The tarantula stays: Tory chief whip won't remove pet spider from office

Gavin Williamson refuses to get rid of 'ruthless killer' Cronus, despite Westminster ban

The Conservative chief whip has declined to remove a tarantula called Cronus from his office despite a House of Commons ban on pets.

Gavin Williamson, appointed by Theresa May as her parliamentary enforcer in July, has spoken in recent days about his unusual deskmate, who is kept in a glass tank and named after a Greek god who castrated his father and ate his children.