Daily Briefing Sunday 4th October

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0:38Welcome to the Times Radio news briefing on Sunday 4th October. The company, which owns Manchester City Football Club, was given first refusal on property developments across Manchester. Times Radio's Matt Hutchinson reports. A 10-year contract signed in 2015 gave the Abu Dhabi United Group preferential access to land identified for development by Manchester City Council. The contract, seen by the Sunday Times, has been released under freedom of information laws. A council source has defended the scheme, saying it delivered£1.25 billion of regeneration, and Manchester City has previously said it does not recognise the criticisms.

1:18Last week, Andy Burnham described Abu Dhabi United Group as a huge partner in the development of Manchester. Manchester City has appealed after being found guilty of inflating revenue and reducing costs by more than£900 million. The Sunday Times has found that 700 people have refused to have an electronic tag fitted despite it being a condition of them being let out of prison. Only 62 % of tags are fitted within 48 hours while one in ten takes five months. Hundreds of convicts were let go under the early release scheme on Thursday. The Justice Secretary, Alex Norris, was asked on Times Radio why inmates are not tagged before they leave prison.

1:58There are practical hurdles to it. However, we've initiated a trial in prison to see how that could be done. Actually, the early results are encouraging. I think more of that is a good thing, as they say. However, in the meantime, we've driven performance on tagging forward significantly to make sure people are getting them in a timely manner. And as I've said to you, if they don't adhere to that, well, then the consequences are very significant indeed. Russia has imposed strict limits on the freedom of young men. A leaked document has been seen by the Sunday Times. It appears to pave the way for mass military mobilisation.

2:32Defence correspondent Dominic Hauschild has written this exclusive story. In Russia they have this thing called conscription season. It's twice a year in the spring and in the autumn where the military will call up people to serve. Usually it's limited to around 100 ,000 recruits per conscription season. and we actually had the announcement a week or two ago that they're looking to recruit around 120 ,000 conscripts this autumn. The thing that makes this different is it's a hint, a signal that Russia is preparing to launch a much greater conscription campaign. A property tycoon who was once top of the Sunday Times rich list has become the latest billionaire to leave Britain.

3:13David Rubin, who oversees separate£1 billion restorations of London landmarks, moved to Monaco over the summer. His exit follows a wave of similar departures since Labour came to power. Robert Watts compiles the rich list for the Sunday Times. All the wealth on the Sunday Times rich list this year, 10 % of all the wealth we found to be controlled by Brits now based in Monaco. But there has been this big change, this big step change in the last two years of people leaving the UK. And that's the number one destination. We talk a lot about Dubai, don't we? We talk a lot about Switzerland, the Shandlines, but Monaco is number one.

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