Labour and SNP face byelection battle after Margaret Ferrier suspension – as it happened

Margaret Ferrier in the Commons in 2021. Photograph: UK Parliament/Luke Newbold/PA

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Afternoon summary

• MPs have voted to suspend the former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier from parliament for 30 days for breaching Covid-19 regulations, potentially paving the way for a byelection.

• Prince Harry has said Rishi Sunak’s government is at “rock bottom” and avoids scrutiny by getting “in bed” with friendly newspapers.

• Keir Starmer has promised to use public procurement to help create “unionised jobs” in the UK, after being pressed by a striking GMB member from Amazon’s Coventry warehouse.

• The former civil servant Sue Gray has been cleared to take up her new role as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in the autumn after a vetting board rejected calls for her to have a much longer period of gardening leave.

Keir Starmer speaking at the GMB conference this morning. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

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Voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will get the chance of signing the petition for a recall election between 20 June and 31 July, STV’s Kathryn Samson reports. A byelection will take place if 10% of voters sign.

Recall petition for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be open for signing from June 20 - July 31.

— kathryn samson (@STVKathryn) June 6, 2023