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Arab News says Vladimir Putin’s advisers fear telling him the truth about his “failing” Ukraine war strategy, the head of Britain’s top communications spying agency said Thursday.

Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines.

The Independent says It has been revealed that Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars after breaking the Academy’s code of conduct, but refused.

BBC News says the Wanted star Tom Parker has died at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the British boy band have announced.

England’s defence of Harry Maguire shows Southgate’s England is united as last night’s international friendly had England’s best battling out to prove they should have a starting 11 spot.

That’s the end of this week’s PMQs – the last one before Easter. Read through and follow along with the text here. Or catch up and  watch on Youtube  https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1509128387725516804 Labour’s Matt Western asks about the cost of living crunch and says it must be hard for PM to keep up with financial reality given that donors and friends pay for his flights and holidays”. And adds the chancellor is so out of touch ‘he is contactless’.  PM says the questions are better as “a light essay in the Guardian.”  Conservative Roger Gale asks the PM how many Ukrainians offered…

Labour Apsana Begum says welfare cut will push more families into desperation. Does the PM agree that this has not come out of the blue but instead Tory economics are to blame? PM says he does not agree and is committed to reducing poverty. He says there are 200k fewer kids in poverty and 1.3m less in absolute poverty.  Labour’s Sarah Champion says people are struggling to put food on the table or fuel in their cars and that’s the govt fault – not Ukraine or Covid PM says he disagrees and the govt is taking steps to help but…

PMQs Live – windfall tax would raise billions Starmer: tells PM to give him a break and adds a windfall tax would raise billions and ease the burden on working people.  PM: energy companies need to invest and the 1997 Labour manifesto said there was no economic case for nuclear power and the govt is now having to reverse that.  Starmer: makes a joke about hoping the PM’s police questionnaire was more convincing. The Tories have put up taxes but are planning a small cut for the election year. How did the PM find a chancellor this cynical?  PM: says…

PMQs Live – PM to face MPs since PartyGate fines  PM Boris Johnson will face Labour’s Keir Starmer for this week’s PMQs – this Wednesday’s face off is significant because it’ll be the first PMQs since the Met Police started issuing fines to individuals over the PartyGate scandal – confirming Covid laws were broken in Downing Street.  Scotland Yard announced on Tuesday that it was issuing an initial 20 fixed penalty notices after its investigation into events in No 10 and Whitehall. Downing Street has insisted the PM did not mislead Parliament when he claimed rules were followed. But it’s…

PMQs Live – 30/03/2022