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Chloe Chaplain

Chloe is a Senior Political Correspondent at i, covering all the latest Westminster developments. Her background includes reporting on politics, policy, welfare and equalities.

Article thumbnail: PA REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023 File photo dated 14/04/23 - NHS junior doctors take part in a march and rally in the centre of Birmingham, on the final day of the British Medical Association's 96-hour walkout in a dispute over pay. Issue date: Thursday December 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Review2023 Pictures. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: Embargoed to 0001 Thursday February 27 File photo dated 12/09/18 showing models of elderly people on a pile of coins and bank notes.Pension savers are struggling to track down and understand their retirement pots, according to Which? PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 27, 2020. The consumer group wants to see the urgent introduction of a "pensions dashboard" where people would be able to see information about all their retirement pots online, in one place. See PA story MONEY Pensions. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 21/03/22 of Dame Esther Rantzen who has said that helping to ease the loneliness of the elderly is "more important than ever". She was speaking as Silver Line, the phoneline she launched to help older people, marks its 10th anniversary and as the World Health Organisation announced a new commission to try and address loneliness as a pressing health threat and find ways to promote social connection. Issue date: Saturday November 25, 2023. PA Photo. The Silver Line, which is run by Age UK, gives over-55s a friendly voice around the clock to chat to. See PA story CHARITY SilverLine. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 21/03/22 of Dame Esther Rantzen who has said that helping to ease the loneliness of the elderly is "more important than ever". She was speaking as Silver Line, the phoneline she launched to help older people, marks its 10th anniversary and as the World Health Organisation announced a new commission to try and address loneliness as a pressing health threat and find ways to promote social connection. Issue date: Saturday November 25, 2023. PA Photo. The Silver Line, which is run by Age UK, gives over-55s a friendly voice around the clock to chat to. See PA story CHARITY SilverLine. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: (FILES) Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listens to a question as he holds the closing press conference during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 2, 2023. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024 but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. The maximum term of a UK parliament is five years. The last nationwide vote took place on December 12, 2019. The next election has to happen by January 28, 2025, five years since the current parliament first met and after allowing time for campaigning. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listens to a question as he holds the closing press conference during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 2, 2023. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024 but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. The maximum term of a UK parliament is five years. The last nationwide vote took place on December 12, 2019. The next election has to happen by January 28, 2025, five years since the current parliament first met and after allowing time for campaigning. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Solar panels are built at the QCells solar energy manufacturing factory in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner/
Article thumbnail: Solar panels are built at the QCells solar energy manufacturing factory in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner/
Article thumbnail: BE'ERI, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 23: David Cameron, the new UK foreign secretary and former prime minister, views a home destroyed in last month's Hamas attack on November 23, 2023 at kibbutz Be'eri, Israel. Cameron was joined by Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on a visit to the kibbutz where scores of people were killed in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. His visit comes as Israel is on the brink of commencing a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, although the timing of the truce is still not confirmed. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BE'ERI, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 23: David Cameron, the new UK foreign secretary and former prime minister, views a home destroyed in last month's Hamas attack on November 23, 2023 at kibbutz Be'eri, Israel. Cameron was joined by Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on a visit to the kibbutz where scores of people were killed in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. His visit comes as Israel is on the brink of commencing a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, although the timing of the truce is still not confirmed. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)