Jenrick blasts Starmer for 'surrendering to people smugglers' after 419 people cross Channel - 'Sheer stupidity!'

Keir Starmer will attend the Euro 2024 final, No10 confirms

What a game @England and what a winner.

Berlin here we come!

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) July 10, 2024

Gething faces crunch vote as Welsh Tories call for 'transparency'

Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething has been left bracing for yet another crunch Cardiff Bay vote just weeks after losing a no confidence vote.

The Welsh Conservatives tabled a motion for debate next week urging the First Minister to publish the evidence he used to sack Hannah Blythyn.

Andrew RT Davies said: “Yet again, because he will not provide any answers voluntarily, the First Minister has to be dragged kicking and screaming to the Senedd.

“The First Minister expects us to take his word for it that he had evidence to sack Hannah Blythyn, but sadly, thanks to his behaviour in office, the people of Wales cannot take his word for it.

“It’s time to get answers, and I hope Members across the Senedd will join us next week in voting for transparency in Government.”

Portsmouth North voters 'have no regrets' as Penny Mordaunt loses seat

Voters in Penny Mordaunt's former seat have said Nigel Farage 'knows what to do' after the Conservatives lost the seat.

For the first time since 2005, Portsmouth North swung from Conservatives to Labour with a majority of just 780.

Now, voters in Cosham and Hilsea have been having their say on the seat, which saw Reform come in third and the Liberal Democrats in fourth.

READ WHAT PORTSMOUTH NORTH VOTERS THOUGHT HERE

Sir Keir Starmer gives Joe Biden Arsenal FC '46' shirt

Sir Keir Starmer is giving Joe Biden an Arsenal shirt in their first face-to-face meeting in Washington DC today.

The shirt had the number 46 on the back, in recognition that Biden is the 46th President of the United States and continues a tradition of Starmer giving other world leaders Arsenal football shirts.

Starmer gave one to French President Emmanuel Macron when he visited the French leader in Paris last October.

It had “Macron 25” on the back — a reference to the fact Macron is France’s 25th president.

The French president gave Starmer a pair of cufflinks emblazoned with the Elysée logo.

It was not clear today whether Biden was planning to give a present to Starmer in return.

Other former holders of the 46 shirt for Arsenal FC include goalkeeper Dejan Iliev, German attacking midfielder Thomas Eisfeld and English midfielder Henri Lansbury.

'Baby of the House' sworn in as an MP 

The ‘Baby of the House’ has been sworn in as an MP.

Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire Sam Carling is the youngest member of the new Parliament at 22 years old.

Mr Carling was directly followed by Reform UK MP Lee Anderson, who swore in for the first time under the Reform banner after previously being elected a Conservative MP.

Mr Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, was joined by Reform colleagues Richard Tice MP for Boston and Skegness, and Rupert Lowe MP for Great Yarmouth.

Earlier in the session, Labour MP Clive Lewis (Norwich South), said prior to his affirmation: “I take this oath under protest and in the hope that one day my fellow citizens will democratically decide to live in a republic.”

Jacob Rees-Mogg to be centre of new docu-series as he jokes: 'What could possibly go wrong?!'

Jacob Rees-Mogg is set to star in a five-part docu-series which will give a glimpse into his private life and family, as well as his career as an MP prior to the General Election.

The documentary will provide a never-before-seen look into his life at home in the 17th Century Somerset house where he lives with his wife and six children.

The Discovery+ series will follow Rees-Mogg through the run up to the election and the aftermath that followed.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Jenrick blasts Starmer for 'surrendering to people smugglers'

Robert Jenrick has accused Sir Keir Starmer of having "surrendered to the people smugglers", dubbing his plan to tackle migration "sheer stupidity".

This came after a total of 419 people crossed the Channel yesterday.

The Prime Minister has said he will "smash the criminal smuggling gangs and secure our borders" through a new UK Border Security Command.

The new Government has already scrapped the Conservatives' Rwanda plan less than a week after being elected.

Hitting out at the plan on social media, the former immigration minister said: "Scrapping Rwanda without a plan was sheer stupidity.
"Open Season has begun. More and more migrants crammed into boats.

"'Smash the gangs'? Sir Keir has surrendered to the people smugglers."

‘Not interested in potholes - only interested in Gaza!’ Mike Parry fumes at MPs elected on ‘sectarian’ vote

Commentator Mike Parry has warned of the rise in "sectarian politics" in Britain following last week's General Election, as four constituencies saw MP's win after running on Gaza-led campaigns.

Shockat Adam of Leicester South, Adnan Hussain of Blackburn, Iqbal Mohamed of Dewsbury and Batley and Ayoub Khan of Birmingham Perry Barr all became Independent MPs in their constituencies after focusing their campaigns heavily on pro-Palestine beliefs.

Shockat Adam, who beat Labour's Jonathan Ashworth, declared in his victory speech to voters that "this is for Gaza".

Discussing the MPs on GB News, Mike Parry warned that the constituents in those areas will find those representing them "will not be interested" in issues affecting the community.

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE

Suella Braverman almost GUARANTEED to become next Tory leader - exclusive polling shows she beats EVERY other candidate

Suella Braverman looks set to become the new leader of the Conservative Party, with exclusive polling for GB News showing she is ahead of the other potential candidates among both the general public and Tory voters.

She also beat every other candidate in head to head polling.

Going up against Kemi Badenoch, Braverman got 35 per cent support, while Badenoch got 31 per cent.

Compared with Tom Tugendhat, Braverman got 37 per cent support while Tugendhat got 31 per cent.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Wes Streeting declares war on 'sick note Britain' as Labour vows to get people off benefits

Health Secretary Wes Streeting yesterday declared war on "sick note" Britain, saying he plans to "get Britain back to health and back to work".

There are now 2.8 million [people classified as economically inactive as a result of long term sickness.

The figure has gone up by 127,000 in the last year alone.

The Health Secretary said his department is "no longer simply a public services department", adding: "This is an economic growth department. And the health of the nation and the health of the economy are inextricably linked."

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Cleverly: Tories must 'get our act together'

James Cleverly has warned the Tories must “get our act together” after their crushing General Election defeat on Thursday.

The Shadow Home Secretary, who has not yet said whether he will run to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader, said the Conservative Party has lost its reputation for competence and has been “too often preoccupied with infighting” in recent years.

Writing in the Times, he said: “We must now rediscover that competence to become an effective opposition and give ourselves the best possible chance of returning to government at the next election.

“That means a sensible post mortem on what went wrong and finding the right path forwards. As we do this we must remember two vital things. Firstly, it cannot descend into bitter infighting and finger pointing. That is exactly how we ended up here.”

He said the Conservative Party has “always been at its best when it embraces being a broad church” and that the party will not win back voters to the left and right if it narrows its offer.

“We must get our act together. We need to unite in order to deliver. It will take humility and hard work, to recover our reputation for competence and integrity, to rebuild trust in our party, and unite behind a broad platform that will give people a reason to vote Conservative again.”

Badenoch brutally rips apart Rishi Sunak to his face in blow by blow account of Tory failures

Kemi Badenoch brutally ripped apart Rishi Sunak over the Conservative Party's election disaster.

Speaking at the first meeting of the Shadow Cabinet, Badenoch said the former Prime Minister's decision to call an early election without first informing the Cabinet was an error in judgement.

The Shadow Housing Secretary said the decision bordered on being unconstitutional.

She also hit out at Sunak's decision to leave D-Day commemorations "disastrous".

Sources told the Times that Badenoch also expressed concern that colleagues were failing to appreciate the gravity of the Tories defeat in last week's Labour landslide.