Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
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Be on the capital to see if sadik khan can win a third term as london mayor. Rumours have been swirling that the results will be much closer than the polls have suggested. We are expecting results from a handful of councils as well as ten police and crime commissioners. The labour leader has been speaking following a rally this morning to celebrate a clear Warrant A Plasma Collection is the first mayor of the East Midlands. The first mayor of the East Midlands the first mayor of the East Midlands. ,. , midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral contest. Midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral contest. Sadik midlands. He was asked about the l london mayoral contest. Sadik khan was absolutely the right candidate. He has got two terms of delivery behind him and im confident hes got another time of delivery in front of him but, that, if you look across the country, i am standing here in mansfield, in the East Midlands where we fi
diane abbott, is free to stand for election in her north london constituency. it follows days of wrangling over her future, following suspension from the party, over comments she made about how jewish, irish and traveller people, experience racism. she was re admitted to labour on wednesday. ms abbott has yet to say, if she ll stand. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the story that s been rumbling on for most of this week has now come to a sort of conclusion after sir keir starmer said that diane abbott, a very long serving labour mp, she was the first black woman elected to parliament, is free to stand as a labour mp at this election. she had claimed she was being blocked by the party. so what we re waiting to hear from in the next few days is to hear from diane abbott herself. she hasn t commented publicly since sir keir starmer said this yesterday, so we re waiting to hear from her to confirm if she will indeed do so. the crucial thing, though, is that it is