Breaking: In what is believed to be a UK-first, a jury has concluded that a suicide inside prison amounted to unlawful killing.

Robert Fenlon took his own life while on remand at HMP Woodhill in 2016. An inquest heard a litany of failings which contributed to his death

“People go round the loos making sure there are no MPs still cowering in the toilet.”

Green MP Caroline Lucas tells Matt Chorley “a lot of MPs, a lot of the time have no idea what they’re voting on”, as she reveals how 'dysfunctional' parliament is.

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This goes in the same bucket as 'reset' chat. There is no reset. There is no going back to the Scottish politics that existed before the 2014-24 period. Everything that comes next is rooted in the past decade of Scottish politics and the centrality of the constitution in it.

For the avoidance of any doubt on a Sunday afternoon Rishi Sunak *will not* be calling a general election tomorrow

The plan is still to hold an election in the Autumn - most likely November 14 - although after the locals it could all become much less predictable

This sweet boy turning his bath water into tea is Ambrose.
Suffering from starvation and teeming with roundworm and deadly lungworm, he collapsed by a front doorstep, desperate for the residue heat from the house to keep his dying body warm.
The house owner saw him there in the…

I think it’s fair to say, and hear me out, Durham Union is not a representative sample of any meaningful electorate - not even of the wider university, certainly not of Durham, and in a completely different universe to the wider North East.

Even my pieces get more traffic than that

If there is a prospect of a confidence vote, we will hear claims that Sunak would be willing to go straight to the country & that rather than face a vote of confidence from MPs, he would choose a vote from the public. My @newstatesman piece. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Louise Haigh Third option:

Astonishing chart from John Burn-Murdoch- on.ft.com/49OMvdz The UK is brilliant at handling immigration, relatively.

Could be a huge strength in the decades ahead

Today’s #AnzacDay commemorations continued with a service at the Cenotaph.

Wreaths were laid in tribute by the Defence Minister Andrew Murrison and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton.

#WeWillRememberThem

How Westminster works

Transport Secretary Mark
Harper attacking Labour in the Sun today for having 'anti car targets' to encourage 'modal shift' away from cars to greener alternatives.

This is the exact same target the Government has already set itself!

Just call it British Rail ohmygod

Humza the Brief
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Patrick Harvie confirms the Greens would NOT vote for Kate Forbes to become First Minister if Yousaf forced out.

BREAKING: The Scottish Greens will support a motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf, the Record understands.