Richard Vaughan
@richardvaughan.bsky.social
Chief Political Correspondent with The i Paper. Generally tired.
Now confirmed. Govt will also offer housebuilders time-limited relief from Infrastructure Levy, which pays for roads, schools etc in bid to get houses built faster.
Big changes to building in the capital...
Big changes to building in the capital...
Exclusive: Labour to allow London developers time-limited cut to affordable homes target or risk having to share profits with councils
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Labour allows developers to cut affordable homes targets in return for profits
Emergency measures introduced to help Government hit 1.5m new homes target threaten major row within Labour
inews.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Now confirmed. Govt will also offer housebuilders time-limited relief from Infrastructure Levy, which pays for roads, schools etc in bid to get houses built faster.
Big changes to building in the capital...
Big changes to building in the capital...
Exclusive: Labour to allow London developers time-limited cut to affordable homes target or risk having to share profits with councils
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour allows developers to cut affordable homes targets in return for profits
Emergency measures introduced to help Government hit 1.5m new homes target threaten major row within Labour
inews.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Exclusive: Labour to allow London developers time-limited cut to affordable homes target or risk having to share profits with councils
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
How do you deal with all of the UK's past, present and future nuclear waste for the next 250,000 years?
You build a hole up to 1km under the Irish Sea in what will be one of the UK's most complex infrastructure projects - the geological disposal facility:
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You build a hole up to 1km under the Irish Sea in what will be one of the UK's most complex infrastructure projects - the geological disposal facility:
t.co/r2KOKRi0dK
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
How do you deal with all of the UK's past, present and future nuclear waste for the next 250,000 years?
You build a hole up to 1km under the Irish Sea in what will be one of the UK's most complex infrastructure projects - the geological disposal facility:
t.co/r2KOKRi0dK
You build a hole up to 1km under the Irish Sea in what will be one of the UK's most complex infrastructure projects - the geological disposal facility:
t.co/r2KOKRi0dK
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The campaign itself seems quite disorientating in retrospect.
The most pro-European party was the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher.
Papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail & the Telegraph all backed staying in.
The young were more Eurosceptic than the old, and women more hostile than men.
The most pro-European party was the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher.
Papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail & the Telegraph all backed staying in.
The young were more Eurosceptic than the old, and women more hostile than men.
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The campaign itself seems quite disorientating in retrospect.
The most pro-European party was the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher.
Papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail & the Telegraph all backed staying in.
The young were more Eurosceptic than the old, and women more hostile than men.
The most pro-European party was the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher.
Papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail & the Telegraph all backed staying in.
The young were more Eurosceptic than the old, and women more hostile than men.
UK's Trump deal threatens CO2 shortage - hitting meat, beer and NHS operations
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK's Trump deal threatens CO2 shortage - hitting meat, beer and NHS operations
Closure of bioethanol plants runs risk of repeat of 2021 CO2 crisis
inews.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
UK's Trump deal threatens CO2 shortage - hitting meat, beer and NHS operations
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
“We need to stop the foreigners coming in,” says another attendee. What about the Brits, I ask, not disguising my accent. “There are too many Brits, too many Chinese, too many Europeans.”
DC sounds...erm...interesting
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
DC sounds...erm...interesting
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
My night out with Trump’s young Maga crowd in Washington
Katy Balls spent a decade working in Westminster and is now in Washington for The Times. How do the two worlds compare? She goes out with Natalie Winters
www.thetimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“We need to stop the foreigners coming in,” says another attendee. What about the Brits, I ask, not disguising my accent. “There are too many Brits, too many Chinese, too many Europeans.”
DC sounds...erm...interesting
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
DC sounds...erm...interesting
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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NEW
Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.
Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.
Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Rayner to cut levels of 'identikit' homes by helping small developers build more
The i Paper understands the move will deliver a more diverse supply of housing styles and free up developers from a 'web of regulation'
inews.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NEW
Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.
Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.
Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
For years it was something written off as being always "50 years away" but now the UK is among the leaders in developing fusion energy...
And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
'Holy grail' of limitless clean energy could be here by 2040
Nuclear fusion's proponents describe the opportunity to dominate what is set to become a £30trn sector as the 'UK's Nasa moment'
inews.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
For years it was something written off as being always "50 years away" but now the UK is among the leaders in developing fusion energy...
And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Not sure that is its most significant (or most brutal) flaw.
May 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not sure that is its most significant (or most brutal) flaw.
💥Labour 2024 intake warn of a 'huge' breakdown in trust between them and No 10
PM due to face a fractious party in PLP meeting on Monday.
One MP summarising the mood said there was anger at the Govt plan to “tell the best of our movement to walk into the machine guns".
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
PM due to face a fractious party in PLP meeting on Monday.
One MP summarising the mood said there was anger at the Govt plan to “tell the best of our movement to walk into the machine guns".
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/we-fked-it-with-winter-fuel-inside-the-labour-mutiny-as-mps-turn-on-starmer-3700392
t.co
May 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
💥Labour 2024 intake warn of a 'huge' breakdown in trust between them and No 10
PM due to face a fractious party in PLP meeting on Monday.
One MP summarising the mood said there was anger at the Govt plan to “tell the best of our movement to walk into the machine guns".
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
PM due to face a fractious party in PLP meeting on Monday.
One MP summarising the mood said there was anger at the Govt plan to “tell the best of our movement to walk into the machine guns".
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Starmer's right-hand man has become a lightning rod for Labour anger, but is he really to blame?
@richardvaughan.bsky.social, @whazell.bsky.social and @eleanormia.bsky.social report
@richardvaughan.bsky.social, @whazell.bsky.social and @eleanormia.bsky.social report
Labour's real PM? No 10 chief blamed for Starmer's tilt to the right
The Prime Minister's right-hand man has become a lightning rod for Labour anger, but is he really to blame?
inews.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Starmer's right-hand man has become a lightning rod for Labour anger, but is he really to blame?
@richardvaughan.bsky.social, @whazell.bsky.social and @eleanormia.bsky.social report
@richardvaughan.bsky.social, @whazell.bsky.social and @eleanormia.bsky.social report
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"The very fact that Tories are even discussing the idea of changing leader, demonstrates how big a challenge Badenoch has on her hands"
🔎 Analysis by Richard Vaughan, Kitty Donaldson and Arj Singh
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🔎 Analysis by Richard Vaughan, Kitty Donaldson and Arj Singh
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May 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The very fact that Tories are even discussing the idea of changing leader, demonstrates how big a challenge Badenoch has on her hands"
🔎 Analysis by Richard Vaughan, Kitty Donaldson and Arj Singh
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🔎 Analysis by Richard Vaughan, Kitty Donaldson and Arj Singh
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Andrea Jenkyns is the new Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. Wonder what her message to the Conservatives will be?
May 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Andrea Jenkyns is the new Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. Wonder what her message to the Conservatives will be?
Teaching union tells school to drop investigation into staff member over misconduct allegations. School refuses. Union calls strikes over next three weeks during GCSEs
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Three-week strike during GCSEs by union 'holding school to ransom'
Strikes were triggered after the union allegedly demanded an investigation into a staff member be dropped by the school
inews.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Teaching union tells school to drop investigation into staff member over misconduct allegations. School refuses. Union calls strikes over next three weeks during GCSEs
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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With both sides talking of local council coalitions, could a Tory-Reform alliance at the general election be next?
🔎 Big read by @richardvaughan.bsky.social, @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social and @arjsingh.bsky.social
🔎 Big read by @richardvaughan.bsky.social, @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social and @arjsingh.bsky.social
Badenoch's team privately discuss pact with Reform
With both sides talking of local council coalitions, could a Tory-Reform alliance at the general election be next?
inews.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
With both sides talking of local council coalitions, could a Tory-Reform alliance at the general election be next?
🔎 Big read by @richardvaughan.bsky.social, @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social and @arjsingh.bsky.social
🔎 Big read by @richardvaughan.bsky.social, @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social and @arjsingh.bsky.social
Only 67% of Brits believe climate change is manmade according to YouGov
April 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Only 67% of Brits believe climate change is manmade according to YouGov
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I needed this. Quality #content.
I’m glad people are out there asking the important questions about emerging technologies.
Such as “why DO so many AI company logos look like bum holes?”
velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...
Such as “why DO so many AI company logos look like bum holes?”
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Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...
velvetshark.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I needed this. Quality #content.
Has Starmer joined the Times as a weekly columnist?
My only priority is making British people better off
www.thetimes.com/article/78fe...
My only priority is making British people better off
www.thetimes.com/article/78fe...
My only priority is making British people better off
In a time of global instability, with war and Donald Trump’s new US tariffs, I will only sign deals in our national interest — and nothing is off the table
www.thetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Has Starmer joined the Times as a weekly columnist?
My only priority is making British people better off
www.thetimes.com/article/78fe...
My only priority is making British people better off
www.thetimes.com/article/78fe...
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On Ladies Day at Aintree, it’s important to pay no attention whatsoever to bad faith actors from right-wing newspapers looking to pour scorn on working-class women enjoying themselves.
April 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On Ladies Day at Aintree, it’s important to pay no attention whatsoever to bad faith actors from right-wing newspapers looking to pour scorn on working-class women enjoying themselves.
Reynolds refuses to rule out that the Online Safety Act is part of the trade talks with the US but insists that the talks are about "goods and services in the main"
April 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reynolds refuses to rule out that the Online Safety Act is part of the trade talks with the US but insists that the talks are about "goods and services in the main"
Reynolds claims that MPs concerns are "misplaced" if they believe the US trade deal is looking at watering down the Online Safety Act...
April 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reynolds claims that MPs concerns are "misplaced" if they believe the US trade deal is looking at watering down the Online Safety Act...
Reynolds says there has been nothing relating to the NHS or health in his talks with the US on a potential "economic prosperity deal"
April 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reynolds says there has been nothing relating to the NHS or health in his talks with the US on a potential "economic prosperity deal"
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith says the Government should be thanking the Conservatives for "getting Brexit done" which has spared the UK thousands of jobs as a result of Trump's tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith says the Government should be thanking the Conservatives for "getting Brexit done" which has spared the UK thousands of jobs as a result of Trump's tariffs
Reynolds tells MPs that he is launching a 4 week consultation seeking the views from business on any potential UK response to US tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reynolds tells MPs that he is launching a 4 week consultation seeking the views from business on any potential UK response to US tariffs
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the Govt is "disappointed" by the White House's decision to impose tariffs on UK exports
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the Govt is "disappointed" by the White House's decision to impose tariffs on UK exports