On why he said there’d be no point in McSweeney going hours before his departure on Sunday: “I always try to answer questions as honestly as I can, and that was my view, but Morgan made his own decision during the course of the day, and I understand that”
Work and Pensions Sec Pat McFadden has told PA the PM has his “full support” to continue in post and is the best person to lead the country
He’s disappointed McSweeney went, says it was a “personal decision”
Says PM will “acknowledge what's gone wrong” at PLP meeting tonight
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage rejects Zack Polanski's request for a one-to-one debate
"I generally find that if you pick a fight with a chimney sweep you get covered in soot, so I might just leave that alone"
"But he's got a fan club - all the heroin smokers and everything"
Exc: Ex-Meta boss Nick Clegg has called for tougher regulation of tech firms and criticised the "TikTokification" of apps including Instagram, where he says users are "bombarded" with clips from the "darkest recesses of the internet"
https://t.co/O541uz4FeG
Full PA article on why her estate agency failed to apply for the rental licence:
The lettings agency involved in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ rental arrangements said it had apologised to her for an “oversight” that led to a failure to obtain a licence.
Gareth Martin, owner of Harvey & Wheeler, said: “We alert all our clients to the need for a licence. In an effort to be helpful our previous property manager offered to apply for a licence on these clients’ behalf, as shown in the correspondence. That property manager suddenly resigned on the Friday before the tenancy began on the following Monday.
“Unfortunately, the lack of application was not picked up by us as we do not normally apply for licences on behalf of our clients; the onus is on them to apply. We have apologised to the owners for this oversight.
“At the time the tenancy began, all the relevant certificates were in place and if the licence had been applied for, we have no doubt it would have been granted.
“Our clients would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for. Although it is not our responsibility to apply, we did offer to help with this.
“We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for.”
Sir Ed Davey has called on China to release the tapes of the interrogation of a Liberal Democrat MP who was denied entry to Hong Kong to visit her family
✍️: @ninallloyd and Nick Warren
https://t.co/iWMvFdcSjI
Western military planning to enforce a potential ceasefire in Ukraine is set to intensify in London next week as Downing Street said “nothing is off the table” over possible troop deployment for Kyiv
✍️: @ninallloyd and @DavidHughesPA
https://t.co/BZ7cooyEtK
The UK will not impose an arms embargo on Israel over an aid blockade to Gaza described by the Foreign Secretary as a “breach of international law,” a senior Cabinet minister has said
✍️: @ninallloyd
https://t.co/oTdAqB9pft
The Business Secretary has said Donald Trump’s decision to impose global tariffs on steel and aluminium is “disappointing” and “all options” are on the table to respond in the national interest
✍️: @ninallloyd
https://t.co/hsZGStyXAp
@PA Anderson tells the Commons: "I would like to apologise to the complainant and to this House... (I give) my firm assurance that I’ve learned significant lessons through this process, and a firm undertaking that such behaviour on my part will never happen again"
NEW from @PA: Reform MP Lee Anderson has been ordered to apologise to the Commons for breaking bullying and harassment rules after swearing at a security guard when his parliamentary pass didn't work
https://t.co/WYFfrKWH4E
The Budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech ahead of one of the most significant financial statements in recent history
✍️: @ninallloyd
https://t.co/4mm3BHumNv