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Angela Rayner has insisted she is “not losing any sleep” after it was revealed police are reviewing claims she may have broken electoral law when she lived between two council houses in Stockport.Greater Manchester Police has confirmed a detective chief inspector had been assigned to reconsider the case, just days after Ms Rayner accused the Conservative party of attempting to “smear” her.Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (28 March), Ms Rayner insisted she had done nothing wrong.She said: “I am not losing any sleep over this. The only thing I am losing sleep over is 14 years of Conservative economic chaos.” More

Rishi Sunak has spoken of the challenges of being a good father to his two children, while balancing being prime minister.Mr Sunak opened up about the struggle in an interview with former Conservative Party leader William Hague for The Times Podcast.The prime minister said: “I have two young girls who mean the world to me. Ding these jobs it’s hard to balance being a good dad and doing a good job. You’ve got to prioritise this job because it’s an important job and you are doing it on behalf of the country.” More

A Conservative MP has launched a petition to get a fish and chip shop in his town centre constituency.Steve Tuckwell, who succeeded Boris Johnson in becoming MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, is campaigning to get a chippy in Uxbridge town centre and has launched an online petition.Mr Tuckwell said: “We have a fish and chip shop in Cowley and one near St Andrew’s Park, but we don’t in Uxbridge Town Centre. That’s why I’m launching a campaign to get us a fish and chip shop in Uxbridge Town Centre, but I need your support to do it. “ More

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave a blunt response when asked if Rishi Sunak will still be Tory leader at the next general election.Appearing on Andrew Marr’s LBC programme on Tuesday (26 Marc), Tim Montgomerie was asked if he believes Mr Sunak will still be the Conservative leader in October and November.Mr Montgomerie replied: “No.”Mr Montgomerie then claimed Mr Sunak was also questioning his popularity within the Conservatives.“He has not made his decision to go or anything, but he is not in denial about the challenges he faces personally,” Mr Montgomerie said. More

Education secretary Gillian Keegan refused to say if China is a threat to national security a day after two individuals and a company linked to the Chinese state were sanctioned over attacks on the Electoral Commission between 2021 and 2022.The same company also carried out “reconnaissance” activity against UK parliamentary accounts in a separate campaign in 2021, Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons on Monday.British intelligence services believe Chinese spies are likely to use details stolen by hacking the elections watchdog to target dissidents and critics of Xi Jinping’s government in the UK.”I don’t want you to put words into my mouth… I’m not a diplomatic expert,” Ms Keegan told Nick Ferrari on LBC. More

Rishi Sunak laughed off a reference to Liz Truss’s “deep state” comments during a grilling by the Commons Liaison Committee on Tuesday, 26 March.During a speech at a CPAC, a conservative conference in the US, the prime minister’s predecessor blamed the “deep state” for “sabotaging” her controversial tax-cutting plans from Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget.When asked if there is a “deep state” and if he is part of it, Mr Sunak joked: “Probably a question for [Ms Truss].“But I probably wouldn’t tell you if I was Will, would I? And we wouldn’t tell anyone else either, would we?” he added. More

A Labour MP who bet £10 with Kay Burley that there would be a May general election called Rishi Sunak a “chicken” as he paid up.Jonathan Ashworth returned to Sky News less than three weeks after making the wager, presenting Ms Burley a cheque after the prime minister ruled out an early vote.“Rishi Sunak chickened out, he’s running scared of the British people,” the shadow paymaster general said.“We still need that election, he should name the date but I am going to have to pay up.”Mr Ashworth laughed off “doubling down” on a June election at the end of the interview. More

Farmers on tractors converged on Westminster on Monday, 25 March, in a protest against “substandard imports and dishonest labelling” they warn threatens food security.Campaigners from Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent assembled for a “go-slow” convoy and drive around Westminster.Organisers anticipated 50 to 100 tractors as well as other farm vehicles to show up as the group raised concerns over the increasing difficulties faced by the British farming industry which they say are leaving the nation’s food security at risk. More