On Wednesday 3 September, a mobile phone was found during a routine search of the House of Commons chamber by Met officers. Inquiries have led officers to believe that the phone was purposely placed in a location with the aim of causing disruption to business in the house. An investigation has been launched and inquiries are ongoing. We have updated the speaker and clerk of the house.
You could argue that prime minister's questions is no longer fit for purpose. Indeed, that it never really has been. Just a theatre showcase for some performance politics where few answers are ever extracted from the prime minister. To which you might now add that the Tories are not the real opposition. So Kemi Badenoch is essentially an impostor. Sometime over the summer the mantle of official opposition passed to Reform UK. So it really should be Nigel Farage, not Kemi, asking the questions.
The Chancellor was seen visibly in tears during Prime Minister's Questions as Sir Keir Starmer refused to guarantee Rachel Reeves will keep her job, amid controversies over welfare reforms.
