Today’s political headlines includes Williamson’s sacking, Mordaunt’s appointment and Johnson claiming to fight the Heathrow expansion.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Williamson sacked over Huawei leak Mordaunt appointed first female Defence Secretary Johnson fighting Heathrow expansion \u2018Catastrophic\u2019 election losses may see PM forced out of Downing Street UK Parliament declares ‘climate emergency’
\n<\/strong>The BBC reports<\/a>\u00a0on Gavin Williamson being sacked as Defence Secretary as he is suspected of being responsible for the Huawei leak, Williamson denies the allegations. Opposition MPs have called for an investigation into whether the Official Secrets Act has been breached. Williamson has since sworn on his children\u2019s lives that he was not the source of the leak, and has blamed his poor relationship with the National Security Adviser for the decision.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian reports<\/a>\u00a0on Williamson\u2019s replacement, Penny Mordaunt who has become the first female Secretary of State for Defence. Her experience as a Royal Navy reservist and MP for Portsmouth saw her get the role. Mordaunt is a supporter of Brexit and has also been in the frame as a potential party leader when Theresa May leaves her post.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Boris Johnson has vowed to keep fighting the third runway at Heathrow as\u00a0reported by The Sun<\/a>. The claim comes after the High Court threw out a legal challenge over the construction of the runway, with Johnson\u00a0saying this is not the end of the story. Johnson has concerns over increases in traffic, pollution and noise.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Express\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Conservative Party could lose between 800 and 1,000 seats in today\u2019s local elections, with Bow Group’s Ben Harris-Quincey suggesting that anything less could be spun as a reasonable night.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The BBC is\u00a0reporting<\/a>\u00a0on the decision taken yesterday by MPs to declare a climate emergency. The declaration was one of the key demands put to the government by Extinction Rebellion, the environmental activist group, in a series of protests over recent weeks. The\u00a0Welsh\u00a0and\u00a0Scottish\u00a0governments have both already declared a climate emergency, along with dozens of towns and cities, including Manchester and London.<\/p>\n