Westminster today - as it happened: Theresa May moves to shut down Cabinet revolt
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has faced down a revolt over the NHS from Boris Johnson after his allies briefed newspapers that he would lobby the Prime Minister for a £100m-a-week funding increase for the health service.
The Prime Minister and other members of her top team made clear to the Foreign Secretary that policy discussions should take place behind closed doors, during a weekly Cabinet meeting.
Ms May also faced anger from pro-Brexit Tories after senior EU figures told The Independent that the UK has already “agreed in principle” to a Norway-style transition deal, which accepts all EU rules without the power to shape them.
Ukip’s Henry Bolton battled on after mass resignations and a vote of no confidence from his party’s ruling body. The under-fire leader refused to resign after it emerged that his former girlfriend Jo Marney had sent racist texts about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle.
Looking ahead to the Commons today, newly-appointed Justice Secretary David Gauke will face a grilling from MPs.
Expect questions on the release of 'black cab' rapist John Worboys, after Mr Gauke said the Government would not challenge the parole board's decision to release him.
Henry Bolton, the embattled Ukip leader, is facing further resignations from his frontbench this morning.
East Midlands MEP Jonathan Bullock has quit as energy spokesman in protest at the "close relationship" Mr Bolton has with ex-girlfriend Jo Marney.
"Whilst I have every sympathy with Mr Bolton's personal situation, it is clear a close relationship with someone who has uttered such obnoxious views is incompatible with the leadership of Ukip and I cannot serve under him," Mr Bullock said.
"This has now become a modern-day 'Profumo scandal'. It has politics, sex, a model, even the royal family has been brought in.
"The only thing missing is a Russian spy. Though I'm sure one could be invented if necessary."
The European Commission could be preparing to pay the cost of EU citizens’ applications to remain living in the UK after Brexit, according to reports.
Speaker John Bercow has granted an urgent question to SNP's Peter Grant on the Government's decision not to appeal against a High Court ruling on disability benefits.
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said on Friday that she would not contest December's ruling, which previous estimates said could affect 164,000 people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
The row is over those with mental health conditions and whether they should qualify for higher rates of PIP.
Philip Hammond's slap down of Boris Johnson's NHS pledge makes the splash in the Evening Standard.
NHS doctors are warning that care being delivered across the health service has deteriorated in the past 12 months, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
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