A report says restoration of Parliament without moving MPs and peers out would cost £5.7bn and take 32 years
If MP and peers were moved out for six years, the cost would drop to £3.5bn, the report adds
UKIP deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans is facing the sack after she said party leader Nigel Farage was perceived as "very divisive"
European President Martin Schulz says compromise is needed over EU reform during talks with David Cameron
Subsidies for new onshore wind farms will end on 1 April 2016, a year earlier than expected
London mayor Boris Johnson has been caught on film swearing at a taxi driver
MPs are currently discussing an amendment which would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the EU referendum. Stephen Gethins, the SNP MP, is moving the amendment. You can watch the debate by selecting the House of Commons Live option in the 'Live' tab on this page.
In just over an hour, we'll find out options for the "major restoration" of the Houses of Parliament, which could cost more than £3bn.
Commons leader Chris Grayling has confirmed both MPs and peers will have to vote on the way forward and told MPs he is not "warm" to the idea of moving out.
Quote MessageThere will be a joint committee set up of both Houses of Parliament which will consider both the report and the options laid out within it, we will take a decision on the best approach forward. That provisional decision will be subject to a vote in both House of Parliament and will be subject to extensive discussion over the months ahead."
Quote MessageMy very clear view is this building is an important part of our national heritage and our democracy, and it must remain as such. I am not warm to the idea we should look to move elsewhere - nonetheless we do have to face the challenges of making sure it is fit for the 21st century and that discussion will involve all members of this House."
Image source, APThe prime minister has received a fresh warning compromise will be needed in negotiations over the UK's future role in the EU.
David Cameron held talks with the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, at Downing Street earlier.
Mr Schulz said there were "different views" among member states on Britain's proposals but that there were also areas of "common ground".
Quote Message"Dialogue is necessary. Solutions are always coming via dialogue and at the end via compromise... There is a long list of common interests and I think common ground could be found by analysing and discussing content."
Quote Message"There were some controversial items and it is not surprising that in the European Parliament some views are different than here in London."
Image source, PAScotland could lose £3bn in investment because of a UK government decision to exclude new onshore wind farms from a subsidy scheme a year earlier than planned, an industry body has said.
The subsidies will end from 1 April 2016 although there will be a grace period for projects which already have planning permission.
About 3,000 wind turbines across the UK are awaiting planning consent.
Scottish Renewables said the move was "neither fair nor reasonable".
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The decision to exclude new onshore wind farms from subsidy schemes from 2016 shows "absolutely no respect" for the Scottish Government, says the SNP's Angus MacNeil.
Quote MessageDavid Cameron spoke before the independence referendum of the respect agenda. This shows absolutely no respect at all for the Scottish Government who have been lobbying since this story first rose in the press over two weeks ago."
Fergus Ewing, the Scottish minister for business, energy and tourism, has said he warned the UK government that the decision could be the subject of a judicial review.
One of the Commons committee elections which caught the eye was that to head the health one, between GP Sarah Wollaston and David Tredinnick, who advocates the use of astrology in medicine. Here's the result of the vote:
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SNP MP Angus MacNeil - the new chairman of the energy select committee - has been responding to the government's onshore wind farm subsidy decision, announced earlier.
Subsidies will end from 1 April 2016 although there will be a grace period for projects which already have planning permission.
Mr MacNeil accuses the Government of showing disrespect to the Commons and wind industry by not consulting properly.
If the UK moves to other forms of renewables, meeting 2020 targets will cost around £370m more per year, he says. The government's decision appears to be "illogical", he concludes.
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A minister has said the Government has no contingency plan to support British agriculture and the food industry's market access in the event of a UK exit from the European Union.
Food and farming minister George Eustice said the plan was to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU and then campaign to stay in.
Labour's Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East) raised the issue during Defra questions.
Greenpeace spokeswoman Daisy Sands has been responding to the announcement that new onshore wind farms will be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016, a year earlier than expected.
Quote MessageMinisters have just moved to raise everyone's energy bills by blocking the cheapest form of clean power, whilst continuing to back the impossibly expensive Hinkley C and going 'all out' for unpopular, risky, and unproven fracking. Even if this omnishambles of an energy policy survives the many legal challenges threatened against it, it will send a clear message to international investors that the UK Government is willing to wreck our power sector to please their most ideological backbenchers."
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Image source, GettyShadow environment minister Angela Smith says her party is confident it can stop repeal of the Hunting Act and calls on the government to make sure the current rules are properly enforced.
Quote MessageWe on this side of the House are confident that we would win a vote on repeal, in other words we would win a vote to stop the repeal of the Hunting Act. But it is clear from the minister's answer there is no plan in place for a vote. On that basis and given 80% of voters support the ban on hunting ... why don't you just drop the idea and get on with the job of making sure the legislation is enforced?"
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The Government has said it is committed to holding a free vote on repeal of the Hunting Act.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said the Conservatives would keep their manifesto commitment with a government bill in government time, although no timescale was given.
Quote MessageAs we have said in our manifesto, we will give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the Hunting Act on a free vote with a government bill in government time. I do confirm that is what we are committed to."
Commons speaker John Bercow has just announced the remaining House of Commons committee chairs:
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Caroline Flint, Labour's energy spokeswoman, has responded to the announcement that subsidies for new onshore wind farms will end on 1 April 2016, a year earlier than expected.
Quote MessageOnshore wind is the cheapest and most developed form of clean energy and there are 1,000 projects whose investment plans could be affected by the latest moving of the goalposts. Ministers need to make clear which projects exactly the grace period will apply to."
Quote MessageWe already know the government is on course to miss a key renewables target, and not only do these knee-jerk changes affect onshore wind, they dampen confidence across the renewable sector."
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We're about to find out who will chair House of Commons select committees for the next five years. Here's a list of those who have been elected unopposed
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Labour's leadership candidates took part in a hustings in London last night. BBC political editor Nick Robinson has blogged about the event - and the lack of big ideas on offer.
Quote MessageBy this I don't mean a headline-grabbing policy initiative, such as cutting tuition fees or introducing a 'Mansion Tax' to pay for increased health spending. The party just tried that and failed - spectacularly. I mean an over-arching critique of what's wrong with Britain and how Labour might put it right and of what's wrong with the party and how the next leader might fix it."
Ministers can easily protect themselves from embarrassment by deleting from their email inbox anything that might be subject to a future FOI request, ex-insiders have told BBC News.
Even if the deleted or archived material still exists officials rarely trawl back-up servers.
Downing Street and the Cabinet Office automatically delete all emails after three months.
But other government departments keep material for longer.
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