Daily Briefing Saturday 12th September

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up, so how the business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters. PWC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concepts to competitive edge. PWC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands, so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at PWC.co.uk This is your Times Radio News Briefing for Saturday, 12 September. Reform UK has received £36 million from one donor who says he wants a fair fight and a level playing field. It means reform has raised five times as much as the conservatives this year and six times as much as Labour. Donor Ben Dilo is a cryptocurrency billionaire and recently called Government Attempts to limit donations from people abroad anti-democratic. He recently relocated from Hong Kong to the UK.

1:02Times columnist Fraser Nelson says it changes reform's future. Reform will never really have to worry again about meeting people in dodgy made fair clubs and being filmed by undercover reporters. But it's who the money has come from that's important. Ben Dilo is a, well, what's convicted for fraud in America, and served a sentence that wasn't custodial. He was then pardoned by Donald Trump. But it's not exactly a kind of a person that most political parties will be rushing to get money from. Reform UK has denied any wrongdoing regarding previous financial donation allegations and says it will cooperate fully with the police. People gathering in Portsmouth later to protest about immigration will not be allowed to wear face masks in certain areas and will risk a rest if they do. There are due to be anti-immigration demonstrations from groups such as the South Coast Patriots as well as counter protest by the group stand up to racism. Last week police vehicles were damaged and a small number of officers were injured. There were also protests in Dover. The Bishop of Dover, right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin told Times Radio what she felt about them.

2:04The fact that there were hundreds of men with their faces hidden all in black, there for a purpose of saying we don't warn certain people here. That is worrying and the police not being able or just people not being able to go about their normal course of business. It's frightening, deeply troubling. The man writing a review on how to get more young people into work has told the Times in an interview that the current welfare system is a total state failure, trapping 16 to 24-year-olds on benefits. The Labour peer, Lord Alan Milburn, told The Times' Stephen Swinford that payouts need to be more conditional. With deal on both sides, the states absolutely has an obligation around more support and more opportunities. And young people have an obligation to engage with that. Because otherwise we are in this world where you signed off and you're written off. And I know that sounds like tough love, but it is tough love that is needed here.

3:07Prince Harry has announced a series of public engagements for this month, which include the World Child Awards in London and the Invictus Spirit Awards. The palace reminded various stakeholders earlier this week that Harry and Meghan are not official working royals. The King instructed the head of the Royal Household to send a letter to key individuals in the military and government that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's HRH titles are not used and that their position was akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests. For more stories like this, listen throughout the day to Times Radio. This episode of The Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PWC. AI is everywhere in the news in our hands, but return an investment not so much. So how do you get beyond the hype and deliver AI that powers reinvention and growth across your business? Strong foundations unlock AI's potential. That's why PWC takes you further with tech, strengthening the data quality processes and workflows that shape how well AI performs.

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