MPs have voted against the SNP's proposal to allow Holyrood to take full financial, tax and borrowing powers at some point in future. The nationalist amendment for full fiscal autonomy was defeated by 309 to 60 votes during the committee stage of the Scotland Bill in the Commons. Labour, which said the proposal was a "fudge", abstained.
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Perkins letter
Labour MP Toby Perkins, who is running Liz Kendall's campaign, tweeted a copy of the letter he's sent to rival candidates Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham. Here it is:
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Kendall anger at 'Taliban' briefing
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The chairman of Liz Kendall's campaign for the Labour leadership has written to Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper calling for them to end anonymous briefing against her, particularly the description of her supporters as New Labour "Taliban".
Mr Burnham and Ms Cooper have distanced themselves from the anonymous remark, in the Daily Telegraph.
In the letter, Labour MP Toby Perkins said:
Quote Message: As people who were MPs at the time of the Iraq War you should be particularly aware of how inappropriate and offensive the reference to 'New Labour Taliban' was, and I would ask you to commit not to repeat it. It was particularly surprising that your campaigns have chosen to do something that, predictably, had the effect of taking precedence over the speeches that both of you were making today."
As people who were MPs at the time of the Iraq War you should be particularly aware of how inappropriate and offensive the reference to 'New Labour Taliban' was, and I would ask you to commit not to repeat it. It was particularly surprising that your campaigns have chosen to do something that, predictably, had the effect of taking precedence over the speeches that both of you were making today."
A recap of the day's headlines
Here is what has happened in the world of politics today:
Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won himself a place in the Labour leader contest after securing enough nominations
to get on the ballot
.
He said he wanted to "take part in that debate and hope that at the end of it the Labour Party emerges stronger".
On the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to put right the "complete mess" of
Britain's human rights laws
.
Jim Murphy, former Labour leader in Scotland, said the prime minister would give the SNP an "excuse" for another referendum of Scottish independence.
Boris defends 'sexist scientist'
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for a Nobel laureate who had to resign after remarks he made about women in science to be reinstated.
Sir Tim Hunt, a Royal Society fellow, said the "trouble with girls" in labs is that they "cry" when criticised and "fall in love" with male counterparts.
But Mr Johnson said the response was an "overreaction" and it was not wrong to point out "gender differences".
Labour MPs who did not nominate
Ed Brown
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I've yet to see a definitive list of the Labour MPs that didn't nominate one of their peers for the Labour leadership today - so I've created one.
Now, some of them can be fairly easily accounted for. Several of them (for example Tom Watson) are running for Deputy Leadership, and thus presumably don't want to tie themselves to one leader in case the party comes up with the "wrong" one.
Lindsay Hoyle is the Deputy Speaker and so may have felt his position of neutrality in the house would be compromised by nominating.
Back in the Commons, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has branded proposals for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland as a "full fiscal shambles", which would cost every family in Scotland £5,000 a year. He said:
Quote Message: They know that would leave a £10bn black hole in Scotland's finances, affecting every school, every hospital and costing every family in Scotland £5,000 a year. It is not a good thing and that is why we cannot support it."
They know that would leave a £10bn black hole in Scotland's finances, affecting every school, every hospital and costing every family in Scotland £5,000 a year. It is not a good thing and that is why we cannot support it."
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'Advocate for England'
Conservative MP John Redwood says he believes Scottish public opinion is fairly evenly balanced.
He says consequences of more financial independence for Scotland will have serious consequences for England.
Mr Redwood says he has become "less an advocate for Union, and more an advocate for England" over time.
'Mandate for change'
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In the Commons debate on the Scotland Bill the SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, says the election showed that the SNP had a clear mandate for change. He says it is the duty of the UK government to recognise Scotland's desire for change.
Deal on EU purdah row?
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The EU and the Tories
PM and purdah
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The BBC's Norman Smith says No10 will "seek to address" the concerns of Tory MPs over so-called purdah rules in the EU Referendum Bill.
Eurosceptic MPs questioned whether a proposal to not have a four-week pre-referendum "purdah" period - during which here are restrictions on government announcements - could favour the Yes campaign to remain in the EU.
The Government is facing the prospect of a backbench revolt over its plans.
Norman Smith says:
Quote Message: No 10 say the Prime Minister wants to retain the ability to publish material but is not seeking to 'overly influence' the outcome of the campaign. No 10 declined to say whether the government would bring forward specific concessions tomorrow or simply offer verbal reassurance."
No 10 say the Prime Minister wants to retain the ability to publish material but is not seeking to 'overly influence' the outcome of the campaign. No 10 declined to say whether the government would bring forward specific concessions tomorrow or simply offer verbal reassurance."
Full fiscal autonomy
Sir Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, says with full fiscal autonomy the Scottish government would be able to raise all taxes as it likes - "not just fiddling around with bands" - and would have full freedom to spend this as it likes.
Scotland Bill
Committee-stage scrutiny of legislation that will devolve more powers to Scotland is being debated in the House of Commons.
The SNP has sent a letter to the UK's Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for more powers to be included in the Scotland Bill.
It wants Holyrood to have control of corporation tax, capital gains tax, the minimum wage and National Insurance.
The UK government has already confirmed it would reject an SNP amendment to introduce full fiscal autonomy.
Childcare review
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Education Minister Sam Gyimah has announced that a promised review of childcare funding is under way.
At education questions, he told MPs he was launching a call for evidence today. The review is due to publish its conclusions in the autumn.
The government has introduced legislation to increase the amount of state-funded childcare for three-year-olds, from 15 hours a week to 30 hours a week. But childcare providers say government funding rates are not high enough to cover their costs.
Could cuts top £12bn?
Allegra Stratton
Newsnight Political Editor
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The hardest policy question inside Whitehall at the moment is how to find the £12bn in welfare cuts.
The narrative taking hold had been that Tories felt they couldn't actually do the £12bn and that they would prefer to do something lower. But maybe the government could actually go further?
I understand they could.
I am told Treasury officials have actually asked the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver information on £15bn worth of cuts, not just £12bn. Of course this might just be a scoping exercise.
But it does suggest that the Chancellor still means business.
This week's Prime Minister's Questions will see a slightly different line-up than usual. George Osborne is to make his debut at the session on Wednesday, in place of David Cameron who will be in Europe lobbying leaders over EU reform. The chancellor is to face shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn across the despatch box from noon.
Another Scottish referendum?
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Jim Murphy, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party, says there will be another Scottish independence referendum "whenever the SNP can get away with it".
In his last speech before leaving front-line politics, Mr Murphy said he feared PM David Cameron was "so lame-assly dumb" on the matter he would "stumble into it and give them an excuse to do it".
Quote Message: There will be another referendum whenever the SNP can get away with it. Why wouldn't there? If you are an insurgent nationalist party with unprecedented power and with an absolute majority... why wouldn't you try and engineer a set of circumstances to get you another referendum?"
There will be another referendum whenever the SNP can get away with it. Why wouldn't there? If you are an insurgent nationalist party with unprecedented power and with an absolute majority... why wouldn't you try and engineer a set of circumstances to get you another referendum?"
Leadership 'oddity'
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Leadership changes
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Frank Field, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, said he was championing party changes to allow it to remove leaders as a "direct response" to Ed Miliband's and Gordon Brown's time in office. He claimed Labour would not have lost the 2010 general election if it had a different leader to Mr Brown.
MPs react to Corbyn
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Jeremy Corbyn's inclusion on the list of Labour leadership nominees has drawn criticism from some MPs, while being welcomed by others.
Labour's John Mann tweeted: "So to demonstrate our desire never to win again, Islington's Jeremy Corbyn is now a Labour leadership candidate."
However, ex-shadow cabinet minister Sadiq Khan said he had nominated Mr Corbyn - without the intention of voting for him in the ballot - to ensure the "widest possible debate".
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Afternoon catch-up
So, on what has been another busy day, here is a recap of what has happened so far:
- Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won himself a place in the Labour leader contest after securing the required 35 MP nominations
to get on the ballot
.
- Speaking on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta Prime minister David Cameron says he want to put right the "complete mess" of Britain's
human rights laws
.
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The SNP has sent a letter
to the UK's Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for more powers to be included in the Scotland Bill.
.
Education questions
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Charles Kennedy fund
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A memorial fund will be set up by the University of Glasgow to commemorate the life of its former student and rector Charles Kennedy, the formal Lib Dem leader. The fund will name a teaching area or lecture theatre within a planned new building at the university.
Principal and vice chancellor, Professor Anton Muscatelli, said: "We feel that this would be a fitting and permanent tribute to Charles's life and work."
Murphy warns about Europe
Jim Murphy also criticised Labour leadership contenders for declaring they would not share a pro-EU platform with David Cameron during the referendum.
Quote Message: "We cannot afford to leave Cameron a space to be centre stage and to claim the credit for saving Britain from a catastrophe to which a large part of his party are hand maiden."
"We cannot afford to leave Cameron a space to be centre stage and to claim the credit for saving Britain from a catastrophe to which a large part of his party are hand maiden."
'Labour divisions must end'
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Former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has called for the party's leadership election to mark an end of Labour divisions, which he said were a "self-indulgent and self-destructive struggle".
Quote Message: One of the exciting things about this leadership contest is that we can genuinely move beyond those old divisions borne of the mid-1990s."
One of the exciting things about this leadership contest is that we can genuinely move beyond those old divisions borne of the mid-1990s."
The totals are in
Lists released by the Labour Party have confirmed how many nominations each of the leadership contenders received:
Andy Burnham - 68 nominations
Yvette Cooper - 59
Liz Kendall - 41
Jeremy Corbyn - 36
Will runway ever take off?
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Business editor
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At a conference in November, Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International Airlines Group which owns British Airways, said that he did not hold out much hope that a new runway would ever be built in south-east England.
A year earlier he had been equally gloomy. In the next few weeks, the Airports Commission is due to hand its final report to the government - recommending runway expansion at either Heathrow or Gatwick.
But even that significant moment in the fraught debate on airport capacity is unlikely to leave Mr Walsh feeling any more confident. Read Kamal's full blog here.
Corbyn's 'anti-austerity movement'
Jeremy Corbyn said his place on the Labour leadership ballot paper marks the launch of a "broader anti-austerity movement" in the country. He said:
Quote Message: We secured these nominations as a result of a massive campaign across the country by Labour supporters urging Labour MPs to allow for a wide-ranging democratic debate within our party. Social media played a large part of this campaign. My candidacy marks the launch of a broader anti-austerity movement to shift the terms of political debate in this country by presenting an alternative to the socially devastating and widely discredited austerity agenda."
We secured these nominations as a result of a massive campaign across the country by Labour supporters urging Labour MPs to allow for a wide-ranging democratic debate within our party. Social media played a large part of this campaign. My candidacy marks the launch of a broader anti-austerity movement to shift the terms of political debate in this country by presenting an alternative to the socially devastating and widely discredited austerity agenda."
'Rescue' human rights
The World at One
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Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan has been talking about the 800th anniversary today of Magna Carta. It was "the first moment on the planet that the rules were elevated above the ruler". He speaks of the need to "rescue" human rights from the negative image he says they have today.
Murphy speech
No 10 on EU referendum
Robin Brant
Political Correspondent
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The prime minister expects EU leaders to discuss his plan to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership at a meeting later this month and then a period of "detailed technical discussion on the details" will follow. The prime ministers official spokeswoman said the UK was on a draft agenda for the meeting in Brussels but she could not confirm if it will be discussed, repeatedly describing it as a "packed agenda" with Greece's future likely at the top. She said the government's aim was to "continue to make progress on the renegotiation and start to get in to some of the technical discussion that will be needed".
On the issue of the EU referendum campaign and Downing Street's plan to lift the usual restrictions on what government departments and ministers can say in the final weeks before voting the spokeswoman said David Cameron wants to address concerns expressed by some of his own MPs. Some Eurosceptic MPs have said it is unfair that the government could use its machinery to promote the case for staying in the EU during the campaign. She would not say what specific proposals the government had in mind.
Corbyn makes it onto leadership ballot
Laura Kuenssberg
Newsnight Chief Correspondent
So, he has made it. Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn, has made it, just onto the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest. So there will be four candidates on there – Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
There are two ways of looking at his, as Corbyn nudged it with the help of nominations from MPs who have no intention whatsoever of actually voting for him in the end. The charitable view, is that Corbyn represents a strand of left wing opinion in the party that deserves an airing in the leadership contest.
Magna Carta was the final subject under discussion on Daily Politics. The PM earlier hailed the importance of the document in a speech at the celebration of it being signed with a seal 800 years ago.
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt quips that he's delighted the PM "now knows" what Magna Carta is about, recalling when he was unsure what its “literal translation” was when asked during an interview with US-talk show host David Letterman.
'Proper debate'
John McDonnell, who described himself as Jeremy Corbyn's election agent, said some of Mr Corbyn's nomination backers "most probably won't vote for Jeremy" but wanted to put him on the ballot paper to give party members a "proper debate". He told Sky News:
Quote Message: At the end, there were four or five MPs who were waiting to see if we got to 34 nominations and then they would nominate and I had to make a speech to them in the last 30 seconds to say please, please nominate because this is about democracy and they did and we're over the line."
At the end, there were four or five MPs who were waiting to see if we got to 34 nominations and then they would nominate and I had to make a speech to them in the last 30 seconds to say please, please nominate because this is about democracy and they did and we're over the line."
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Referendum 'purdah'
Clean tactics?
The Daily Politics
Are you on the ballot to make Andy Burnham look less left wing? "That's an interesting idea," replies Jeremy Corbyn, who quips that he'll "put the idea to him". Looking ahead to the campaign, he says his view is that there should be no personal attacks or abuse amongst the candidates.
Threshold 'too high'
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On calls from some in the party to change the leadership rules, Mr Corbyn says many in the party feel the 35 MP threshold is "too high".
Reflecting on the election result, the Labour leader hopeful says Ed Miliband put forward some very good points - on zero hours contracts and the minimum wage - but he attributes the defeat to the party's plans for spending cuts, saying voters wondered "where is the real Labour alternative" to the Conservatives.
'Two minutes to spare'
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Jeremy Corbyn says he got the 35th nomination with two minutes to spare. He acknowledges that some who nominated him may not agree with the platform on which he's standing but that they did so to ensure a full and wide debate in the contest.
The Islington North MP hopes the Labour Party will emerge "stronger" from the contest and is "more resolute" in opposing austerity.
Hodge backing Kendall and reforms
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Labour's Margaret Hodge says "quite a lot of us" felt the party had the wrong leaders running up the the elections in 2010 and 2015, but had no "workable mechanism" to do anything about it. She tells the Daily Politics she is backing Liz Kendall to be next leader - who she says is "bold brave and a listener". She also seems delighted to see Jeremy Corbyn making it on to the ballot paper.
Coalition 'broke down party loyalties'
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Labour MP Margaret Hodge, the former chair of the Public Accounts Committee, tells the Daily Politics programme that coalition government helped break down "tribal" party loyalties during the last parliament. She said:
Quote Message: People left their party loyalties at the committee door, but we had coalition government and I think that broke down party loyalties, and I think it will be interesting to see in this parliament, where we have majority government, whether that will be maintained."
People left their party loyalties at the committee door, but we had coalition government and I think that broke down party loyalties, and I think it will be interesting to see in this parliament, where we have majority government, whether that will be maintained."
Labour leadership: What next?
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So, Jeremy Corbyn has made it on to the Labour leadership ballot after getting the 35 nominations required.
In a move which may seem surprisingly, the Islington North MP was nominated by some colleagues who will not actually support him in the crunch vote. Former shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan, for example, said he wanted to see the left-winger in the contest to ensure a wide debate - but ultimately he does not want to see him elected as the next leader.
So what happens next? The formal result of the nominations process will be announced at about 13:00 BST (confirming what we already know: that this contest will be a four-way race between Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall and Mr Corbyn).
There will be a series of public and televised hustings over the coming weeks and the winner will be decided by a vote of Labour Party representatives, members and affiliates, to be conducted on a one-member, one-vote basis.
The result of the contest will be announced before the party conference in September.
Not so happy
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Rank and file?
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Helping hand
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'Grassroots democracy'
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Corbyn cut it fine...
Reports suggest that Jeremy Corbyn received that crucial 35th nomination to get on the ballot paper as Big Ben chimed at 12:00 BST.
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Thomas backing Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn now has the backing of Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas. Can he get over the line? Three MPs to go. Three minutes left.
Theatre of Westminster select committees
The Daily Politics
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Elections take place this week to decide which MPs will chair Parliament's select committees, and these prestigious positions attract a £15,000 annual pay rise.
The public may not be too familiar with the committee names, but archive shows they will will probably recall some of their work.
In a film for Monday's Daily Politics, reporter Ellie Price looks at the role of select committees, and their chairs, and hears from Hannah White from the Institute for Government.
Corbyn closing in
The Facebook page for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid says he is now just four MPs away from passing the magic mark of 35. Less than 10 minutes to go....
Nail-biting finish?
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Glasgow leader to stand as deputy
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson has confirmed he will stand to become deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party. He said:
Quote Message: The Scottish Labour Party needs to stop feeling sorry for itself and instead focus on the concerns of the people of Scotland. I have successfully led Scotland's largest city for over five years. But because I'm not an MSP I offer a fresh perspective on the national political scene. It is when times are tough that mettle is shown."
The Scottish Labour Party needs to stop feeling sorry for itself and instead focus on the concerns of the people of Scotland. I have successfully led Scotland's largest city for over five years. But because I'm not an MSP I offer a fresh perspective on the national political scene. It is when times are tough that mettle is shown."
Results timings
The BBC's Norman Smith says the result of the ballot for the Labour leadership contenders may not be known until 13:15 BST. He says Labour will not release the final list until the party's procedure committee has ratified the result when it meets at 13:00 BST. Jeremy Corbyn needs eight more nominations to make the ballot..
'Some way off'
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Labour leader hopeful Jeremy Corbyn says he is "some distance off" receiving the required 35 nominations of MPs - but says he is optimistic he can get them by midday. He tells BBC Radio 5 live that Labour has to offer something that is "more hopeful and more optimistic" to voters. He said:
Quote Message: I hold views that are shared by a lot of people in this country. I joined this campaign because I wanted to widen the debate and ensure that the anti-austerity debate was put."
I hold views that are shared by a lot of people in this country. I joined this campaign because I wanted to widen the debate and ensure that the anti-austerity debate was put."
PM vows to 'safeguard' legacy
The prime minister - addressing the issue of human rights - said Magna Carta takes on "further relevance today".
Quote Message:
For centuries, it has been quoted to help promote human rights and alleviate suffering all around the world. But here in Britain, ironically the place where those ideas were first set out, the good name of ‘human rights’ has sometimes become distorted and devalued. It falls to us in this generation to restore the reputation of those rights - and their critical underpinning of our legal system. It is our duty to safeguard the legacy, the idea, the momentous achievement of those barons. And there couldn’t be a better time to reaffirm that commitment than on an anniversary like this."
For centuries, it has been quoted to help promote human rights and alleviate suffering all around the world. But here in Britain, ironically the place where those ideas were first set out, the good name of ‘human rights’ has sometimes become distorted and devalued. It falls to us in this generation to restore the reputation of those rights - and their critical underpinning of our legal system. It is our duty to safeguard the legacy, the idea, the momentous achievement of those barons. And there couldn’t be a better time to reaffirm that commitment than on an anniversary like this."
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The Queen meets invitees
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The Queen has met invitees at Magna Carta celebrations, where artwork symbolising one of the document's most important clauses has now been unveiled. The work depicts 12 bronze chairs arranged facing each other - which was inspired by the 39th clause of the document, giving the right to a jury trial.
Cameron proud of Magna Carta
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Prime Minister David Cameron - speaking at Runnymede - says Magna Carta is something every person in Britain should be proud of.
Quote Message: What happened in these meadows 800 years ago is as relevant today as it was then. All over the world people are still struggling to live by the rule of law."
What happened in these meadows 800 years ago is as relevant today as it was then. All over the world people are still struggling to live by the rule of law."
Queen at Runnymede
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The Queen is at Runnymede for the Magna Carta celebrations, having followed the route from Windsor thought to have been taken by King John in 1215. Speeches from dignitaries are beginning.
Fracking approval
Lancashire County Council officers have recommended that fracking should be allowed at a site near Blackpool, subject to conditions. However, they have not recommended it goes ahead at a second site - at Roseacre Woods - due to traffic. A full decision will be made by the authority next week
Unison to fight strike laws
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Unison has vowed to fight the government's proposed strike laws in parliament and the European courts, the Financial Times reports. Dave Prentis, its general secretary, said the union would resist plans to set a 50% turnout threshold for strike ballots.
He suggested that if the public sector union does fail to stop the law, it could be prepared to act outside the law. He told the newspaper:
Quote Message: If this right-wing government moves the goalposts, we've got to make big decisions on what we do... we will not say now that we will only act within the law."
If this right-wing government moves the goalposts, we've got to make big decisions on what we do... we will not say now that we will only act within the law."
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I thought Labour was looking for a fresh direction? We have two faces who have been on the Labour front bench through the Blair /Brown years and a relic from the ‘70s. Only one candidate appears to be new.
Duke arrives at Magna Carta celebrations
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Prince William has arrived at Runnymede - where the Magna Carta was sealed on 15 June 1215 - to celebrate its 800th anniversary. More than 4,500 guests have been invited, including the Queen.
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Labour MPs want leader reforms
The BBC's Norman Smith says a group of Labour MPs plans to press for a change to the party's rules to make it easier to get rid of failing leaders.
He says the group - led by the Labour veteran Frank Field - is concerned it is "almost impossible" to get rid of a leader, even when there is a widespread view that he or she is taking the party towards defeat.
The chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Cryer, is due to meet with Mr Field later today. Norman Smith says:
Quote Message: They want the party to change the rules so that it would only need the signatures of about 30 Labour MPs to trigger a contest. They are expected to press for the issue to be voted on at the Parliamentary Labour Party next Monday."
They want the party to change the rules so that it would only need the signatures of about 30 Labour MPs to trigger a contest. They are expected to press for the issue to be voted on at the Parliamentary Labour Party next Monday."
Christian teachings
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Traditional Christian teachings could effectively be "criminalised" under proposed anti-extremist banning orders, a leading Anglican has told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Such orders would be aimed at curbing the promotion views deemed to be against “British values”, the government has said.
But the Rev Dr Mike Ovey - principal of a training school for Church of England clergy - said plans could call into question the curriculum of colleges such as his.
Quote Message: We don’t know what British values are other than whatever Theresa May decides on the particular Monday when she wakes up and has to make one of these orders. Having an inclusive definition is hopeless from a legal point of view.
We don’t know what British values are other than whatever Theresa May decides on the particular Monday when she wakes up and has to make one of these orders. Having an inclusive definition is hopeless from a legal point of view.
'Close run thing'
Norman Smith, the BBC's assistant political editor, says Jeremy Corbyn is currently about ten votes short of getting the backing of 35 Labour MPs. He says it could be a "close run thing" for the leadership hopeful to pass the magic figure by midday.
Corbyn 'might get over line'
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Labour MP Diane Abbott, who is backing Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest, says she thinks he "might just get over the line" and secure the backing of at least 35 Labour MPs by 12:00 BST to get on the ballot paper.
She says when she ran for the party's leadership in 2010 she only received the required backing from MPs in the "final hour".
Ms Abbott says the new "one member one vote system" of electing the party's next leader will also help Mr Corbyn - but says the rules still require change.
Quote Message: I think people can see that the rules we have - 35 nominations - artificially narrow the choice. And it doesn't just lock out the left, it locks out newer candidates and younger candidates. The rules have to change."
I think people can see that the rules we have - 35 nominations - artificially narrow the choice. And it doesn't just lock out the left, it locks out newer candidates and younger candidates. The rules have to change."
Centre pitch?
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As Jeremy Corbyn tries to secure more support for his Labour leadership bid, which is based on a left-wing platform, former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has warned that Labour can't afford to move to the left.
Quote Message: Labour has to pitch a tent that says 'yes' to our core voters but also has to reach out to moderate one nation Conservatives and building a coalition. Because if we try and build a coalition of traditional Labour and disgruntled Liberals next time round, it will end the same way as it has done in May."
Labour has to pitch a tent that says 'yes' to our core voters but also has to reach out to moderate one nation Conservatives and building a coalition. Because if we try and build a coalition of traditional Labour and disgruntled Liberals next time round, it will end the same way as it has done in May."
Social mobility
David Johnston, chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation charity, says some of the UK's biggest companies have a very narrow view of what they want in employees.
He told BBC Breakfast:
Quote Message: They want people to have not just been to university - but have gone to a particular small handful of universities. They want people who've been travelling, they want people who've been on certain holidays, who have the right accent, who they can put in front of a client in their words."
They want people to have not just been to university - but have gone to a particular small handful of universities. They want people who've been travelling, they want people who've been on certain holidays, who have the right accent, who they can put in front of a client in their words."
Corbyn: Support creeping up
There's just hours left until the Labour leadership nominations close. Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall have already got the necessary 35 nominations from MPs to get on the ballot. But will Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn?
He's told LBC radio that the number of MPs who want him to contest the leadership contest is "creeping up", but he couldn't be sure whether he would meet the target by midday.
So far, 18 colleagues have nominated the Islington North MP, who said yesterday that he could count on the support of four more MPs. Former shadow cabinet member Sadiq Khan has also said he'll nominate the left-winger, without voting for him in the ballot.
Jim Murphy speech
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Jim Murphy, who formally resigned as Scottish Labour leader at the weekend, is to make a speech later in which he will warn that the party is at risk of failing to learn from its election defeat. Mr Murphy lost his seat on 7 May, as the party suffered heavy losses at the hands of the SNP in Scotland.
He will criticise Labour leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn for declaring at a recent GMB union hustings that they would not share a pro-EU platform with David Cameron during the upcoming referendum. He will say Labour's wipeout north of the border was not because it was part of a joint campaign against Scottish independence.
Quote Message: Our mistake was not to participate in a cross-party campaign that swamped a Labour campaign. Our mistake was to have no identifiable Labour campaign at all. Or more precisely to have one that lacked heart and soul. "
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The requirement for schools to have an act of collective worship should be abolished, says a report co-authored by former Education Secretary Charles Clarke.
The study argues that the requirement has failed to keep up with changes in attitudes to religion since it was introduced in the 1940s.
Mr Clarke says it is more honest to admit that it cannot be enforced.
But he calls for the compulsory teaching of religious literacy.
A report from Mr Clarke and Linda Woodhead, professor of sociology of religion at Lancaster University, says there needs to be a "new settlement" in the relationship between religion and schools.
The latest round of talks between Greek and EU officials in Brussels has failed to reach an agreement. A European Commission spokesman said while progress was made on Sunday, "significant gaps" remained.
Europe wants Greece to make spending cuts worth €2bn (£1.44bn), to secure a deal that will unlock bailout funds. Greek deputy prime minister Yannis Dragasakis said that Athens was still ready to negotiate with its lenders.
He said Greek government proposals submitted on Sunday had fully covered the fiscal deficit as demanded.
However, Mr Dragasakis added that the EU and IMF still wanted Greece to cut pensions - something Athens has said it would never accept.
IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard said in a blog post that an agreement will require "difficult decisions", with "tough choices and tough commitments to be made on both sides".
There's debate again this morning about social mobility after a report said elite firms were sidelining the UK's bright working-class applicants in favour of privileged, "polished" candidates.
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission says these firms draw from a small pool of graduates, who probably went to private or selective schools.
This version of talent can be "mapped to middle-class status", it adds.
The report was based on interviews with staff from 13 elite accountancy, law and financial services firms.
The study by Royal Holloway, University of London, on behalf of the commission, examined barriers to entry for people from less privileged backgrounds to these elite firms.
As mentioned, the Queen and members of the Royal Family are to attend an event marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
The ceremony will take place at Runnymede in Surrey, close to the River Thames, where King John of England sealed the original document in 1215.
The charter first protected the rights and freedoms of society as well as establishing that the King was subject to the law rather than being above it.
A major new art installation will also be unveiled in the Runnymede meadows.
The Queen will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence as well as Prime Minister David Cameron and other dignitaries from around the world.
George Galloway has officially entered the race to become London's next mayor. The Respect Party leader, who lost his seat as Bradford West MP last month, outlined a range of policies designed to clamp down on what he described as the "social cleansing" of the city.
Speaking at the Ethical Society in Holborn, he said he would make the "housing crisis" his main priority. He said house prices were driving people "further to the edge of London, literally and metaphorically".
Mr Galloway, 60, first announced his intention to run for mayor last month, pledging to "build a city that benefits everyone, not just those dripping in gold".
Nominations for those vying to be the next leader of the Labour Party close at midday. To be on the official ballot, candidates need the backing of at least 35 Labour MPs - 15% of its number.
Andy Burnham leads the field with 66 nominations, with Yvette Cooper on 56 and Liz Kendall on 40. The final contender, Jeremy Corbyn, is yet to reach the 35-MP threshold.
The winner will be announced before the party conference in September.
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Scotland vote
MPs have voted against the SNP's proposal to allow Holyrood to take full financial, tax and borrowing powers at some point in future. The nationalist amendment for full fiscal autonomy was defeated by 309 to 60 votes during the committee stage of the Scotland Bill in the Commons. Labour, which said the proposal was a "fudge", abstained.
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Labour MP Toby Perkins, who is running Liz Kendall's campaign, tweeted a copy of the letter he's sent to rival candidates Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham. Here it is:
Kendall anger at 'Taliban' briefing
The chairman of Liz Kendall's campaign for the Labour leadership has written to Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper calling for them to end anonymous briefing against her, particularly the description of her supporters as New Labour "Taliban".
Mr Burnham and Ms Cooper have distanced themselves from the anonymous remark, in the Daily Telegraph.
In the letter, Labour MP Toby Perkins said:
A recap of the day's headlines
Here is what has happened in the world of politics today:
Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won himself a place in the Labour leader contest after securing enough nominations to get on the ballot .
He said he wanted to "take part in that debate and hope that at the end of it the Labour Party emerges stronger".
On the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to put right the "complete mess" of Britain's human rights laws .
The SNP has sent a letter to the UK's Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for more powers to be included in the Scotland Bil l.
Jim Murphy, former Labour leader in Scotland, said the prime minister would give the SNP an "excuse" for another referendum of Scottish independence.
Boris defends 'sexist scientist'
London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for a Nobel laureate who had to resign after remarks he made about women in science to be reinstated.
Sir Tim Hunt, a Royal Society fellow, said the "trouble with girls" in labs is that they "cry" when criticised and "fall in love" with male counterparts.
But Mr Johnson said the response was an "overreaction" and it was not wrong to point out "gender differences".
Labour MPs who did not nominate
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I've yet to see a definitive list of the Labour MPs that didn't nominate one of their peers for the Labour leadership today - so I've created one.
Now, some of them can be fairly easily accounted for. Several of them (for example Tom Watson) are running for Deputy Leadership, and thus presumably don't want to tie themselves to one leader in case the party comes up with the "wrong" one.
Lindsay Hoyle is the Deputy Speaker and so may have felt his position of neutrality in the house would be compromised by nominating.
To see the rest of the blog clickhere.
'Full fiscal shambles'
Back in the Commons, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has branded proposals for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland as a "full fiscal shambles", which would cost every family in Scotland £5,000 a year. He said:
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'Advocate for England'
Conservative MP John Redwood says he believes Scottish public opinion is fairly evenly balanced.
He says consequences of more financial independence for Scotland will have serious consequences for England.
Mr Redwood says he has become "less an advocate for Union, and more an advocate for England" over time.
'Mandate for change'
In the Commons debate on the Scotland Bill the SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, says the election showed that the SNP had a clear mandate for change. He says it is the duty of the UK government to recognise Scotland's desire for change.
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The EU and the Tories
PM and purdah
The BBC's Norman Smith says No10 will "seek to address" the concerns of Tory MPs over so-called purdah rules in the EU Referendum Bill.
Eurosceptic MPs questioned whether a proposal to not have a four-week pre-referendum "purdah" period - during which here are restrictions on government announcements - could favour the Yes campaign to remain in the EU.
The Government is facing the prospect of a backbench revolt over its plans.
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Full fiscal autonomy
Sir Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, says with full fiscal autonomy the Scottish government would be able to raise all taxes as it likes - "not just fiddling around with bands" - and would have full freedom to spend this as it likes.
Scotland Bill
Committee-stage scrutiny of legislation that will devolve more powers to Scotland is being debated in the House of Commons.
The SNP has sent a letter to the UK's Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for more powers to be included in the Scotland Bill.
It wants Holyrood to have control of corporation tax, capital gains tax, the minimum wage and National Insurance.
The UK government has already confirmed it would reject an SNP amendment to introduce full fiscal autonomy.
Childcare review
Education Minister Sam Gyimah has announced that a promised review of childcare funding is under way.
At education questions, he told MPs he was launching a call for evidence today. The review is due to publish its conclusions in the autumn.
The government has introduced legislation to increase the amount of state-funded childcare for three-year-olds, from 15 hours a week to 30 hours a week. But childcare providers say government funding rates are not high enough to cover their costs.
Could cuts top £12bn?
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Newsnight Political Editor
The hardest policy question inside Whitehall at the moment is how to find the £12bn in welfare cuts.
The narrative taking hold had been that Tories felt they couldn't actually do the £12bn and that they would prefer to do something lower. But maybe the government could actually go further?
I understand they could.
I am told Treasury officials have actually asked the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver information on £15bn worth of cuts, not just £12bn. Of course this might just be a scoping exercise.
But it does suggest that the Chancellor still means business.
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Osborne's PMQs
This week's Prime Minister's Questions will see a slightly different line-up than usual. George Osborne is to make his debut at the session on Wednesday, in place of David Cameron who will be in Europe lobbying leaders over EU reform. The chancellor is to face shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn across the despatch box from noon.
Another Scottish referendum?
Jim Murphy, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party, says there will be another Scottish independence referendum "whenever the SNP can get away with it".
In his last speech before leaving front-line politics, Mr Murphy said he feared PM David Cameron was "so lame-assly dumb" on the matter he would "stumble into it and give them an excuse to do it".
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Frank Field, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, said he was championing party changes to allow it to remove leaders as a "direct response" to Ed Miliband's and Gordon Brown's time in office. He claimed Labour would not have lost the 2010 general election if it had a different leader to Mr Brown.
MPs react to Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn's inclusion on the list of Labour leadership nominees has drawn criticism from some MPs, while being welcomed by others.
Labour's John Mann tweeted: "So to demonstrate our desire never to win again, Islington's Jeremy Corbyn is now a Labour leadership candidate."
However, ex-shadow cabinet minister Sadiq Khan said he had nominated Mr Corbyn - without the intention of voting for him in the ballot - to ensure the "widest possible debate".
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So, on what has been another busy day, here is a recap of what has happened so far:
- Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won himself a place in the Labour leader contest after securing the required 35 MP nominations to get on the ballot .
- Speaking on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta Prime minister David Cameron says he want to put right the "complete mess" of Britain's human rights laws .
- The SNP has sent a letter to the UK's Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for more powers to be included in the Scotland Bill.
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Charles Kennedy fund
A memorial fund will be set up by the University of Glasgow to commemorate the life of its former student and rector Charles Kennedy, the formal Lib Dem leader. The fund will name a teaching area or lecture theatre within a planned new building at the university.
Principal and vice chancellor, Professor Anton Muscatelli, said: "We feel that this would be a fitting and permanent tribute to Charles's life and work."
Murphy warns about Europe
Jim Murphy also criticised Labour leadership contenders for declaring they would not share a pro-EU platform with David Cameron during the referendum.
'Labour divisions must end'
Former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has called for the party's leadership election to mark an end of Labour divisions, which he said were a "self-indulgent and self-destructive struggle".
The totals are in
Lists released by the Labour Party have confirmed how many nominations each of the leadership contenders received:
Andy Burnham - 68 nominations
Yvette Cooper - 59
Liz Kendall - 41
Jeremy Corbyn - 36
Will runway ever take off?
Kamal Ahmed
Business editor
At a conference in November, Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International Airlines Group which owns British Airways, said that he did not hold out much hope that a new runway would ever be built in south-east England.
A year earlier he had been equally gloomy. In the next few weeks, the Airports Commission is due to hand its final report to the government - recommending runway expansion at either Heathrow or Gatwick.
But even that significant moment in the fraught debate on airport capacity is unlikely to leave Mr Walsh feeling any more confident. Read Kamal's full blog here.
Corbyn's 'anti-austerity movement'
Jeremy Corbyn said his place on the Labour leadership ballot paper marks the launch of a "broader anti-austerity movement" in the country. He said:
'Rescue' human rights
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Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan has been talking about the 800th anniversary today of Magna Carta. It was "the first moment on the planet that the rules were elevated above the ruler". He speaks of the need to "rescue" human rights from the negative image he says they have today.
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No 10 on EU referendum
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Political Correspondent
The prime minister expects EU leaders to discuss his plan to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership at a meeting later this month and then a period of "detailed technical discussion on the details" will follow. The prime ministers official spokeswoman said the UK was on a draft agenda for the meeting in Brussels but she could not confirm if it will be discussed, repeatedly describing it as a "packed agenda" with Greece's future likely at the top. She said the government's aim was to "continue to make progress on the renegotiation and start to get in to some of the technical discussion that will be needed".
On the issue of the EU referendum campaign and Downing Street's plan to lift the usual restrictions on what government departments and ministers can say in the final weeks before voting the spokeswoman said David Cameron wants to address concerns expressed by some of his own MPs. Some Eurosceptic MPs have said it is unfair that the government could use its machinery to promote the case for staying in the EU during the campaign. She would not say what specific proposals the government had in mind.
Corbyn makes it onto leadership ballot
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Newsnight Chief Correspondent
So, he has made it. Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn, has made it, just onto the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest. So there will be four candidates on there – Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
There are two ways of looking at his, as Corbyn nudged it with the help of nominations from MPs who have no intention whatsoever of actually voting for him in the end. The charitable view, is that Corbyn represents a strand of left wing opinion in the party that deserves an airing in the leadership contest.
Read the full post on Newsnight Live.
Magna Carta
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Magna Carta was the final subject under discussion on Daily Politics. The PM earlier hailed the importance of the document in a speech at the celebration of it being signed with a seal 800 years ago.
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt quips that he's delighted the PM "now knows" what Magna Carta is about, recalling when he was unsure what its “literal translation” was when asked during an interview with US-talk show host David Letterman.
'Proper debate'
John McDonnell, who described himself as Jeremy Corbyn's election agent, said some of Mr Corbyn's nomination backers "most probably won't vote for Jeremy" but wanted to put him on the ballot paper to give party members a "proper debate". He told Sky News:
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Clean tactics?
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Are you on the ballot to make Andy Burnham look less left wing? "That's an interesting idea," replies Jeremy Corbyn, who quips that he'll "put the idea to him". Looking ahead to the campaign, he says his view is that there should be no personal attacks or abuse amongst the candidates.
Threshold 'too high'
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On calls from some in the party to change the leadership rules, Mr Corbyn says many in the party feel the 35 MP threshold is "too high".
Reflecting on the election result, the Labour leader hopeful says Ed Miliband put forward some very good points - on zero hours contracts and the minimum wage - but he attributes the defeat to the party's plans for spending cuts, saying voters wondered "where is the real Labour alternative" to the Conservatives.
'Two minutes to spare'
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Jeremy Corbyn says he got the 35th nomination with two minutes to spare. He acknowledges that some who nominated him may not agree with the platform on which he's standing but that they did so to ensure a full and wide debate in the contest.
The Islington North MP hopes the Labour Party will emerge "stronger" from the contest and is "more resolute" in opposing austerity.
Hodge backing Kendall and reforms
Labour's Margaret Hodge says "quite a lot of us" felt the party had the wrong leaders running up the the elections in 2010 and 2015, but had no "workable mechanism" to do anything about it. She tells the Daily Politics she is backing Liz Kendall to be next leader - who she says is "bold brave and a listener". She also seems delighted to see Jeremy Corbyn making it on to the ballot paper.
Coalition 'broke down party loyalties'
Labour MP Margaret Hodge, the former chair of the Public Accounts Committee, tells the Daily Politics programme that coalition government helped break down "tribal" party loyalties during the last parliament. She said:
Labour leadership: What next?
So, Jeremy Corbyn has made it on to the Labour leadership ballot after getting the 35 nominations required.
In a move which may seem surprisingly, the Islington North MP was nominated by some colleagues who will not actually support him in the crunch vote. Former shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan, for example, said he wanted to see the left-winger in the contest to ensure a wide debate - but ultimately he does not want to see him elected as the next leader.
So what happens next? The formal result of the nominations process will be announced at about 13:00 BST (confirming what we already know: that this contest will be a four-way race between Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall and Mr Corbyn).
There will be a series of public and televised hustings over the coming weeks and the winner will be decided by a vote of Labour Party representatives, members and affiliates, to be conducted on a one-member, one-vote basis.
The result of the contest will be announced before the party conference in September.
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Reports suggest that Jeremy Corbyn received that crucial 35th nomination to get on the ballot paper as Big Ben chimed at 12:00 BST.
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Jeremy Corbyn now has the backing of Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas. Can he get over the line? Three MPs to go. Three minutes left.
Theatre of Westminster select committees
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Elections take place this week to decide which MPs will chair Parliament's select committees, and these prestigious positions attract a £15,000 annual pay rise.
The public may not be too familiar with the committee names, but archive shows they will will probably recall some of their work.
In a film for Monday's Daily Politics, reporter Ellie Price looks at the role of select committees, and their chairs, and hears from Hannah White from the Institute for Government.
Corbyn closing in
The Facebook page for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid says he is now just four MPs away from passing the magic mark of 35. Less than 10 minutes to go....
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Glasgow leader to stand as deputy
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson has confirmed he will stand to become deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party. He said:
Results timings
The BBC's Norman Smith says the result of the ballot for the Labour leadership contenders may not be known until 13:15 BST. He says Labour will not release the final list until the party's procedure committee has ratified the result when it meets at 13:00 BST. Jeremy Corbyn needs eight more nominations to make the ballot..
'Some way off'
Labour leader hopeful Jeremy Corbyn says he is "some distance off" receiving the required 35 nominations of MPs - but says he is optimistic he can get them by midday. He tells BBC Radio 5 live that Labour has to offer something that is "more hopeful and more optimistic" to voters. He said:
PM vows to 'safeguard' legacy
The prime minister - addressing the issue of human rights - said Magna Carta takes on "further relevance today".
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The Queen meets invitees
The Queen has met invitees at Magna Carta celebrations, where artwork symbolising one of the document's most important clauses has now been unveiled. The work depicts 12 bronze chairs arranged facing each other - which was inspired by the 39th clause of the document, giving the right to a jury trial.
Cameron proud of Magna Carta
Prime Minister David Cameron - speaking at Runnymede - says Magna Carta is something every person in Britain should be proud of.
Queen at Runnymede
The Queen is at Runnymede for the Magna Carta celebrations, having followed the route from Windsor thought to have been taken by King John in 1215. Speeches from dignitaries are beginning.
Fracking approval
Lancashire County Council officers have recommended that fracking should be allowed at a site near Blackpool, subject to conditions. However, they have not recommended it goes ahead at a second site - at Roseacre Woods - due to traffic. A full decision will be made by the authority next week
Unison to fight strike laws
Unison has vowed to fight the government's proposed strike laws in parliament and the European courts, the Financial Times reports. Dave Prentis, its general secretary, said the union would resist plans to set a 50% turnout threshold for strike ballots.
He suggested that if the public sector union does fail to stop the law, it could be prepared to act outside the law. He told the newspaper:
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Duke arrives at Magna Carta celebrations
Prince William has arrived at Runnymede - where the Magna Carta was sealed on 15 June 1215 - to celebrate its 800th anniversary. More than 4,500 guests have been invited, including the Queen.
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Labour MPs want leader reforms
The BBC's Norman Smith says a group of Labour MPs plans to press for a change to the party's rules to make it easier to get rid of failing leaders.
He says the group - led by the Labour veteran Frank Field - is concerned it is "almost impossible" to get rid of a leader, even when there is a widespread view that he or she is taking the party towards defeat.
The chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Cryer, is due to meet with Mr Field later today. Norman Smith says:
Christian teachings
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Traditional Christian teachings could effectively be "criminalised" under proposed anti-extremist banning orders, a leading Anglican has told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Such orders would be aimed at curbing the promotion views deemed to be against “British values”, the government has said.
But the Rev Dr Mike Ovey - principal of a training school for Church of England clergy - said plans could call into question the curriculum of colleges such as his.
'Close run thing'
Norman Smith, the BBC's assistant political editor, says Jeremy Corbyn is currently about ten votes short of getting the backing of 35 Labour MPs. He says it could be a "close run thing" for the leadership hopeful to pass the magic figure by midday.
Corbyn 'might get over line'
Labour MP Diane Abbott, who is backing Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest, says she thinks he "might just get over the line" and secure the backing of at least 35 Labour MPs by 12:00 BST to get on the ballot paper.
She says when she ran for the party's leadership in 2010 she only received the required backing from MPs in the "final hour".
Ms Abbott says the new "one member one vote system" of electing the party's next leader will also help Mr Corbyn - but says the rules still require change.
Centre pitch?
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As Jeremy Corbyn tries to secure more support for his Labour leadership bid, which is based on a left-wing platform, former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has warned that Labour can't afford to move to the left.
Social mobility
David Johnston, chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation charity, says some of the UK's biggest companies have a very narrow view of what they want in employees.
He told BBC Breakfast:
Corbyn: Support creeping up
There's just hours left until the Labour leadership nominations close. Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall have already got the necessary 35 nominations from MPs to get on the ballot. But will Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn?
He's told LBC radio that the number of MPs who want him to contest the leadership contest is "creeping up", but he couldn't be sure whether he would meet the target by midday.
So far, 18 colleagues have nominated the Islington North MP, who said yesterday that he could count on the support of four more MPs. Former shadow cabinet member Sadiq Khan has also said he'll nominate the left-winger, without voting for him in the ballot.
Jim Murphy speech
Jim Murphy, who formally resigned as Scottish Labour leader at the weekend, is to make a speech later in which he will warn that the party is at risk of failing to learn from its election defeat. Mr Murphy lost his seat on 7 May, as the party suffered heavy losses at the hands of the SNP in Scotland.
He will criticise Labour leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn for declaring at a recent GMB union hustings that they would not share a pro-EU platform with David Cameron during the upcoming referendum. He will say Labour's wipeout north of the border was not because it was part of a joint campaign against Scottish independence.
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School religion
The requirement for schools to have an act of collective worship should be abolished, says a report co-authored by former Education Secretary Charles Clarke.
The study argues that the requirement has failed to keep up with changes in attitudes to religion since it was introduced in the 1940s.
Mr Clarke says it is more honest to admit that it cannot be enforced.
But he calls for the compulsory teaching of religious literacy.
A report from Mr Clarke and Linda Woodhead, professor of sociology of religion at Lancaster University, says there needs to be a "new settlement" in the relationship between religion and schools.
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'No deal' with Greece
The latest round of talks between Greek and EU officials in Brussels has failed to reach an agreement. A European Commission spokesman said while progress was made on Sunday, "significant gaps" remained.
Europe wants Greece to make spending cuts worth €2bn (£1.44bn), to secure a deal that will unlock bailout funds. Greek deputy prime minister Yannis Dragasakis said that Athens was still ready to negotiate with its lenders.
He said Greek government proposals submitted on Sunday had fully covered the fiscal deficit as demanded.
However, Mr Dragasakis added that the EU and IMF still wanted Greece to cut pensions - something Athens has said it would never accept.
IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard said in a blog post that an agreement will require "difficult decisions", with "tough choices and tough commitments to be made on both sides".
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Social mobility?
There's debate again this morning about social mobility after a report said elite firms were sidelining the UK's bright working-class applicants in favour of privileged, "polished" candidates.
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission says these firms draw from a small pool of graduates, who probably went to private or selective schools.
This version of talent can be "mapped to middle-class status", it adds.
The report was based on interviews with staff from 13 elite accountancy, law and financial services firms.
The study by Royal Holloway, University of London, on behalf of the commission, examined barriers to entry for people from less privileged backgrounds to these elite firms.
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Queen to attend Magna Carta commemorations
As mentioned, the Queen and members of the Royal Family are to attend an event marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
The ceremony will take place at Runnymede in Surrey, close to the River Thames, where King John of England sealed the original document in 1215.
The charter first protected the rights and freedoms of society as well as establishing that the King was subject to the law rather than being above it.
A major new art installation will also be unveiled in the Runnymede meadows.
The Queen will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence as well as Prime Minister David Cameron and other dignitaries from around the world.
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Galloway mayoral hopeful
George Galloway has officially entered the race to become London's next mayor. The Respect Party leader, who lost his seat as Bradford West MP last month, outlined a range of policies designed to clamp down on what he described as the "social cleansing" of the city.
Speaking at the Ethical Society in Holborn, he said he would make the "housing crisis" his main priority. He said house prices were driving people "further to the edge of London, literally and metaphorically".
Mr Galloway, 60, first announced his intention to run for mayor last month, pledging to "build a city that benefits everyone, not just those dripping in gold".
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Labour deadline
Nominations for those vying to be the next leader of the Labour Party close at midday. To be on the official ballot, candidates need the backing of at least 35 Labour MPs - 15% of its number.
Andy Burnham leads the field with 66 nominations, with Yvette Cooper on 56 and Liz Kendall on 40. The final contender, Jeremy Corbyn, is yet to reach the 35-MP threshold.
The winner will be announced before the party conference in September.
Details of the progress the four candidates are making towards the target are being updated daily on Labour's website, until close of nominations.
The contest was sparked by Ed Miliband's resignation in wake of the party's electoral defeat in May.
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Hello and welcome to our rolling political coverage for Monday 15 June, the 800th anniversary of the day King John used his seal to stamp Magna Carta. Will anything that happens today be talked about in eight centuries' time? Who knows. The biggest question at the moment is whether Jeremy Corbyn will get the necessary 35 nominations from MPs to enter the Labour leadership contest.