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Kendall says she is ‘listening carefully’ to concerns raised about plan to restrict eligibility for Pip Kendall has used her speech to set out in detail the proposals she is making for welfare reform, emphasising the initiatives that will help

Rantzen accused of being ‘disrespectful’ after suggesting critics of assisted dying motivated by undeclared religious views Hoyle called Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who has introduced the bill, to open the debate. Leadbeater started with some general points about the

Starmer hails US and India trade agreements Keir Starmer starts by mentioned the trade deal with India, and the “landmark agreement” (he does not call it a trade deal) with the US. And he says the immigration white paper has

Cooper defends Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ line but says she does not know if he was aware of Enoch Powell echo Good morning. Yesterday Keir Starmer unveiled the government’s immigration white paper, a significant policy intervention on a topic that

Keir Starmer to announce new measures to ‘tighten-up’ immigration system Good morning. Keir Starmer is today unveiling the government immigration white paper, which he says will tighten the rules across all aspects of the visa system. He is holding a

Starmer confirms he wants to ‘take some money out of government’ as part of efficiency drive Well, that did not really get us very far. Apologies to anyone who feels misled by “grilling” in the headline. We learned very little.

House of Lords proceedings disrupted by protesters Proceedings in the House of Lords have been disrupted by protesters, this morning. ITV News has the clip. Campaigners in the gallery started shouting “Lords out, people in”, and dropping leaflets into the

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature John Hayes (Con) says crossbows can cost lives in the hands of killers. The last government launched a consultation on their use. They are as powerful