledges to 'stand by pubs' as Tom Kerridge insists Government support package 'not enough' | LBC
Pubs and music venues in England will get 15 per cent off their business rates next year
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Reeves also: - Opens up possibility for later opening hours for events like Eurovision - Won't say if Treasury did impact assessment of rates changes
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Exclusive interview with Rachel Reeves at a pub in South East London last night, revealing: - Hotels business rates will also be looked at as part of pubs re-evaluations - Reeves partly blames working from home in Covid for why boozers are struggling
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
MAHMOOD: - Anti semitism is rising and we will do more - Gov will continue to fight Shamima Begum to stop her from being able to return to the UK - Not aware of reports re China hacking government phones - "I can reassure you our national security arrangements are very strong"
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
MAHMOOD: - ICE: Incredibly worrying and horrifying set of circumstances... huge concerns there, our approach in the UK is very different - Protest: admits need to make changes in legal framework here - accepts postcode lottery across country for policing chants
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
MAHMOOD: - Updated one in/one out figures: 350 people come in from France, and 281 removed - People smugglers are using adverts of hotels to draw people to Britain - military camps will end that - Burnham - I know people are upset but let’s pull together
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
NEW: Shabana Mahmood Call the Cabinet with @LBC - Police reforms: We have learned lessons with police Scotland, hope to be still here to implement all in next parliament - Parents were shop workers - had their till stolen twice: 'We were victims ourselves, this is close to home for me'
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Andy Burnham to me this morning: "What's my message to MPs? Come up to Manchester. There's a by-election about to happen. We need your help. The Greater Manchester way is built on togetherness. We don't ever here, have a politics that's about pitting people from another."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Full interview with Robert Jenrick here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nv...
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Robert Jenrick: 'Why I quit'
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEW: I spoke to Robert Jenrick about his defection, admitting he really did leave his speech lying around, what Badenoch really thinks of him, and political regrets: www.lbc.co.uk/article/robe...
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Robert Jenrick lifts the lid on dramatic defection and tells LBC what Kemi Badenoch really thinks of him | LBC
The former Tory leadership candidate reveals how he decided to defect over Christmas dinner
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Stephen Kinnock tells @NickFerrariLBC "Michael Gove has done huge damage to this country, he's one of the architects of having a Brexit with no plan, which led to the botching of the deal, he's been at the heart of some really damaging policies... look at the mess we ended up in."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Calls for police chief to apologise after mother arrested and held in cell for ‘confiscating child’s iPad’
A mother-of-two has told LBC of the “unspeakable devastation and trauma” she has experienced after being arrested for “confiscating her child’s iPad”.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 11/04/2025
"I think Trump did too much too soon, rather like Liz Truss did." Nigel Farage tells @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social he has 'never agreed' with the President's tariff policy.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Wuh oh! Tory MP Richard Fuller distances himself from Badenoch's comments re Labour MPs detained going into Israel: "On this, my personal view is, parliamentarians should be allowed free passage to other countries, to our allies. We should look at that in a poor light. We should be supporting them."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
... "When some of her Conservative counterparts had similar relations in relation to their work in China, it was right we stuck by the idea they should not have their work interrupted in that way... the way they've been treated is unacceptable." @lbc.co.uk @lewisgoodall.com
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
On two Labour MPs detained after trying to get into Israel, Darren Jones says "I'm not sure it's a very responsible answer from the LOTO, British politicians all travel internationally to meet their counterparts, we expect them to be able to go about their business without interruption...
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Darren Jones tells @lewisgoodall.com the UK is "ahead of the pack" on a trade deal with the US "I don't think we've embarrassed the king. We wouldn't call diplomacy, sucking up... but we're ahead of the pack on a trade agreement and we're working really hard to get that over the line" @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
No chance of ripping up the fiscal rules, despite the world changing, Darren Jones tells @lewisgoodall.com "The fiscal rules are non negotiable, they continue to be non negotiable" @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Would the Gov nationalise British steel? Darren Jones tells @lewisgoodall.com "When we're talking about industrial policy and public services, all of this is about creating a stronger and more resilient UK economy... "I don't think we're in a nationalisation situation." @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Darren Jones tells @lewisgoodall.com the Government are "disappointed" by tariffs and "we don't think a trade war is in the interest of any economy but... the world has changed" and we'll be setting out work we're doing to create a "stronger and more resilient economy" this week @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I didn't say it!
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Pennycook adds: "Individual MPs make their own decisions. the important thing is that everything is declared and above board. Personally, I haven't... I wouldn't do."
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Youch! Housing minister Matthew Pennycook takes a proper swipe at the Chancellor over taking free gig tickets... He tells @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social "I don't personally think it's appropriate, if I want to go to a concert at the O2, I'll pay for it." @lbc.co.uk
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
- Says assisted dying should be important 'for women particularly' to have the right to choose - Says 'I have no idea' whether I'd want assisted dying for myself More @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
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Kim Leadbeater admits assisted dying laws could change in future - but 'positive' it will still be passed by MPs
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has admitted that the assisted dying laws may change in future - but she was "feeling positive" it would still be passed by MPs.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
- responds to critics of bill being rushed through quickly after Naz Shah had to leave early as hearing aids ran out - Next votes to take place in April/May
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
EXCL Kim Leadbeater tells me... - she's positive that assisted dying will still become law despite MPs jumpy after making changes - admits that laws could be changed after just 5-10 years
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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MP hits back at concerns about assisted dying law change | LBC exclusive
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Ed Davey worried about 'lack of detail' regarding government's welfare reforms Video | Global Player
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Ed Davey tells LBC the UK 'needs to be stronger' in standing up to Trump
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Sir Ed Davey: Disabled people and carers will be 'kept awake' by benefits shake-up
Disabled people and carers will be kept "awake at night" with worry over losing their benefits, Sir Ed Davey has told LBC.
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Six weeks until I run the London marathon! Eeek. justgiving.com/page/tashyme...
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Natasha's fundraiser for Global's Make Some Noise
Help Natasha Clark raise money to support Global's Make Some Noise
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Natasha Clark @natashaclark.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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LBC's Kids Who Read Succeed with Nick Ferrari campaign praised by education minister in Parliament
A minister has praised Kids Who Reads Succeed, LBC's scheme to encourage children to read, while speaking in parliament.
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Henry Riley @henryriley1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
LBC Investigates: What a 13-Year-Old Girl Sees on TikTok To mark our Online Safety day, watch my investigation below to find out the sorts of content I was exposed to in just a few swipes on social media @lbc.co.uk @globalplayer.com www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/lbc-...
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LBC Investigates: What a 13-Year-Old Girl Sees on TikTok
As part of LBC's Online Safety Day, we conducted an experiment to see exactly what kind of content a 13-year-old girl would be exposed to on TikTok. The results were eye-opening – and deeply concernin...
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 10/03/2025
Exclusive polling for LBC reveals that 83% of parents are worried about the impact that social media is having on their children. LBC's Helen Hoddinott speaks to Nick Ferrari on Online Safety Day.
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