Summary

  • John Bercow was re-elected as Commons Speaker unopposed as MPs returned to the Commons

  • David Cameron set out his vision for a truly seven-day-a-week NHS

  • Both Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper claimed key endorsements in the Labour leadership contest

Live Reporting

Angela Harrison and Gavin Stamp

  1. Hustings for Labour leader race?

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

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    In her speech later Harriet Harman will say she also wants to hold hustings for the leadership in some of the marginal constituencies that Labour failed to win in the election. She is encouraging non Labour Party members to attend the hustings and is in discussions with the broadcasters about televising them. Ms Harman will say the last Labour leadership contest was too much "within Labour's comfort zone". She said this time the candidates must be "stress tested" by the public.    

  2. Harman on the unions

    Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman will today say the party's next leader will "not be the choice of the unions." Ms Harman will claim the changed leadership rules introduced by Ed Miliband will ensure that the winning candidate is not selected by the unions but is "the choice of the Labour Party".  Her comments come amid mounting controversy over the Labour Union link - after the leader of Unite Len McCluskey suggested his union could end its support for Labour unless it came up with "the correct leader".  Ms Harman will say that unlike when Ed Miliband was elected as leader the unions will no longer be able to send out ballot papers to their members. Last time many of the unions included material encouraging their members to back Ed Miliband. 

    Last time the unions communicated directly with many of their members, sending them ballot papers with accompanying material only mentioning one candidate. There will be none of that this time. The Electoral Reform Society will send out individual ballot papers to each member of the electorate."

    Harriet Harman, Acting Labour leader

  3. Harman warns over unions

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  4. Unite funding cut

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  5. Unite to debate Labour link

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

    Sources at the union Unite have confirmed it will debate ending its historic link with the Labour Party at its conference in July. Sources say they expect motions to be tabled by both English and Scottish branches called for an end to the link. The conference is the policy-making body of the union and were it to vote to end the link that would sever the union's ties with Labour. The Unite union has already reduced its affiliation fees paid to the Labour party by around half. Meanwhile the GMB union say they have not cut their affiliation fees despite threatening to reduce them by around 90%.

  6. Good morning

    Hello and welcome to what promises to be a busy political day, with a David Cameron speech on a seven day NHS, more debate about Labour's relations with unions - and MPs are back in the Commons for the first time later, for the election of the Speaker.