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William Wragg is also a “victim” in the honeytrap sexting scandal, a Tory MP has said.The senior Conservative MP for Hazel Grove admitted he was “manipulated” into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on Grindr.Bosworth MP Dr Luke Evans has also said he was the victim of “cyber flashing” and was the member who first alerted police to the issue as the Met Police open an investigation into “unsolicited messages”.“I’m not excusing what Will has done. But I do think that he is a victim in this, along with all the others… He’s probably come up against a very skilled, manipulative agent,” Tory MP Sir Charles Walker told the BBC. More

Rishi Sunak laughed as he was asked perhaps one of the most important political questions – Why are his trousers so short?A clip of the prime minister interviewing Gordan Ramsay went viral in 2021 as millions were drawn to the shortness of his trousers as he sat down. Mr Sunak’s bespoke tailor, Henry Herbert, defended his fashion style, telling The Independent it “was more professional”.This time the length of the prime minister’s trousers was brought up by The Sun’s political editor Harry Cole during an interview on Wednesday (3 April).Mr Sunak said: “Well I don’t think they are that short.” Pushed on whether he thought his style was trendy, he added: “I tend not to like lots of baggy, baggy stuff at the bottom of my ankle.” More

Rishi Sunak has admitted he doesn’t know when the next general election will be.The prime minister was quizzed on an election date by Harry Cole on The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots podcast on Wednesday (3 April).Mr Sunak said: “I have been clear on that and said I am working on the assumption it is in the second half of the year and I will stick to that.“There is a long-standing tradition that it is the prime ministers who decide when they are going to call an election and I haven’t decided because I have been busy focusing on the things that matter to people.” More

Labour “would sell arms to Israel” if it “abides by humanitarian law”, a shadow minister has said.Speaking to Kay Burley on Sky News on Tuesday, 2 April, Pat McFadden said the opposition party “doesn’t have a boycott of selling arms to Israel.”However, if they were in charge, Mr McFadden said selling arms was “something we would do” if it were believed Israel was “abiding by international humanitarian law”.On whether he believed Israel was following international law, Mr McFadden said: “If there’s proper legal evidence that they aren’t, the Government should come out and say so. More

Rishi Sunak laughed at a BBC local radio presenter’s questioning as she grilled the prime minister on when this year’s general election will be.The PM burst into laughter when BBC Radio Tees’ Amy Oakden asked him to name the date, declaring he had “answered that question many times in the last few weeks” but refused to confirm when the vote would be.During the grilling, Ms Oakden pressed Mr Sunak on why he found her question funny.“There’s a way that we’d announce general elections and it would be done in the formal and official way,” Mr Sunak responded. More

Business minister Kevin Hollinrake appeared surprised at finding out he was getting a pay rise during a live TV interview on Monday (1 April).The Tory MP appeared on Gareth Barlow’s Sky News Breakfast show when the presenter asked him about the 5.5 percent pay rise MPs have got, which comes into effect today.Appearing somewhat taken aback, Mr Hollinrake said: “I did not know we were getting a pay rise.”It comes as the UK minimum age rate increases today by 9.8 percent to £11.44 an hour, up from £10.42. More

Business minister Kevin Hollinrake claimed the Conservative Party has “almost abolished” low pay in the UK.Mr Hollinrake made his comments as an almost 10 percent rise in the UK minimum wage comes into place today (1 April).Employees aged 21 and over will now be entitled to the National Living Wage. The rate will increase by 9.8 percent to £11.44 an hour, up from £10.42.Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Monday, Mr Hollinrake said: “By this latest measure we have almost abolished low pay in this country.” More