It’s one of my favourite moments of the year - presenting the Student Publication Association National Awards with Jem Collins.

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Made my debut on The Story podcast - explaining how we’ve been digging into the Westminster honeypot scandal. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Times investigation:

MPs targeted in the Westminster honeytrap were lured in by a scammer using photographs showing two students who were then in their late teens.

Images were stolen from the Facebook pages of a financial analyst working in London and a lawyer in Birmingham.…

Will Wragg has voluntarily surrendered the Tory whip, I’m told.

A whips’ office spokesperson says: “Following Will Wragg’s decision to step back from his roles on the Public Accounts and 1922 committees, he has also notified the Chief Whip that he is voluntarily relinquishing…

The Westminster honeytrapper surfaced as far back as Labour conference in October 2023.

Attendees say it was the first time they were messaged by 'Charlie' on Grindr and his profile appeared nearby, not through the 'explore' function.

A Labour politician was also messaged on…

Exc: Times/YouGov analysis of this week's MRP poll finds Reform could cost the Tories 41 seats

Six of the 11 cabinet ministers forecast to lose their seats this week would have been expected to hold on – including Penny Mordaunt

thetimes.co.uk/article/reform…

'He confessed to having met somebody on an app, exchanged some photos...then been sort of asked to provide MPs phone numbers, which he felt obliged to do.'

Aubrey Allegretti explains how MP William Wragg admitted to having leaked several MPs numbers on Grindr.

Exclusive:

Senior Conservative MP William Wragg has admitted his involvement in a ‘honeytrap’ sexting scandal targeting a minster and fellow MPs.

The Times approached Wragg after speaking to victims who believed he was involved.

Wragg told me he was “so sorry” for providing…

Exc: Ministers told fiscal drag partly to blame for massive pressure on HMRC helpline that sparked initial decision to shut it for 6 months a year

thetimes.co.uk/article/hmrc-h…

Exc: Plans are quietly being hatched by the Popular Conservatism group to install a Liz-Truss style liberarian as leader, after a presumed general election loss for the Tories

thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-f…

Today we, The Times, joined journalists around the world on a 5k run marking the anniversary of the wrongful detention of our The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich in Russia. #IRanForEvan The Times and The Sunday Times

Grant Shapps continues his schmoozing of Tory candidates 🥂

On Monday, some were invited to watch him at defence questions in the Commons, followed by drinks/ a private chat in his office.

Angela Rayner says if Conservative MPs pushing her to publish details on their tax affairs/ advice, she'll do the same.

'You show me yours, I'll show you mine.'

EXCLUSIVE:

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner praise Boris Johnson's vision for levelling up the nation as they accuse Rishi Sunak of killing it at birth

They claim that Johnson's analysis of regional inequality was 'good' but that Sunak failed to back the policy and 'give…

A Labour source hits back:

“If the Tories are so attached to procedure, why are they trying to rip it up. This is sheer desperation from Conservatives who will do anything to distract from their own failures and seem to have completely given up governing.”

They say precedent…