Another clear challenge to Sunak's authority — open and shut case of whip needing to be withdrawn on paper

‘We both need to be back in Westminster’: Conservative MP appears to endorse Reform’s Lee Anderson
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🗳️ When is the next general election?

We breakdown the viable dates Rishi Sunak will be considering:

— 17 October 2024
— 14 November 2024
— 12 December 2024
— 23 January 2025
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NEW: Rachel Reeves has vowed to “take on the tax dodgers” as part of plan to raise over £5 billion a year to fund the NHS and breakfast clubs

“If you make your home and do your business in Britain, then you should pay your taxes here too”, Reeves said
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NEW: Rachel Reeves vows crackdown on ‘tax dodgers’ to fund NHS and breakfast clubs 🚨
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From Ben Lake AS/MP, APPG Fuel Poverty & Energy Efficiency chair: ‘How water efficiency devices can mitigate fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions’
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NEW: Gordon Brown has accused the govt of “systematically undermining” the “whole system of international law”

Rishi Sunak hinted last week that the UK could leave the ECHR as controlling immigration is more important than “membership of a foreign court”
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Opinion Former Comment: Catherine Foot, Director of Phoenix Insights at Phoenix Group lays out the case for flexible working and unpaid leave to get those who are underemployed back to work.

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From Nickie Aiken MP for Cities of London & Westminster: ‘Those undergoing fertility treatment rightfully need workplace protection’
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Makes sense:

Mordaunt or Johnson may be more popular than Sunak - and polls, depending on how the qs are framed, may suggest they could improve Tory ratings as leader

BUT such polls cannot account for the chaos involved in Sunak’s ouster or, say, Mordaunt’s succession…

From Wendy Chamberlain MP: ‘It’s time to address the barriers to a fair election — starting with voter ID’
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The fight against HIV is being fought well but is not over yet. We have come such a long way, and we must not turn our backs on anyone who is or could be affected, writes Peter Gibson MP
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From Peter Gibson MP: ‘We must do more to achieve zero transmissions of HIV by 2030’
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