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Salman Rushdie says he “cannot draw a line under this event” until his attacker has been sentenced.

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Rishi Sunak has pledged the government will increase defence spending to a baseline of 2.5% of GDP by 2030.

In 2022, Boris Johnson made the same promise, just weeks before he resigned.

Rt Hon James Heappey MP insists Rishi Sunak isn't using defence for political gain.

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How a long night of ping pong is shaping up as MPs and peers vote on Rwanda bill:

18.00 Commons votes down Lords' amendments

20.00 Cross-bench peers table narrowed amendments

22.00 Amendments sent back to Commons

23.00 Commons expected to vote down new Lords amendments

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Worth listening to Rosie Duffield MP on Times Radio right now. Interesting chat about the Cass report, about sexism in the Labour party (she does believe Labour ss a boy's club and accuses them of briefing against her) and reflects on how male-dominant Parliament in general is

“I think the conference will be back on tomorrow.”

The prime minister of Belgium has intervened after local officials shut down the National Conservatism conference, where Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and Miriam Cates are in attendance, Bruno Waterfield reports.

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“I was at the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday…I saw people walking around snorting cocaine.”

Former chair of the Conservative Party Sir Jake Berry MP uses public drug taking to exemplify how a smoking ban wouldn't work in practice.

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However they’re already pretty sanctioned so some debate last night whether there was meaningful room.

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My favourite story on The Times and The Sunday Times today — Harold Wilson’s secret Downing Street affair.

Former press secretary Joe Haines breaks nearly half a century of silence to tell the story of the prime minister’s relationship with Janet Hewlett-Davies.

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“The only way back here for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives is to make a big, bold offer on the immigration issue.”

Rishi Sunak should offer a referendum on immigration to tempt back Reform voters to the Tory Party, says Matt Goodwin from the Legatum Institute.

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