Lindsay Hoyle has confirmed in the Commons that MPs will decide whether claims Starmer misled Parliament with his comments about Mandelson’s vetting go to the Privileges Committee. No10 has indicated it will whip Labour MPs against that eventuality…
No10 responds: “The government is engaging with the two parliamentary processes that are already running on Peter Mandelson’s appointment with full transparency. This is a desperate political stunt by the Conservative Party the week before the May elections because they have no answers on the cost of living or the NHS. Their claims have no substance.”
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”