Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – UK politics live

Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty

Staff working for MPs need better HR access and a more supportive culture in parliament, but the system through which they are directly employed by members does not need to change, a report by a committee of MPs has concluded.

The Speaker’s conference on the employment conditions of members’ staff, chaired by Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, was set up last year following a wave of stories about sexual harassment and bullying in parliament.

We conclude that the nature of the work of an MP, and the close working arrangements and personal loyalty between members and their staff mean that members should continue to be the employers of their staff.

In the coming months, I am going to set out more of what I would do if I had a full term.

I was recently described as a full spectrum modern Conservative and you are going to see that in the programme I lay out.

When we come back in September we have a choice to make, all of us. Do we come together and throw everything at winning the next election or not? I’ve made my choice, I’m all in with you to win.

I promise you we can do this but we can only do it together as one team.

By-elections, for incumbent governments, are very difficult, that is the nature of them.

The election that the Conservative Party is most focused on is the general election.

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