Gary Gibbon , Political Editor

Rishi Sunak spent Prime Minister’s Question Time fending off demands to pay back the ten million pound donation the businessman Frank Hester gave the Conservatives.

Opposition parties say the remarks were racist and that the Conservatives should return the £10 million Mr Hester and his company have donated over the last year.

Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. The Ashfield MP was stripped of the Tory whip after refusing to apologise for claiming that “Islamists” had “got control” of London mayor Sadiq Khan. The switch to Reform UK, which comes after weeks of speculation about his possible defection, gives the party its…

With his eye firmly on the next election, Jeremy Hunt says he is delivering “much-needed help in challenging times”.

Conservative MP Paul Scully has apologised for suggesting there are ‘no-go’ areas in some UK cities – prompting accusations of Islamophobia. He said it’s language he ‘regrets’.

Sacked Post Office chairman Henry Staunton has turned his fire on the Post Office’s current Chief Executive Nick Read. Addressing MPs today, Mr Staunton said he’d been the victim of a smear campaign by the government. He then shocked them by claiming that Mr Read is under investigation and had wanted to resign because he was unhappy with his pay.

Lee Anderson – the MP for Ashfield – says he shouldn’t apologise because he thinks he was right.

The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle is fending off calls for his resignation after last night’s chaotic Gaza debate in the Commons. 

The Speaker is at the centre of a huge row in the Commons after he was accused of helping Labour “hijack” a Scottish National Party debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to avoid a backbench rebellion. 

For the first time, Labour has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza.

The Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has accused the former Chairman of the Post Office Henry Staunton of spreading “falsehoods” in a spectacular and public row – after his dismissal last month. Yesterday Mr Staunton told the Sunday Times that when she rang to tell him he was sacked, Kemi Badenoch had said it was because…

This week Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer denied he was scaling back the £28bn a year pledge he said was desperately needed, not least to get the economy growing again.

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to apologise for making a transgender dig at Sir Keir Starmer during PMQs, while Brianna Ghey’s mother was visiting parliament.

King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer and will be stepping back from public-facing duties during his treatment.

There will be no routine checks on goods crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland – under the new agreement between the Democratic Unionists and the UK government.