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Grant Shapps has been appointed to his fifth Cabinet role in the last year by becoming defence secretary in Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle.His change in role was prompted by Ben Wallace’s formal resignation.Mr Shapps has a chequered history with the Tories; he was made shadow housing minister in 2007, with various ministerial roles in the years that followed.He was instrumental in a rebellion against Theresa May and was first appointed In Mr Sunak’s cabinet as business secretary, before taking on roles in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and now as defence secretary. More

Richard Madeley challenged Suella Braverman over her insistence that police must investigate every theft and follow all “reasonable” leads to solve crime.”On behalf of the viewers watching this programme who may have been burgled last night, please stop generalising and telling us how great it all is in other areas… tell us what has gone wrong,” the host said.According to figures from the year to March, 4.4 per cent of thefts resulted in someone being charged.Madeley’s challenge came as the Home Office published a letter to police leaders, asking officers to consider all evidence including CCTV and doorbell footage. More

Suella Braverman clashed with a Sky News presenter on Monday (28 August) over the Conservatives’ figures for police recruitment.The Home Secretary spoke after police were ordered to investigate every theft and follow every “reasonable” lead in solving crimes.Jayne Secker challenged the Home Secretary over her claim that 20,000 additional police officers had been recruited.”You’ve lost 20,000, you’ve gained 23,000, so you’ve gained 3000,” the host said.”That’s wrong,” Ms Braverman replied.In July, figures showed that a record number of police officers are quitting – almost 9,200 officers left the police service in the year to March. More

Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has launched a scathing attack on prime ministerRishi Sunak after she announced her resignation following months of criticism over her absence from the House of Commons.In a Mail on Sunday video, Dorries attacked Sunak, stating he “became prime minister without a single vote from the public.”She also described accusations of her abandoning her constituents as “nonsense”.Following the letter, a Conservative Party spokesman said the party has already “selected a candidate and are ready for the by-election campaign”. More

Andrew Bowie avoided a question on whether or not he thought it was right that standing charges for gas and electricity have gone up.The energy minister spoke to BBC Breakfast on Friday (25 August) after the announcement that average household energy bills will fall after wholesale prices dropped slightly.However, consumers still face the prospect of paying more this winter because government help which was in place last year has gone.“What we need to focus on today is the fact that people’s average energy bills are coming down. The standing charge as it is is a matter for Ofgem,” Mr Bowie said. More

Labour MP Dawn Butler spoke out on Good Morning Britain about calling Boris Johnson a liar in parliament. Butler was ejected from parliament in 2021 after calling the then Prime Minister a liar and refusing to withdraw her remarks. It is forbidden for an MP to accuse another of lying in the House of Commons. “Every week I kept thinking ‘how come we’re allowing this guy, who’s the Prime Minister, to come into parliament, the cornerstone of our democracy of our country, and lie to parliament and the country’,” the MP said. ”You can’t have a Prime Minister that just comes in and lies and then walks off and then we’re just supposed to accept that,” she added. More

A Syrain asylum seeker has challenged his move to the Bibby Stockholm barge on mental grounds.The man told Sky News he had come to the UK to escape war and conflict, but said the small rooms on the barge remind him of when he had to go into hiding from ISIS back in Syria.The man said: “We are looking for more space. We run away from war, trauma and conflict.“If you squeeze me into a place you are putting me back to that space where I was hidng when ISIS was attacking our area.” More

Lee Anderson’s comments on migrants boarding the Bibby Stockholm were “not unreasonable,” Alex Chalk has said.The Tory deputy chairman told the Express: “If they don’t like barges then they should f*** off back to France.”The incendiary comments came after 15 migrants boarded the barge in Portland, Dorset.Twenty others have been granted a last-minute reprieve after legal challenges.The justice secretary said Lee Anderson “expresses the righteous indignation of the British people” and added that his “indignation is well placed”. More