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Summary
MPs approve the EU Referendum Bill at second reading by 544 votes to 53
A separate SNP amendment seeking to block the bill is defeated by 338 votes to 59
Boris Johnson says ministers should be free to campaign on either side in EU referendum
Zac Goldsmith says he will stand to be Conservative candidate for London mayor
Labour leadership contenders face questions from union activists at a hustings event in Dublin
Andy Burnham has 53 nominations from fellow MPs, more than any other contender, according to details published on Labour's website
Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall also pass the 35 threshold needed to get on the ballot paper
The Parliamentary Labour Party holds hustings for the deputy leadership
Shapps' selfiepublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2015
Hunt's education 'vision'published at 08:50
Today Programme
BBC Radio 4
Image source, Getty ImagesEducation needs to be "front and centre" for the next Labour leader, says Tristram Hunt.
The shadow education secretary said education offers a "vision into the soul of a political party and its much broader vision for the country", he told the Today programme.
There should be a focus on early years, and "we've got to really rethink the curriculum", he adds.
The Sturgeon Showpublished at 08:45
Image source, Comedy CentralScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has appeared as a guest on American chat show The Daily Show.
Ms Sturgeon, on her first official visit to the US, began by questioning her billing on the show's website as a "comedian".
She told host Jon Stewart: "You billed me on your website as a comedian - so you've raised all these expectations that I'm going to be funny."
He replied: "You need not worry. They thought I was going to be funny for 17 years."
Read the full story here.
'Get over it - and get on with it'published at 08:32
Image source, Labour PartyAngela Eagle, Labour's shadow Commons leader who is in the race to become the party's deputy leader, has been speaking about why she wants the job.
The Wallasey MP told the New Statesman, external: "I've been involved in the party since I was 16, through thick and thin and I know how it works."
Speaking about last month's general election, she was pragmatic, adding: "We just have to get over it and get on with it.
"We can spend a load of time mourning about what might have been but the fact is that that’s gone."
A rising star?published at 08:23
Is it written in the stars for David Tredinnick?
The Conservative MP, who advocates the use of astrology in medicine, is to seek election as chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee.
A committee member since 2010, he has the required number of MP nominations to get on the ballot.
Mr Tredinnick, who also argues for homeopathy to play a role in the health system, will challenge existing chairwoman Dr Sarah Wollaston for the role.
Read more here.
Who will run the select committees?published at 08:18
Who will run the select committees, asks BBC parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy?
"Sometime during the 2001-05 Parliament an MP complained to me 'in a select committee, no-one can hear you scream,'" he writes.
"Since then the power of the Commons network of committees shadowing government departments or pursuing cross-cutting issues has risen sharply.
"Which is why dozens of MPs were campaigning for their chairs, even before the formal relaunch of the committee system."
Read more here.
Cameron and EU: Morning paperspublished at 08:10
A day after front pages carried a warning from David Cameron that his ministers must toe the party line by backing the UK's continued membership of the EU, or else quit, nearly all newspapers include stories on what, in the words of the Daily Telegraph, was a "climbdown" because of "mutiny" among Conservative MPs.
Labour hustingspublished at 08:07
Image source, PAThe contenders for the Labour leadership are set to be questioned by union members on work issues and the future of the UK's EU membership.
The five declared candidates will address the annual conference of the GMB union, in Dublin, before taking questions from among the 500 delegates.
It comes as nominations officially open in the contest to succeed Ed Miliband.
Contenders need the support of 35 MPs to secure a place on the ballot paper for September's election.
Updates on the progress that the quintet are making towards that target are to be published on the party's website, external from 17.30 BST on Tuesday until nominations close on 15 June.
EU bill debatepublished at 08:02
Legislation paving the way for a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU is to be debated by MPs for the first time.
The EU Referendum Bill is expected to pass comfortably at second reading, its first legislative hurdle in Parliament.
It comes amid Conservative tensions over whether ministers could lose their jobs if they campaign to exit the EU.
David Cameron has denied saying they would have to back him or go, claiming comments of his were "misinterpreted".
The prime minister was forced to clarify his position on Monday after a number of former ministers expressed concerns that colleagues would have to leave the government if they wanted to make the case for leaving the EU during a forthcoming referendum.
Mr Cameron's plan is to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU ahead of an in/out vote by the end of 2017.
Good morningpublished at 08:00
Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of all today's political developments. It looks like being another busy day with the EU referendum bill coming before the Commons and Labour leader hopefuls taking part in their first public hustings in Dublin later.