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Questions Rayner Still Hasn’t Answered as She Eyes Number 10

There are still plenty of unanswered questions for Angela Rayner as she prepares for her march on Downing Street. Questions any leadership candidate – any future Prime Minister – would not want hanging over them… Where did Angela Rayner actually live between 2007 and 2015? If it was Vicarage Road, why do multiple neighbours say…

LIVE: Starmer Grilled by MPs in Liaison Committee Meeting

Keir Starmer is up in front of the Liaison Committee for the next hour. Expect plenty on Iran and the economy…

Downing Street Insists Public Finances ‘Stable’ as Cost of Borrowing Soars

The Number 10 spokesman in the Lobby briefing of press hacks today: “We doubled our headroom against our fiscal rules. Borrowing is forecast to be lower than the G7 average… we have delivered stability when it comes to the public finances, and we’ve done so in a way that allows us to invest in priorities…

Lobby Hacks Play Musical Chairs in Jobs Shake-Up

There will be lots of movement over in the Parliamentary Press Gallery in the next few weeks. The Express’s Christian Calgie (formerly of these pixels) is off to the Mail as Senior Political Editor-at-Large, working mainly on the daily paper and occasionally moonlighting for the Mail on Sunday. Ex-CCHQ press officer Aaron Newbury, who joined…

Guido Whispers: Bell Ends Up Hiring?

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Mauritius Deputy Prime Minister Resigns Triggering Political Crisis over Chagos

As threatened and as Guido had noted earlier, Mauritius’s Deputy Prime Minister Paul Berenger has resigned overnight. His action follows a phone call with Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam yesterday… The Mauritius government – which is a fractured coalition – may now collapse. Another nail in the coffin for Starmer’s Chagos deal, it’s beginning to become…

Bursting the Bubble: YouGov War Over

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WATCH: Badenoch’s “Best Bits” Montage Fails to Play at Tory Local Election Launch

Eventually Cleverly just ushered Badenoch onstage. Maybe next time…

Westminster Targeted by Scammers in Wave of X Account Hacks

Scammers are targeting the X accounts of hacks and politicians across SW1. Nadhim Zahawi is the latest victim… Esther Webber’s account was also compromised this morning. The messages are always the same, and it’s been going on for several weeks. Sometimes the account holder wrestles back control, sometimes they don’t…

Downing Street Refuses to Back Mahmood’s Migrant Reforms After Rayner Attack

Downing Street is suddenly very coy about supporting the Home Office’s proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain. Speaking at the post-PMQs Lobby huddle of political hacks, Number 10’s political spokesman refused to back Mahmood’s plan to double the time it takes to qualify for permanent residence: “We’re a proud, tolerant, generous country. Labour has…

Ex-Tory MP Crispin Blunt Charged With Drug Offences

Crispin Blunt has been charged with four drug offences, including the possession of meth and cannabis. The ex-justice minister is due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 25th March…