But Boris Johnson does not apologise for ordering MPs to block the suspension of former Tory MP Owen Paterson.

MPs are holding an emergency debate later about parliamentary standards, as the row continues over how the government handled the case of former Conservative minister Owen Paterson.

Ministers have been criticised for trying to change the standards body after it found Tory North Shropshire MP guilty of breaking lobbying rules.

They later did a U-turn after an outcry from opposition parties and Mr Paterson resigned.

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The Liberal Democrat-led debate will look again at how the system needs to be reformed.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the prime minister to use the Commons debate to apologise to the country for his handling of the events.

A broken down lorry has closed two lanes of a main road coming into Birmingham.

West Midlands Roads says it is affecting the A38(M) Aston Expressway between Spaghetti Junction and Park Circus.

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Tonight will remain mostly cloudy with the chance of rain, with more rain edging in towards dawn.

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