Leader auditionspublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Summary
Newsnight hosts first televised hustings for Labour leadership contenders
Chancellor George Osborne stands in for David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions
David Cameron and George Osborne "losing patience" with Chilcot report delays
Mr Cameron travels to Italy for talks with the country's prime minister
Five Labour MPs qualify for deputy leader contest: Watson, Flint, Creasy, Bradshaw and Eagle
Leader auditionspublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
Attention to detailpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Order!published at 12:58
House of Commons
ParliamentIn the closing minutes of Wales Questions earlier, the impending PMQs threw the Commons into a "state of high excitement in anticipation", according to the Speaker as he rose to his feet.
He asked MPs to quieten down so answers to Welsh Ministers could be heard and told them that the people of Wales would "appreciate" it if MPs took taking their issues "seriously".
Pic: Osborne in actionpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Image caption, A different angle on the Chancellor's debut PMQs
Tick tockpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Arnie in townpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Chuka backs Stellapublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Inside the chamberpublished at 11:42
Image caption, With Wales questions under way, many eager MPs have secured themselves a seat for PMQs
Labour deputy racepublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Labour leadership debatepublished at 11:36
Newsnight
Is today the most important day in the Labour leadership race? It's Newsnight's hustings, yes, so this is is a bit self-promoting of me. But it's going to be the first occasion when all Labour activists across the country watch the contenders at the same moment. More importantly - it will be the first chance for the general public to form a view. The influence that has on Labour Party activists is what will be telling.
Read the full post on Newsnight Live.
Labour deputy leadership racepublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Commons kick offpublished at 11:35
House of Commons
ParliamentBusiness in the House starts bang on 11:30 BST with Wales Questions.
For the next half hour leading up to PMQs, Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb will be answering MPs on issues ranging from the impact of the EU referendum on Wales to returning control of health policy to Westminster.
Public sector jobspublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 17 June 2015
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Tory rebellion defeatedpublished at 08:04
If you missed it last night, 27 Conservative MPs voted against the government over its EU referendum plans.
The MPs backed an amendment to the EU Referendum Bill, external aimed at ensuring the government could not campaign to stay in the European Union in the weeks leading up to the poll.
But they were comfortably defeated, with most Labour MPs abstaining. The vote came after ministers offered concessions on the campaign rules as well as the timing of the referendum.
The government said the poll would not be held on 5 May 2016, the same day as elections to devolved parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
They will also review the application of "purdah" rules limiting government announcements in the run-up to polls. Sir Bill Cash's rebel amendment, which would have reinstated the purdah period, was defeated by 288 to 97.
The amendment was backed by all the SNP's MPs, plus four Labour members, six from the DUP, three from Plaid Cymru, two from the SDLP and UKIP's Douglas Carswell.
Good morningpublished at 08:00
Hello and welcome to our rolling political coverage on a sunny Wednesday at Westminster. The big events of the day will be George Osborne making his PMQs debut, standing in for David Cameron, and Newsnight broadcasting the first televised hustings between the Labour leadership contenders.