MPs will vote at 7pm on the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: the number of Labour MPs who will vote against the government is still in doubt, as speculation abounds that Keir Starmer will offer another concession at the last moment. We profile nine of the leading Labour rebels here. David Maddox, our political editor, thinks that the government will win the vote, but that the government's retreat, losing half the £5bn-a-year saving towards the end of this parliament, means that it has already "lost". I agree, and argue that Labour's rebel MPs have weakened Starmer – but that the greatest damage they have done is to themselves. |
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What else you need to know today |
- Not in the official cabinet read-out: Keir Starmer told cabinet this morning that briefings against Morgan McSweeney must stop; he "will not countenance" criticism of his chief of staff; Labour wouldn't have won without him; "we will not turn on our staff" – as reported by Patrick Maguire, author of the book of Starmer's leadership
- Angela Rayner and Jonathan Reynolds have published the timetable for the measures in the Employment Rights Bill taking effect – with the most controversial postponed until 2027, including the "day one" right to protection from unfair dismissal (subject to rules, not yet decided, on probation periods)
- Three former bosses at Lucy Letby's hospital have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter
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How does Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain differ from Reform UK? |
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As the former Reform MP launches a new political movement, Sean O'Grady examines the spate of right-wing parties that have sprung up and asks if there is room for one more in what is already a crowded field... Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
After the fallout from tonight's Labour rebellion on welfare, Keir Starmer will appear at Prime Minister's Questions at noon for the first time in three weeks after attending the G7 and Nato summits.
The Commons will sit at 11.30am, starting with questions on Northern Ireland. Later MPs will debate Lords amendments to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
John Healey, the defence secretary, will be questioned by the Commons defence select committee at 2pm. George Robertson, Fiona Hill and Richard Barrons, who wrote the government's strategic defence review, will appear before the Lords defence committee at 2.30pm.
Diana Johnson, the policing minister; Lucy Rigby, the solicitor general and Sarah Sackman, the justice minister, will be among the witnesses at the Speaker's conference on protecting candidates, MPs and elections from abuse and intimidation from 3.40pm.
Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, will give evidence to the Covid inquiry about adult social care from 10am.
Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, will address the annual judges' dinner. |
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"We can all rightly look back with a real sense of pride and achievement"
Keir Starmer, to cabinet, reflecting on the last year in office |
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Quiz answer: Bridget Phillipson |
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