EXC: Reform voters are ‘our people’ but are ‘pissed off’ with Keir Starmer’s government, Labour’s political director has said Claire Reynolds also admitted the party has ‘lessons to learn’ on its vision for Britain politicshome.com/news/article/t…

Nice inside read from Harriet Symonds on the meeting between No10’s political director and Labour MPs (first revealed by Bethany Dawson) Claire Reynolds “admitted to MPs that Labour’s vision for Britain is a “work in progress”, according to backbenchers.” politicshome.com/news/article/t…

NEW: In tomorrow’s Assisted Dying debate the Speaker will give preference to MPs who aren’t on the bill cttee or haven’t previously spoken in the debate

NEW: Diane Abbott criticised Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ comment at PLP — and she wasn’t the only one PM told ‘you cannot out-Reform Reform’ and criticised for ‘not being congruent’ with Labour Party on immigration

NEW: Labour MPs at the PLP give biggest applause of the night when Keir Starmer declares the ‘moral imperative is to make sure Farage never becomes PM’ Starmer tells MPs: ‘We must return to community minded politics’

NEW: My analysis of how Reform UK hopes to woo business at its party conference this autumn The party’s £250k package incl a champagne breakfast with Nigel Farage, chauffeur-driven travel, bottles of champagne and a custom cocktail politicshome.com/news/article/r…

NEW: Nigel Farage calls Keir Starmer’s leadership ‘uninspiring’ and ‘unpatriotic’ He challenges the PM to a head to head debate at a red wall working men’s club

EXC: Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe says he is ‘open’ to joining the Conservative Party Last Thursday he met Robert Jenrick for lunch at a Mayfair private members club where the pair discussed his political future politicshome.com/news/article/e…

Reform’s head of DOGE has also quit in solidarity with Zia Yusuf Two very key figures for the party to lose in quick succession

NEW: Nigel Farage tells GB News Zia Yusuf gave him a ‘10 minute warning’ before his public resignation I’m told others in Reform HQ found out on Twitter

NEW: The inside story of Zia Yusuf’s shock resignation from Reform UK ‘Despite his many strengthens, his weakness was motivating people’ said one senior figure politicshome.com/news/article/z…

Back in the fold just 48 hours later… you couldn’t make it up

Farage overheard by an MP saying “Westminster Arms for me!” as he left the chamber

EXC: Tory MPs on Lib Dem defection watch There have been informal discussions with Tory MPs on the 'left' uneasy with the party shifting further to the right to combat the threat of Reform politicshome.com/news/article/t…

EXC: Labour MPs were asked to leave the chamber following heated row after Gaza vote Chris Elmore, a govt whip, approached backbench MP Andy McDonald and asked him whether backing it would help anyone in Gaza before doorkeepers were forced to intervene politicshome.com/news/article/l…

NEW: Reform UK announce former Tory MP Anne Marie Morris will head up the party’s social care policy Morris was suspended from the Conservative Party in 2017 for a ‘racist remark’ about Brexit

EXC: Labour MPs demand govt remove whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action One Labour MP branded the behaviour of hard-left MPs as ‘disgraceful’ and said ‘there must be consequences’ w/ Tom Scotson politicshome.com/news/article/l…

New: Reform UK caseworker suspended following assault charge Amanda Clare was a councillor as well as Sarah Pochin MP's staffer Pochin spox: "We operate a zero-tolerance policy towards any suggestion of disorderly or inappropriate conduct" politicshome.com/news/article/r…