Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson: 'I don't follow US politics'

The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, told Paste BN' lead politics presenter Sophy Ridge that she "doesn't follow American politics".

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New justice secretary, Nick Timothy, praised Kemi Badenoch's leadership

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