Deputy Political Editor and Economics Editor, The Sun. [email protected] TikTok: @ryanonmoney
Westminster, London
Joined February 2009
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Thrilled to say I will soon be starting as Deputy Political Editor at The Sun.
Taking over from @kateferguson4 who has been formidable in the role these past three years.
Can't wait to join the team @MrHarryCole
@thejonnyreilly @NatashaC @JackElsom
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NEW: Andy Burnham stands accused of a "total betrayal" as he opens the door to freedom of movement with EU
Follows @benrileysmith interview with the PM @thetimes
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Andy Burnham promised to bury Thatcherism. For now, he is taking on the bloke blasting music on the bus.
But inside No10, it is all part of a deliberate ‘big things, small things’ strategy.”
In July, Burnham reflected on his failed 2010 social care reforms. His lesson? “Engage now, away from an election… Build it with people.”
The thinking is that voters have stopped believing government can change their lives. So it’s small, visible wins to rebuild trust now while giving bigger, divisive reforms time to breathe.
But Labour’s patience is already being tested.
From a Labour backbencher walking out of a meeting with a Treasury minister over support for areas without mayors, to Miatta Fahnbulleh’s reluctance to defend Shabana Mahmood’s migrant reforms long before this week’s awkward TV interview.
“He comes in, promises biggest change in 40 years. People were tired of waiting under Starmer. They will be tired of waiting under Burnham too,” one Labour MP tells me.
My Saturday long read with @JackElsom and @ryansabey
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EXCL: John Healey set to deploy 2,000 new anti-fraud specialists to clampdown on benefits cheats in Budget plans
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⛽️Fuel duty set to be frozen for a 16th consecutive year but talks on the 5p cut going down to the wire. Insiders admit it would be “political suicide” to hike pump costs in the current climate.
✂️John Healey wants to shift Budget focus from tax and spend and instead undertake a big deregulation drive to give businesses some relief.
🐎Chancellor is being pressed by Labour MPs/Whitehall to hike betting taxes but is increasingly sympathetic to industry arguments over the impact on jobs.
By @ryansabey in Bangkok and me
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Seaside towns will be particularly hurt by tax hikes on betting, industry warns John Healey
Story by @ryansabey
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NEW: Bosses of top betting firms warn Chancellor not to raise taxes on the sector at the Budget - saying it will trigger job losses and store closures
They also ask for a separate levy due to come in from April 2027 to be put on hold
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Day 3 of @TheSun's #JobsArmy campaign and another 1,000 work experience placements secured!
Plus, we’ve won full backing from Work & Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden and Jobs Tsar Alan Milburn, who warns we are at risk of a "lost generation" without action.
Let's get young Brits into work - get involved today!
With @JJhamilton @ryansabey
IMF forecast for UK shows growth up this year but downgrade for 2027.
One IMF chief this morning tells Chancellor John Healey to "stay the course" on fixing the public finances ahead of the Budget
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Chancellor John Healey hit by £35 billion funding headache, @TheIFS pre-Budget report reveals
Full story 👇
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EXCL: Nigel Farage says Ann Widdecombe would still be alive today if police had properly probed the firebomb attack on his home a year before her murder.
I sit down with the Reform leader, who tells me about the threats he has received.
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Inside Kemi Badenoch’s Tory conference:
The party’s Bayeux-style tapestry proved such a hit that someone offered £100,000 to buy it. Kemi’s response? “That’s the opening bid.”
Senior Tories privately declaring parts of Boris’s Red Wall are “never coming back” - while others want to win back aspirational middle-class voters first, get towards 25% and then “take the fight more widely”.
Why Badenoch’s allies insist staying tough on Europe won’t stop former Tory voters returning from the Lib Dems.
And Reform’s stinging accusation that Kemi has abandoned Thatcher’s combination of economic aspiration and patriotism in favour of tax cuts for millionaires.
My Saturday read: thesun.co.uk/news/40632985/k…
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Was it the moment the "Unite The Right" campaign officially died?
🗞️Today's column on Badenoch's conference speech
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🗞️Column on the Tories
If a week is a long time in politics then the past year has been a whole era for Kemi Badenoch.
The jury is out on whether this was an Ice Age that saw the Tories locked in the electoral deep freeze, or a Golden Age where an empress vanquished her rivals and flourished.
Badenoch arrived in Birmingham arguably the most sure-footed of any Conservative leader in modern times.
But the last thing she needs right now is an election.
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“If Keir rang, it was only when something was really bad. Andy just rings to genuinely chat through things.”
Cabinet ministers on life inside Burnham’s No10, Labour’s looming fight over welfare and net zero and the Brexit gamble waiting for him back in Makerfield.
My Saturday long read: thesun.co.uk/news/40565475/l…
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This Labour long-read from @martinabettt is one of the best things you’ll read all week. Packed with insight and colour. 👇
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Great to run Rothamsted @parkrun today with my old friend @ryansabey. Gladys came too! 🐶 🐾 🏃♂️ I got round the 5k in 27 mins 23 seconds.
NEW: Kids in primary school must learn about world of work to help avoid a life on benefits, landmark report will say.
Jobs tsar Alan Milburn will call for mandatory work experience in his NEETs crisis report.
Interview at Educating Yorkshire school
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Story here from @ryansabey
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