Bramble: Chris Mason https://news.ketelle.co.uk/entities/chris-mason Stories involving Chris Mason, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb Mahmood doubles most migrants' settlement wait to 10 years but exempts care workers, amid U-turn row https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/mahmood-s-settlement-rules-permanent-residency-wait-doubled-as-channel https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/mahmood-s-settlement-rules-permanent-residency-wait-doubled-as-channel Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:40:38 +0000 UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons on 2 November that most workers will wait 10 years for permanent settlement, but care workers earning £25,000 or more can still settle after five. She denies a U-turn, while critics on both sides press for changes and the cost of the revisions is unpublished. (15 outlets: 4 left · 5 centre · 6 right) Healey's Budget on 28 October: pressures on the Chancellor and the stakes for London https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/chancellor-john-healey-s-budget-and-its-impact-on-london https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/chancellor-john-healey-s-budget-and-its-impact-on-london Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:51:44 +0000 Economy Ahead of Chancellor John Healey's Budget on Wednesday 28 October, previews describe pressure from rising inflation, weak jobs data and high debt. The Evening Standard focuses on how the Budget may affect London. (19 outlets: 5 left · 6 centre · 8 right) Burnham offers Swinney devolution deal in Scotland visit as SNP conference meets in Aberdeen https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/snp-invites-prime-minister-burnham-to-aberdeen-party-conference https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/snp-invites-prime-minister-burnham-to-aberdeen-party-conference Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:04:28 +0100 Politics Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first major Scotland speech, during the SNP's Aberdeen conference, to offer the Scottish Government a regional devolution deal. John Swinney said he would work with him, while Burnham kept to his position against a second independence referendum. (5 outlets: 2 left · 3 centre · 0 right) Green Party conference adopts motion treating Zionism as racism, 1,022 votes to 813 https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/green-party-conference-votes-to-adopt-policy-equating-zionism-with-rac https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/green-party-conference-votes-to-adopt-policy-equating-zionism-with-rac Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:51:18 +0100 UK Members at the Green Party's Brighton conference passed a motion on 4 October 2026 saying Zionism should be treated as any other form of racism and calling for a single Palestinian state. Four of the party's five MPs opposed it, Jewish organisations condemned it, and leader Zack Polanski did not vote. (25 outlets: 5 left · 8 centre · 12 right)