Fred Dimbleby

Political Correspondent @itvcalendar

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"I don't know why everybody hates him, I quite like him actually"

Conservative MP @EdwardLeighGB comes to the defence of Keir Starmer

On @ITVLastOrders tonight

https://t.co/SuGfHcLYXV

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On his friendship with Wes Streeting:

“If friendship can’t endure difference it’s not a real friendship.”

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Peter Kyle speaking at Press Gallery lunch:

On the Labour Party: “Tories haven’t learnt the lessons of the Labour Party in opposition…I don’t think we’ve learnt the lessons of the Tory party in government.”

On leadership - “entitlement is not a qualification for leadership.”

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Labour MP @JoshFG calls for "more leadership and more ambition" from the government

@natalieben says there is a lot of "whispering in little groups in quiet corners" in parliament at the moment

All that and more on @ITVLastOrders tonight on ITV1

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WATCH: An extraordinary exchange between Reform leader Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer at PMQs

Farage claims we are "living under two-tier policing", but does not respond to calls from MPs to condemn violence in Southampton

PM says Farage has "exploited" the tragedy

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@des_mansfield It's not covered 24/7, but there are often journalists outside

I was there covering a petition hand-in

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Graham Brady just walked into Number 10

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He left pretty shortly after, but it did feel like a flashback

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He also says he wants to talk to Green authority leaders about arrangements to relocate asylum seekers

I ask whether that is a divisive policy

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New: NE Lincs Reform council leader @OliverFreeston defends his view that the Ukraine and the pride flag should not fly from council buildings

He tells me, "It's just political gesturing...I don't think most people care

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I think some members of the government may be slightly happier about their message exchanges (or lack of exchange) with Mandelson than others

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Zack Polanski says “it’s time to take on the bond markets”

“It’s time for progressives to hold our nerve”

“The bond markets are important, but nobody elected the bond markets”

Speaking at Compass conference

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He adds he gets where Burnham is coming from because “he’s got a really difficult job to do”

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New: Labour MP Clive Lewis says of Andy Burnham “over the last two weeks he’s done so many u-turns he’s come full circle, which is brilliant”

“That’s probably lost me my job if I was going to get one” he tells Compass conference

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New: PM calls on TNT Sports to make the Champions League final free to watch for supporters

“Hard-working people should not have to worry about forking out for a
subscription to watch a game of this magnitude.”

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He’s running

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"What a time we have had together." 🩵

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Another Labour MP resigns as a PPS saying the party needs to be “bolder”

[Luke Charters MP @lukejcr]

Today I was proud to be part of the team that carried the Steel Industry Nationalisation Bill through its second reading in Parliament. On Labour’s watch, Britain’s industrial heartlands will never be forgotten.

As the Commons rises for recess, I have let colleagues know that I've chosen to step back as PPS in the Department for Business and Trade. It has been a genuine privilege to put Labour values into practice in this role.

Looking back, one of the moments I'm most proud of is helping introduce our landmark Employment Rights Act, including day-one paternity rights for dads. As the youngest parent in Parliament, that one meant everything to me, and we must of course go further.

After much reflection over recent weeks, I've thought carefully about where I stand on things. As a party, we have to be bolder with our ideas and more confident in our approach, kinder to ourselves as one Labour family, and we must make people in every corner of this country feel that politics is genuinely working for them in their everyday lives.

I'll keep fighting on the causes closest to my heart: strengthening parental rights, fixing the broken student loans system, regulating rogue bailiffs, and delivering the change the North has long deserved. I want to play my full part in what comes next.

I am lucky to work alongside brilliant colleagues across the PLP and to represent the best city in the country. The people of York Outer are my constituents, my neighbours, and my friends. I'll never stop fighting for them as their MP.

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Chancellor told off by Deputy Speaker for announcing policy on TikTok rather than Parliament

'Ministers must do better', she said

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EXC: PM speaks to ITV News after net migration figures published

He says this "is really good delivery" after I ask if it is too little too late

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NEW - Two assisted dying supporters have come second and fourth in the private members bill ballot

- Lauren Edwards
- Andrew George

If they choose to take on the bill, it is possible it could still pass (but it is still very difficult)