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PMQs sketch: Angela Rayner 'hearts' Oliver Dowden for one last time

The deputy leaders squared off for the last time at PMQs before a new Tory chief is elected

Evening Standard

No 10 rejects claim Labour misled voters about tax plans in manifesto – as it happened

Labour set out plans to raise taxes by £7.3bn in its manifesto – but Treasury briefing suggests £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts needed

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Starmer faces PMQs grilling on Labour turmoil as Tory leadership takes shape

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer faced a PMQs grilling on the turmoil surrounding his Labour party today (Wednesday 9 October).

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PMQs sketch: Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak cultivate their differences over stalks of wheat

Soon-to-depart Sunak presses PM over winter fuel payments, before Starmer heads to Washington for talks with soon-to-depart President Biden

Evening Standard

Starmer refuses to rule out scrapping pensioner council tax discount after winter fuel axe

The prime minister came under pressure at PMQs over his decision to means test the winter fuel payments worth up to £300, and then refused to guarantee other pensioner benefits

The Independent UK

PMQs sketch: Who's Prime Minister now? Keir Starmer seems unsure

Leaders clash at first PMQs after summer recess following publication of Grenfell tragedy report

Evening Standard

Priti Patel repeats call for Tory members to have more say in running party after defeat in leadership race – as it happened

Former home secretary finishes behind Mel Stride with Robert Jenrick leading the contest at this stage

The Guardian - UK

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Fact check: Keir Starmer's SNP child poverty claim

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said at PMQs this week that since the SNP came to power in Holyrood, the number of children in poverty has increased…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer, please – scrap the distasteful weekly brawl that is PMQs

Parliament’s fusty old procedures badly need updating. The PM should start with a spectacle that serves no benefit, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

PMQs sketch: Sir Keir Starmer stunned as Rishi Sunak takes the high road

Tory leader, at head of vastly shrunken party, stresses unity on Ukraine instead of the usual jousting

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer unite in condemning UK's culture of scandal after infected blood

NHS scandal and sepsis survivor Craig Mackinlay were the talk of the House at Prime Minister’s Questions

Evening Standard

Sunak says Labour taking victory for granted as Starmer calls on voters to ‘stop the chaos’ – as it happened

Prime minister announces early summer election with date putting parties on campaign trail for six weeks

The Guardian - UK

Government loses all seven Lords votes on Rwanda bill – as it happened

Lords back amendments saying bill must comply with international law, on classifying Rwanda as a safe country and independent monitoring

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak's fraught PMQs: from denouncing extremism to defending Tory donor who attacked Diane Abbott

PM refuses to hand back Frank Hester’s money as Sir Keir Starmer accuses Sunak of being ‘scared’ of his own party

Evening Standard

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PMQs sketch: Nasty and loud as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over antisemitism and Islamophobia

Lee Anderson and Liz Truss offer Labour leader rich pickings but under-fire Speaker struggles to keep order

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Rishi Sunak misfires with transgender jibe as 'out of touch' PM slammed in heated Commons clash

PM put himself on the back foot after controversy over Rwanda bet with Piers Morgan

The Guardian - UK

Starmer condemns Sunak over trans rights jibe during PMQs visit by Brianna Ghey’s mother

‘Of all the weeks to say that,’ says Labour leader in angry response to prime minister’s remark

International Business Times UK

Sunak Defends Rwanda Plan At PMQS As Starmer Goes On The Offensive Ahead Of Crucial Vote

Two deputy chairmen of the Conservatives resigned from their roles as they joined dozens of Tory right-wingers in backing amendments to toughen the scheme.

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The Guardian - UK

MPs finally recognise the real heroes of the Post Office scandal: MPs

PMQs told the country that campaigners such as Alan Bates had nothing on Priti Patel, Lee Anderson and Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Kate Middleton’s postmaster demands justice for colleagues

Hasmukh Shingadia says those responsible for the scandal must also face justice

The Guardian - UK

Horizon inquiry has shown evidence of ‘incompetence and malevolence’ by Post Office, says minister – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake, responding to urgent question about Post Office scandal, says evidence was not available at time of prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: 72 mystery genders, 15-minute cities, seven eco bins, and an opinion on MOTD

In today’s newsletter: Homelessness as a lifestyle choice, extreme sex ed and Rishi ‘Seven Bins’ Sunak – we round up the best of 2023’s culture war chaos

The National (Scotland)

SNP MP grills Rishi Sunak over US tech firm's NHS contract

SNP MP Deidre Brock grilled Rishi Sunak at PMQs on Wednesday over NHS England’s awarding of an IT contract to US tech firm Palantir.

The Independent UK

Watch as Sunak faces Starmer in first PMQs since Rwanda ruling and cabinet reshuffle

Watch as Rishi Sunak goes head to head with Sir Keir Starmer in the first Prime Minister’s Questions since a dramatic cabinet reshuffle that saw his sacked former home secretary launch a scathing attack on his leadership.

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Starmer turns up heat on Sunak over concrete (though ceiling doesn’t quite cave in on PM)

On what may be the warmest day of the year, Sir Keir Starmer mercilessly turned up the political heat on Rishi Sunak over the schools concrete crisis at their first post-summer PMQs clash on Wednesday.

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