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Chris Smyth

@Smyth_Chris

Whitehall Editor of The Times. DMs open

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Anthony Mangnall, leader of Tory MPs pushing for concessions on renters' reform, says he will vote against bill

Calls is 'an enormous mistake'

Comes after housing campaigners called bill a 'betrayal' for accepting some of his changes

So is anyone now happy with it?

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Rishi Sunak pledges that increase in defence spending will come 'without any increases in borrowing or debt'

Which must mean out of existing post-2025 spending plans

As Paul Johnson may point out, this surely means bigger cuts for other departments

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Not the most ringing endorsement of the political class from Claire Coutinho.

She says there are 650 MPs and the 'vast majority' aren't wrong 'uns or perverts

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Rishi Sunak breaking more notably with Liz Truss than he has since taking office - says he 'repeatedly warned' her economic policies wouldn't work

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