Theresa May announces judge-led public inquiry into Grenfell Tower tragedy
MPs now quizzing minister about response to the tragedy
Queen's Speech to take place on Wednesday 21 June
Tim Farron is to step down as Lib Dem leader
MPs being sworn in to the House of Commons
Deal between Tories and DUP delayed because of the tragedy
UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 0.25% in a surprise 5-3 vote of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee.
Three of the eight-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to increase rates in the face of rising inflation.
Ian McCafferty, Michael Saunders and Kristin Forbes all voted for a rise.
Inflation is at close to a four-year high of 2.9% - far above than the Bank's target rate of 2%.
Theresa May met the Queen on Wednesday and agreed the timing of the Queen's Speech, a senior Conservative source has told the BBC.
Talks between the Tories and the DUP "are progressing well" and the two parties "are in broad agreement on the principles of be Queens Speech", the source said.
The source added:
Quote MessageBoth parties are committed to the Union, Brexit, combating terrorism and prosperity across the UK. While talks are progressing it's important the government gets on with its business. We are confident there will be sufficient support for passing the Queen's Speech."
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Labour's David Drew lost his Stroud seat to Tory Neil Carmichael in 2010.
In 2017, he won the seat back by just 687 votes.
Speaker John Bercow welcomes him back with a hug.
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In 2015, Labour MP Rupa Huq won the constituency of Ealing Central and Acton with a slender majority of just 274 votes.
In 2017, she increased her majority in to 13,807.
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Jeremy Corbyn is speaking to people near the site of Grenfell Tower in west London.
One resident told him: "Someone needs to be accountable, someone needs to be responsible."
Mr Corbyn was overheard saying: "The tension and stress of people knowing their loved ones are up there."
The Labour leader is being accompanied by housing spokesman John Healey and Kensington's new MP Emma Dent Coad.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Conservatives and the DUP agreed a revised version of the Queen's Speech on Saturday, the BBC understands.
On that basis they plan to go ahead with the State Opening of Parliament next Wednesday.
Some of the finer details of any other plans for the government pact are yet to be finalised.
The most likely dates for a final document to be signed off are Tuesday or Thursday next week.
But sources say the Queens’ Speech can go ahead because the confidence deal is in place.
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Pay restraint has cost the Tories votes among public sector workers, former Welsh Secretary Stephan Crabb says.
For four days we've been told the deal between the Tories and the DUP was pretty much complete.
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Image source, AFPRecently returned Lib Dem MP Sir Vince Cable claims the fall in retail sales suggests "the brutal reality of a hard Brexit is now starting to hit businesses and consumers".
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show retail sales fell by 1.2% between April and May, worse than economists had expected.
The ONS said that average store prices have risen by 2.8% over the year, which has been a significant factor in slowing growth.
Sir Vince, a former business secretary in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition, says:
Quote MessageThe economy has been kept going for a year on the basis of consumer debt, which was always artificial and unsustainable... Unless the government takes a cross-party approach to Brexit, reflecting the need for compromise, we will inevitably see a continuing slowdown and possible slump in the economy.”
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Swearing in resumes with Conservative MP and Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson.
Also lining up is Leave campaigner Steve Baker, who has recently been appointed as a minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union.
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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says there are "an awful lot of very tough questions" queuing up for new Fire and Police Minister Nick Hurd, when he addresses MPs on the Grenfell Tower tragedy in a Commons committee room later.
Mr Hurd is unable to make an official statement in the Commons chamber because the State Opening of Parliament is not due to take place until next Wednesday.
Norman Smith says Labour is pressing its demands for an immediate inquiry into the incident to be carried out over the summer and led by a Cabinet minister.
The party is also calling for the implementation of recommendations made following a tower block blaze in Camberwell in 2009.
Norman Smith says this morning Theresa May "spent some time talking to the firefighters" involved in tackling the Grenfell Tower blaze.
Mr Hurd is expected to make his statement at around 13:30 BST, Norman says, adding that Jeremy Corbyn had so far "tiptoed" around the impact of austerity and cuts on fire regulations.
Carwyn Jones unveils a blueprint for an overhaul of relations between the four nations.
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New Labour MP Laura Pidcock customises her affirmation with a mention of the people of North West Durham.
Here's Conservative Zac Goldsmith, who won back his Richmond Park seat from the Lib Dems by just 45 votes.
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MPs can either swear on the Bible, Koran or other religious text, or affirm.
Labour MP Louise Haigh is asked what she would like to do.
"The God one - swear!" she says.
Image source, Getty ImagesNorthern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire en route to the talks in Downing Street
Theresa May is holding talks on Thursday with Northern Ireland's political parties amid warnings the government's expected DUP deal will undermine the peace process.
The prime minister is meeting separately with representatives of Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionists, the SDLP and the Alliance Party, as well as the DUP, in Downing Street in an attempt to allay growing concerns.
It follows warnings, including from former prime minister Sir John Major, that the government will compromise its stated impartiality in the province if it enters a "confidence and supply" deal with the DUP at Westminster.
The nationalist Sinn Fein and SDLP and the cross-community Alliance have all made clear that Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire cannot chair the ongoing process to restore power-sharing at Stormont due to the perceived conflict of interest.
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement, also referred to as the Belfast Agreement, commits the UK and Irish Governments to demonstrate "rigorous impartiality" in their dealings with the different political traditions in Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill said:
Quote MessageI will be making it very clear that any deal between the Tories and the DUP cannot be allowed to undermine the Good Friday and subsequent agreements."