As the curtain comes down on the live page for another day, here's a round-up of what's been happening in Westminster today.
The UK overseas aid budget
should be used to stabilise countries and discourage mass migration, the defence secretary Michael Fallon says.
The Lib Dems launch
an investigation into allegations Norman Lamb's leadership campaign team may have breached data protection rules.
BBC director general Tony Hall says he believes
the licence fee
has "got 10 years of life left in it".
Fox in Tory referendum warning
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Former defence secretary Liam Fox has urged the Conservative Party not to use any of its money to back the campaign to stay in the European Union.
He said funds and other party resources must not be put behind either side of the referendum argument given the Tories were clearly split on the issue.
The MP, who has yet to decide which side he will back, rebelled earlier this week over plans to scrap "purdah" rules limiting government announcements before a vote.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will join EU counterparts in Luxembourg tomorrow to discuss a European naval operation in the Mediterranean to combat people smuggling. Britain is deploying survey vessel HMS Enterprise to the region to take over from HMS Bulwark -pictured above - early next month. A British Merlin helicopter will continue taking part in operations. GCHQ, the UK's listening post in Cheltenham, is reportedly being deployed for the first time to identify criminal gangs smuggling migrants to the Libyan coast.
'Boring' Lib Dem contest
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Cameron and the BBC
Was David Cameron only joking when he told journalists on the Conservatives’ battle bus during the election campaign that he would "close down" the BBC?
The exchange has been picked up by several newspapers on Sunday, but was actually first reported earlier this month by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson in Election Notebook, his account of the election.
At the time, he wrote: “News reaches me from the Tory campaign bus that the prime minister marched on board and called the story rubbish. When one hack jokingly muttered 'bloody BBC', the PM responded, 'I am going to close them down after the election.' Joke? Expression of frustration? Threat? All three? No-one could be sure. In a few weeks' time, working out which it was could really, really matter.”
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Some people on the bus regarded it as funny but they generally didn’t work for the BBC. The people who did [work for the BBC] regarded it as yet another bit of pressure and a sort of sense of ‘don’t forget who’s boss here’.”
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Muslims left 'demoralised'
Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has had plenty to say about a speech David Cameron made on Friday about the radicalisation of young British men and women. In it, the prime minister claimed some families and communities were "quietly condoning" the ideology of jihadist groups like Islamic State. This is what she has been saying on the Sunday Politics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
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The concern that I had in relation to the speech this week was his emphasis on one aspect which he described as silent condoning of the Isis ideology. It was disappointing to see that 24 hours after an incredibly positive and frank speech by the home secretary in which she called for a real partnership between families and communities and government and faith leaders to come together to fight this battle against Isis together. And I think what we saw this week, really, the prime minister was successful unfortunately in gaining a headline, but I think through that speech, a number of British Muslims who are working in this area were left feeling demoralised."
The concern that I had in relation to the speech this week was his emphasis on one aspect which he described as silent condoning of the Isis ideology. It was disappointing to see that 24 hours after an incredibly positive and frank speech by the home secretary in which she called for a real partnership between families and communities and government and faith leaders to come together to fight this battle against Isis together. And I think what we saw this week, really, the prime minister was successful unfortunately in gaining a headline, but I think through that speech, a number of British Muslims who are working in this area were left feeling demoralised."
Lib Dems in the spotlight
Sunday Politics is coming to an end. Andrew Neil's main guest next week is Nick Clegg - in what will be one of the outgoing Lib Dem leader's first major interviews since the election and one of the last before he steps down next month. As attention turns to who will succeed him, the BBC's Alan Soady says leadership contender Norman Lamb is "furious" about the controversy surrounding his campaign and allegations that polling it has conducted may have broken data protection laws.
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UKIP 'in a mess'
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Mundell on wind farm subsidies
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UKIP email row
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There have been plenty of machinations within UKIP since the election, the latest being speculation last week about the future of its deputy chair Suzanne Evans. An internal email suggested she had been dropped as a spokeswoman after comments she made about party leader Nigel Farage. UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe tells the Sunday Politics that Ms Evans is playing an "important role" in the party and whoever sent the email had "overstepped the mark" and acted without authority. Asked what role Mr Farage would play in the referendum campaign - the source of the original row - he said the UKIP leader was the "most transformative politician" on the issue in the past 20 years and would play a major part - including possibly taking part in a debate with David Cameron.
Collective responsibility on EU
Liam Fox says the Conservative Party should not campaign on either side of the referendum debate or allow its resources to be used. The same rules that apply to the use and abuse of government machinery should apply to the party, he tells Sunday Politics. He also says cabinet ministers should be free to speak their minds on the issue during the referendum as he knows some favour leaving the EU. Should the prime minister insist on enforcing collective ministerial responsibility on the issue, Dr Fox says he is "sure he can get it but I am not sure he would have the same cabinet".
Fox on EU referendum
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Former defence secretary Liam Fox says he is not ready to join a newly-formed cross-party group preparing the ground for the UK to leave the EU. While he says the status quo in the UK's relationship with the EU is not acceptable, a "bit of empiricism" is needed in the debate and he will make up his mind about which side he will back at an "appropriate point" in the future when the EU's response to David Cameron's demands becomes clearer. He says the PM will have to set out his negotiating aims more clearly in the run-up to the party's annual conference in September if he hopes to hold the referendum in October 2016.
'Wined and dined'
In a film for the Sunday Politics, the BBC's Adam Fleming says a senior business figure will be "wined and dined" this week to see whether they would be willing to head the No campaign, which will try to persuade voters the UK should leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum. The newly elected chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs committee, Crispin Blunt, tells the programme that there is a "really positive" future for the UK outside the EU because the country has different interests from its European partners and its agenda is "global not regional".
Corbyn will 'shock' people
Jeremy Corbyn wasn't able to make it onto Sunday Politics today. In his place, Diane Abbott - who backs Mr Corbyn and represented the Labour left in the 2010 election - says her colleague's agenda is "very popular" and commentators are "going to get a shock" about how well he does in the leadership contest. Mr Corbyn is authentic and will put "himself on the side of the 99% against the 1%", she says. The Labour left, she argues, does not oppose all cuts to public spending but believes the opposition must "place itself at the head of the anti-austerity movement" if it is to fare better in 2020. The government's cuts are "unfair and unnecessary" and the focus should be on axing Trident and other defence programs as well as curbing tax advantages for the better-off, Ms Abbott adds.
Stringfellow: No MP bid
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Pienaar's Politics is drawing to an end. Guest Peter Stringfellow, the businessman and Conservative Party supporter and donor, says he has been approached to stand for Parliament in Sheffield in the past but has categorically ruled it out, claiming he is not "clever enough". He says he remains a big fan of David Cameron but says Boris Johnson - who he calls a "big daft kid" - needs to get his act together to sort out the dispute between London's black cab drivers and online app Uber.
Labour 'not a pressure group'
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Caroline Flint says Labour is not "a pressure group and exists to win elections". The leadership team elected in September need to "push the buttons of the country" not just the party, she tells 5Live. Why is she standing? She says she will complement whoever is elected leader as she doesn't share the same background as any of them - having been a single parent, lived on benefits and not having studied at Oxbridge.
Flint on austerity protests
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On Pienaar's Politics, Labour MP Caroline Flint - a deputy leadership contender - says she sympathises with most of those who took part in Saturday's anti-austerity demonstrations and she agrees with the passion people feel about threats to essential public services. Pictured above with candidate for her party's top job Yvette Cooper, Ms Flint says some of those who marched in London and Glasgow thought there should be no cuts, which she disagrees with, because you need to "create wealth" to fund public services like schools and hospitals.
Probe into Lamb's Lib Dem campaign
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The Liberal Democrats have launched an investigation into allegations that leadership contender Norman Lamb's campaign team may have breached breached data protection rules.
Two members of his team are understood to have been dropped as a result of the claims and the party is considering whether to refer the matter to the Information Commissioner's office.
The Independent on Sunday has reported accusations from some party members that they were polled by telephone by someone they believed to be from Lib Dem HQ rather than Mr Lamb's campaign team. It is claimed that the line of questioning in the apparent "opinion poll" may have gone into territory which could have cast doubt on rival leadership contender Tim Farron's suitability.
A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
Quote Message: We have been made aware of an alleged breach of party rules and are looking into the issue as a matter of urgency. The Liberal Democrats take any alleged breaches of party rules extremely seriously. The party has contacted both teams to reiterate rules on the leadership process."
We have been made aware of an alleged breach of party rules and are looking into the issue as a matter of urgency. The Liberal Democrats take any alleged breaches of party rules extremely seriously. The party has contacted both teams to reiterate rules on the leadership process."
It's understood there will be a formal discussion with the party's data controller tomorrow regarding a potential referral to the Information Commissioner.
Clarke: No 'Europhile plot'
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Over to 5live where former chancellor Ken Clarke is talking about the eurozone crisis and the future EU referendum. He rejects claims that Greece was allowed to join the European Union in the first place, not because it was suitable, but because of a "great Europhile plot". He suggests that Greece wanted to show it was a growing player in Europe and that details about the size of its deficit were "fiddled. Greece and certain other countries, he suggests, were "never ready" to join.
'Out of the bubble'
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Asked what experience he has of enterprise and business, Andy Burnham says he worked briefly in the private sector after leaving university and that his wife set up her own business. Dermot Murnaghan suggests that he should not rely on his spouse's credentials, but the shadow health secretary goes onto to say that he is "rooted" in his Leigh constituency and is the man to put Labour's "feet back on the ground and get the party out of the Westminster bubble".
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'Toxic' moment
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Andy Burnham says he will outline a new "rent-to-own" policy on housing next week, which would enable people to use a deposit to build up equity. He says Labour has, for the best part of a decade, not "looked and sounded like a party that people can relate to", citing the 2009 abolition of the 10p tax rate by Gordon Brown as a "toxic" moment for the party which indicated it did not support people "wanting to get on".
'Brutal plan'
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Mr Burnham suggests the government may not have a mandate to cut a further £12bn from the welfare bill because the Conservatives did not make it clear at the election what would have to be axed. David Cameron, he argues, has a "brutal plan" which will "harm many vulnerable people" and could see the "destruction of public services".
Mandate for cuts?
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Burnham on cuts
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Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham is now on Sky News. Asked why he was not on Saturday's anti-austerity march, he said he had other commitments, including a Labour hustings in Stevenage. He says there have to be some cuts to reduce the deficit but he would approach it in a different way from George Osborne, saying the chancellor is trying to "frighten" people by talking of billions' worth of cuts without giving details.
Warsi on PM remarks
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We now turn our focus to the Dermot Murnaghan show on Sky News and Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 live. Former Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi tells Sky News there is a "tremendous amount of work" being done to tackle extremism and fight Islamic State, saying Muslim communities are the "first line of defence" because it is their children who are being "preyed upon". Asked whether she agreed with David Cameron, who said on Friday that some British Muslims were "quietly condoning" IS ideology, she says she respects the prime minister but believes his remarks were "ill-judged" and he had "lost sections of Britain's Muslim population" as a result. She suggests the remarks were more about "generating a headline" and gave the impression that Britain's three million Muslims were "part of the problem rather than part of the solution".
Corbyn cancels
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Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has had to pull out of his Sunday Politics appearance because of a "family emergency", host Andrew Neil tweets. It's "disappointing", says Neil, but he hopes he'll be able to get him on next week.
'No WIA veto'
The Andrew Marr Show
That's it for Michael Fallon's interview. Andrew Marr ends the show by inviting John Cleese and Tony Hall back onto the sofa - the defence secretary doesn't join them. We learn that the BBC boss does not have a veto on any aspects of the satirical comedy WIA, set at Broadcasting House, and "nor should I", he adds.
Defence budget
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Michael Fallon rejects claims that the UK has downgraded investment in military hardware and technology over the past five years, listing all the projects that are being taken forward. He says he is "proud" that the UK is currently spending 2% of its income on defence and, asked about the future, says he is committed to upholding the government's manifesto commitments, including not reducing army numbers further. He says you need a strong economy to support a strong defence. He says the contrast with countries like Greece could not be stronger, saying the UK can "cut the deficit while building aircraft carriers" at the same time.
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Russia threat
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Onto Russia. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says there has been a lot of "sabre-rattling" by Vladimir Putin and the international community has to be strong in response. He says the UK has committed to support "continuous military exercises" by Nato in the Baltics and will commit 4,000 troops to the region over the next two years.
Aid budget
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Air strikes
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Moving onto the fight against Islamic State, Mr Fallon says the UK is "playing its part" in the military engagement against it in Iraq, saying the UK is second largest contributor to coalition air strikes, which are taking place "day and night". There has been an "ebb and flow" in the conflict, which he admits is going to be a "long one".
Taking on IS
Working together
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What is needed is "better pooling of intelligence" by European countries and their allies, Michael Fallon says. There also needs to be a "political settlement" in Libya, he says, adding that the UK's international aid could be used to stabilise countries and reduce the need for people to flee.
'Break the link'
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Michael Fallon is now being interviewed. He admits that the international community are currently only dealing with "the symptoms" of the migration crisis in the Mediterranean rather than addressing the causes of the huge movement of people. He says the West has to "break the link" between migrants travelling and settling in Europe "because they will continue to come if they think they are going to be settled".
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Cleese on British press
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John Cleese, who spends a lot of time in the US, is a regular critic of Fleet Street. He says British newspapers have "forgotten their basic purpose" - discovering stories and reporting them "accurately". I am sure they would disagree with him. With that, Andrew Marr broadcasts a classic clip from Fawlty Towers which lightens the mood.
Alternative to satire
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John Cleese in up next on Andrew Marr. He corrects the presenter when he says that Monty Python was part of the boom in satire in the early 1960s. In contrast, he says, it was an alternative to the political satire pioneered by the likes of Peter Cook. He wonders why the BBC has not broadcast the series for more than 15 years.
Top Gear
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Ideas and creativity should come first at the BBC, Tony Hall insists. On that subject, he says he is "thrilled" that Chris Evans has agreed to take over as the host of Top Gear. He will not be drawn far on whether there should be a female presenter on the team. And he says he has "no idea" where the suggestion came from that the BBC offered to give Jeremy Clarkson his old job back, saying he wants to focus on the future instead.
'Bloodthirsty'
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Asked about future cuts to the BBC, Tony Hall says he will continue to reduce management bureaucracy but rejects Andrew Marr's assertion that there will be a "bloodthirsty cull" of numbers, saying those are the presenter's words not his.
'Household tax'
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Tony Hall says there is broad agreement that the licence fee needs to be reformed in some way and the debate will be about how to achieve this. He notes that a "household tax" has been mooted, so that users of BBC services can pay for them directly in some way.
'Adapt, modernise and change'
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Tony Hall is asked about his relationship with John Whittingdale, who has been critical of the licence fee. He says the culture secretary will ask "testing" questions but has also been "very positive" about what the BBC does. He notes that a report by the Commons culture committee, which Mr Whittingdale used to chair, concluded the licence fee had "at least 10 years' life left in it". The licence fee, he adds, needed to "adapt, modernise and change" to keep up with technological changes.
BBC future
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BBC director general Tony Hall is now in the hot seat. He says it is a "crucial time" for the BBC ahead of the renewal of the Royal Charter in 2016 and a new licence fee settlement. He says the broadcaster's mission to "inform, educate and entertain is as pertinent now" as it has ever been. There have been warnings that new Culture Secretary John Whittingdale might have the BBC in his crosshairs.
'Enlightened Napoleon'
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There's been plenty of coverage of the Battle of Waterloo this week on its 200th anniversary. Andrew Roberts says Napoleon Bonaparte has been too often maligned by historians, saying he was a "leader of the enlightenment" who did "wonderful things" for France.
And that's the newspapers wrapped up.
Labour leadership
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Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton, says she nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader to ensure the widest possible debate in the contest, but she will actually be voting for Yvette Cooper when it comes to the crunch. She describes Andy Burnham as a "good Labour man" but says she prefers the current shadow home secretary.
Welfare debate
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Labour MP Rupa Huq is also helping to review the newspapers. Asked about a Sunday Times story concerning benefit cuts, she says the government has taken a "very cynical" approach by "pitting" different groups in society against each other. She says the Opposition does not disagree, in principle, with reducing the welfare bill, saying there is a "misperception that Labour is a party of benefit scroungers, which is not the case".
'Too soft' on IS
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Andrew Marr's guests are now reviewing the papers. Historian Andrew Roberts suggests the international community is taking too soft a line on Islamic State. Citing some of the atrocities the group has committed, he says they are "simply not transformable" through reason or negotiation.
Also on the sofa
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Andrew Marr's other guests include BBC director general Tony Hall and actor, comedian and one-time Lib Dem activist John Cleese.
Europe and all that
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What else will Andrew Marr press Michael Fallon on? I would expect the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the threat from so-called Islamic State and the radicalisation of British nationals to crop up, as well as the forthcoming EU referendum. There is also the issue of military spending, with many Conservative MPs concerned that the UK is not putting enough resources into the military budget.
Nato commitments
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Ahead of Mr Fallon's appearance, the defence secretary announced that the UK's commitment to a rapid reaction force being set up by Nato is to be extended by three years. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, he said about 1,000 troops will now serve until 2021 to defend Europe against the threat posed chiefly by Russia. Read more about the story here.
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Latest PostSunday round-up
As the curtain comes down on the live page for another day, here's a round-up of what's been happening in Westminster today.
The UK overseas aid budget should be used to stabilise countries and discourage mass migration, the defence secretary Michael Fallon says.
The Lib Dems launch an investigation into allegations Norman Lamb's leadership campaign team may have breached data protection rules.
BBC director general Tony Hall says he believes the licence fee has "got 10 years of life left in it".
Fox in Tory referendum warning
Former defence secretary Liam Fox has urged the Conservative Party not to use any of its money to back the campaign to stay in the European Union.
He said funds and other party resources must not be put behind either side of the referendum argument given the Tories were clearly split on the issue.
The MP, who has yet to decide which side he will back, rebelled earlier this week over plans to scrap "purdah" rules limiting government announcements before a vote.
Read more about this story here.
Cameron and 'Grexit'
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Hammond set for migration meeting
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will join EU counterparts in Luxembourg tomorrow to discuss a European naval operation in the Mediterranean to combat people smuggling. Britain is deploying survey vessel HMS Enterprise to the region to take over from HMS Bulwark -pictured above - early next month. A British Merlin helicopter will continue taking part in operations. GCHQ, the UK's listening post in Cheltenham, is reportedly being deployed for the first time to identify criminal gangs smuggling migrants to the Libyan coast.
'Boring' Lib Dem contest
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Cameron and the BBC
Was David Cameron only joking when he told journalists on the Conservatives’ battle bus during the election campaign that he would "close down" the BBC?
The exchange has been picked up by several newspapers on Sunday, but was actually first reported earlier this month by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson in Election Notebook, his account of the election.
At the time, he wrote: “News reaches me from the Tory campaign bus that the prime minister marched on board and called the story rubbish. When one hack jokingly muttered 'bloody BBC', the PM responded, 'I am going to close them down after the election.' Joke? Expression of frustration? Threat? All three? No-one could be sure. In a few weeks' time, working out which it was could really, really matter.”
Mr Robinson has now told the Guardian :
EU debate
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EU debate
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Muslims left 'demoralised'
Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has had plenty to say about a speech David Cameron made on Friday about the radicalisation of young British men and women. In it, the prime minister claimed some families and communities were "quietly condoning" the ideology of jihadist groups like Islamic State. This is what she has been saying on the Sunday Politics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
Lib Dems in the spotlight
Sunday Politics is coming to an end. Andrew Neil's main guest next week is Nick Clegg - in what will be one of the outgoing Lib Dem leader's first major interviews since the election and one of the last before he steps down next month. As attention turns to who will succeed him, the BBC's Alan Soady says leadership contender Norman Lamb is "furious" about the controversy surrounding his campaign and allegations that polling it has conducted may have broken data protection laws. Read more about the story here.
Who are the 'Outers'?
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The cabinet and the EU
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UKIP 'in a mess'
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Mundell on wind farm subsidies
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UKIP email row
There have been plenty of machinations within UKIP since the election, the latest being speculation last week about the future of its deputy chair Suzanne Evans. An internal email suggested she had been dropped as a spokeswoman after comments she made about party leader Nigel Farage. UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe tells the Sunday Politics that Ms Evans is playing an "important role" in the party and whoever sent the email had "overstepped the mark" and acted without authority. Asked what role Mr Farage would play in the referendum campaign - the source of the original row - he said the UKIP leader was the "most transformative politician" on the issue in the past 20 years and would play a major part - including possibly taking part in a debate with David Cameron.
Collective responsibility on EU
Liam Fox says the Conservative Party should not campaign on either side of the referendum debate or allow its resources to be used. The same rules that apply to the use and abuse of government machinery should apply to the party, he tells Sunday Politics. He also says cabinet ministers should be free to speak their minds on the issue during the referendum as he knows some favour leaving the EU. Should the prime minister insist on enforcing collective ministerial responsibility on the issue, Dr Fox says he is "sure he can get it but I am not sure he would have the same cabinet".
Fox on EU referendum
Former defence secretary Liam Fox says he is not ready to join a newly-formed cross-party group preparing the ground for the UK to leave the EU. While he says the status quo in the UK's relationship with the EU is not acceptable, a "bit of empiricism" is needed in the debate and he will make up his mind about which side he will back at an "appropriate point" in the future when the EU's response to David Cameron's demands becomes clearer. He says the PM will have to set out his negotiating aims more clearly in the run-up to the party's annual conference in September if he hopes to hold the referendum in October 2016.
'Wined and dined'
In a film for the Sunday Politics, the BBC's Adam Fleming says a senior business figure will be "wined and dined" this week to see whether they would be willing to head the No campaign, which will try to persuade voters the UK should leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum. The newly elected chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs committee, Crispin Blunt, tells the programme that there is a "really positive" future for the UK outside the EU because the country has different interests from its European partners and its agenda is "global not regional".
Corbyn will 'shock' people
Jeremy Corbyn wasn't able to make it onto Sunday Politics today. In his place, Diane Abbott - who backs Mr Corbyn and represented the Labour left in the 2010 election - says her colleague's agenda is "very popular" and commentators are "going to get a shock" about how well he does in the leadership contest. Mr Corbyn is authentic and will put "himself on the side of the 99% against the 1%", she says. The Labour left, she argues, does not oppose all cuts to public spending but believes the opposition must "place itself at the head of the anti-austerity movement" if it is to fare better in 2020. The government's cuts are "unfair and unnecessary" and the focus should be on axing Trident and other defence programs as well as curbing tax advantages for the better-off, Ms Abbott adds.
Stringfellow: No MP bid
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Pienaar's Politics is drawing to an end. Guest Peter Stringfellow, the businessman and Conservative Party supporter and donor, says he has been approached to stand for Parliament in Sheffield in the past but has categorically ruled it out, claiming he is not "clever enough". He says he remains a big fan of David Cameron but says Boris Johnson - who he calls a "big daft kid" - needs to get his act together to sort out the dispute between London's black cab drivers and online app Uber.
Labour 'not a pressure group'
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Caroline Flint says Labour is not "a pressure group and exists to win elections". The leadership team elected in September need to "push the buttons of the country" not just the party, she tells 5Live. Why is she standing? She says she will complement whoever is elected leader as she doesn't share the same background as any of them - having been a single parent, lived on benefits and not having studied at Oxbridge.
Flint on austerity protests
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On Pienaar's Politics, Labour MP Caroline Flint - a deputy leadership contender - says she sympathises with most of those who took part in Saturday's anti-austerity demonstrations and she agrees with the passion people feel about threats to essential public services. Pictured above with candidate for her party's top job Yvette Cooper, Ms Flint says some of those who marched in London and Glasgow thought there should be no cuts, which she disagrees with, because you need to "create wealth" to fund public services like schools and hospitals.
Probe into Lamb's Lib Dem campaign
The Liberal Democrats have launched an investigation into allegations that leadership contender Norman Lamb's campaign team may have breached breached data protection rules.
Two members of his team are understood to have been dropped as a result of the claims and the party is considering whether to refer the matter to the Information Commissioner's office.
The Independent on Sunday has reported accusations from some party members that they were polled by telephone by someone they believed to be from Lib Dem HQ rather than Mr Lamb's campaign team. It is claimed that the line of questioning in the apparent "opinion poll" may have gone into territory which could have cast doubt on rival leadership contender Tim Farron's suitability.
A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
It's understood there will be a formal discussion with the party's data controller tomorrow regarding a potential referral to the Information Commissioner.
Clarke: No 'Europhile plot'
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Over to 5live where former chancellor Ken Clarke is talking about the eurozone crisis and the future EU referendum. He rejects claims that Greece was allowed to join the European Union in the first place, not because it was suitable, but because of a "great Europhile plot". He suggests that Greece wanted to show it was a growing player in Europe and that details about the size of its deficit were "fiddled. Greece and certain other countries, he suggests, were "never ready" to join.
'Out of the bubble'
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Asked what experience he has of enterprise and business, Andy Burnham says he worked briefly in the private sector after leaving university and that his wife set up her own business. Dermot Murnaghan suggests that he should not rely on his spouse's credentials, but the shadow health secretary goes onto to say that he is "rooted" in his Leigh constituency and is the man to put Labour's "feet back on the ground and get the party out of the Westminster bubble".
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'Toxic' moment
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Andy Burnham says he will outline a new "rent-to-own" policy on housing next week, which would enable people to use a deposit to build up equity. He says Labour has, for the best part of a decade, not "looked and sounded like a party that people can relate to", citing the 2009 abolition of the 10p tax rate by Gordon Brown as a "toxic" moment for the party which indicated it did not support people "wanting to get on".
'Brutal plan'
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Mr Burnham suggests the government may not have a mandate to cut a further £12bn from the welfare bill because the Conservatives did not make it clear at the election what would have to be axed. David Cameron, he argues, has a "brutal plan" which will "harm many vulnerable people" and could see the "destruction of public services".
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Burnham on cuts
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Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham is now on Sky News. Asked why he was not on Saturday's anti-austerity march, he said he had other commitments, including a Labour hustings in Stevenage. He says there have to be some cuts to reduce the deficit but he would approach it in a different way from George Osborne, saying the chancellor is trying to "frighten" people by talking of billions' worth of cuts without giving details.
Warsi on PM remarks
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We now turn our focus to the Dermot Murnaghan show on Sky News and Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 live. Former Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi tells Sky News there is a "tremendous amount of work" being done to tackle extremism and fight Islamic State, saying Muslim communities are the "first line of defence" because it is their children who are being "preyed upon". Asked whether she agreed with David Cameron, who said on Friday that some British Muslims were "quietly condoning" IS ideology, she says she respects the prime minister but believes his remarks were "ill-judged" and he had "lost sections of Britain's Muslim population" as a result. She suggests the remarks were more about "generating a headline" and gave the impression that Britain's three million Muslims were "part of the problem rather than part of the solution".
Corbyn cancels
Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has had to pull out of his Sunday Politics appearance because of a "family emergency", host Andrew Neil tweets. It's "disappointing", says Neil, but he hopes he'll be able to get him on next week.
'No WIA veto'
The Andrew Marr Show
That's it for Michael Fallon's interview. Andrew Marr ends the show by inviting John Cleese and Tony Hall back onto the sofa - the defence secretary doesn't join them. We learn that the BBC boss does not have a veto on any aspects of the satirical comedy WIA, set at Broadcasting House, and "nor should I", he adds.
Defence budget
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Michael Fallon rejects claims that the UK has downgraded investment in military hardware and technology over the past five years, listing all the projects that are being taken forward. He says he is "proud" that the UK is currently spending 2% of its income on defence and, asked about the future, says he is committed to upholding the government's manifesto commitments, including not reducing army numbers further. He says you need a strong economy to support a strong defence. He says the contrast with countries like Greece could not be stronger, saying the UK can "cut the deficit while building aircraft carriers" at the same time.
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Russia threat
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Onto Russia. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says there has been a lot of "sabre-rattling" by Vladimir Putin and the international community has to be strong in response. He says the UK has committed to support "continuous military exercises" by Nato in the Baltics and will commit 4,000 troops to the region over the next two years.
Aid budget
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Air strikes
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Moving onto the fight against Islamic State, Mr Fallon says the UK is "playing its part" in the military engagement against it in Iraq, saying the UK is second largest contributor to coalition air strikes, which are taking place "day and night". There has been an "ebb and flow" in the conflict, which he admits is going to be a "long one".
Taking on IS
Working together
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What is needed is "better pooling of intelligence" by European countries and their allies, Michael Fallon says. There also needs to be a "political settlement" in Libya, he says, adding that the UK's international aid could be used to stabilise countries and reduce the need for people to flee.
'Break the link'
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Michael Fallon is now being interviewed. He admits that the international community are currently only dealing with "the symptoms" of the migration crisis in the Mediterranean rather than addressing the causes of the huge movement of people. He says the West has to "break the link" between migrants travelling and settling in Europe "because they will continue to come if they think they are going to be settled".
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Cleese on British press
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John Cleese, who spends a lot of time in the US, is a regular critic of Fleet Street. He says British newspapers have "forgotten their basic purpose" - discovering stories and reporting them "accurately". I am sure they would disagree with him. With that, Andrew Marr broadcasts a classic clip from Fawlty Towers which lightens the mood.
Alternative to satire
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John Cleese in up next on Andrew Marr. He corrects the presenter when he says that Monty Python was part of the boom in satire in the early 1960s. In contrast, he says, it was an alternative to the political satire pioneered by the likes of Peter Cook. He wonders why the BBC has not broadcast the series for more than 15 years.
Top Gear
Ideas and creativity should come first at the BBC, Tony Hall insists. On that subject, he says he is "thrilled" that Chris Evans has agreed to take over as the host of Top Gear. He will not be drawn far on whether there should be a female presenter on the team. And he says he has "no idea" where the suggestion came from that the BBC offered to give Jeremy Clarkson his old job back, saying he wants to focus on the future instead.
'Bloodthirsty'
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Asked about future cuts to the BBC, Tony Hall says he will continue to reduce management bureaucracy but rejects Andrew Marr's assertion that there will be a "bloodthirsty cull" of numbers, saying those are the presenter's words not his.
'Household tax'
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Tony Hall says there is broad agreement that the licence fee needs to be reformed in some way and the debate will be about how to achieve this. He notes that a "household tax" has been mooted, so that users of BBC services can pay for them directly in some way.
'Adapt, modernise and change'
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Tony Hall is asked about his relationship with John Whittingdale, who has been critical of the licence fee. He says the culture secretary will ask "testing" questions but has also been "very positive" about what the BBC does. He notes that a report by the Commons culture committee, which Mr Whittingdale used to chair, concluded the licence fee had "at least 10 years' life left in it". The licence fee, he adds, needed to "adapt, modernise and change" to keep up with technological changes.
BBC future
The Andrew Marr Show
BBC director general Tony Hall is now in the hot seat. He says it is a "crucial time" for the BBC ahead of the renewal of the Royal Charter in 2016 and a new licence fee settlement. He says the broadcaster's mission to "inform, educate and entertain is as pertinent now" as it has ever been. There have been warnings that new Culture Secretary John Whittingdale might have the BBC in his crosshairs.
'Enlightened Napoleon'
The Andrew Marr Show
There's been plenty of coverage of the Battle of Waterloo this week on its 200th anniversary. Andrew Roberts says Napoleon Bonaparte has been too often maligned by historians, saying he was a "leader of the enlightenment" who did "wonderful things" for France.
And that's the newspapers wrapped up.
Labour leadership
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Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton, says she nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader to ensure the widest possible debate in the contest, but she will actually be voting for Yvette Cooper when it comes to the crunch. She describes Andy Burnham as a "good Labour man" but says she prefers the current shadow home secretary.
Welfare debate
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Labour MP Rupa Huq is also helping to review the newspapers. Asked about a Sunday Times story concerning benefit cuts, she says the government has taken a "very cynical" approach by "pitting" different groups in society against each other. She says the Opposition does not disagree, in principle, with reducing the welfare bill, saying there is a "misperception that Labour is a party of benefit scroungers, which is not the case".
'Too soft' on IS
The Andrew Marr Show
Andrew Marr's guests are now reviewing the papers. Historian Andrew Roberts suggests the international community is taking too soft a line on Islamic State. Citing some of the atrocities the group has committed, he says they are "simply not transformable" through reason or negotiation.
Also on the sofa
The Andrew Marr Show
Andrew Marr's other guests include BBC director general Tony Hall and actor, comedian and one-time Lib Dem activist John Cleese.
Europe and all that
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What else will Andrew Marr press Michael Fallon on? I would expect the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the threat from so-called Islamic State and the radicalisation of British nationals to crop up, as well as the forthcoming EU referendum. There is also the issue of military spending, with many Conservative MPs concerned that the UK is not putting enough resources into the military budget.
Nato commitments
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Ahead of Mr Fallon's appearance, the defence secretary announced that the UK's commitment to a rapid reaction force being set up by Nato is to be extended by three years. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, he said about 1,000 troops will now serve until 2021 to defend Europe against the threat posed chiefly by Russia. Read more about the story here.
Good morning
Good morning and welcome to Sunday's live page coverage of all things political. We've got a busy morning of chat ahead of us. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is leading the lines on The Andrew Marr Show, while Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn is among the guests on Sunday Politics.