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Reed says inquiry should ensure Nathan Gill’s corruption case ‘doesn’t happen again’
Reed told MPs that Nathan Gill, ex Change UK leader in Wales, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking bribes related to Russia. This was the longest sentence in a case like this in recent history, he said.
Now that Gill has been found guilty, Reed said it was important to “take a step back and look at how we can protect our democracy from such heinous crimes”.
An elected politician took a bribe to spread the lies of a cruel country that led to the death of Dawn Sturgess – a British citizen.
He took the side of those who attacked the independent European countries.
And they were put on trial as Putin’s forces attacked Ukrainian men, women and children.
During that time he became a member of the European Parliament, representing the British people, and became the leader of the UK party.
We must learn from it so that this does not happen again.
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Former secretary Philip Rycroft to lead the review of foreign investment in UK politics
Reed said Philip Rycroft, former permanent secretary at the Department for Brexit, who will lead the inquiry into “foreign investment interference in UK politics”.
He said Rycroft would tell Reed, as well as the defense minister, Dan Jarvis.
The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive review of current financial and security legislation, and to make recommendations.
Rycroft will report at the end of March, making recommendations.
Reed says inquiry should ensure Nathan Gill’s corruption case ‘doesn’t happen again’
Reed told MPs that Nathan Gill, ex Change UK leader in Wales, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking bribes related to Russia. This was the longest sentence in a case like this in recent history, he said.
Now that Gill has been found guilty, Reed said it was important to “take a step back and look at how we can protect our democracy from such heinous crimes”.
An elected politician took a bribe to spread the lies of a cruel country that led to the death of Dawn Sturgess – a British citizen.
He took the side of those who attacked the independent European countries.
And they were put on trial as Putin’s forces attacked Ukrainian men, women and children.
During that time he became a member of the European Parliament, representing the British people, and became the leader of the UK party.
We must learn from it so that this does not happen again.
Steve Reed has announced foreign investment interference in British politics following the Nathan Gill verdict
Steve ReedThe home, communities and local government secretary has announced a review of foreign investment in British politics.
In his speech to MPs, he says he is responding to the case of Nathan Gill, ex Change UK leader in Wales.
Reform UK has revealed a rethink in its Send policy after a backlash, criticizing how much money is going to private donors.
Reform UK may not have done a complete U-turn this morning, though Richard Ticedeputy leader, tried his hand at a major reform that counted as one. He was trying to repair the damage he had caused press conference about Send (special educational needs and disabilities) last month.
Like my friend John Harris revealed in him Politics Weekly podcast last weekAlthough Tice’s press conference was not widely reported, parents with children saw what he said. Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, and others in the party have argued that special educational needs are being over-recognised. But Tice went a step further, saying that parents were playing the game – and that allowing Send children to wear earmuffs in class (a common practice for children with cerebral palsy who are disturbed by loud noises) was “insane”.
John was talking a lot about Common focus group research in his podcast, and here are just two comments he wrote after the group that participated. Change UK assistants.
The National Autistic Society he also criticized Tice’s comments last month as “new lows”.
There were different elements to Tice’s renovation. Here are the main points.
The first word I want to say is sorry.
Yes, four weeks ago, when I gave a press conference, I offended several people talking about Send.
We never stop learning in life, and what it told us is that everyone is unhappy, frustrated, angry, angry about what is happening in the Send system.
As apologies go, this was a mouthful of powder. Tice didn’t say what he was sorry for, and his “everyone’s unhappy” comment suggests it wasn’t his fault. However, he apologized.
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Tice said Andrea Jenkyns, a former Tory minister who is now mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, will lead a review of the party’s Send system. He said:
The Send system is broken in Britain, and Reform is determined to fix it. That is why I am announcing today that we are setting up a Despatch working group to be chaired by Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who has a wealth of experience and expertise in this sector.
Tice said councilors and Reform experts will also join the group, which will issue an interim report in the first quarter of 2026.
Jenkyns is neurodiverse (she has ADHD), and her son also needs special education. In the past he had done something criticized Farage on Send.
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But Tice didn’t stop saying that there is an over-diagnosis. He said that, after the controversy over his speech last month, he received various letters, some of which were from young people who “met their parents who, in a sense, put them in the SEN system and feel that they are holding them back from school”. He said that GPs are saying that Send is very popular – apparently to this report.
Imagine how good things were. Imagine that we didn’t call disabled children, that we learned from other countries where people are called disabled differently…
Imagine a system where children don’t have to travel by taxi every day 60 to 90 minutes to a technical school.
Imagine you have a special school in the countryside in two or three villages. Imagine using an unnecessary church five days a week that is being used one day a week. I have seen with my own eyes how successful that can be, a school in the north of England that rents a church five days a week.
There are strange things going on in this area. For example, most of you probably don’t have more than 30,000, independent, paid-for-profit sites. They are backed by private equity groups who consider this to be one of the biggest sectors, turning over £2bn plus.
Tice said state-owned schools pay “more than Eton”. He continued:
Something is wrong here. It doesn’t count. It doesn’t seem smart.
Tice also suggested that it would be better for charities to run these schools. “That might be the best option,” he said. He thanked again report from County Councils Network on Send which he said he would encourage everyone to read. The report calls for the government to invest in “promoting skills in high schools to meet the many needs of SEND children, such as doctors, educational psychologists, and greater inclusion and prevention services”.
This is a departure from Reform UK’s usual line, which has often praised the outsourcing of services to the private sector.
Reform UK’s rethink may have been prompted, not just by the backlash from what Tice said last month, but by what newly elected Reform councilors are saying. In his excellent report on Reform UK in power to Lancashire County Council published at the weekend, Helen Pidd quoted a Reform MP who appeared shocked when told what Farage had said about Send, who insisted he knew better because he had been through it.
There are two important questions in the Commons today after the justice questions.
12.30pm: The Foreign Minister responds to Tory UQ regarding “the right of British Chagossians to access the Trust Fund and resettle in the Chagos Archipelago”.
After 1pm: The Minister of Foreign Affairs responds to UQ from a Work backbencher about “a new approach to Africa for the UK.
Then there will be two sentences for the ministers.
After 1.30pm: Steve Reed, the home secretary, has spoken of “electoral stability”.
After 2.30pm: Matthew Pennycook, Minister for Housing, has spoken about the next phase of planning.
Tice has refused to repeat his claim that people who say they remember Farage being racist at school are lying.
Q: Are you still saying that people who went to school with Nigel Farage and who remember him talking about racism were all make things?
Let’s go he says this is “old news” and that the party posted this a few weeks ago. He has moved on, he says.
And that was the end of the Q&A.
Q: Are you worried that it might be a mistake to take sides? Donald Trumpwho is not popular in the UK, and against the BBC, which is popular?
Let’s go he says BBC they make a great program. But sometimes it is wrong.
And, with so many people using services like Netflix, the BBC’s funding needs to be reviewed.
Tice rejects criticism of Reform UK mayor saying David Lammy should ‘go home to the Caribbean’
Q: Is it acceptable for someone like Chris Parry, the mayor of Reform UK, to tell a black Briton where he must go home to the Caribbean?
Let’s go he says he has already answered this (didn’t answer), and asks if the interviewer has anything to ask about special needs.
Tice refuses to say whether he thinks the BBC should fight Trump’s case or end it?
Q: What? BBC confront Trump in his accountability?
Let’s go he says the answer is the same; The BBC needs to change.
They don’t answer the question.
Q: What do you think is causing the increase in the number of Send children?
Let’s go they say it could be Covid, or children being out of school for too long, or social media, or a combination of all these things. “The jury is out”.
But just continuing to throw money at this is not the solution.
