Rishi Sunak to face first PMQs as Suella Braverman reappointment comes under scrutiny – UK politics live

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Nicola Sturgeon reminded Rishi Sunak of her hopes to stage a fresh Scottish independence referendum and urged significant action on living costs during a brief inaugural phone call with the prime minister on Tuesday night.

A Scottish government read-out of their conversation said the first minister also asked Sunak to honour his pledge for a more constructive relationship “built on mutual respect” between the government, after a fractious relationship with his predecessor Liz Truss.

The first minister also expressed the strong view that the UK government should address the pressure and pain being felt by people and businesses as a result of inflation and other economic pressures, and should not exacerbate that with a further wave of austerity.

[Finally,] the first minister made clear her intention to honour the mandate the Scottish government received from the people of Scotland at the last election.”

Suella made a mistake. She has said herself that she made a mistake. She’s apologised for that mistake and she stood down at the time.

She’s very passionate about that and got a very clear agenda for that. It’s clear that the prime minister wanted to see that delivered.

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