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EXCL: Keir Starmer’s govt floated drastically scaling back the Commonwealth summit after his miserable trip in 2024
David Lammy ordered a review that suggested reducing frequency from every 2 years to “4 or 5” and seeking to ditch the secretive leaders’ retreat, says ex-aide
David Lammy ordered a review that suggested reducing frequency from every 2 years to “4 or 5” and seeking to ditch the secretive leaders’ retreat, says ex-aide
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NEW: Andy Burnham has demanded answers about the insolvency of Poundland, which has its largest distribution centre in his constituency of Makerfield.
The PM tells @Telegraph: "If there was a potential owner to avoid this that hasn’t been accepted, then the Business Secretary and I want to know why that is the case. We stand ready to support the workforce however we can.”
Burnham wants to know why Gordon Brothers, the chain's owner, rejected a solvent bid from Ireland’s Martin Property Group for the entire Poundland business earlier this week.
Story here with @LukeVanceBarr: telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
The PM tells @Telegraph: "If there was a potential owner to avoid this that hasn’t been accepted, then the Business Secretary and I want to know why that is the case. We stand ready to support the workforce however we can.”
Burnham wants to know why Gordon Brothers, the chain's owner, rejected a solvent bid from Ireland’s Martin Property Group for the entire Poundland business earlier this week.
Story here with @LukeVanceBarr: telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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Nigel Farage's "physical altercation" during the State Opening of Parliament was with the Lib Dem MP Caroline Voaden - and has caused an major row between Reform and the Lib Dems.
Lib Dem sources say Voaden was left "shocked and shaken" after he "shoved" her to rocession of MPs to the King's Speech.
Video from the Commons Chamber that day shows Farage and Voaden making their way down from their benches together.
Voaden reported the incident to the Serjeant at Arms and says Farage was asked to apologise - but hasn't.
A Reform spokesman denies any wrongdoing by Farage, saying "it was the Lib Dem MPs being aggressive towards Nigel". Lib Dems say that is "utter nonsense"
Farage said yesterday that the "physical altercation" was the reason he didn't put up a fight to be in the Chamber for the Budget after his prayer card to save a space was removed.
He said he thought that after the row with Voaden, it was "better to avoid conflict".
But in a further twist, a Commons spokesman says Farage's card was only removed because it didn't have a date stamp, which are required to reserve a spot.
Top work by @hope_sapphire here:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
Nigel Farage's "physical altercation" during the State Opening of Parliament was with the Lib Dem MP Caroline Voaden - and has caused an major row between Reform and the Lib Dems.
Lib Dem sources say Voaden was left "shocked and shaken" after he "shoved" her to rocession of MPs to the King's Speech.
Video from the Commons Chamber that day shows Farage and Voaden making their way down from their benches together.
Voaden reported the incident to the Serjeant at Arms and says Farage was asked to apologise - but hasn't.
A Reform spokesman denies any wrongdoing by Farage, saying "it was the Lib Dem MPs being aggressive towards Nigel". Lib Dems say that is "utter nonsense"
Farage said yesterday that the "physical altercation" was the reason he didn't put up a fight to be in the Chamber for the Budget after his prayer card to save a space was removed.
He said he thought that after the row with Voaden, it was "better to avoid conflict".
But in a further twist, a Commons spokesman says Farage's card was only removed because it didn't have a date stamp, which are required to reserve a spot.
Top work by @hope_sapphire here:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
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FWIW, the alleged shoving is claimed to have taken place before the start of this clip. The Parliament cameras only cut to this shot as they were leaving the Chamber.
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I suspect the issue here is that - as we reported last week - any cut to benefits next year will be dwarfed by the cost of the Milburn employment support measures.
Even if ministers cut benefit payments for current claimants, they are not expecting to reduce the *overall* bill until 2030 at the earliest.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Even if ministers cut benefit payments for current claimants, they are not expecting to reduce the *overall* bill until 2030 at the earliest.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
*NEW*
Andy Burnham has failed to commit to cutting Britain’s welfare bill before the next general election
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Tony Diver retweeted
NEW @Telegraph understands Nigel Farage did not display a valid date stamp on his prayer card and it was removed as per Chamber protocol.
I also understand Mr Farage did not attend prayers and did not approach Commons staff regarding a seat reservation.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
I also understand Mr Farage did not attend prayers and did not approach Commons staff regarding a seat reservation.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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Now hearing that this announcement may have been removed from the Budget in a late-night scramble. That would end a freeze announced by Rachel Reeves. Unclear what has happened here - but we will find out soon.
Exclusive:
John Healey will freeze NHS prescription charges at £9.90 for another year in his Budget tomorrow.
It will form part of the "breathing space" measures for household bills - and continues a freeze first announced by Rachel Reeves.
A "package" on energy will address some short term pressures - especially for benefit claimants - and suggest long-term reform for pricing, possibly to decouple electricity prices from gas.
We also understand Healey has ruled out any changes to the 60% "tax trap" for higher earners, which were mooted in Keir Starmer's survival plan that leaked to @SamCoatesSky.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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John Healey will freeze NHS prescription charges at £9.90 for another year in his Budget tomorrow.
It will form part of the "breathing space" measures for household bills - and continues a freeze first announced by Rachel Reeves.
A "package" on energy will address some short term pressures - especially for benefit claimants - and suggest long-term reform for pricing, possibly to decouple electricity prices from gas.
We also understand Healey has ruled out any changes to the 60% "tax trap" for higher earners, which were mooted in Keir Starmer's survival plan that leaked to @SamCoatesSky.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
John Healey will freeze NHS prescription charges at £9.90 for another year in his Budget tomorrow.
It will form part of the "breathing space" measures for household bills - and continues a freeze first announced by Rachel Reeves.
A "package" on energy will address some short term pressures - especially for benefit claimants - and suggest long-term reform for pricing, possibly to decouple electricity prices from gas.
We also understand Healey has ruled out any changes to the 60% "tax trap" for higher earners, which were mooted in Keir Starmer's survival plan that leaked to @SamCoatesSky.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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NEW: Sir Keir Starmer’s policy director urges Burnham to double down on “mechanically cutting the rate of inflation” to lower mortgage rates.
Writing publicly for the first time since leaving No10, Stuart Ingham says the PM should use “any additional fiscal room” to lower prices including by sustaining the VAT cut on energy bills beyond March 2027.
He says this will feed through to mortgage interest rates if the Bank of England can be persuaded to hold or cut them.
He argues in today’s @telegraph that for Labour “just about nothing is more important” than the cost of living, and points out that Starmer beat the Tories by 17 points among mortgage holders in 2024, after losing by 10 points among the same group in 2019.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Writing publicly for the first time since leaving No10, Stuart Ingham says the PM should use “any additional fiscal room” to lower prices including by sustaining the VAT cut on energy bills beyond March 2027.
He says this will feed through to mortgage interest rates if the Bank of England can be persuaded to hold or cut them.
He argues in today’s @telegraph that for Labour “just about nothing is more important” than the cost of living, and points out that Starmer beat the Tories by 17 points among mortgage holders in 2024, after losing by 10 points among the same group in 2019.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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There is some straightforward electoral politics in the various proposals for student finance reform.
Some Labour politicians want to see the thresholds for repayment increased, which would lower monthly payments for the majority of graduates who will not pay off their loans in the 30-year repayment period.
But for any graduate who will at some point pay off their Plan 2 student loan (20-35% of them), unfreezing the thresholds for repayment will cost them more, because smaller repayments will mean their stock of debt accrues far more interest in the long run.
Reducing the RPI+3% interest rate (Tory policy) would help those on higher incomes, but would have no effect on lower-earning graduates for whom the size of the debt makes no difference. Choose your poison!
Some Labour politicians want to see the thresholds for repayment increased, which would lower monthly payments for the majority of graduates who will not pay off their loans in the 30-year repayment period.
But for any graduate who will at some point pay off their Plan 2 student loan (20-35% of them), unfreezing the thresholds for repayment will cost them more, because smaller repayments will mean their stock of debt accrues far more interest in the long run.
Reducing the RPI+3% interest rate (Tory policy) would help those on higher incomes, but would have no effect on lower-earning graduates for whom the size of the debt makes no difference. Choose your poison!
What’s the Chancellor’s rabbit going to be? A hare-brained scheme or a genuinely hopping good surprise?
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The most fevered Budget speculation centres on the personal allowance. From next April, the full new state pension is expected to rise to about £13,036 a year, above the personal allowance of £12,570 for the first time. The allowance is frozen until 2031.
Ministers have promised that people living on the state pension alone will not pay tax on it, but have not said how. Raising the personal allowance to just over £13,000 would cost about £4bn.
There is also speculation that Healey could reverse Reeves’s freeze of the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold at £29,385 for three years from April 2027, following lobbying by Lucy Powell, the Education Secretary. The Treasury committee has called for the freeze to be reversed. The Department for Education has warned that doing so would reverse a £5.9bn saving.
However, the Treasury has previously been cool on the idea.
Another potentially popular move would be to ease the pressure on family farms by raising the inheritance-tax threshold, potentially taking “a whole slug of farmers” out of the tax.
Other measures being discussed include a time-limited cut in national insurance for under-25s and an extension of the Great British Summer Savings scheme into the winter holidays. The summer scheme cut VAT on children’s restaurant meals and family attractions from 20 per cent to 5 per cent, at a cost of about £300m.
From today’s weekend long read with @whazell
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Tony Diver retweeted
❗️EXCLUSIVE❗️
Andy Burnham has opened the door to Britain rejoining the EU’s free movement rules, arguing an “honest discussion” about the idea is needed
The PM said the nature of immigration has been “different” since Brexit, with more foreigners moving permanently to the UK rather than returning home
Burnham noted how his father, Roy, an engineer, took advantage of the EU rules in the 1990s to work in Germany
He also said since leaving the bloc Britain has lost access to ‘Eurodac’, an EU database on border crossings
“I think you have to have a very factual, quite evidence-based debate about this,” he said
Burnham made clear staying out of free movement would **not** be a red line for talks (unlike adopting the Euro or rejoining the Schengen Area)
Burnham made the comments to me in one of four interviews conducted during his first 100 days in office. All unpacked in tomorrow’s Sunday Times.
It’s big news. Free movement seen as a key reason why the country voted Brexit in 2016. No PM has made the argument for potentially rejoining since… until now.
(Important to note: Burnham accepts there were ‘very significant challenges’ too with free movement. Hasn’t reached a firm decision yes or no. He continues to mull over ‘options’ for closer EU ties)
KEY BURNHAM QUOTE
“Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it and I spoke about them in my previous time in Parliament. But, at the same time, it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult (as now).
“Revolving door migration where people would come and then go back is different. The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then? I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things.”
Read the full story here:
‘Andy Burnham is open to adopting EU free movement’
thetimes.com/article/491a04…
Andy Burnham has opened the door to Britain rejoining the EU’s free movement rules, arguing an “honest discussion” about the idea is needed
The PM said the nature of immigration has been “different” since Brexit, with more foreigners moving permanently to the UK rather than returning home
Burnham noted how his father, Roy, an engineer, took advantage of the EU rules in the 1990s to work in Germany
He also said since leaving the bloc Britain has lost access to ‘Eurodac’, an EU database on border crossings
“I think you have to have a very factual, quite evidence-based debate about this,” he said
Burnham made clear staying out of free movement would **not** be a red line for talks (unlike adopting the Euro or rejoining the Schengen Area)
Burnham made the comments to me in one of four interviews conducted during his first 100 days in office. All unpacked in tomorrow’s Sunday Times.
It’s big news. Free movement seen as a key reason why the country voted Brexit in 2016. No PM has made the argument for potentially rejoining since… until now.
(Important to note: Burnham accepts there were ‘very significant challenges’ too with free movement. Hasn’t reached a firm decision yes or no. He continues to mull over ‘options’ for closer EU ties)
KEY BURNHAM QUOTE
“Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it and I spoke about them in my previous time in Parliament. But, at the same time, it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult (as now).
“Revolving door migration where people would come and then go back is different. The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then? I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things.”
Read the full story here:
‘Andy Burnham is open to adopting EU free movement’
thetimes.com/article/491a04…
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Public swimming pools and car washes in parts of southern England face closure within days because of severe drought.
The Defra secretary Angela Eagle will decide next week whether to impose “non-essential use bans” in West Sussex and Somerset at the request of two water companies.
She has sped up the process because of severely low reservoir levels. It would be the first time the bans have been used in Britain for 20 years.
The restrictions would stop any businesses from using excessive water for non-essential services. They would effectively shut down all car washes and swimming pools in the areas and business owners may be eligible for compensation.
Defra officials believe that without heavy rain this winter, reservoirs won’t return to normal levels before next summer.
Story: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
Public swimming pools and car washes in parts of southern England face closure within days because of severe drought.
The Defra secretary Angela Eagle will decide next week whether to impose “non-essential use bans” in West Sussex and Somerset at the request of two water companies.
She has sped up the process because of severely low reservoir levels. It would be the first time the bans have been used in Britain for 20 years.
The restrictions would stop any businesses from using excessive water for non-essential services. They would effectively shut down all car washes and swimming pools in the areas and business owners may be eligible for compensation.
Defra officials believe that without heavy rain this winter, reservoirs won’t return to normal levels before next summer.
Story: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
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Ministers have slipped out a consultation to align the UK with EU net zero rules, which are likely to make life more inconvenient for consumers.
They would restrict the amount of energy home devices can use when in standby mode, so they can only use two watts of power when not in active use.
This is too little for most smart TVs, robot hoovers and lightbulbs to stay connected to WiFi.
So users will now experience a lag of a couple of seconds when activating their devices using an app or voice command.
TVs will also be restricted from downloading updates in the middle of the night, so they will have to be done when you want to use them.
DESNZ says this has been done to keep down household energy bills.
Our research suggests the average household will save £1.61 a year on the energy used by their Amazon Fire TV Stick under these rules.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
They would restrict the amount of energy home devices can use when in standby mode, so they can only use two watts of power when not in active use.
This is too little for most smart TVs, robot hoovers and lightbulbs to stay connected to WiFi.
So users will now experience a lag of a couple of seconds when activating their devices using an app or voice command.
TVs will also be restricted from downloading updates in the middle of the night, so they will have to be done when you want to use them.
DESNZ says this has been done to keep down household energy bills.
Our research suggests the average household will save £1.61 a year on the energy used by their Amazon Fire TV Stick under these rules.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
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Benefit claimants will be given advice on how to set up their own businesses, turning side hustles into full-time work.
A pilot scheme starting next year will give young entrepreneurs advice on setting up a business bank account, registering for VAT and putting together a business plan
Pat McFadden tells @Telegraph that young people want to “do their own thing” and that new businesses are one way of tackling the NEETs crisis.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Benefit claimants will be given advice on how to set up their own businesses, turning side hustles into full-time work.
A pilot scheme starting next year will give young entrepreneurs advice on setting up a business bank account, registering for VAT and putting together a business plan
Pat McFadden tells @Telegraph that young people want to “do their own thing” and that new businesses are one way of tackling the NEETs crisis.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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Britain’s welfare bill is set to continue to rise even after Andy Burnham’s reforms next year.
*Burnham is planning a new welfare bill to cut benefits early next year - probably at the start of a new parliamentary session in April
*Around the same time, ministers will announce the Milburn reforms to encourage young people back to work and improvements to disability benefits
*The fiscal scorecard for these changes will not be published until the Spending Review later in the year
*Under current plans, the upfront cost of Milburn reforms will outweigh any benefit savings for at least two financial years
*This means the overall welfare budget will not see any savings until 2030 at the earliest
*This timeline pushes back any savings (and reallocation of money eg for defence) until well after the next election
Story: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Britain’s welfare bill is set to continue to rise even after Andy Burnham’s reforms next year.
*Burnham is planning a new welfare bill to cut benefits early next year - probably at the start of a new parliamentary session in April
*Around the same time, ministers will announce the Milburn reforms to encourage young people back to work and improvements to disability benefits
*The fiscal scorecard for these changes will not be published until the Spending Review later in the year
*Under current plans, the upfront cost of Milburn reforms will outweigh any benefit savings for at least two financial years
*This means the overall welfare budget will not see any savings until 2030 at the earliest
*This timeline pushes back any savings (and reallocation of money eg for defence) until well after the next election
Story: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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Tony Diver retweeted
NEW: Senior Labour MPs asked planted questions in Parliament after being lobbied by a former MI6 officer.
Both former and current ministers spoke in the Commons after being lobbied by Christopher Steele, the former spy behind the infamous Trump-Russia dossier.
The questions they asked included claims about individuals conducting espionage, having secret ties to Russian spy agencies and having illicit financial dealings. Several claims were later found to be inaccurate.
In some cases, the questions directly benefited paying clients, a whistleblower has claimed.
There is no suggestion Mr Steele knew that the information he shared was inaccurate, or that he acted recklessly.
Latest investigation with @camillahmturner
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
Both former and current ministers spoke in the Commons after being lobbied by Christopher Steele, the former spy behind the infamous Trump-Russia dossier.
The questions they asked included claims about individuals conducting espionage, having secret ties to Russian spy agencies and having illicit financial dealings. Several claims were later found to be inaccurate.
In some cases, the questions directly benefited paying clients, a whistleblower has claimed.
There is no suggestion Mr Steele knew that the information he shared was inaccurate, or that he acted recklessly.
Latest investigation with @camillahmturner
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
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Long tweet warning: There is a pretty unusual row going on over the Chagos Islands.
Here is what happened:
Last night @Telegraph reported Farage's comments on a US podcast two weeks ago.
Farage told Benny Johnson he would negotiate over the Chagos issue in exchange for some more support on the Falklands. He said he would say to Trump: "Right, you know what, mate? Chagos, it’s yours."
He went on to talk about giving the US unrestricted access to Diego Garcia - rather than the full islands, where he has helped Chagossians set up an encampment.
Reform says that Farage was never talking about giving away the whole archipelago, as Labour has done to Mauritius, but striking some kind of deal with Trump to ensure long-term access to the base - which they already have.
In short, it appears Farage said something he didn't mean - *but he did say it*.
(Side note, as @jcartlidgemp points out, Farage has previously said giving the islands to the US would be better than giving them to Mauritius).
Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch has seized on Farage's comments as evidence that he is willing to sell out British interests to Trump, which she compares to the original Chagos deal under Labour.
She has taken his words on on face value and says Farage has taken a "humiliating" position with his "careless, loose talk".
After @genevieve_holl reported this last night, various sources in the Trump administration who are supportive of Farage said Badenoch was needlessly trying to cause a political row (per @katyballs @MrHarryCole) and accused her of undermining the Anglo-American relationship.
It is possible that these people are particularly sensitive about this topic because they are still considering buying the islands, as @connorstringer and I reported earlier in the year. Domestic opposition to the idea of the US running Chagos in the UK would be a problem for the White House.
All of this has caused a bit of a stink in SW1 because there is not usually a cigarette paper between right-wing parties on the Chagos issue.
Reform and the Tories have been competing with each other for months to get headlines on Chagos but they very rarely disagree with each other.
It will be interesting today to hear what No10 has to say about this - beyond their usual lines about the current deal being the best way to secure the long-term future of the base. Stay tuned!
Here is what happened:
Last night @Telegraph reported Farage's comments on a US podcast two weeks ago.
Farage told Benny Johnson he would negotiate over the Chagos issue in exchange for some more support on the Falklands. He said he would say to Trump: "Right, you know what, mate? Chagos, it’s yours."
He went on to talk about giving the US unrestricted access to Diego Garcia - rather than the full islands, where he has helped Chagossians set up an encampment.
Reform says that Farage was never talking about giving away the whole archipelago, as Labour has done to Mauritius, but striking some kind of deal with Trump to ensure long-term access to the base - which they already have.
In short, it appears Farage said something he didn't mean - *but he did say it*.
(Side note, as @jcartlidgemp points out, Farage has previously said giving the islands to the US would be better than giving them to Mauritius).
Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch has seized on Farage's comments as evidence that he is willing to sell out British interests to Trump, which she compares to the original Chagos deal under Labour.
She has taken his words on on face value and says Farage has taken a "humiliating" position with his "careless, loose talk".
After @genevieve_holl reported this last night, various sources in the Trump administration who are supportive of Farage said Badenoch was needlessly trying to cause a political row (per @katyballs @MrHarryCole) and accused her of undermining the Anglo-American relationship.
It is possible that these people are particularly sensitive about this topic because they are still considering buying the islands, as @connorstringer and I reported earlier in the year. Domestic opposition to the idea of the US running Chagos in the UK would be a problem for the White House.
All of this has caused a bit of a stink in SW1 because there is not usually a cigarette paper between right-wing parties on the Chagos issue.
Reform and the Tories have been competing with each other for months to get headlines on Chagos but they very rarely disagree with each other.
It will be interesting today to hear what No10 has to say about this - beyond their usual lines about the current deal being the best way to secure the long-term future of the base. Stay tuned!
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Al Carns has tabled a rebel amendment to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.
He agrees with most of the latest changes under Chris Bryant but is trying to introduce a new clause on inquests.
Labour’s legislation would stop NEW inquests, transferring them to the Legacy Commission.
But Carns wants ~30 existing inquests to be transferred too — which he says will save £1bn in legal costs.
Ministers are highly unlikely to accept this amendment, setting up a showdown in the Commons if it is selected next week by Lindsay Hoyle.
Carns, a former defence minister and veteran, is viewed by some veterans as a litmus test for whether Labour’s new Bill has gone far enough.
He tells @Telegraph: “This amendment creates one simplified, centralised route to truth, reconciliation and justice, saves the government a huge amount of money and allows us to solve some of the issues with the troubles in a balanced and proportionate manner.”
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Al Carns has tabled a rebel amendment to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.
He agrees with most of the latest changes under Chris Bryant but is trying to introduce a new clause on inquests.
Labour’s legislation would stop NEW inquests, transferring them to the Legacy Commission.
But Carns wants ~30 existing inquests to be transferred too — which he says will save £1bn in legal costs.
Ministers are highly unlikely to accept this amendment, setting up a showdown in the Commons if it is selected next week by Lindsay Hoyle.
Carns, a former defence minister and veteran, is viewed by some veterans as a litmus test for whether Labour’s new Bill has gone far enough.
He tells @Telegraph: “This amendment creates one simplified, centralised route to truth, reconciliation and justice, saves the government a huge amount of money and allows us to solve some of the issues with the troubles in a balanced and proportionate manner.”
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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Here is the Carns amendment, published this morning. It is one of several amendments being pushed by Carns with the support of Mike Tapp and David Davis, among others.
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Tony Diver retweeted
🚨Exc: Nigel Farage has said he would give the Chagos Islands to Donald Trump in return for silence about the Falklands
He told a podcast that, if he were PM, "I'd have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what mate? Chagos, it's yours.
"Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world... In return, just please stop talking about the Falkland Islands"
W/@Tony_Diver
He told a podcast that, if he were PM, "I'd have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what mate? Chagos, it's yours.
"Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world... In return, just please stop talking about the Falkland Islands"
W/@Tony_Diver
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