Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
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Cleverly, Badenoch and Jenrick stay in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat knocked out – as it happened
Trio face one more round of voting by MPs before party members have their say on final two
Lammy defends Chagos Islands deal as Tories claim it puts UK security at risk – as it happened
Shadow foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, says David Cameron and James Cleverly would not have agreed such a deal
Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands deal after Boris Johnson accuses Labour of ‘sheer political correctness’ – as it happened
PM says deal ensures continuation of UK-US military base on the islands and has been welcomed with ‘warm words’ by US
UK politics: Tom Tugendhat suggests Chagos Islands deal could lead to China establishing base there – as it happened
Former security minister says UK decision to cede sovereignty means Mauritius could lease islands to China
Keir Starmer tells Brussels press conference it was ‘right’ for him to repay £6,000 worth of gifts – as it happened
Announcement that PM is returning gifts comes after news Labour peer Lord Alli is under investigation by Lords commissioner
Badenoch says 10% of civil servants are ‘very bad’ and jokes they are ‘should be in prison bad’ – as it happened
Leadership hopeful says some civil servants leak secrets and the bad ones are usually ‘union led’
Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened
Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite
Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after comments on ‘excessive’ maternity pay – as it happened
Conservative leadership contenders Jenrick, Cleverly and Tugendhat reject rival’s comments, while Rosie Duffield criticises Keir Starmer
Russell Findlay wins Scottish Conservative leadership election – as it happened
Russell Findlay, a former crime reporter, has been appointed as the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the most fractious period in the party’s history
Lack of ICU capacity was ‘political choice’, Chris Whitty tells Covid inquiry – as it happened
Chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry that UK had ‘very low’ capacity compared with other wealthy countries
UK politics: Winter fuel allowance cuts could reduce pensioner poverty by raising benefit take-up, says minister – as it happened
Stephen Timms, DWP minister, says cut to winter fuel payments could encourage more pensioners to claim pension credit
Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened
PM promises to ‘leave no stone unturned’ as his government seeks to ‘rebuild our public services’
Labour conference: Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – as it happened
Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel payments
Labour conference: No 10 braced for potential defeat on winter fuel allowance vote as trade unions set to back motion – as it happened
Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy
Farage says Tory brand is ‘bust’ as other Reform UK speeches target immigrants, drag queens, vegans and more – as it happened
Lee Anderson, Richard Tice and Nigel Farage give speeches at Reform party conference
Starmer says accepting gift of use of corporate box at Arsenal will save taxpayer money given security costs – as it happened
PM defends decision to accept corporate hospitality but dodges question about who paid for his glasses
Tom Tugendhat’s call for review of Huw Edwards’ sentence backfires after experts tell him law doesn’t allow it – as it happened
Tugendhat used to be a minister in the Home Office, and he is now shadow security minister
Ed Davey says Liberal Democrats will be ‘responsible opposition’ to Labour – as it happened
Lib Dem leader speaks about importance of care and carers as he addresses final day of party conference
Starmer ‘very interested’ in Italy’s plan to offshore asylum applications in Albania, says Meloni – as it happened
UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announces
Labour and Starmer suffer sharp fall in popularity since election, poll suggests – as it happened
Labour still more popular with voters than Conservative party but those saying they view party and leaders unfavourably has risen
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