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Proud day today, after 30 years of reading the The Spectator and around a decade of contributing occasionally I have my first cover. The inside story of government thinking on Iran and Israel. In the shops soon and on the website tomorrow. Subscribe here: spectator.co.uk/join-today/?co…

The government claims cutting disability benefits is about getting people into work. They haven't produced any evidence backing this up. An FOI request has revealed that these cuts would remove PIP from 281,000 of the 510,000 claimants currently in work #TakingThePIP

🆕Will the US attack Iran and should the UK support any action? Plus changes to abortion laws in the UK have sparked debate about the legislative process - assisted dying legislation is in Parliament on Friday. 🎧📺Streaming now. Calum Macdonald | Kirsty Buchanan OBE | Jo Tanner

In a sane and just-world, Maggie Oliver should be given a Knighthood for her relentless and brave campaigning for the grooming gangs victims. She won’t be, but she absolutely should be.

So Israel can help its citizens return to a war zone quicker than the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office can get British citizens out of one?

Tory MPs asking for interventions during Diane Abbott's speech to give her time to find her place in her speech after her tablet went wrong is the kind of good natured humanising behaviour we should be drawing more attention to given all the fire and heat and anger in politics.

NEW: A reasoned amendment to the welfare bill is being tabled by 13 Labour committee chairs as first reported by Romilly Weeks It creates a big problem for Keir Starmer & Liz Kendall with around 80 Labour MPs already backing the amendment. If selected, it would give them

"You can plow ahead, U-turn, or remove the bill and come back and fight another day." Kirsty Buchanan OBE says "thoughtless salami slicing" is causing the huge rebellion by Labour MPs. "If they don't U-turn they will be defeated." Calum Macdonald | Jo Tanner

I noticed in the garden today that the Fox I planted last year is growing nicely.

Exclusive🚨: Ex-Tory minister allowed company that paid him £5k a month to effectively write several of his parliamentary questions, leaked emails have revealed George Freeman, ex-science minister, has referred himself to the Commissioner for Standards thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

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This from Josh Glancy interview with Starmer is important, I said on Kunessberg this AM, Labour have done popular things - min wage, renters, gb energy, sewage but they’ve been drowned out by winter fuel, NI, PIP with people struggling to understand guiding mission of this govt

The new 10ft fence around the House of Lords is absolutely hideous.

Reports Rachel Reeves will announce a cut to the cash ISA limit at her 15 July Mansion House speech. If true, I think it's a mistake. I doubt it'll substantially nudge people to invest not save; said to be the aim. This isn't nudge economics, its piss people off economics.

Five years of sitting next to this one most Monday nights… And proof - in this divided world - that you can respectfully disagree on air and still be mates off it. Thanks for everything Harry Cole and good luck!

Sometimes you simply have to admire the sheer chutzpah.

Tonight Times Radio from 7pm: We’ll take the votes on the gov’s welfare bill LIVE.. incl reporting and analysis from 🎤Theo Usherwood & rebel MPs 🗣️Kirsty Buchanan OBE 🔹Mel Stride Plus: Danny Shaw & Prof Jane Hutton - Lucy Letby Andrew Gilbert 🇺🇦 solidarity 🇮🇱 Glastonbury Jeremy Griffin🗞️

I have real sympathy for Rachel Reeves. I remember when my Labour shadow, Jack Dromey, saw me struggling in the chamber, after I lost our twins. I told the story of his kindness at his valediction ⬇️ 1/ spectator.co.uk/article/parlia…

PM Keir Starmer says he did not realise the Chancellor was distressed during PMQs yesterday but tells Virgin Media ❤️ that she is “fine” today and praises her resilience. He says Reeves will be Chx to “the next election and beyond” and recommits to the Government’s fiscal rules.