Morning briefing Friday 27th June

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1:03This is The Times' morning briefing on Friday 27th June. Labour rebels are understood to have been offered concessions by the government on its controversial welfare reforms, as the government seeks to head off a Commons defeat in a crunch vote next week. The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill has its second reading on Tuesday. Professor Jonathan Portes is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College London and told us that the government could have approached this from a different angle and avoided the rebellion in the first place. Personal independence payment is a payment that goes to people regardless of whether they're in work.

1:37So the idea that cutting it was going to incentivise people to go back to work was never very plausible. It was always risked being seen just a cuts measure. And if they had simply made this whole package much more about getting people back to work, I think they'd have had a lot easier time selling it. Reform UK would be the largest party where an election held tomorrow. That's according to a new poll. It predicts Nigel Farage's party would win 271 seats, 55 short of a majority, with Labour dropping to 178 and the Tories to just 46. Political commentator and former president of YouGov, Peter Kellner, told us what this could mean.

2:16Although reform at the moment is the most popular party in Britain, every poll agrees with that, also when people ask what the party don't like, reform is also the most unpopular party in Britain. It wins both the popularity and the unpopularity stakes. And therefore, if it were to end up in government with 31-32 % of the vote, this is something which a great majority of the British electorate may dislike intensely. Number 10 has reportedly banned senior health officials, military leaders and the head of the civil service from speaking openly in public, a move critics are calling a chilling attack on free speech.

2:55Downing Street has warned public sector officials against unvetted comments at open events and stops them making statements in public Q &A sessions. Media briefings on public health issues also require prior Downing Street clearance and ministerial presence. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel, said his country would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East. The 86-year-old leader claimed victory after 12 days of war, culminating in an Iranian attack on the largest U.S.

3:32base in the region located in Qatar. That's after the United States joined Israeli strikes on Iran. He also made this statement.

3:43The Islamic Republic delivered a hard slap to the face of America. It attacked one of America's key bases in the region, Al-Odeed Air Base, and inflicted damage. And there's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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4:45Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. Now there's nothing on my skin, thanks to SkyRizzy. And that means everything. Ask your doctor about SkyRizzy, the number one dermatologist prescribed biologic and psoriasis. Visit SkyRizzy.com or call 1-866-SKY-Rizzy to learn more.

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