Extraordinary polling from Wales predicting the near decimation of Labour at the Senedd elections. The winners though wouldn’t be Reform but Plaid Cymru, who on sheer arithmetic alone could potentially put together a progressive coalition to govern Wales.

BREAKING: Australian police say the two gunmen involved in the Bondi shooting were a father and son. - A 50 year-old who had a licence for 6 firearms and is now dead. - His 24 year-old son remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition.

NHS England say this is a Boots-specific problem and there is no national shortage for other suppliers. So if you need / want a flu vaccine, advice is to keep trying and ask / shop around.

Just turned up for my flu vaccine at Boots to be told there is a national shortage and they’ve run out. Very happy to wait until more vulnerable people have had theirs first, but bit concerning when public health messaging is to be vigilant for a bad flu wave this year.

NEW: In a joint letter, senior peers including 3 former cabinet secretaries and 3 former Lords speakers have warned peers not to use procedural manoeuvres to thwart the assisted dying bill. With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.

NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves admits that when she warned of a fiscal black hole on Nov 4th she did indeed know there was actually a budget surplus of £4bn but claims she would have been told “that is not enough” headroom.

NEW: Net migration to the UK fell significantly to 204,000 in the year to June. That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.

BREAKING: The Chief Whip in the House of Lords has assigned an extra ten days in the new year for the assisted dying bill to be debated. This makes it far less likely that the bill will run out of time.

Lord Lucas on the 1000 amendments tabled to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords. “It is an attempt to frustrate the legislation”. @lbc.co.uk @lewisgoodall.com

It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week. Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.

At close of debate, Lords have only managed to get through one group of amendments to Assisted Dying Bill today, representing 21 amendments in total. Meanwhile, 82 new amendments were added in last week alone. Lords can’t debate them as fast as they’re being added - bill faces being talked out.

BREAKING: The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and half years in prison for taking bribes to pump out Russian propaganda. Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.

BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry. Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.

Good morning! Back in the hot seat with Susanna this Tuesday. Plenty to discuss as PM insists he’ll lead Labour into the next election; Labour MPs express disgust at Home Secretary’s immigration announcements and celebs eat all things indescribable in the jungle…

NEW: 942 amendments have been laid down in the House of Lords ahead of the Assisted Dying Bill's committee stage in the chamber, which starts tomorrow. This is believed to be a record for a bill at committee stage. It's going to be an intense debate.

Kemi Badenoch; “The Health Secretary said there is a toxic culture in Downing Street. He’s right isn’t he?” Keir Starmer: “Any attack on any member of my cabinet is completely unacceptable.” Tell that to your staff Prime Minister. #PMQs

Wes Streeting tells BBC Breakfast that “someone has been watching far too much traitors in Downing Street… I’m a faithful”. He dismisses claims that he’s plotting a coup against the PM as “self-defeating nonsense”. “I’m not challenging the PM, I’m not standing against him”.

BREAKING: Epping Forest Council has LOST its bid to close The Bell Hotel. The High Court has rejected its claim following a full hearing of the case. The hotel will remain open to asylum seekers.

NEW: Unemployment jumps to 5%, the highest level since the depths of the pandemic. Will raise further questions about the impact of the NICS rise and the potential for additional taxes on work in the budget.

NEW: A High Court judge is expected to deliver his ruling tomorrow on whether or not Epping Council must close The Bell Hotel to asylum seekers. A full hearing took place in October, with the judge considering his decision since then. Expert sparks to fly either way.

EXCL: David Lammy has offered to meet with the family of the 14 year-old girl sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping. Last week the girl’s dad told me the government had “broken” the family and called for Lammy to apologise to them in person. www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

EXCL: In his first interview, the father of the 14 year-old girl sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping says the govt "keep breaking us as a family". He says his daughter has been failed "relentlessly", including by Kebatu's wrongful release. www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

EXCL: The 14 year-old girl sexually assaulted by asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu in Epping says his mistaken release made her feel "put in danger all over again". Her statement was read to ITV News by a family spokesperson. www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

Anthony Williams, 32, will appear in court today charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH and possession of a bladed article after the incident in Huntingdon. He’s also charged with attempted murder in connection with another incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station on Saturday.

Excl: The driver of the train who made the emergency stop in Huntingdon, Andrew Johnson, told ITV News tonight that he was “just doing my job”. But he surely saved lives. He says the member of LNER staff still in hospital with life-threatening injuries “was the brave one”.

BREAKING: British Transport Police say armed police arrested 2 men within 8 minutes of 999 call at Huntington. 32 year-old black British national and 35 year-old British national of Caribbean descent arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. 4 of 9 victims now out of hospital.

Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by-election overnight, with Reform pushing Labour into a distant third. Plaid got 47% of the vote on a record turnout, suggesting to me that there was some tactical voting to keep Reform out, which won 36%. A factor that could be underpriced in a general election.

The government has announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crime and attacks. It follows an arson attack on a mosque in East Sussex earlier this month.

EXCL: “Maureen passed away at 1303 Swiss local time”. The family of Maureen Slough found out via Whatsapp that she’d taken her life at Pegasos in Switzerland. The latest in our investigation into the clinic, as Swiss MPs now call for regulation. www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

NEW: Membership of the committee scrutinising the assisted dying bill in the Lords has been announced. It contains 7 opponents of the bill, 5 supporters and a neutral chair (Lord Hope). lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/ItemOfBusine...

“You’re not at war anymore Bibi”. Trump is categorical that in his mind the war is over, Israel has won and that must be the end of the conflict.

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

BREAKING: The Home Office is giving police new powers to restrict repeat protests like pro-Palestine marches. Police can consider the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests on an area and could ban the protest / force it to move elsewhere.

BREAKING: Greater Manchester Police say for the first time that they believe the Manchester synagogue terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was influenced by “extreme Islamist ideology”.

EXCL: Rabbi Daniel Walker, who helped keep the attacker out of his synagogue in Crumpsall yesterday, has spoken for the first time. He tells me Al-Shamie shouted “I’m going to get you” as he tried to force his way in, blocked by brave worshippers. www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

Greater Manchester Police confirm: - Car was driven at public - Driver then attacked people with knife - Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device - Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in

BREAKING: Counter Terrorism Police say the attack at a synagogue in Manchester is terrorism. They say they believe they know the identity of the attacker but due to safety reasons at the scene they cannot confirm it. Two further arrests have been made.

NEW: Counter Terrorism Police are expected to make a statement within the hour on the incident in Manchester.

A bomb disposal unit has arrived at the scene of the synagogue attack in Manchester.

The Prime Minister says extra police assets are being deployed to synagogues across the country to keep the Jewish community safe.

BREAKING: The PM is returning from his summit in Copenhagen following the incident at a synagogue in Manchester this morning.

BREAKING: The Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham says the suspect in the attack on a synagogue this morning is believed to be dead after being shot by police. Four have been injured after reports of a car ramming and stabbing at the synagogue in Manchester.

PM wants to 'look again' at ECHR following ITV News investigation www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Health and Social Care Secretary is promising an extra £500m today to improve pay and conditions in the care sector. Care workers have been promised a better deal since the sector was put under the spotlight during the pandemic. But long-term, genuine reform is still years off.

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirms that Israel supports America’s peace plan. “It will bring back to Israel all of our hostages, dismantle Hamas’s military capabilities and ensure Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel”, he says.

BREAKING: President Trump says all parties - including Israel - have accepted his plan for peace in the Middle East. The only remaining party to give its verdict is Hamas, he says. If Hamas doesn’t agree, he gives explicit permission to Netanyahu to “finish the job”.

Theme of speech is how to remain an “open, tolerant, generous country” - a triad which she repeats. Mahmood argues that retaining those values - important to Labour members - means having control of borders and crime. A sort of political tough love.

NEW: Home Sec Shabana Mahmood hits out at far right. “In their view of this country I have no place. They are heirs to the skin heads and p*ki bashers of old”. “Patriotism - a force for good - is turning into something smaller which struggles to believe I can be truly English”.

OK who is eating the freshly baked mince pies in September? Because if the supermarket is stocking them, then someone is buying them.