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The Scottish government is to publish "radical" proposals aimed at widening the ownership of land across the country.

It has been estimated that half of the privately-owned land in Scotland is controlled by just 432 people.

The Land Reform Bill is expected to end tax relief for shooting estates and to force the sale of land if its owners are blocking economic development.

But it has been described as a "land grab" by opponents. Read the full story.

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The issue of legal aid cuts was a thorny one for Michael Gove's predecessor Chris Grayling and something the profession has complained bitterly about, even resorting to strike action. Earlier this month, Mr Gove announced he would go ahead with a planned 8.75% in cut to legal aid fees for criminal solicitors, but would suspend the same cuts for criminal barristers.

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As our assistant political editor Norman Smith mentioned a short time ago, a British Bill of Rights will only get a brief mention in Michael Gove's speech today. You might remember the Conservatives pledged before the general election to replace the Human Rights Act, introduced by Labour in 1998, with a new Bill of Rights. But when it came to the Queen's Speech, there was only the promise of a consultation on the issue, not any legislation. Employment minister Priti Patel told the BBC that the government wanted to "bring sovereignty back to British courts", but it was right for the government to "take time" and "implement its manifesto in the right way". 

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For a full round-up of activity in the Commons on Monday - including the aforementioned IDS's slightly awkward attempt to congratulate Labour's Rachel Reeves on her new baby - he passed on his thanks before correcting himself - you can listen back to the latest Yesterday in Parliament.

Iain Duncan Smith's appearance at work and pensions questions in the Commons yesterday also draws comment from the newspapers. The secretary of state stressed time and again that disabled people needn't fear the government's planned welfare cuts, and turned his fire on Labour, accusing them of using benefits to buy votes.

John Crace, in the Guardian, is scathing,, external comparing him to a Bond villain with "months of pent-up disdain and anger to get off his chest". "IDS has the gift of making compassion sound like a deadly sin." When one of his own backbenchers, Andrew Percy, made the link between benefit sanctions and food bank use, Crace says IDS "gave Percy a death stare".

Quentin Letts, in the Daily Mail, thinks, external "you can't blame Iain Duncan Smith for occasionally exploding. The Left are extremely irritating when it comes to welfare cuts." The sketchwriter says he can forgive IDS for "becoming so batey during his departmental questions that he started sounded like the Mr Angry character who used to pop up on Steve Wright's BBC radio shows".

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The newspapers pick over David Cameron's speech on welfare and opportunity, which many have taken as a clear signal that he's planning to cut tax credits.

Sketchwriter Tom Rowley, in the Daily Telegraph,, external says he baffled his audience of sixth formers with a "bewildering array of new and magisterially incomprehensible phrases". He says the PM talked a lot about social impact bonds, and "even the atomic scientists haven't begun to grasp what they are".

TheTimes' leader column, external is a bit more charitable. It says there's "a sound rationale" for focusing on tax credits and housing benefit, shifting "the burden of supporting the worst off from the taxpayers to employers and landlords". However, the paper says, none of this will work without wage growth, so "Mr Cameron should embrace the living wage".

A few other snippets from later on Monday, just because we don't want you to miss a thing:

- the Education and Adoption Bill passed through the Commons at second reading without a vote after a poor opposition turnout meant Labour’s attempt to amend the bill fell 115 votes short. The amendment said the bill failed “to set out measures for dealing with inadequate academies”.

- a Lib Dem source said it was unlikely the party would refer itself to the information commissioner over allegations that Norman Lamb's leadership campaign team broke data protection rules.  But the source said they have sought advice from the commissioner on data protection issues and any rules they need to impose for the rest of the leadership battle.

- At the re-launch of the Labour Movement for Europe, Chuka Umunna said it was “nonsense” to suggest Labour lost in Scotland because it campaigned for a No vote alongside other parties in the independence referendum. He said Labour needed to learn the “right lessons” from the Scottish referendum going into the EU campaign.

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The two men who want to lead the Liberal Democrats - Tim Farron and Norman Lamb - will take questions from a studio audience this morning on the Victoria Derbyshire show. We'll be watching and will bring you snippets.

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Also on matters crime and justice, an independent review is being launched to examine why so many children in care in England and Wales end up in trouble with the law. 

The Prison Reform Trust, which set up the review, says children aged 10 to 17 in care are more than five times more likely to end up in the criminal justice system than other children.

The inquiry will look at issues such as how often children change home, and how authorities handle behaviour.

It will be led by former probation officer and social worker Lord Laming. 

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Top of the agenda today is a speech from Michael Gove. It's his first as justice secretary and he isn't wasting any time finding things he'd like to change. 

Mr Gove will say the "creaking and outdated" justice system in England and Wales is failing society's poorest. The best legal provision is the preserve of the wealthy, while victims of crime are "badly" let down, he'll argue.

The former education secretary will call for an overhaul of the system, including measures to eliminate "waste and inefficiency", and say reforms are needed to end "excuses for failure" in the courtroom.

Thanks for joining us at Politics Live for another day of rolling coverage from the world of Westminster. Victoria King and Alex Hunt here and raring to go.