Henry Riley

Entrance to Kemi Badenoch’s event or Santa’s Grotto…?

Morning! Last day of two weeks of covering Ian Payne on @LBC -I’m on 4-7am

- Labour U-turns on employment rights plan for unfair dismissal from day 1
- Macron hints at conscription for teens
- Is Black Friday a scam?

Plus @guystewart.bsky.social on migration & City of London police on Black Friday

The Defence Committee's duty is to scrutinise the Government's #defence policy & actions.

Recognising rising #threats, @lbc.co.uk @henryriley1.bsky.social, I welcome NATO-wide agreed spending promises, but as our report shows, we must accelerate investment to have any hope of meeting those targets.

'That is plain and simple, not telling the truth.'
'Don't say it in the first place.'

@henryriley1.bsky.social isn't buying @tomhayesmp.bsky.social's defence of the Budget, pointing out the Chancellor already knew she was dealt 'a bad hand' by the Tories a year ago.

Back again on LBC from 4-7am

- £30bn worth of tax rises, highest level of tax in history - was the budget a success?
- EV owners to face pay-per-mile tax
- What was your dream job as a teenager?

Plus Tom Hayes MP, CBI’s Mohammad Jamei and London’s Deputy Mayor Howard Dawber

How will the Budget affect small businesses? Video | Global Player

How will the Budget affect small business?

My conversation with Paul Endacott - a pensioner from Richmond who runs Music Heritage London, a 1960s Tour Bus 

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Thank you!

🚨 On @lbc.co.uk again 4-7am

- Minimum wage increases ‘crippling’ blow to jobs market
- Surge in children with little or no language skills
- Rise in solo travellers, particularly women

Plus report on immigration detention centres, & all the latest on the budget

'He doesn't know the monster he's created.'

Caller Nick, who went to school with Nigel Farage, tells @henryriley1.bsky.social that he 'absolutely will not' vote Reform.

Another terrible selfie to tell you I’m on @lbc.co.uk from 4-7am

- Nigel Farage: My teenage comments were banter, not racism
- BBC still not tackling bias, says leaked memo author
- Can’t train your golden retriever? Why it’s not your fault

Plus Ukraine latest & budget look ahead

On @lbc.co.uk from 4-7am…

- David Cameron reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
- Zero alcohol driving limit backed by public
- What was being an empty nester like?

Plus Ukraine latest, childhood obesity and rumours of the two child benefit cap being scrapped

YouTube video by LBC How Europe's toughest asylum system works

How Europe's toughest asylum system works

Watch my piece for @lbc.co.uk on Denmark’s asylum and immigration policy - as the UK announces strict changes modelled on the Danes

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Still on @lbc.co.uk until 7am…

- One in 6 say they would fail their driving test today
- Trial by jury to be scrapped in some cases to slash court backlog
- Covid inquiry finds lockdowns could have been avoided - did we need the inquiry?

Plus Joe Powell MP on high streets

On @lbc.co.uk from 4-7am…

- Have you ever been stuck in the snow?
- Is it fair to use your freedom pass if you can afford it?
- Chris Packham pressure leads to Boxing Day hunt ‘not welcome’ in Tiverton

Plus Met Commander Stephen Clayman on knife crime & secret US Russia peace talks

On LBC from 4-7am…

- Line of Duty refund - which TV show would you bring back?
- Peter Mandelson faces a fine for urinating in the street - what else was he meant to do?
- Brits fleeing the UK- why?

Plus Tan Dhesi MP on report into UK defence & Scotland’s World Cup qualification

Thanks Chris

Haha thank you

Thank you Anna!

Got called the ‘Alan Carr of LBC’ by Nick Ferrari earlier…

On LBC from 4-7am…

- Ban on resale of tickets above face value, in crackdown on ticket touts
- A third of women who divorce in midlife ‘much happier’
- Nearly half of Labour voters want Keir Starmer to fight on

Plus Ukraine latest, cold weather, asylum reforms and Birmingham bin strikes…

'We have removed your golden ticket,' illegal migrants to be told as government set to launch marketing blitz abroad | LBC A Labour source told LBC that “the scale of illegal migration is placing huge pressure on communities”.

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'We have removed your golden ticket,' illegal migrants to be told as government set to launch marketing blitz abroad

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Coming up on @lbc.co.uk tomorrow morning from 7

Can Labour make gains… with the help of the Danes?

My report from Copenhagen on their migration policy, with successful asylum claims at a 40 year low, and applications

There’s an election in Denmark 🇩🇰

(Watch til the end)

'Was it all worth it?', 100-year-old war veteran asks as he shares lessons learned on Remembrance Sunday | LBC

'Was it all worth it?', 100-year-old war veteran asks as he shares lessons learned on Remembrance Sunday

"We've learnt nothing", World War Two veteran Mervyn Kersh told @LBC as he shared his thoughts on the importance of Remembrance Sunday.

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Just adore these vintage taxi cabs on Poppy cab duty - thanks so much Henry for filming these for me x

Prize for the best dressed!

Bat Masters veteran who served in the Royal Navy

Helped rescue people in the Vietnam War, served in the Falkland War among other trips.

Big shoutout to Mike Hughes - who organises this whole operation!

@matthew-wright.bsky.social some of the vintage cabs!

My ride is with Graham (and his lovely rescue dog Alfie)

‪Great to see and chat to my young mate Mervyn Kersh‬

‪I was at his 100th birthday last year! ‬

‪Incredible man who joined the army in 1943 and served in the Ordnance Corps‬

‪He landed on Gold Beach on D-Day +4 & helped liberate Bergen-Belsen in 1945.‬