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Chris Burn
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Yorkshire Post business & features editor. Also on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/chrisburn19…) +BlueSky (bsky.app/profile/chrisb…)
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    Chris Burn
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    May 3, 2024
    Back in February, @yorkshirepost covered the shocking story of the Ledgard brothers whose family home was effectively stolen from them in the Philips Trust scandal. Delighted to say they are now to receive the full sale amount from Leeds Building Society:
    Yorkshire brothers whose family home was 'stolen' get life-changing Leeds Building Society payout
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    Chris Burn
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    Jul 12, 2022
    New: Government admits trying to alter Channel 4's annual report so it was more positive about privatisation.
    Nadine Dorries's department admits seeking to alter Channel 4's annual report
    From yorkshirepost.co.uk
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    Chris Burn
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    Jun 9, 2022
    A man who sent a racist death threat to Labour MP David Lammy is a 12-time Conservative election candidate and was a member of the Tory party until six days before his conviction, The Yorkshire Post can reveal
    Leeds man who sent racist death threat to David Lammy is 12-time Tory election candidate
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    Chris Burn
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    Jan 6, 2021
    Instead of #clapforheroes can I propose a weekly Two Minute Hate where we can all go outside our front door and scream obscenities? Genuinely feel like it would be much more therapeutic for everyone right now.
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    Chris Burn
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    Jan 27, 2022
    When people voted to ‘Get Brexit Done’ in 2019, it presumably wasn’t on the basis that the centrepiece levelling up programme would be worth £1bn a year less than the EU funding it was replacing
    Levelling up in doubt as £1bn a year cut from post-Brexit regional funding, MPs warn Rishi Sunak
    From yorkshirepost.co.uk
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    Chris Burn
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    Apr 17, 2022
    New: Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell joins Justin Welby in hitting out at Government's plan to send refugees to Rwanda - describing it as "depressing and distressing". He tells Easter service at York Minster: "We can do better than this."
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    Chris Burn
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    Aug 27, 2020
    Absolutely amazing chutzpah by Richard Littlejohn as he launches an attack on cowards working from home and ruining the economy... before revealing in the 25th paragraph he’s been working from home for 30 years.
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    Neil Henderson
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    Aug 27, 2020
    MAIL RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: One person’s working from home is another’s P45 #TomorrowsPapersToday
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    Chris Burn
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    Jun 6, 2022
    Exc: New polling by Survation for @38degrees puts Labour 23 per cent up in Wakefield and on course to win more than half the vote in this month's by-election. Projection: LAB 56% CON 33% IND 3% REFUK 3% LIB DEM 2% GREENS 2% YORKSHIRE PARTY 1% BRITAIN FIRST 1%
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    Chris Burn
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    May 10, 2022
    Michael Gove denies Government has been "shovelling money in the direction of Conservative MPs" after BBC Panorama on levelling up reveals 89 of the 101 places to win money from the £3.6bn Towns Fund are represented by a Tory:
    Almost 90 per cent of £3.6bn Towns Fund cash winners represented by Tory MPs
    From yorkshirepost.co.uk
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    Chris Burn
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    Aug 12, 2022
    Exclusive: DCMS officials told Channel 4 bosses to delete parts of their annual report considered ‘at odds’ with Government privatisation plans - sending a table with 10 sections they wanted to be removed or substantially altered.
    Government officials told Channel 4 to delete parts of annual report 'at odds' with privatisation
    From yorkshirepost.co.uk
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    Chris Burn
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    Aug 26, 2021
    Haulage boss Peter Brown hits out at impact of Brexit: “We have been in business over 100 years and I have been involved for 50 years. The first three months of this year was the worst time I had at the company. Now we have the driver shortage.”
    Brexit to blame as lorry driver shortages hit 100,000, says Yorkshire logistics boss
    From yorkshirepost.co.uk
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    Chris Burn
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    Feb 2, 2022
    Surprisingly testy atmosphere at the Integrated Rail Plan inquiry earlier. Tory MP Karl McCartney questioned whether Andy Burnham understood the phrase 'do not bite the hand that feeds you' over public criticisms of the IRP. Burnham replied: "I want to get what we were promised."
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    Chris Burn
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    Dec 9, 2019
    With all the extraordinary political developments today regarding the Leeds hospital story, worth remembering the case was initially brought to attention thanks to a well-told and researched story from @DSheridanYEP yesterday #localnewsmatters
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    Yorkshire Evening Post
    @LeedsNews
    Dec 8, 2019
    His mum said he as left in a clinical treatment room for more than four hours yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/it…
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    Chris Burn
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    Oct 21, 2021
    Yorkshire MP @jon_trickett puts forward new wealth tax plans seeking to raise over £200bn from UK's richest; proposals backed by fellow Labour left-wingers John McDonnell, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Ian Lavery and Diane Abbott - and a certain Jeremy Corbyn:
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    Jeremy Corbyn backs Jon Trickett's wealth tax plan designed to raise over £200bn from richest
    Introducing a wealth tax could bring in more than £200bn in extra revenue to fund public services, a new report by Yorkshire MP Jon Trickett has suggested.