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Northern Ireland assembly members are debating the final stage of the controversial Welfare Reform Bill. It is proceeding despite Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson's admission to hospital with a suspected heart attack on Monday. However, it is expected the bill will be vetoed. Sinn Féin and the SDLP have signed a petition of concern which means the bill will not get the necessary cross-community support.

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Some more senior Labour figures have come out in support of leadership contender Liz Kendall. Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna - who briefly put himself forward for the top job, shadow communities secretary Emma Reynolds, shadow climate change minister Jonathan Reynolds and shadow justice minister Stephen Twigg have writtena joint article in The NewStatesman, externalendorsing her candidacy.

They say Ms Kendall has "asked the tough questions and started to chart a course to the answers".

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All eyes will be on the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday as the Queen reads out the legislative plans of David Cameron's new government.

It will be a chance for the first all-Conservative government for almost 20 years to set out its stall for the next five years.

BBC political reporter Tom Moseley looks at how some other new governments have used their Queen's (and King's) speeches.

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When do you want a referendum? Laura Sandys says: "I think once we've got some understanding of what the exactly the renegotiation looks like and how that's being framed we need to get on with the referendum."

Meanwhile, John Redwood thinks it's not "in our gift" and says "we have to see what  kind of response we're getting".

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Earlier Today, senior Lib Dem Sir Malcolm Bruce claimed the SNP wanted to "extinguish all opposition" in Scotland by trying to force Alistair Carmichael out as an MP.

The ex-Scottish secretary has faced calls to resign after admitting he backed the leaking of a memo during the election incorrectly suggesting Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron as PM.

Sir Malcolm, an ex-Lib Dem deputy leader . said the MP had made a mistake - but that it was not unprecedented for politicians to "tell lies".

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Conservative MP John Redwood says democracy comes at nation state level but the EU "blocks" national governments from carrying out their policies. "If they give us nothing by way of a new relationship than we will vote to leave," he adds.

From a European perspective, Green MEP Ska Keller says David Cameron is seen as going on "a very dangerous trip". While she agrees on the need for EU reform, she says it can't go the way David Cameron "seems to suggest". The EU is a political union and not just a free trade union, she adds. Ms Keller also notes that European leaders are busy with other issues at the moment - such as the Greek crisis, and Ukraine.

Pro-European and former Conservative MP Laura Sandys says the mood music following last night's EU talks is "very positive". She welcomes the PM's "big diplomatic offensive" and suggests there is "a common theme" in other EU capitals for less red tape and more powers for national parliament.

Asked about his thoughts, John Redwood, a eurosceptic Tory MP, says it's a start "but there's a long way to go". He says the election gave the Conservatives a mandate for change - and adds that David Cameron must communicate that mood to other European leaders.

Conservative MP and eurosceptic Bernard Jenkin was on the Today programme earlier, where he was asked about Britain's future in the European Union.

Mr Jenkin said David Cameron had "made it clear he wants a fundamental change in our relationship with the EU, that he wants a relationship based on trade and co-operation not continuous centralisation".

The Harwich and North Essex MP said he was "mystified" by reports that reform could be achieved "without fundamentally changing the treaties", adding: "Either the treaties as a whole fundamentally change or we have to fundamentally change our relationship with it which is what the prime minister has suggested."

As well as the entry below explaining what the Queen's Speech is, why not familiarise yourselves with the bills expected to feature in the government's legislative agenda. We've put together a list here. 

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There's been much talk already this morning of the Queen's Speech, which is taking place tomorrow. Don't know what it is or why it's important? Get up to speed here.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson remains in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack. Mr Robinson, 66, was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he became ill.

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was then transferred to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) where he underwent a procedure. The first minister's hospitalisation comes on the eve of a major debate at Stormont over welfare reform.

Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish Government's vision of an economy is based on "innovation rather than insecurity".

"We want to climb the global competitiveness rankings on quality rather than racing to the bottom on costs," the first minister adds.

She acknowledges this can't be achieved by government alone and underlines the need for a "partnership" with businesses, the third sector, the wider public sector and trade unions.

The SNP will seek greater powers for the Scottish Parliament, Ms Sturgeon adds. She says the party wants the recommendations of the Smith Commission on Scottish devolution carried out in full and also calls for new powers over business taxes, employment law and the minimum wage.

Speaking from Heart of Midlothian FC's Tynecastle Stadium Nicola Sturgeon says the result of the general election provides an "opportunity" - to ensure Scotland's priorities are better understood - and a "challenge" - working with a majority Conservative government.

She says the party will continue to oppose the "scale and speed" of Westminster spending cuts and campaign. On the EU, she says the party is against withdrawing from the union and will propose "a double majority" - whereby a British exit would only be possible if all four nations agreed to British exit.

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is making her first major economic speech since the election, in which she is attacking the "scale and speed" of spending cuts planned by the UK government.

An "alternative to austerity" was the centrepiece of the Scottish National Party's successful general election campaign. The SNP leader will also reiterate her party's support for Britain's continued membership of the European Union.

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David Cameron absolutely needs countries like Germany and France on board for these EU negotiations, which is why he's beginning this whirlwind tour of European capitals this week, And it's why he had European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker over for talks last night, which Downing Street described as "friendly and constructive". So much of these negotiations hinge on personal chemistry and a lot of last night will have been about trying to build up a personal rapport with Mr Juncker - who Mr Cameron tried to block as commission president, and who will be absolute key to negotiations.