As business minister in 2009 Pat McFadden replied to letter from James Arbuthnot saying concerns over Horizon were matters for #PostOffice not the government

As the President of #Rwanda pays a lightning (and untrailed) visit to Rishi Sunak the Home Office brushes off the Times story that housing set aside for asylum seekers in Rwanda has been sold off - 'they stand ready to host thousands of migrants under the Partnership' says HO

'Angela has my full support today and every day' says Keir Starmer after Greater Manchester Police says it will 'reassess' decision over investigation into sale of house belonging to Angela Rayner

asked if triple lock for #pensions will apply for whole of next Parliament, PM says 'you can safely assume that's what the Chancellor meant' when he spoke on Sunday Liaison Committee

Loved going to Wigan for this.
Catch the full thing tonight on Channel 5 News

.Rishi Sunak has just told ITV West Country there will not be an election on May 2nd- when asked he said “there won’t be an election on that day”

PM says he will not reimburse Frank # Hester around £15000 for the donation in kind of use of a helicopter - think we can assume same applies to £10m of party donations

Leader at Westminster

The words of Frank #Hester were not just racism and odious, they were “downright bloody dangerous” says #SNP leader Stephen Flynn

so no rabbit after all #Budget2024
wonder how that will go down with some Tory MPs

After all that has been briefed on the #Budget2024 surely there is still a #rabbit to come ?
look out for income tax cut too in some form (a former minister this morning tells me they think the same)

George #Galloway says his supporters will be putting up a candidate against #Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner and other Labour MPs in the general election

Lee Anderson MP has told Andy Bell that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was wrong to remove the whip from him, and that a lot of people agree with what he had to say.

The MP was suspended over the weekend after he said “Islamists” had “got control” of the London Mayor. #5News

Lee #Anderson tells Channel 5 News he thinks Sadiq Khan 'almost enjoys seeing these scenes on Whitehall and Parliament Square which puts my government in a bad light'

PM tells ⁦Channel 5 News⁩ that the comments of Lee #Anderson risk inflaming tensions but won’t say they are Islamophobic

Penny Mordaunt attacking #Labour and blaming them for what happened yesterday and calling Speaker #Hoyle 'a decent man' - signal gov doesn't want to push him out ? #Speaker

MPs now voting on the House sitting in private - if that happens all galleries - public, journalists etc - will be cleared #GazaVote

Newly elected Labour MP Gen Kitchen in Commons must be wondering about the club she just joined #GazaVote