After 23 years and 7 Prime Ministers I’m doing one last South of England Sunday Politics Show! Please join me at 10am on BBC1 for some special guests and memories, it will be fun!

It’s only positive vibes today so … We had a great time putting the world to rights on #PoliticsSouth if you missed it… NO PROBLEM!! Watch again on iPlayer here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… really worth 30mins of your time.. but then I’m biased ! (Jokes)

The south of England Politics Programme is back on BBC1 and iPlayer. This week Ofsted, Reform, Trump and Flags www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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They’re calling it a ONCE IN A CENTURY election as #Reform sent shock waves through Local Councils in England. 💥 We’re drilling down to see what difference it could make in the south of England on #PoliticsSouth now available on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

They’re calling it a ONCE IN A CENTURY election as #Reform sent shock waves through Local Councils in England. 💥 We’re drilling down to see what difference it could make in the south of England on #PoliticsSouth on #BBC1 from 10 📺

Are people having fewer children because of expensive housing in the south of England? 👶 In 10 years will we still be WFH? 🧑‍💻 And should the most polluting cars pay more to park? 🚘 Digging under the skin of modern life in the south .. on #politicssouth from 10 ⏰ on BBC1 📺

That moved quickly.. from a hint that Waterside Rail might not be cancelled after all to details of bookable seats from the New Forest through to London and pictures of the inside of carriages … granduniontrains.co.uk/waterside-line/

I was with @peterhenley.bsky.social on BBC Politics South. Understandably, #Ukraine was a key focus. Also discussed was incr in costs of energy bills & Anneliese Dodds,MP, resignation Literacy in schools featured in the run up to #WorldBookDay. Can watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

“The British Military are Great” says President Trump… before asking .. Could you take on Russia by yourselves?!!

Thames Water accused of holding Berkshire customers in contempt www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Power to the South! How could council services and staff be affected by the wave of mergers and mayors expected with devolution. Politics South from 10, with extra #waspi & #AI

At last? 👀 #waspi

It’s the last #PoliticsSouth before Christmas looking back on a tumultuous year with added #Payrises #Vestas #HousingCrisis and #Ice-skating ! From 10am 🕙 on BBC1 South 📺

Strong Message Here

Ooo it’s the Christmas fair in Parliament

New immigration figures show the number of asylum seekers in govt accommodation was going down until June but is back up under Labour

Last asylum seekers leave the barge, but Braverman tells me she was right www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If angry farmers restrict food supplies shops will run out within three days, Hampshire Police Commissioner @DonnaJonesPCC tells me

Should we be turning off street lights to save money? Do we need to a new law for e-bikes and scooters? And of course.. what should the farmers do next ? from 10:00 on BBC1

Not everyone is so worried about China. Salisbury’s Conservative MP and former Treasury Minister @JohnGlenUK says we have to keep business going, and Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer doesn’t disagree

Britain is to retire a range of defence assets including HMS Albion HMS Bulwark HMS Northumberland, RFA Tankers Wave Knight & Wave Ruler & the 14  oldest CH-47 Chinook helicopters. Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne questioned the message that sends

All good natured at the #FarmingRally in Westminster but there are some interesting negotiations over parking outside Downing Street!

Will higher taxes on unhealthy food save the NHS? Or just add to the cost of living crisis? #PoliticsSouth on BBC1 from 10 with @livbailey @JoePJRobertson and @trishab116 Oh! And shouldn’t every new house have a solar panel? Or does that make them too pricey, too?

Labour is saying southern Councils must merge to populations of 1.5 million under a Manchester-style Mayor to get extra powers and cash, according to local leaders

Scammers are taking advantage of long waits for driving tests. An MP says a growing number of youngsters are being persuaded to part with hundreds of pounds of "arrangement fees" to jump the queue. t.co/4HYItGAGIj

Freebies and leadership, knife crime and youth work, and do we need carbon capture? #PoliticsSouth from 10 on BBC1 📺 with @BeccyCooper4Lab @pauljholmes and @GumsaTF from Grassrootz in Reading

Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage has been criticised for suggesting the West "provoked" Russia's invasion of Ukraine by expanding the European Union and Nato military alliance eastwards.

The Conservatives are promising a further 2p cut in employee National Insurance, as they publish their election manifesto later this morning Follow live coverage

Lib Dem’s launch manifesto as new election week kicks off

The Labour Party has abandoned longstanding legal action against five former members of staff who have been accused of "conspiring" against Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership. The action is estimated to have cost the party millions of pounds

"The general election is on - it will soon be over to you" Why Rishi Sunak decided to call a summer election

"A picture is painted of a rigid, inflexible, even inhuman state conspiring, collectively, to deny not only justice, but truth" Reaction to the infected blood inquiry findings

The personal wealth of Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty rose by £122m last year, It means they are richer than the King, according to the annual list of the UK's most wealthy people., external

Does a rainbow lanyard betray personal Politics?

A new guide to conspiracy theories that "can pose a danger to democracy" has been written for MPs and would-be politicians

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will promise to make Britain's shores "hostile territory for people-smuggling gangs," as he sets out details of Labour's plans to tackle small boat crossings.

What is the online safety bill?

Local election 2024 results: Labour adds to Tory misery with mayoral wins

Former minister and Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour. In an exclusive TV interview, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich told the BBC'sSunday with Laura Kuenssberg that he could no longer look his NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay on as a Conservative.

Alex Salmond says the first minister has effectively put the decision-making power of the parliament in the Alba Party's hands.

The government's showdown with the House of Lords over its Rwanda deportation bill continues. Peers have voted to demand changes to the bill, including an amendment which would ban sending people who have assisted the UK military to Rwanda.

Rishi Sunak has defended his record on the NHS, as new data shows that key targets on waiting lists and waiting times in A&E have been missed.

An Artificial Intelligence powered civil service has moved a step closer as the Cabinet Office expands trials of its Redbox Copilot project. The system - named after the red briefcases used by ministers to carry official papers - analyses government papers and rapidly summarise them into briefings

Senior Tory William Wragg has told the Times he gave personal phone numbers of fellow MPs to a man he met on a dating app because he was "scared".

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss was among the guests at Nigel Farage's 60th birthday party in London

The prime minister has said people should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology" in response to #HarryPotter author JK Rowling's criticism of Scotland's new hate crime law.

Mohamed Mansour: Rishi Sunak faces criticism after Tory donor given knighthood

Home Office launches 'stop the boats' ad campaign in Vietnam

The Princess of Wales says she is in the early stages of treatment after cancer was found in tests. In a video statement, Catherine says it was a "huge shock" after an "incredibly tough couple of months".