• Boris Johnson is expected to address his new MPs at some point today, welcoming them to Parliament
• There's going to be what's billed as a mini reshuffle of the top jobs in government. Two big posts are currently vacant - culture secretary and Welsh secretary - and the former, in particular, is hotly anticipated.
• There could also be some other promotions or demotions, so stick with us and we'll bring you it all when it happens
• Talks continue between Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith and leaders of the parties there - the aim is to get the long-stalled Stormont Assembly back up and running

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A little light relief... Leon Neal, from Getty Images, managed to snap this picture of a great tit eating food from atop another photographer's hat as they wait for politicians on Downing Street.

Finally, all that hanging around in the cold pays off.

Northern Ireland's political parties have resumed talks aimed at restoring devolved government at Stormont. The hope is that there'll be fresh impetus now the election is done and a 13 January deadline for progress is looming.

Discussions on Monday will see separate meetings between Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith and representatives of the various parties, with round-table talks set to happen later in the week

Naomi Long, of the Alliance Party, was the first leader to meet him - as the above picture shows.

Speaking afterwards, Mrs Long said their discussion was "constructive and positive" but she added her party would not go back into an assembly that was "a stop-start mess".

Mrs Long also said there was a draft document regarding a deal to get Stormont back up and running, but it was not yet complete.

Read more on what's happening in Northern Ireland here.

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The BBC's Politics Live has been hearing two opposing views of last week's election result.

Conservative MP Gillian Keegan says: "I think it will feel very different on our side of Parliament. For the country as well it feels different.

"For investment, for the markets it feels different. We know Brexit absolutely will be done. It is the end of the second referendum mob. And we will deliver on Brexit.

"And we can get on with all the other things including investment. I think most people in the country are feeling hopeful."

But Labour's Stephen Kinnock said the result means "five more years of division".

He said: "I think we’re feeling heartbroken and shell-shocked still. It is quite depressing to be looking down the barrel of another five years of being defeated in the division lobbies.

"Five more years of division. Five more years of an explosion in homelessness and four million children in poverty.

"But the fact we were unable to defeat this incompetent and cruel Tory government is an indictment of Labour’s campaign."

A bit more now on the murmurs we were hearing that a report into alleged Russian interference in UK democracy has been cleared for publication.

The report has been mired in controversy after some claimed the government was suppressing it until after the election - something strenuously denied by Downing Street.

"In line with his responsibilities under the Justice and Security Act 2013, the prime minister carefully considered the report of the former committee," Boris Johnson's official spokesman said a short time ago.

"He is content publication would not prejudice the functions of those bodies that safeguard our national security."

The report will be published "in due course", the spokesman adds.

But the moment of release will be a matter for the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee, the spokesman says. The new committee will be formed once Parliament re-opens.

Our security correspondent Gordon Corera explains the mystery of the Russia report here.

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We've got a bit more on the news the government will put the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) before Parliament on Friday.

To remind you, the purpose of the WAB is to turn the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which is a draft international treaty, into UK law and to give the government permission to ratify it.

Before the election, the terms on which the UK will leave the EU were agreed between Boris Johnson's government and those of the other 27 member states.

Asked if the WAB legislation would be identical to that introduced by Mr Johnson before the election, the prime minister's spokesman tells lobby journalists: "You will have to wait for it to be published, but it will reflect the agreement that we made with the EU on our withdrawal."

Remember, Theresa May's government got to the same stage, but failed to win approval for her deal in Parliament. However, she was battling against a precarious and thinning Conservative majority.

Mr Johnson will go into the Commons with a majority of 80, so things should pan out quite differently.

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While some are calling for a new direction in Labour after its election defeat, one author is warning the Corbyn-supporting campaign group Momentum will still have a major influence in the leadership race.

David Kogan, a Labour member who has written a book about the party's battles, tells BBC Radio 5 Live: "Momentum's power within the Labour Party in its ability to activate people and win elections within the party is still very powerful - so a new leader cannot ignore Momentum.

"But equally Momentum cannot ignore the fact that it has been part of the regime of the last four years that has now lost two elections in a row, and this one disastrously."

He adds that Momentum has two options - to "support and work with" whoever the new leader is, or to act as a "challenger to the leadership".

If the latter happens, Mr Kogan believes Labour "will be torn apart".

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From one Lib Dem to another. Daisy Cooper - the new Lib Dem MP for St Albans - has not ruled out running to lead the party just four days into her new job.

She also told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire earlier that her party would be busy scrutinising Brexit plans over the coming months.

Ms Cooper said: "We've been talking about Brexit for a number of years now. Promises that have been made about where the border will and won't be, about how easy it will be to get through trade deals.

"I don't think that's going to be the case and most trade experts say that isn't the case either. So Liberal Democrats will continue to lead the scrutiny of this government."

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A new Liberal Democrat MP has said her party's election strategy on Brexit failed but its pro-EU stance will not change.

Wendy Chamberlain said the Lib Dems were "unashamedly a Remain party".

Speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland earlier today, the new MP, who beat the SNP's Stephen Gethins to win the seat for North East Fife on Thursday, said: "It's very important, especially when you see at a UK level where the Labour Party is at, that we provide a consistent pro-European message.

"I think we absolutely represent that 48% of people who voted Remain and regardless of what our Conservative government think, we want to represent people who believe that this is not a good direction for our country."

Ms Chamberlain added that the party's opposition to another Scottish independence referendum would not change.

Lobby correspondents are also confirming what we expected - that the laws to enact Britain's exit from the European Union will be put before Parliament on Friday.

That's Withdrawal Agreement Bill - or WAB - that you'll probably have heard of.

This piece from Reality Check's Chris Morris tells you everything you need to know about it.

Lobby correspondents are reporting that a report on alleged Russian interference in British politics has now been cleared by Boris Johnson for release.

The report had formal security clearance before the election, but controversially, the government said it needed more time to go through the proper channels before making it public.

The report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee examines Russian activity in UK democracy.

It includes allegations of espionage, subversion and interference in elections.

Away from the serious business of Westminster for a moment to something slightly surreal...

Former Commons Speaker John Bercow has been treating viewers of Italian television to a bespoke rendition of his famous cry.

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We're going to find out today who the new culture secretary is, and what's interesting about that is whether we get someone who is not a friend of Auntie Beeb then it will indicate that Boris Johnson really wants to shake things up.

If he brings in someone with a track record of wanting to get rid of the licence fee then I suspect the management tier at the BBC will be in a state of nervous panic.

But today is not mainly about the reshuffle - it is going to be about messaging. And that message is: we’re going to be doing things differently.

Many of these new MPs are representing northern constituencies the Conservative Party has never had before.

And by instinct too, Mr Johnson sees himself as leading a sort of Conservative Party where there is going to be a much greater attempt to appeal to those who feel they have been left behind.

Reflecting what we just mentioned from our assistant political editor Norman Smith, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood has said he hopes the trust placed in the party by former Labour voters last week will keep it in power for a long time.

Mr Ellwood told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire that those voters need to be recognised and rewarded by the new government.

The former defence minister said projects like rail link HS2 were crucial and would have the support of new Tory MPs.

“If we want to continue to have the support from the north of England then we absolutely have to invest in education and also in infrastructure too,” he said.

New MPs from the North East will be coming to Westminster to make the case for investment in their constituencies, he added.

• MPs - including 109 newly-elected ones - are heading to Parliament to start work. The freshly-elected Conservatives will be treated to a welcome speech from the prime minister
• Many of them won in areas of northern England and the Midlands traditionally held by Labour. The BBC's Norman Smith says these new MPs change the complexion of the Conservative Party and a different kind of voter has backed the Tories this time. Therefore, Mr Johnson wants to be seen as a different sort of leader, who'll address the concerns of those parts of the country that feel they've been left behind
• Mr Johnson is also expected to carry out a mini cabinet reshuffle on Monday before swearing in of the new MPs begins on Tuesday
• There'll be a Queen's Speech on Thursday setting out the government's legislative programme, and it's thought the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on leaving the EU could be put before MPs as early as Friday.
• Read about what's likely to happen next with Brexit here
• Meanwhile, the battle has begun for the future of the Labour Party, with the leader and shadow chancellor saying they will step down in the new year.
• Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and Norwich South's Clive Lewis both say they're seriously thinking about running to replace Jeremy Corbyn
• Norman Smith says there are two schools of thought about what happens next. One, Labour's policies are right but the leadership and Brexit got in the way. Two, the UK is inherently not inclined to back socialist policies and it doesn't matter who's selling them
• Finally, moves to get the Northern Ireland government at Stormont up and running again are also expected, with talks resuming on Monday

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The incoming Tory MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, says he's got a new bag, a new pen and a new ID badge for his first day in Westminster.

"You could say there are similarities," he adds, with his first day at secondary school.

Mr Loder and the 108 other new Conservative MPs are "going through the basics - what's what, who's who, where's where" in the House of Commons to help them settle in to their new job.

And just like practising the route to school, Mr Loder says he travelled to the capital on Friday evening "for a bit of a dry run" and to pick up his pass.

"It's really good to be here," he adds - and a "huge honour" to be elected.

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A final nip back to the interview with Labour's Lisa Nandy. She says she doubts she'll vote in support of Boris Johnson's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill when it returns to Parliament - most likely this week.

She says she's spoken to people in government about "whether there is any prospect at all of trying to work together to get some kind of close economic relationship, a customs union, acess to the single market".

"The answer to that is pretty much no and therefore I doubt that I'll be supporting it", she says.

Ms Nandy voted for the bill last time because, she says, she thought there was a genuine chance those concessions could be brought in.

She adds that she cannot support a no-deal Brexit even if her constituents in Wigan wanted one. By that, she's referring to the fear some have that the UK could end up in a no-deal scenario at the end of 2020 if a trade agreement with the EU can't be reached.

"We have to have a deal with the EU if we are going to continue to trade and protect towns like mine... it's not necessarily what people want, but in the long term it will be in the interests of places like Wigan."

The Conservatives insist they will be able to secure a speedy trade deal, but the timetable they've set to do that is very ambitious.

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A bit more from Emily Thornberry, interviewed a short time ago.

On Sunday, former Labour MP Caroline Flint accused Ms Thornberry of telling one her colleagues from a Brexit-backing area: "I'm glad my constituents aren't as stupid as yours."

Ms Thornberry said the accusation was "a total and utter lie".

Asked about that this morning, the shadow foreign secretary accused Caroline Flint of making up “the most extraordinary lies about me”. She actually used another word, repeatedly, but it's not broadcastable at this time of the morning...

She said she had asked Ms Flint to withdraw the remarks, but she hadn't, “so I’ve had to go to solicitors.”

"This simply isn’t fair or right and you can’t just make things up on national television."

Ms Thornberry accused Ms Flint of engaging in "real schoolyard stuff", adding: "It's absolutely ridiculous, we have better things to think about."

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Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has been asked whether blame lies with the Labour leadership for last week's defeat.

“I think we need to think about what happened in that election, have a time to consider," she said.

“At the heart of the Labour Party is something deeply attractive to people," she argued. "They want to turn their backs on nine years of austerity and go back to the kind of country we really are, which is one that looks after other people, that cares about other people, is investing in infrastructure, and I think that message was the right one.

“So how we managed to lose that so that we weren’t able to get that to people is something we need to think about."