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James Cleverly apologised in the Commons for using “inappropriate language” against a Labour MP but denied he called Stockton a “s*******”.The Home Secretary was accused of making the remark after Labour’s Alex Cunningham challenged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over the level of child poverty in his Stockton North constituency. Mr Cleverly told MPs on Monday (27 November): “I know what I said. I rejected the accusation that I criticised his constituency.“My criticism, which I made from a sedentary position, about the honourable gentleman used inappropriate language for which I apologise.“But I will not accept that my criticism was of his constituency because it was not.”Mr Cunningham said: “He has not apologised to me, he’s not apologised to the people of my constituency, he has apologised for using unparliamentary language.” More

Boris Johnson ‘not aware’ other countries had imposed Covid lockdowns, says Sadiq Khan More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Matt Hancock implemented the tier 3 Covid restrictions despite knowing they would not work, the Covid inquiry has heard. In the former health secretary’s evidence to the probe on the measures which saw […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The governor of the Bank of England said the UK’s growth outlook is the worst he has ever seen — despite Rishi Sunak claiming there is “positive momentum” behind the economy. Andrew Bailey […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sadiq Khan has slammed Boris Johnson’s government for “dither and delay” which led to the second Covid lockdown. The Mayor of London told the Covid inquiry he lobbied the former prime minister for […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has said she is pushing for for “much, much tougher” immigration measures after the number of people coming to the UK soared to a record high. The business secretary […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak will reject pleas to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece when he meets the country’s prime minister this week, Downing Street has indicated. No 10 has insisted that saying the British […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s top civil servant Simon Case will not appear before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry this year due to an ongoing health problem. In a ruling published on Monday, inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett […] More