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Sky’s political editor, Beth Rigby, who went to the PM Connect event at Accrington but did not get called to ask a question (memo to No 10 – that’s a bad idea), says she has been told that Harry Cole’s story about Rishi Sunak wanting to advocate scrapping the Rwanda policy when he was running for Tory leader in 2022 is accurate. (See 11.48am.)
As per @MrHarryCole story, I have also been told by a campaign insider the PM “wanted to scrap the Rwanda scheme” and “had no serious in interest” in illegal or legal migration “until he was persuaded otherwise during the campaign” (PM today said he didn’t say GOING to scrap…
🚨As per @MrHarryCole story, I have also been told by a campaign insider the PM “wanted to scrap the Rwanda scheme” and “had no serious in interest” in illegal or legal migration “until he was persuaded otherwise during the campaign” (PM today said he didn’t say GOING to scrap… https://t.co/1LFkUVH9Yf
— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) January 8, 2024Updated at 08.28 EST29m ago08.10 EST
There will be a Commons statement on the Post Office Horizon scandal today, but it won’t start until quite late. There are three other items first after defence questions ends at 3.30pm. Here they are, with rough timings.
3.30pm: Urgent question on Gaza, tabled by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary.
Around 4.15pm: Victoria Atkins, the health secretary, makes a statement on how the NHS is handling winter.
Around 5.15pm: Robbie Moore, the minister for water and rural growth, gives a statement on the flooding.
Around 6.15pm:…
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