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Jeremy Hunt on an October election |
The chancellor made news in his evidence to a House of Lords committee when he was asked about the timetable for a public spending review before April. He said: "If the general election is in October, that will mean it's very, very tight." Then No 10 announced the long-awaited date for the European Political Community meeting on 18 July. This is Emmanuel Macron's idea for an outer layer of the European onion, and the UK offered to host it, mainly so that we could shape it. The meeting will be held in Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill's birthplace, but the significance of the date is that it more or less rules out an election before October. As I said in my Twitter thread yesterday, October, November and December still look like the most likely months for the prime minister to go to the country. |
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In which country is the Silk Road city of Samarkand? |
Answer at the bottom of today's email |
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| Two episodes of his show were found to have broken broadcasting rules | |
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| The bill will return to the upper house tomorrow, with peers expected to amend it again |
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| Commons leader said she is 'getting on with my job' |
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What else you need to know today |
- No sign yet of the bill to phase out smoking; a big rebellion by Conservative MPs is expected
- New sign of another rebellion: many Tory MPs have signed amendments to the sentencing bill, which scraps short sentences (under 12 months) to ease overcrowding in prisons
- I wrote about Rachel Reeves's audition to be the new Iron Lady: she delivers the Mais lecture at 6.30
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It sounds mad, but could ditching Sunak help save the Tory party? |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
The monthly inflation figure, issued at 7am, should provide a much-needed boost for Rishi Sunak. But it might not last long. He will face two challenges – Prime Minister's Questions at noon, and later his attempt to rally the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs behind him at their private weekly meeting.
Sunak's eyes will also be on the Lords, which will decide whether to swallow the Safety of Rwanda Bill after MPs rejected peers' changes, or delay its passage until after Easter.
Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary and a possible Sunak successor, will answer Commons questions at 11.30am. The bill to quash the convictions of subpostmasters affected by the Horizon scandal will get a second reading.
Tim Davie, the BBC director general, will be quizzed by the culture select committee at 10am.
Ed Davey will launch the Liberal Democrats' local election campaign in Hertfordshire at 9.45am.
Vaughan Gething is expected to be installed as the new first minister of Wales.
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"Rwanda is a perfectly safe country to live in, if you don't oppose the government."
Lord Robathan, Tory peer |
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