Afternoon summary
The UK “isn’t being governed” as the Conservative party fights among itself, Keir Starmer has told Rishi Sunak at the last prime minister’s questions of the year, challenging him in particular on rates of homelessness.
Mark Drakeford has announced he is stepping down as the Welsh first minister and a contest for the leadership of Welsh Labour will begin shortly.
Britain’s economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in October as households and businesses came under growing pressure amid the cost of living crisis, raising the chances of a recession.
The BBC is likely to be “looking into” Gary Lineker’s criticism of Conservative politicians, which appear to breach the BBC’s social media guidelines, Samir Shah, the government’s proposed new chair of the corporation, has said.
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As the home affairs committee hearing was ending, Diana Johnson, the committee chair, asked about the amount of money spent on the Rwanda scheme.
At the end of last week, the Home Office revealed that in addition to the initial £140m spent on the scheme, another £100m was paid in April and £50m is due to be paid next year.
In the Commons yesterday, Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, claimed, on the basis of an answer from James Cleverly, that he was admitting a further £100m would be spent in future years.
But Michael Tomlinson, the minister for illegal migration, told Johnson he could just confirm the £100m paid this year and the £50m due to be paid next year. He said information about further payments in the future would be released in due course.
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