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The Princess of Wales this evening revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer, and that she is being treated with chemotherapy. Read her full video message here: I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst I have been recovering from surgery. It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but I've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which I am so grateful. In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.

It's not looking good for Lindsay Hoyle, with MPs continuing to sign Will Wragg’s Early Day Motion of no-confidence in the Speaker. The current number now stands at 93 signatories – more than one in eight MPs who sit in the House of 650 Members. Among them are 47 Tories, 42 SNP, three Plaid Cymru and one independent.

The Rwanda Bill tomorrow gets its Third Reading in the House of Commons. But before that comes the committee stage, with MPs on the right of the Conservative MPs putting down amendments to the Bill. Some are warning that unless the Bill is amended to make it tougher today then they will either abstain or even vote against it tomorrow night. If Rishi Sunak and the Whips' Office were to lose such a vote on a major piece of legislation at Third Reading – at a time when they still boast a working majority of 54 – then it would constitute a major crisis for the government. Below are a list of MPs who have publicly said that they are prepared to vote against the Rwanda Bill tomorrow: Simon Clarke – 'I am minded as things stand today to vote against.

Fourteen months after Liz Truss left Downing Street, her list of resignation honours has today finally been finally published. It contains eleven names, three of whom receive peerages and will take up seats in the House of Lords. Four of the recipients are, like Truss, sitting Conservative MPs in the House of Commons. Here is the full list of those who have received gongs: Peerages: Matthew Elliott  Political Strategist and formerly Chief Executive of Vote Leave. Jon Moynihan  Formerly CEO and Executive Chairman of PA Consulting Group. Formerly Chairman of Vote  Leave. Ruth Porter  Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister in 2022.

Tonight, 125 MPs voted in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza, by way of an amendment to the King’s Speech. Here is the full list of the 56 Labour MPs who disagree with Keir Starmer, and backed a ceasefire. The ten that have ‘left the frontbench’ are italicised.

Keir Starmer continues to face significant pressure to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict over Gaza. A third of all Labour MPs have either said they want a ceasefire or signed a Commons motion calling for one, out of a current total of 198 Labour members in the Commons. Below is The Spectator's list of names gathered from parliamentary records and online statements, including 15 frontbenchers.

Thank you, Akshata, for that introduction, and thank you for always being there for me. My wife: truly the best long-term decision for a brighter future, I ever made. I have been blessed in my life. I have a wonderful wife and two daughters who make me proud every single day. And I was also lucky enough to grow up in the most loving of homes. My Dad was a GP and my Mum a pharmacist… you did need a smaller mention than last summer I know. In so many ways, I wouldn’t be standing here before you today without them. They were – and are – my inspiration. Thank you, Mum, thank you Dad. Like so many of us in this hall, they understood the importance of community… and made sure that I did too. They didn’t believe community was some extension of government.

And just like that it’s day three of the Conservative party conference in Manchester! With one full day left, there’s plenty to get stuck into. Today’s highlights include speeches by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Over on the fringe circuit there’s a range of interesting events and The Spectator hosts its last six conference events.

It’s day two of the Conservative party conference in Manchester and attendees are shaking off last night’s merriment to get stuck into today’s agenda. Today’s highlights include speeches by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, while over on the fringe circuit there’s a range of interesting events covering themes from education, Ukraine and China. The Spectator kicks off its jam-packed programme of conference panel events.

It’s the first day of the annual Conservative party conference in Manchester. Grant Shapps, who is making his first major speech since being promoted to Defence Secretary, is the headline act on the main stage.

The Conservative party conference in Manchester is something of a political version of the Edinburgh festival: you go for the fringes, not the main events, and there’s no end of variety. The Spectator is hosting a packed and entertaining schedule of fringe events – and a famously un-crashable party. All our events are free but require access to the secure zone. G&T will be served at every event, even the morning ones. Be sure to arrive early to get a seat! Our full programme and details are available below: Tuesday 3 October Will the public ever get on board with net zero? 2pm – 3pm Why did Rishi Sunak U-turn on the 2030 petrol car-sale ban?

Labour leader Keir Starmer’s reshuffle has now finished. Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has been moved from her current berth, shadowing the Cabinet Office to Levelling Up – marking something of a promotion for Rayner. Lisa Nandy, however, has been given a large demotion from shadow Levelling Up minister to shadow cabinet minister for international development.

Nigel Farage's bank account with Coutts was closed earlier this year. Here is the bank's dossier, obtained by Farage using a subject access request, that reveals why: Item 1: Personal data extracted from minutes from Wealth Reputational Risk Committee on 17th November 2022 Content • Seeking approval to continue the relationship with Nigel Farage (NF) subject to annual reviews. • Referred to NF’s controversial profile in public life and politics, reflected in the adverse press outlined in the paper presented. • Despite the adverse press, from a legal perspective NF has not been formally charged of any wrongdoing, and is not subject to any regulatory censure.  • NF is already a Coutts customer which he had made public knowledge.

The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has released an 11-minute audio message after leading a march on Moscow. Here is an edited transcript of what he said: The Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) is probably the most experienced and combat-ready unit in Russia, and possibly in the world. (It is made up of) Motivated fighters, who have performed a huge number of missions in the interests of Russia – in Africa, in Arab countries and around the world. Most recently, this unit has achieved good results in Ukraine. (Yet) As a result of…ill-conceived decisions, this unit was due to cease to exist on 1 July 2023.  A council of commanders met and passed this information (that they would be amalgamated into the Russian army) on to the fighters themselves...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, has left Rostov-on-Don and ended the armed insurrection against Vladimir Putin. After one of the most extraordinary days in Russian history, he said he marched within 125 miles of Moscow but said he decided to go no further to avoid bloodshed. Putin, who had ordered his army to crush Prigozhin and imprison his men, has agreed to drop all charges. After a Belarus-brokered peace deal, Prigozhin will self-exile in Minsk, according to the Kremlin. Footage emerged showing him being bid farewell by cheering crowds in Rostov and winding down his window to greet them. A few hours earlier, he released the following statement on Telegram: We marched out on 23 June on the Justice March.

Today, MPs will get the chance to debate and vote on the Privileges Committee report on Boris Johnson. This will not be whipped by the government, allowing Tory MPs to vote how they wish. So far more than a dozen of Johnson's supporters in parliament have expressed public criticism of the report but some stop short of saying that they will vote against the recommendations. Below is The Spectator's list of MPs who are not abstaining on Monday: Voting against the report (5): Sir Simon Clarke: 'I am amazed at the harshness of today’s report by the Privileges Committee.' Brendan Clarke-Smith: 'I’m backing fairness and justice - not kangaroo courts.' Nadine Dorries: 'Any Conservative MP who would vote for this report is fundamentally not a Conservative.