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Patrick Daly

Patrick Daly is a political correspondent at PA Media, having covered events in Westminster for eight years. In his role, Patrick has reported on the Brexit fallout and the impact of Covid. He is particularly interested in transport, defence and religious issues. Patrick’s journalism career began on local newspapers, working for the Plymouth Herald before becoming the parliamentary correspondent for a host of regional titles.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves giving the Mais lecture (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK economy needs fundamental course correction, says shadow chancellor Reeves

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he wants to move towards having a more lightly taxed economy (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Chancellor: I hope to show a path to reducing tax burden in prudent Budget

Police will be given cash to run a pilot that will see drones use as first responder to some incidents (Danny Lawson/PA)

Budget to include £800m to cut red tape and free-up NHS and police time

Members of Generation Z are shunning traditional news outlets in favour of social media according to a study on the UK’s media habits

Gen Z ushering in ‘post-truth media age’, says former No 10 communications chief