🗣️ 'Would rejoining the EU require a referendum?' - @WilfredFrost Sky's Wilfred Frost questions Labour MP Sally Jameson on the govt's plan for a better relationship with the EU, as the PM rules out rejoining the EU 'this parliament.'

Andy Burnham will require loyalty from ministers if he pushes ahead with plans for a return to free movement and rejoining EU amid cabinet splits The prime minister is expected to include his Brexit plan in Labour's manifesto, meaning ministers will have to back the plans even if they have concerns One senior government source said the issue was likely to be the subject of a motion at the next Labour conference, which meant the party was more likely to support rejoining the EU Ministers will also be bound by collective responsibility once the options for closer alignment with the EU have been announced on November 20, meaning that they cannot publicly express a view thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

🚨 Man Utd's manager compensation payouts since Ferguson - Moyes: £5.2m payout after 2014 sacking - Van Gaal: £8.4m paid out in May 2016 - Mourinho: £19.6m, biggest single payout on list - Solskjaer: £10m compensation after Nov 2021 exit - Rangnick: £15m despite short interim/consultant role - Ten Hag: £17m reportedly owed after Oct 2024 exit - Amorim: £10m paid out following Jan 2026 sacking - Total spent on payouts: £85.2m across all seven managers

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says an "honest discussion" is needed on Britain readopting EU free movement "Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it... but it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult [as now]"

Normally wouldn't post an interview transcript of this length, but if you're interested in keeping tabs on Cabinet support for Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms, this is worth a read from Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh Sophy Ridge: Just to be crystal clear: Do you support plans for people to have lived in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency? Miatta Fahnbulleh: The first thing I'd say, because there's been a lot of speculation, Shabana has got a really tough job and I think a home secretary getting a grip on small boats crossings is something that all of us want to see. SR: Can I just come in? I really just want a straight answer. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before they get permanent residency? MF: Look, we have got to reform our immigration system and my view is that we need a system that is based on the principle of compassion, contribution. And so there is a package of reforms the Home Secretary has been consulting on, she's looking at the range of responses and she will come out with the measures that we take forward. But the key thing I would say is no one can look at our immigration system, and I say this as someone that came into this country as a refugee, and not believe that it's broken and not believe that we need to fundamentally reform it. But our principle has to be a system where we've got control, but ultimately a system that when people do come to this country, they are able to integrate, they are able to contribute, and that we both respect but also value that contribution. SR: Okay. You haven't, in any part of that answer, said that you agree with these reforms. I'm just going to read you the definition of collective responsibility: "Decisions made by the cabinet are binding on all members of the government. This means if a minister disagrees with the government policy, he or she must still publicly support it". So I'm going to ask you a third time, do you support plans for people to have to live in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency? MF: I support reforms that say that people have to contribute and make a contribution to this country, in order to get citizenship. We are consulting on the package of reforms that we'll put forward and the Home Secretary, as you can imagine, having looked at all the responses, will set out what the final position is. SR: Do you support the plans or not? It's my fourth time asking. MF: So I absolutely support the plans to reform our immigration system. It is broken SR: I'm asking you something super specific here. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before you get permanent residency? MF: The Home Secretary is consulting on those plans, and she will set up the government's final position. SR: You can't say whether you support that or not? MF: The Home Secretary is consulting. Look, we absolutely need to reform our immigration system. I support the reforms. And by the way, it is not easy to reform our immigration system. So I 100% back Shabana Mahmood and everything she is trying to do, but there is a package of reforms. We are consulting in the way that government always does. And the Home Secretary, rightly having looked at all the responses to the consultation, will set out the final package that ultimately will do the job of reforming our immigration system based on the principle of control, which we absolutely must do. But critically, a system that ensures that people make a contribution and when they make a contribution, they are integrated into our communities so that we can have diverse communities, like my one in Peckham, in which people can live together and can ensure that they are making the contribution to get to the country and the society that we want. SR: I know you've got to go, but I think from what you've said, it's pretty clear that you don't support waiting 15 years for permanent residency. So I'm just going to give you one chance to correct that if that's not your view MF: Don't put words in my mouth. The key point is we are consulting... SR: I'm not. I'm saying, this is your chance to correct that if that is not your view, because this is the impression you've given. So if you don't think that, tell us now. MF: We are consulting on the package of proposals that were put forward. The Home Secretary is looking at the consultation and she will set out our final position. But what I absolutely back Shabana on is the need to reform our immigration system, because it is fundamentally broken. And I also fundamentally support the principles that we have got to control our borders, because everyone expects us to do that, and critically, that we have to have a system in which people contribute and when they contribute, they are able to become citizens and they are able to be integrated into our community. That is an immigration system that makes sense. That is an immigration system that will build public concern. And she's absolutely right to try and deliver that immigration system.

We have nationwide rent controls now. This tribunal didn’t just stop a rent rise within a tenancy, it cut the rent to below what had been agreed between the landlord and the tenant at the start of the tenancy based on a judgement of what the property is worth.

Wow - listen to what Czech PM Andrej Babiš says to Sky’s Alistair Bunkall when he’s asked ‘Will you support Britain re-joining the EU?’ "Yes, of course. We need more money.”

🚨 NEW: The Government is planning to extend the licence fee to online platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon

Massive story from @thomasgodfreyuk tonight Burnham had two dinners with the Man City chairman, according to a register of interest which has since been deleted from the internet PM has previously said he had one formal meeting with Al Mubarak, and then met him “informally in the stands” in 2019 But this reveals the true extent of their relationship 👇 thesun.co.uk/sport/40675222/…

Emily Thornberry gushing in her welcome to a visiting contingent of MPs from the Bundestag, telling them: 'Germany is, and always has been, a key ally...'

I voted Remain. But this would be a democratic outrage and would not endure. There is no way that re-accession would have legitimacy as a new settlement without a direct democratic reversal of the last referendum.

'Get over it': Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry's message on concerns about reopening 'divisive' Brexit debates. Thornberry tells @CathyNewman that the UK could re-join the EU without a second referendum if it was included as a manifesto commitment at a general election.