Unfortunately The i Paper is making several reporters redundant today, and my role is one of them.

I'm very proud of the work I've published over the last three years, and I'm looking forward to continuing my reporting freelance.

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A revealing quote (from a well-sourced piece).

Some of the transfers in and out are virtually identical by CV: fmr senior Blair adviser in, one out too. Youngish Treasury bod out, one in too.

Quote (and the piece) speaks to ‘phase 2’ feeling quite aimless.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

We’re already half way to our target which is amazing, thank you so to everyone who has donated or shared.

Here’s me and the man himself from 2023, sharing our cricket team’s ‘RSPB conservation award’ for most ducks in a season.

Please keep giving if you can!

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Last year, my dear friend David Knowles passed away.

He was 32, and had an undiagnosed heart condition.

This weekend, the cricket team he founded will be playing a game to raise money for the BHF, to help fund their research.

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The i has a new website design (and in a couple weeks, front page!) here’s a mock up and a piece explaining the change.

inews.co.uk/opinion/we-a...

Using a more liberal approach to posting on here to note: utterly baffling The Telegraph didn’t splash Welby today, and indicative of how far the paper has moved in recent years.

Just found a political artefact — Rishi Sunak’s chess tables (!)