Programme Director of @TimesRadio. Formerly @BBC5Live and Blue Peter. Husband, dad, member of @PlattChurch
Joined January 2009
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 11
The armed forces minister Al Carns has told Times Radio's political editor Anna Mikhailova that the defence investment plan is "not fit for purpose" in reaction to John Healey's resignation.
He then said of Keir Starmer "he has got to sort it out."
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 11
John Healey has resigned his post as defence secretary this afternoon, but Andrew Neil predicted he would step down over the Defence Investment plan this morning.
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 11
EXC: I’ve spoken to armed forces minister Al Carns, following John Healey’s resignation
Carns says the DIP is ‘not fit for purpose’
He says of Keir Starmer: ‘He’s got to sort this out’
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 8
Times Radio's political editor Anna Mikhailova tells John Pienaar that there's "quite a lot of scepticism" among voters in Makerfield about whether any of the candidates can "deliver what they are promising".
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 8
Daniel Finkelstein wants to “make a deal” with social media companies: they stop “making money out of damaging children”, and people like him can “defend their right to act freely”.
“These companies are powerful entities and the people who run them have choices.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 5
📻 I’m back in @TimesRadio presenting duties this evening. 7pm
Covering the ⛳️ Crazy Golf World Championship, 🍌growing bananas in the UK, 🪐 an explanet with possible life and much more!
Tune in….
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 2
Reform will exploit the murder of Henry Nowak “for all it’s worth”, says Times Radio’s Andrew Neil.
“This is a huge story with huge political ramifications.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 2
Henry Nowak’s last moments as he’s arrested while dying leaves Kate McCann in tears.
“For that to be the last thing that you hear…I just think that’s unforgivable.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 1
“I don’t think there’s a farmer alive who’s Labour anymore.”
Jeremy Clarkson tells Times Radio there’s only one party doing very well with young farmers and it's Reform UK.
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Tim Levell retweeted
Jun 1
“Is Keir Starmer the right man to make that argument?”
“Yes, he is.”
Health secretary James Murray says Keir Starmer is the right man to improve people's lives and he's being “very reflective” on the back of the local election results.
@JamesMurray_ldn | @KateEMcCann
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 28
Don’t go into politics, advises Lord Heseltine, sharing a lesson for potential challengers to the prime minister:
“There are no rewards and your life will end in failure.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 28
“I can’t remember the last time two campaigns felt so similar in that regard.”
@darrylmorris reports from Makerfield, where Labour’s Andy Burnham and Reform’s Robert Kenyon are using their local roots to galvanise support.
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 27
Rishi Sunak weighs in on Keir Starmer's leadership woes:
“It would be wrong to think just changing the person at the top is going to be enough.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 27
Tony Blair warns the government it "can’t just hope" problems like rising welfare spending will solve themselves.
“Anybody who looks at this triple lock…long term, it’s unaffordable. It's very clear.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 27
Keir Starmer should rip up Ed Miliband’s “unnecessary” net zero agenda, Tony Blair tells #TimesRadio.
“It’s not that I'm a climate denier, but it's just coming to terms with this reality.”
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 23
So good to hear Ben Taylor Sunday Times Editor on @TimesRadio re younger staff, attracting and retaining them within a workforce. All to be encouraged post Covid and WFH. Every word.
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 22
On my @TimesRadio show at 4: I'll speak to some of the MPs at the campaign launch of @AndyBurnhamGM ; top cop Neil Basu on the row between the Mayor of London & Palantir over AI in policing; @PennyMordaunt & @JonAshworth chat WTF
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 22
“He talks about values, but I think what Londoners value is not being mugged, not being raped by a serving police officer.”
CEO of Palantir UK Louis Mosley says London Mayor Sadiq Khan is “putting politics over public safety” by blocking the tech firm’s deal with the Met Police.
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 21
“A flow of money is going to go through Russia?”
“Yes but Stig you’re trying to set this out in a really absolutist way.”
Chief secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby defends the government’s decision to water down sanctions on Russian oil.
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Tim Levell retweeted
May 20
Trevor Phillips asks: is the government valuing the cost of living over the lives of Ukrainians?
@TrevorPTweets | #TimesRadio
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