Afternoon summary
Rishi Sunak proved unable to stand up to “a cartoon bully with a pet spider”, Keir Starmer said during PMQs, as he focused on the departure of Gavin Williamson from the cabinet and castigated the prime minister for being weak and lacking principle.
Elections for the Northern Ireland Stormont assembly could be delayed until next April to give talks between the UK and the EU on post-Brexit trade arrangements a chance, the government has announced.
Nurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal, in a move that will seriously disrupt NHS care.
Labour will soon be defending another seat in a byelection after the MP Kate Green was announced as Andy Burnham’s choice for deputy mayor of Greater Manchester.
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Rishi Sunak says the UK will “never back down” when it comes to supporting Ukraine.
Today I hosted NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg in Downing Street.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 9, 2022
We will never back down when it comes to supporting the Ukrainian people in the face of Putin’s brutality. pic.twitter.com/w8raeGx0CT
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