Summary

  • David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon discuss new powers for Scotland

  • There will be a devolution bill in the Queen's Speech later this month

  • Nigel Farage warns 'one person' in UKIP to decide whether they want to stay in the party

  • Shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, withdraws from Labour leadership contest after just three days

  1. Recappublished at 00:05 British Summer Time 16 May 2015

    Before we close the Politics Live page for the night, here's a brief look back at today's main political stories.

    David Cameron says he's prepared to consider devolving more powers to the Scottish Parliament - beyond those recommended by the Smith Commission after the independence referendum. 

    It follows talks with Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in Edinburgh, which she said were "constructive and business-like".

    Chuka Umunna has pulled out of the contest for the Labour leadership three days after throwing his hat in the ring, saying he had underestimated the scrutiny he would be under. 

    Nigel Farage has told his critics within UKIP that they should "put up, shut up - or go". The party's one MP Douglas Carswell has praised Mr Farage but told him to "take a break now".

  2. Saturday's Guardianpublished at 23:41

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  3. 'Constructive' talkspublished at 23:21

    Brian Taylor, Political Editor, BBC Scotland writes:

    David Cameron has long since learned, like other prime ministers before him, to tread warily in dealing with the miasma of constitutional, electoral and strategic issues which comprise the body politic in Scotland.

    So it was again today when he met Nicola Sturgeon in Bute House. And yet there is caution too on the first minister's side.

    Why so? Competing mandates - and sundry thoughts as to how those mandates are most effectively exercised.

    Both leaders took pains to describe today's talks as constructive. Yet both leaders retain distinctly different visions as to the final constitutional construct which could emerge.

    You can read all of Brian's articlehere.

    David Cameron and Nicola SturgeonImage source, Getty Images
  4. 'Like a bereavement'published at 23:09

    Newsnight's Katie Razzall spoke to some of the MPs who lost their seats in the election. Conservative Lee Scott, who lost in Ilford North, said it was "almost like a bereavement". He said he was trying not to watch the news and that he'd burst in to tears in a supermarket when people there were "so lovely" to him.

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    It's not different to anyone out there who has lost their job. I left school at 15 without qualifications...went to night school...and became an MP. They can't take that away from me, but in a way I feel a failure."

    Lee Scott, ex-MP

    Lee Scott
  5. Saturday's ipublished at 22:58

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  6. Saturday's Telegraphpublished at 22:35

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  7. Bradshaw runs for deputy leaderpublished at 22:23

    Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has confirmed he is to stand for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. The Exeter MP said his "big tent" approach to politics was the only way Labour would attract the voters it needs to win the next election.

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    Labour did badly everywhere and in Wales and England outside London we went backwards against the Tories. Labour must and could win the next election, but only if it broadens its appeal by adopting sensible, centre-left politics which celebrate wealth creation and entrepreneurship as vital means of delivering social justice. "

    Ben Bradshaw
  8. Saturday's Independentpublished at 22:13

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  9. Douglas Carswell: Farage should 'take a break'published at 22:01

    The UKIP MP Douglas Carswell has written in The Times that he does not wish to lead the party.

    Amid a dispute in the party over the leadership, the former Conservative MP praised party leader Nigel Farage, but was also critical of UKIP's "angry" tone in the election campaign and some of its standpoints. 

    He also said UKIP needed to consider carefully "what comes next" and added that Mr Farage needed to "take a break".

    He wrote: "Being leader means long, often thankless, hours. Internal uncertainty and external scrutiny are constant companions. It takes a set of rock-solid beliefs and a sense of self-belief to lead a party well."

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    We need, at this stage of the electoral cycle, to consider carefully what comes next. On Monday, UKIP’s national executive committee made a decision to reinstate Nigel as party leader. Yet even leaders need to take a break. Nigel needs to take a break now."

    Douglas Carswell

  10. Saturday's Mailpublished at 21:47

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  11. Saturday's Expresspublished at 21:37

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  12. Saturday's Timespublished at 21:31

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  13. Poppy sellerpublished at 21:18

    The Prime Minister has paid tribute to 92-year-old poppy seller Olive Cooke, who was found dead at the Avon Gorge by Clifton Suspension Bridge last week. It's reported she was "exhausted" by letters and phone calls from charities asking for donations. However her family say she had also been suffering from ill-health and age-related problems.  

    In a statement, David Cameron said: 

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    "Olive Cooke was an incredible woman who worked tirelessly for the charities she supported and I was pleased to recognise her with a Point of Light award in November for being Britain’s longest serving poppy seller. I know there is a code that is meant to protect people from feeling pressured by charities and I hope the Fundraising Standards Board will look at whether any more could have been done to prevent this."

    Olive Cooke
  14. Obese Britain?published at 21:08

    BBC Radio 4

    The Any Questions panel agree there's a need for action on obesity in the UK. Conservative MP Sarah Woollaston says this should be a priority, that "we've normalised being overweight" and that this could bring a "tsunami" of related problems. Independent columnist Joan Smith says intervention is needed and that it's a class issue.

  15. Any Questions - human rightspublished at 20:42

    BBC Radio 4

    Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston and Tim Montgomerie are speaking up for the Tory manifesto pledge to scrap the Human Rights Act, saying that like other democracies, Britain should be have its own Bill of Rights incorporating universal human rights. 

    Mr Montgomerie said there had been a "mission creep", and that the Act had been brought in to disrepute.

    Labour MP Ben Bradshaw disagreed and said the Conservatives would have problems getting such a change through Parliament and it would be "swiftly jettisoned". 

    The pledge came, he said, from an "irrational hatred of everything European".

  16. SDLPpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 15 May 2015

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  17. Ben Bradshaw drops hintpublished at 20:17

    Labour MP Ben Bradshaw drops a huge hint on Any Questions that he will stand for the deputy leadership of the Labour party.

    He said by the time the programme was repeated on Saturday it would be "out of date".

  18. Any Questionspublished at 20:15

    BBC Radio 4

    Times columnist Tim Montgomerie tells Any Questions when he was working for Iain Duncan Smith, the politician was "traduced daily" by the media and "his wife was attacked too".

    Talking about Chuka Umunna's decision not to go through with his bid for the Labour leadership, he said:

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    It's not much fun being a party political leader and not much fun if your party is not popular."

  19. Any Questionspublished at 19:55.

    BBC Radio 4

    Coming up soon on BBC Radio 4 ....Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Filleigh Village Hall in North Devon with Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, Times Columnist Tim Montgomerie, Independent Columnist Joan Smith,and Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston.  

  20. 'UKIP cross'published at 19:53 British Summer Time 15 May 2015

    Guardian writer tweets: