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Reform Uk No Longer ‘one-man Band’, Farage Says As He Prepares To Announce ‘shadow Cabinet’ Appointments – Uk Politics Live

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Party’s leader expected to announce holders of four roles, with Robert Jenrick expected to take the Treasury brief

Unemployment in the UK has risen to 5.2%, the highest level in nearly five years, while wage growth continues to slow, raising the prospect of another cut to interest rates in the spring. Tom Knowles has the story.

Most people in a Reform UK cabinet would not be career politicians, Zia Yusuf has said.

I can tell people listening to this that the majority of our parliamentary class will be people who are fresh to politics.

I think the majority of Nigel’s cabinet, if we win and he’s the prime minister, will also have people who are not career politicians.

I’ve gotten to know Robert quite well. And I speak to him almost every day. He’s a thoughtful, serious man. I think he does believe clearly the things that he has talked about, and he got extremely frustrated inside the Conservative party.

And he is somebody who is already adding value in terms of helping with his experiences that he had in government.

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