The Chancellor explains the thinking behind proposed changes in Universal Credit which would restrict access to people who refuse to actively seek work.
The Defence Secretary says there was “debate” about whether people were using this weekend for protests, or to “protest for one cause or just turning up as thugs”
Following the Mini-Budget, Kwasi Kwarteng tells Laura Kuenssberg that there was “more to come” on tax cuts. A former minister tells The Sunday Times that “everyone who isn’t mad hates it”.
The Justice Secretary says there were enough staff in HMP Wandsworth.
He says the UK has cut emissions “more than any other major country” but methods need to be “pragmatic and balanced”
The Prime Minister tells Kuenssberg that interest rates need to be raised in order to bring down inflation despite the financial difficulties some people might face as a result.
“You can pick some selective statistics, but overall, the experience that people are having on [NHS] waiting lists is dreadful” says the presenter.
Robert Jenrick says that high net immigration puts pressure on services and discourages investment in innovation and British workers.
She points to record investment since privatisation. And the water companies will be paying “for the fines and levies on illegal discharges”.
She tells Laura Kuenssberg that the Conservatives will “need to reflect” on this week’s local elections.
The Transport Secretary argues that it’s “not our contest, we’re hosting it for Ukraine… hundreds of Ukrainian railway staff have been killed” and so the UK should be “in solidarity” with Ukraine.
Richard Hughes says leaving the EU is a “shock to the UK economy of the order of magnitude of other shocks we’ve seen”, such as the Covid pandemic.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster adds that they “have got a decent deal now, let’s move forward”.
“Collective responsibility, fortunately, is not retrospective”, says the Development Minister.