BREAKING Chris Cash, the Parliamentary aide accused of spying for China, is to been charged with espionage offences. He will appear in mags court on Friday. He will face charges alongside Christopher Berry.

Rishi Sunak tells Beth Rigby: 'Success is when the boats have been stopped.' Bookmark that.

Rishi Sunak says he retains confidence in Met chief Mark Rowley after clips of police officer challenging Jewish man at pro-Palestine march.

PM adds that confidence is 'on the basis that he works to rebuild the confidence and trust of not just the Jewish community, but the wider

Suella Braverman calls for Met chief Mark Rowley to quit, telling #r4today the force has “chosen a side” on pro-Palestinian marches.

(Reminder: she was sacked as Home Sec in row over piece accusing police of bias over protest marches)

MY ANALYSIS: 'Like the Somme without the generals': Tory nerves grow as local elections loom... theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

EXCL: Voters are frustrated with “desperate” culture war tactics deployed by politicians and prepared to punish them at the ballot box More in Common & 38 Degrees research finds - Aletha Adu
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NEW: Former Tory MP Mark Menzies confirms that he will not be standing again at the general election.

CCHQ says it cannot conclude that there had been a misuse of Tory party funds.

Suella Braverman has called for Mark Rowley to quit after a Met officer accused head of anti-semitism group of provoking pro-Palestine protest.

Cab min Claire Coutinho says Met chief “got it wrong” & should apologise but ducks question on resignation on Sky News

Jacqui Smith,

Important news: after months of stalling, US House of Representatives finally approved more than $61bn worth of military assistance to help Ukraine...
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Very much enjoyed doing this. Thanks to my fellow panelists and all at Women in Journalism for having us!

Single biggest thing government could do to reduce number of economically inactive people who are long-term sick is sort out our mental health services.

Two million people in England are on NHS mental health waiting lists. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…