Pressure grows over rough sleeping clampdown Getty Images By Peter Saull & Jack Fenwick BBC Politics Home Secretary James Cleverly is coming under increasing pressure to rethink plans to clamp down on “nuisance” rough sleeping in England and Wales. The government is expected to make concessions in the coming weeks to try to stave off… Continue reading Pressure grows over rough sleeping clampdown

MP targeted in Westminster honeytrap resigns party whip UK Parliament By Hannah Miller & Kate Whannel BBC News William Wragg, who admitted sharing fellow MPs’ personal phone numbers with someone on a dating app, has “voluntarily” given up the Conservative whip. He will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons. Mr… Continue reading MP targeted in Westminster honeytrap resigns party whip

Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel & Simon Jack Political reporter and business editor Labour is pledging to fund policies on the NHS and school breakfast clubs by boosting efforts to… Continue reading Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers

How it felt to be targeted in Westminster honeytrap Getty Images By Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent In political journalism you deal with lots of different kinds of stories – stories about policies, stories about ministerial rivalries, stories about geopolitics, stories about local politics. Then some stories are just plain weird, like the one that… Continue reading How it felt to be targeted in Westminster honeytrap

Deputy PM: It’s still legal to sell arms to Israel This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jennifer McKiernan BBC political reporter The deputy prime minister has told the BBC he believes it is still legal for the UK to continue to sell… Continue reading Deputy PM: It’s still legal to sell arms to Israel

I reported explicit messages to police, says MP HoC By Kate Whannel Political reporter A Tory MP has said he is one of the men to have been sent unsolicited explicit messages in a suspected honeytrap plot targeting Westminster. Bosworth MP Luke Evans said he contacted the police after becoming “a victim of cyber-flashing and… Continue reading I reported explicit messages to police, says MP

Hunt praises MP’s apology over dating app incident Getty Images By Paul Seddon Politics reporter, BBC News The chancellor has praised a Tory MP for apologising after he admitted he gave other MPs’ personal phone numbers to someone on a dating app. Jeremy Hunt said William Wragg had been “courageous” in telling the Times he… Continue reading Hunt praises MP’s apology over dating app incident