THEY SAID WHAT?

“As you have recognised, a better course of action could have been taken to avoid giving rise to the perception of impropriety”

– Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is critical of Suella Braverman’s handling of a speeding ticket, but says she did not breach the ministerial code over the incident.

“I have at all times been truthful and transparent, and taken decisions guided by what I believed was right and appropriate given my office, not by any personal motivation”

– The Home Secretary says she has “always strived” to hold herself to

“the highest standards” as a minister in her letter to Mr Sunak. “It’s tough right now, but things will get better”

– Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, above, says the UK is “on the right track”, but there is “no room for complacency”, after ONS figures showed inflation fell from 10.1% to 8.7%, a smaller drop than economists had forecast.

“I think if you don’t have a better answer to the things that the government is doing to try and stop this illegal trade, then I think there’s no point criticising”

– Former prime minister David Cameron refuses to criticise the UK Government over its plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

“For ITV to not even give him the chance to say a proper goodbye to his large, loyal audience after 21 years struck me as needlessly churlish, and I know he’s utterly heartbroken about it, because he told me himself ”

– Piers Morgan says Phillip Schofield has told him he was upset his abrupt This Morning exit did not give him the chance to say goodbye to the show’s audience.