There appears to be a potential rammy - to use the Scottish vernacular - brewing between Westminster and Edinburgh over the UK government's plan to replace the Human Rights Act (HRA) with a British Bill of Rights.

The issue at stake is whether the UK's justice department has the authority to enforce the change on Scotland, which is a different legal jurisdiction from England and Wales.

New Scottish Secretary David Mundell has insisted that as the bill of rights is new legislation, it will apply in Scotland.

But the Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has said he will "robustly oppose any attempt by the UK government to repeal the Human Rights Act or to withdraw from the ECHR".

You can read the full story here .

Image source, PA

On this day in 1994, then-Labour leader John Smith died at the age of 55, having suffered a heart attack in his London flat.

You can read more about the story on the BBC's On This Day page.

Image source, PA

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has emailed supporters, promising them the party will be:

Ms Harman - who will stand down as Labour Party deputy leader once Ed Miliband's replacement has been chosen, said:

And Ms Harman adds:

Now that the last ministerial posts have been filled, here's a reminder of who's who in the new cabinet - we'll be asking questions later.

David Cameron is facing a mammoth task pushing Conservative pledges through the House of Lords,Tory grandee Baroness Shephard warns in an interview with the Evening Standard., external

Labour and Liberal Democrat peers, who vastly outnumber Tories, have set the stage for “lots of late nights”, she says.

But she cautions the prime minister against stuffing the Lords with new friendly peers, claiming it would damage the House’s reputation.

Image source, AP

BBC Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels where George Osborne attended a meeting of finance ministers. With a UK referendum now in sight, the unofficial focus of the meeting was on George Osborne himself, she says. Mr Osborne was sounding very determined, she adds, and his message was that the UK wants to improve its relationship with the EU. The German finance minister says he had a "good chat" with Mr Osborne and agreed to try to make progress on what the UK wants. David Cameron, she says, is in a very strong starting position after his decisive election victory. For now, there is a certain openness and cautious enthusiasm for reform.

Number 10 has confirmed two more appointments to the government team.

David Lidington, who was Europe minister in the last government, looks set to continue playing a key role in the negotiations ahead of the promised referendum after being reappointed at the Foreign Office

Image source, PA

And Francis Maude, who stood down as an MP at the election, looks set to be made a peer to take up the post of trade and investment minister, in a joint role at the Business department and Foreign Office.

Image source, Getty Images

There's been a bit of a flutter among the commentariat this afternoon about how the new minister for equalities, Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage, didn't vote for same-sex marriage in the last parliament.

In a statement, issued through the Department for Education, Ms Dinenage said:

But Ruth Hunt, chief executive of Stonewall said the organisation was "disappointed" there were currently no openly LGB or T people attending cabinet. She said in a statement:

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

There will be no announcement tomorrow from either Yvette Cooper or Andy Burnham that they will stand (though both are expected to declare and the former at some point this week).

Image source, PA

Labour's Michael Dugher has been venting to the New Statesman, external about where his party went wrong. He says Ed Miliband's team had "too many pointy-heads and too few street fighters".

The party fell into an "elephant trap" when it campaigned against Scottish independence with the Tories, he adds.

Robin Brant
Political Correspondent

Further to reports of a row between UKIP and its MP Douglas Carswell (see 16:32) over what public funding he should receive, here's an update.

A senior UKIP official close to Nigel Farage has accused the party's only MP of "absurd" and "improper" behaviour after claims that Douglas Carswell was asked to recruit 15 extra staff for his parliamentary office.

The source told the BBC the Clacton MP sent an email yesterday saying he wanted sole control of around £650,000 that UKIP is set to receive in what's known as short money for opposition parties.

They suggested this was an "improper" proposal. They said the party planned to give Douglas Carswell staff but added "at no point have we said what we expect him to do". The senior party staffer said "this is him throwing his toys out of pram because he thought Nigel wouldn't be leader any more".

UKIP has insisted that the public funds will go to the party irrespective of Mr Carswell's views, saying they've "triple, quadruple checked that".

The source said "it's for us to spend as we want to spend it" and they added that "the party will take a dim view of four million people going unrepresented" if the Essex MP refuses to accept some of the money.

Image source, PA

The MP for Moray, Angus Robertson, has been reappointed as leader of a much enhanced SNP group in the House of Commons.

While Mr Robertson had previously led a group of six MPs in Westminster, he is now responsible for a further 50, following the party's landslide in Scotland.

SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie was appointed deputy group leader following a meeting of the party's MPs earlier.

Mr Robertson spoke of his gratitude to Mr Hosie for his support and to former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who returns to Westminster after a five-year gap:

Figures from the parliamentary expenses watchdog Ipsa show MPs spent £70,000 on new technology, six months before the general election.

According to Ipsa, 60 MPs submitted claims for new gadgets, including iPhones, iPads and computers, just before a moratorium on such spending came into effect last September.

While the watchdog concluded no rules had been broken, it did call on those MPs who were standing down at the election to consider donating the items to their successor, another MP, or to charity.

Image source, Getty Images

Ousted Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker says left-wing voters punished his party at the polls "but they have punished themselves even more" by allowing a Conservative government to be elected.

Mr Baker, who served as a Home Office minister for part of the last Parliament, lost the East Sussex seat of Lewes to the Conservatives by 1,083 votes.

In a post on his blog, Mr Baker said his party had "dealt effectively with the Tory vote" but lost because of the rise in support for left-wing parties.

Mr Baker attacked Labour's campaign in Lewes:

Mr Baker said he would now return to being a "private individual".

Robin Brant
Political Correspondent

Image source, Reuters

A major stand-off has developed between senior UKIP figures and the party's only MP over public money they are entitled to receive. UKIP is entitled to around £650,000 of what's known as short money which goes to opposition parties to help finance their back-room operations.

I understand Douglas Carswell was approached by UKIP's party secretary yesterday and asked to recruit 15 extra staff for his parliamentary office. The Clacton MP rejected the proposal, making it clear he was not going to agree to the plan, which sources close to him have described as "improper". It's also believed that the Essex MP thinks spending that amount of taxpayers' money is "not what we're about".

It's believed that details of the dispute were made public by UKIP party officials following Mr Carswell's refusal to agree. Mr Carswell told the BBC: "I am not a US senator", adding, "I don't need 15 staff". He ended by saying: "UKIP is supposed to be different."