Full statement from Elphicke: “For me key deciding factors have been housing and the safety and security of our borders”

“We need to move on the broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic Government”

BREAKING: Natalie Elphicke has just crossed the floor and defects to Labour

This is a good idea from Rob Jenrick and Neil O'Brien MP - people must feel that their views are being heard on immigration and there must be accountability about promises made.

Jenrick tells Sam Lister “One lesson from local elections is we need to give reason for voters to come out and vote conservative and get those considering voting reform to come back to our party”

Jenrick says Home Office should be split in two with a dedicated Immigration department and cabinet minister, and Home Sec dealing with policing and national security

Jenrick argues migration is as important to the public as the economy and says that just as there is a economic Budget should be a migration Budget where numbers/policies announced and voted on

Jenrick on migration: Says it’s corrosive to trust in politics for politicians of every stripes to make promises & then do something different in office. Makes point Tories created a more liberal migration system after Brexit. Says dealing with it a basic Q of restoring trust

The British public are still waiting for the highly-selective post-Brexit immigration system they were promised.

Tomorrow my report with Neil O'Brien MP and Centre for Policy Studies sets out how to deliver it.

My The Telegraph column on why inaction is unforgivable ⬇️
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0…

We did a lot on elections and the fate of Humza Yousaf & what it means for the SNP. Plus the #electoraldysfunction swingers tour 👀Give us a listen. > podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…

New Electoral Dysfunction out now 👉 podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…

Which results should we be looking at to work out what's really going on before a general election? 🗳

Ruth Davidson, Jess Phillips MP, and Beth Rigby plot a tour - look out for the Swingers!

The The White House is flatly refusing to confirm this report but it is persistent and they are not denying it.

'We are deeply concerned about a full military incursion of Rafah given the humanitarian consequences of that.'

PM Rishi Sunak expresses his concern as the IDF takes control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing.

trib.al/3ZhtLnZ

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602

🚨 Tory reach out underway over locals

MPs have been invited to a local election presentation at No. 10 with PM, party chair Richard Holden + election strategist Isaac Levido

MPs told they can also use it to give feedback ask questions… as well as a strategy update

BREAKING: Hamas has announced it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal.

Latest: trib.al/AOyWtZ3

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Adding Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson & Jess Phillips MP’ Electoral Dysfunction to my regular political podcast listening.

Informative & hilarious - you say it how it is ladies!

BREAK: John Swinney becomes the new SNP leader. Sky News

Dusting this one down. May 2023. Starmer, having clearly said he would not do any sort of with the SNP, the repeatedly refused to rule out any sort of deal with Lib Dem’s.

news.sky.com/story/sir-keir…

Lots of controversy over the 'national equivalent vote' (NEV) produced by my learned colleague Michael Thrasher, but it's worth remembering the historical correspondence between NEV and the polls (taken the month before the local elections)...