Summary

  • New works and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb rules out more welfare cuts

  • David Cameron defends his record in the Commons amid Conservative infighting over welfare and economic policy

  • Despite his sadness at Iain Duncan Smith's resignation, the PM says compassionate conservatism is not over

  • No 10 says David Cameron has "full confidence" in George Osborne as the chancellor misses Commons statements

  • Labour says the Budget has an "enormous hole" in it and should be withdrawn

  1. PM calls for 'unity' from MPs on new Covid tierspublished at 16:44 GMT 30 November 2020

    Boris Johnson will publish data behind England's new tiers later in a bid to win over Tory rebels.

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  2. Local Labour official suspended over Corbyn rowpublished at 17:39 GMT 28 November 2020

    A Jewish Labour member said he felt the atmosphere in the meeting was so "hostile" he had to leave.

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  3. SNP pledge free school meals for all primary pupilspublished at 14:36 GMT 28 November 2020

    Deputy First Minister John Swinney says if the SNP retains power, it would fund free breakfasts and lunches.

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  4. SNP pledge free school meals for all primary school pupilspublished at 14:34 GMT 28 November 2020

    John Swinney told the SNP conference that the scheme would also run in the school holidays.

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  5. Alex Salmond 'was opposed to child abuse inquiry'published at 11:23 GMT 28 November 2020

    The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears the then-first minister and other government figures were against it being set up.

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  6. MP to 'make case' for county to be in lower tierpublished at 13:24 GMT 27 November 2020

    Suffolk is being put into a tougher set of Covid-19 restrictions in December.

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  7. Politicians throw pig guts at each other in Taiwanpublished at 08:50 GMT 27 November 2020

    Opposition legislators hurled the intestines in a bitter dispute over the easing of US pork imports.

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  8. 'A reasonable and proportionate approach' - Sunakpublished at 08:58 GMT 26 November 2020

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak defends pay freeze on at least 1.3 million public sector workers.

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  9. What the spending review means for Scotlandpublished at 14:12 GMT 25 November 2020

    An increase in the money coming to Scotland but uncertainty about costs and pay awards.

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  10. Journalist and partner found dead had no injuriespublished at 13:15 GMT 25 November 2020

    Police discovered the two men after forcing their way into a house, an inquest is told.

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  11. Spending review: As aftershocks go onpublished at 02:00 GMT 25 November 2020

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to unveil his spending review before the Commons.

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  12. UK 'unlawfully ignored' Windrush warningspublished at 01:57 GMT 25 November 2020

    The treatment of people who came to the UK from the Caribbean added to historic injustices, a report says.

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  13. Telecom firms face £100k daily fines over securitypublished at 07:11 GMT 24 November 2020

    The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Huawei in the UK's 5G mobile network.

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  14. PM denies he wants to undermine devolutionpublished at 15:19 GMT 21 November 2020

    Boris Johnson says he was only criticising the SNP's record when he called Holyrood a "disaster".

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  15. PM says he does not oppose devolutionpublished at 13:36 GMT 21 November 2020

    The prime minister says that because he criticised the performance of devolution does not mean he opposes it.

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  16. Johnson 'asked for Patel report to be palatable'published at 12:05 GMT 21 November 2020

    But Downing Street insists the conclusions of Sir Alex Allan's investigation were "entirely his own".

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  17. Cameron and Blair warn against aid budget cutpublished at 05:32 GMT 21 November 2020

    The government is considering reducing the annual target from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%.

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  18. The week ahead in Parliamentpublished at 16:20 GMT 20 November 2020

    Rows are brewing within the parties - and between the powerful Public Accounts Committee and the government.

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  19. Don't freeze public sector pay, says Wales' first ministerpublished at 12:58 GMT 20 November 2020

    Freezing public sector pay in response to UK budget pressures would be "the wrong answer”, the first minister of Wales says.

    It follows reports the UK government is planning such a move.

    Mark Drakeford said: "The notion that the costs of dealing with this pandemic should be heaped onto the shoulders of frontline public servants seems to me to be exactly the wrong answer to the experience we've gone through together.

    He added: "It doesn't make sense to me in sheer economics to extract purchasing power from the economy at a time when you want the economy to recover."

    Mr Drakeford explained that due to the funding formula used to calculate how much money the Welsh Government gets from the Treasury, any decision to freeze teachers’ pay in England would limit what the Welsh Government could do for teachers in Wales.

    “We will face some very difficult dilemmas,” he said.

    “But they will be dilemmas of the UK government's making and at the moment my efforts are focused on saying to the Chancellor, ‘please don't go down that path, it's neither fair to the people involved, nor does it make sense economically’.”

  20. PM to announce decision on Patel's futurepublished at 10:59 GMT 20 November 2020

    Tory MPs rally round the home secretary after reports she was found to have broken code of conduct.

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