David Lammy was asked 5 times at PMQs whether he knew of any other wrongly released prisoners, but he dodged the question Then the news broke that a 2nd foreign prisoner had been wrongly released Below is Lammy's statement on the matter We still don't know exactly when the deputy PM knew about it

Kemi Badenoch tells the crowd: "Ducks quack. Cows moo. Labour puts up taxes."

The Tories are enjoying the nice weather today and holding a rally by the river They are calling for Reeves to resign if she puts up tax Just as Mel Stride starts speaking, three ad vans showed up with their new Budget message "if she puts up tax, give Reeves the axe"

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US negotiator Steve Witkoff takes a much more conciliatory tone this morning after yesterday’s comments from Mike Huckabee (both from the bird app) Reminder: Huckabee said the Bridget Phillipson was "delusional" to claim the UK had played a leading role "behind the scenes" in the Gaza peace plan

Tory MP Danny Kruger has defected to Reform The signs were there - he said in a welfare spending debate in July that he did "quite like the Reform party and agree with its members" But he did also say they'd "spend money like drunk sailors" and make a pact with the Lib Dems...

In a speech in London, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says the UK cannot take the "Farage approach" to the US of "fawning over Trump and licking his boots" He said the Reform leader was "seemingly more interested in advancing Trump’s agenda over here than the UK’s interests over there"