Whether you agree with his arguments or not, Robert Jenrick appears to be presenting himself as tough - but not extreme - on immigration. A less inflammatory style than some of his probable rivals for the leadership.

BREAKING: Nathalie Elphicke becomes the second Conservative MP in as many weeks to defect to Labour, just as PMQs begins.

“The Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division”, she says.

P&O’s boss now admits some crew earn as little as £4.87 per hour. 2 years ago, he told MPs minimum hourly rate was £5.15.

2 months ago, when ITV/Guardian told P&O we’d seen evidence hourly rate was as low as £4.87, P&O said “we don’t recognise the pay rates you are referencing.”

NEW: The Liberal Democrats will table a motion of no confidence in the Government as soon as Parliament returns tomorrow, in a bid to force a June general election.

But it would need the backing of Conservative MPs to pass - ie turkeys voting for Christmas.

George Galloway refuses to explain his comments that ‘gay relationships aren’t normal’.

NEW: Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins a third term as Mayor of London with an increased vote share of 44%, comfortably ahead of his Conservative rival Susan Hall on 33%.

Digging into the Muslim vote numbers a little more at @jlpartnerspolls

In the 5 wards called so far with the highest Muslim populations with comparable data, Labour's average vote share went from 70% in 2021 to just 28% yesterday

Lib Dem spin operation texts:

“The Conservatives are now extinct in Cheltenham 🦖🦖🦖. The Liberal Democrats have wiped out the final 5 Tory councillors in Cabinet Minister Alex Chalk's local council.”

They seem to be enjoying these election results at Lib Dem HQ.

Labour claim victory in York and North Yorkshire mayoral contest.

Labour spokesperson:

“Keir Starmer's Labour party is now winning in Rishi Sunak’s backyard. The Prime Minister’s own constituents have taken a look at the two parties and chosen Labour.”

And possibly saves Rishi Sunak’s skin in the process…

NEW: Labour have conceded defeat in the Tees Valley mayoral contest.

Labour source says it’s a win for Ben Houchen, not the Conservative Party and say: Labour is on track to achieve the 12.5% swing in the region it needs to win back seats here.

Kate Forbes isn’t running. Coronation for John Swinney?

Chair of Home Affairs Committee expresses surprise nobody has been suspended at Shropshire Fire Service. Though after 18 months investigating this issue, there might be more surprise if there were suspensions.

That’s two school stabbings in a week… seriously concerning. news.sky.com/story/boy-17-a…

The Home Affairs Select Committee continues its inquiry into the culture of fire services this morning, following our investigations.

They begin with questions about our latest revelations that top bosses called women “lazy cow”, “bint” and talked about killing them.

Interesting to see the contributions from MPs in yesterday’s debate… certainly feels as if there is more support in parliament than there was the last time the Commons voted on assisted dying under David Cameron.