Sadiq Khan, Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana among figures on the left praising the mayor-elect as they look at potential blueprint for elections in UK
James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, will deputise for Kemi Badenoch at PMQs, Sky News reports.
He may well ask David Lammy about the treaty giving sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Yesterday he welcomed the fact that a Lords vote on the bill implementing the deal has been postponed because of Tory opposition. PA Media explained the details in a story filed last night. PA said:
A law enabling the UK handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius faces a delay after a Westminster spat that saw Tory critics accused of being “reckless and deeply cynical” in trying to wreck the controversial deal.
In a sign of the ongoing tensions over the agreement, foreign minister Jenny Chapman lambasted the Conservatives for putting Britain’s national security at risk and using the Chagossian people for their own ends having “systematically disregarded” them when in government.
The estimates have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and are the first of their kind to use an updated definition of abuse that includes emotional, physical or sexual abuse as well as neglect.
A total of 13.6 million people aged 18 years and over (29.0%) in England and Wales are likely to have experienced “any abuse” before the age of 18, the figures show.