Mark Menzies is standing down at the next election , CCHQ confirms But their internal investigation has found that there has been no misuse of Conservative Party funds-which seems
to have been based on the fact that Fylde Conservatives wasnt responsible for the funds used

The latest on Israel/Gaza here - including reaction to the IDF briefing on the killing of the aid workers, and promises of allowing more aid in by land: bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…

And in a statement @david_cameron says Israel must ‘make progress’ towards ‘a major change in the conduct of hostilities to protect civilians’ and reforms ‘to ensure the safery of aid workers’ as well as ‘an immediate humanitarian pause’

Asked if ⁦The Labour Party⁩ would make more resources available to councils at risk of bankruptcy its first year in govt, if it wins the election, he tells me he can’t ‘waggle’ a magic money tree - But he does say councils would be better off at the end of a Labour term than now

More on @uklabour 's local election campaign launch in Dudley incl part of my interview with ⁦Keir Starmer @bbcnews @bbcOne at 6 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Asked if @uklabour’s workers’ rights agenda will be implemented in their first term Keir Starmer gives a one word answer - ‘yes’

Keir Starmer says he is satisfied with Angela Rayner 🌹’s tax advice (on the sale of her ex-council house) but defends her decision not to publish it- he says ‘where will this end’?

Time and again ⁦Keir Starmer⁩ talks about ‘rolling up our sleeves’ to sort out the nation’s challenges - today he is giving a visible demonstration

The @uklabour deputy leader ⁦Angela Rayner 🌹⁩ praises workers’ rights and council house building at the party’s local election launch in Dudley. She says @borisjohnson’s ‘levelling up agenda’ is now like a burnt out shell.

There is a small but vocal pro- Palestinian demonstration outside ⁦The Labour Party⁩'s local election launch in the West Midlands.

Prolonged cheering as the PM enters the backbench 1922 committee meeting in the Commons He will apparently try to focus on the local elections & denounce Labour's record in local govt but with inflation going down a key message will surely be 'hold on, give my plan time to work'

At a raucous #PMQs Labour is doubling down on opposition to the #rwanda 'gimmick' just as the govt gets more
confident that it will get a pre-election flight off (no matter what the Lords decide tonight)

At #PMQs @rishisunak repeats the 'assumption' that the election will be in the second half of the year. I am sure he wouldn't mislead the House.

The Chancellor explicitly confirms National Insurance contributions won't be completely abolished in the next parliament if the @conservatives win. This follows @uklabour attack at PMQs- my updated version on why NICs could be a big election issue here:

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Chancellor @jeremy_hunt has accused @uklabour of 'scaremongering' and is explictly ruling out complete NICs abolition in the next parliament (if @conservatives re-elected)