Alistair Smout
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Sep
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Both Dello and Harborn have previously donated to reform within this year.
In Dello's case, he said that recent questions over Reform UK's funding had actually clarified in his mind the need to make them like not have to worry about finances so much.
Whereas Harborn has also been a sort of consistent supporter of Reform UK.
and prominent Eurosceptic Nigel Farage's uh political platforms.
Reform UK have been clear that these donations are not uh sort of in exchange for any sort of perks or privileges should reform get into government.
The Labour government's already brought forward uh legislation to sort of
be more restrictive on um donations.
Certainly donations coming from abroad, um
or people who live abroad or recently moved back to the UK.
Now both Dello and Harborn are British and Reform say that they have moved back to the UK and both under the current electoral rules, but also any future rules that might be applied retrospectively, they meet all the criteria for this donation to be above board.
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So Andy Burnham's been clear about a few things in terms of he wants more decisions made closer to people at a local level.
He wants fewer decisions made in the place behind me in Parliament in Westminster.
And he's generated excitement from across the Labour Party for being a skilled communicator with a bit more of an easy touch, both with people and with the lawmakers of the Labour Party.
They're looking forward to
this more collaborative approach.
But exactly how that translates into a neat sort of political spectrum for his government, it's a little unclear.
He's been associated with the soft left of the Labour Party.
So that would be to the left of Keir Starmer.
A lot could hinge on his choice of finance minister called Chancellor of the Exchequer here in Britain.
Markets have been very sensitive to any hint that it could mean sort of
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