Disability protesters seek to storm Prime Minister's Questions
They are stopped from entering and session continued as planned
In PMQs, David Cameron and Harriet Harman clashed over planned welfare cuts
UK border security pledge stepped up after Calais strike action
David Cameron to hold EU reform talks with Angela Merkel
Last week it was all change at PMQs with George Osborne making his debut and sparring with shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. Today it will have a more familiar feel with David Cameron going up against Harriet Harman in their third clash since the general election. In the past two, she has focused her questions on housing and Europe. What will she pick today?
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Image source, AFPMore about this new UK law enforcement force set up to combat people smuggling referred to by James Brokenshire earlier. It will draw on resources from the National Crime Agency, Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Some of the officers will be based with Europol in Sicily and The Hague, with the rest on standby in the UK ready to deploy to the region when required, Downing Street said. "We have got to do more to break the link between getting on a boat in the Med and getting settlement in Europe," No 10 said. "Otherwise these vast numbers will just keep on coming."
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Alan Milburn is giving a briefing at the moment about why Labour lost the election and where it goes from here. According to The Sun's Kevin Schofield, the former Labour minister is not pulling his punches.
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Migrants from North Africa are not just heading to the UK via the southern Mediterranean Mr Brokenshire argues, but are trying to make their way to Germany, Sweden and other countries. The problem of mass migration needs to be tackled "upstream", he says, in the countries of origin. A 90-strong team of British officials is looking at ways of tackling people smuggling by "tracking the flow of money" used to fund such criminal enterprises and potentially putting vessels used to transport migrants "out of use". The National Crime Agency is working with Europol and other international agencies to improve intelligence gathering, he adds.
Mr Brokenshire says the UK offered £12m in September to improve security and policing at the port but, equally as importantly, to make it clear to migrants what the "real picture" is in the UK in terms of their ability to claim benefits. This followed claims by the mayor of Calais that the UK's more generous welfare system was acting as a "pull factor" and encouraging migrants to chance their arms at coming to the UK.
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Security minister James Brokenshire has been talking to the BBC about the situation at Calais. He says he understands the "resentment" felt by residents of the French at the number of migrants trying to cross the channel and the chaos it is causing. While "policing on French soil is a matter for the French" but says the UK and France are working closely together and his boss, Home Secretary Theresa May, spoke to her French counterpart last night.
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Image source, NatoNato defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to agree their next steps in dealing with the renewed threat from Russia.
The US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, arrived in Europe saying he was not looking to start a new Cold War, external.
But, in reality, both Nato and Russia are stepping up their rhetoric and strengthening their military posture.
Last week President Vladimir Putin announced he was adding another 40 long-range ballistic missiles to his nuclear arsenal.
In return, Nato accused Moscow of "sabre rattling".
The 28-member alliance is doing a bit of that too.
On a barren plain in northern Poland, Nato has been testing its new rapid-reaction, or spearhead, force for the very first time.
Its proper title is the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, external (VHRJTF) - it is meant to be more nimble than its name.
It is a direct response to the crises in Ukraine, with the aim to have boots on the ground within 48 hours....
Image source, APThe Queen may have to move out of Buckingham Palace to allow maintenance work costing £150m to be carried out.
It is one option being considered by the royal household, which says the upkeep of the London palace is now a "significant financial challenge".
It needs new plumbing and wiring and has not been decorated since 1952, the year the Queen ascended the throne.
The news comes as royal accounts show that the monarchy cost the taxpayer £35.7m for the second year running.
The figure, for the 2014/15 financial year, is the equivalent of 56p for each person in the country.
Image source, AFPBorder security is being stepped up in northern France and Dover after migrants desperate to reach the UK tried to exploit ferry strike action.
Hundreds of migrants at the French port of Calais tried to board delayed vehicles heading to the UK on Tuesday.
Immigration minister James Brokenshire told the BBC the situation was "hugely regrettable".
The government is to announce a new taskforce to tackle organised immigration crime in the Mediterranean.
The 90-strong law enforcement team will include staff from the Border Force, the National Crime Agency, Immigration Enforcement and the Crown Prosecution Service.
A handful will be based with Europol in Sicily and the Hague, in the Netherlands, with most on deployment standby in the UK.
Image source, EPADavid Cameron is to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks in Berlin later, ahead of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
The pair will discuss EU reform, with the UK's aims to be considered by European leaders at Thursday's meeting.
Mr Cameron has said he wants to reform the UK's membership of the EU, before holding an in/out referendum in 2017.
But French minister Emmanuel Macron told the BBC that the UK should not be able to cherry pick aspects of the EU.
The economy minister said he understood Mr Cameron's push for reform but the UK could not be allowed a "Europe a la carte".
Hello and welcome to our rolling political coverage. It's a Wednesday so the big event is at noon when David Cameron takes questions in the House of Commons. We'll bring you all the action live with reaction and analysis. But before then, a quick round up of the main stories so far todayt and - with the continuing fallout from events in Calais, Home Office minister James Brokenshire is on Today.