Summary

  • Cabinet discuss reaction to Tunisia attacks as the confirmed UK death toll rises to 22

  • Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces plans for tougher exam targets for schools in England

  • Labour leadership contenders Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham set out plans on welfare-to-work schemes and the minimum wage

  • They and rivals Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper take part in trade union hustings

Live Reporting

Victoria King and Alex Hunt

  1. 'Hundreds of schools'

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    Nicky Morgan has spoken to BBC Breakfast about her plans to crack down on what she calls "coasting" schools.

    These, she said, are defined as those who are "not helping all pupils to make the progress they should". 

    Explaining her definition further, she said results would be looked at over three years, 2014, 2015 and 2016. For primary schools, the key thing will be how many pupils are ready for secondary school in terms of reading, writing and matths standards. For secondary schools, GCSE results will be crucial.

    She said she couldn't predict how many there would be, "but it will be hundreds of schools", including some "in leafy areas".

    For any teachers worried about yet more change in their industry, she added:  "Schools will have time...we will work with the profession."

  2. On the agenda

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    There'll be a number of things on the agenda at this morning's Cobra meeting. Completing the repatriation of the injured will be one, and another will be the need to press the Tunisian authorities to finish the formal identification of those killed. That's proving difficult because many hadn't carried any documents to the beach. 

    The security services will also brief the meeting on efforts being made to identify links - if indeed there are any - between the gunman and other terrorists.

    And finally, plans for Friday's minute's silence in memory of those killed will also be discussed.

  3. Front pages

    We'll be picking out stories from the papers as we go along this morning, but in the meantime,  check out our daily digest.  Top of the agenda is a minute's silence - or "a minute's defiance", as several papers put it - for the Tunisia victims, announced by David Cameron.

  4. Welfare report

    More than half of UK households receive more from in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax, according to a report by the Centre for Policy Studies  think tank.

    The centre-right organisation said 51.5% of households took in more than they contributed in 2013/14. That's down from a peak of 53.5% in 2010/11, but well above the 43.8% recorded in 2000/01.

    Co-author Adam Memon said that the figures displayed levels of "welfare dependency" which were too high, and urged the government to press ahead with deeper welfare reform.

    But the TUC called the analysis as "extremely misleading", because it included retired households who receive pensions after a lifetime of paying taxes.  

  5. Pupil premium report

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    In another education story, the National Audit Office has found that schools in some of England's poorest areas saw funding fall by more than 5% between 2010-11 and 2014-15. 

    The NAO report said:

    Over the last four years, the department has given £6 billion to schools under the pupil premium policy but reduced other school funding in real terms at the same time. As a result total per-pupil funding has increased in 55% of schools in real terms, but it has decreased in real terms in the remainder. Some schools with very disadvantaged intakes have less money per pupil now, in real terms, than in 2010, despite the extra funding provided by the pupil premium."

    The report said money allocated via the pupil premium was yet to make an impact - although it has "potential", there is still "more to do" by schools and government, it concluded.

    The government says it wants every child to benefit from a good education, regardless of their background. Read more.

  6. School standards

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    Elsewhere, schools in England are to face tougher exam targets, under plans announced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. Those falling below the targets, including some rated as "good" by Ofsted, will be labelled as "coasting".

    The new threshold for secondary schools will require 60% of pupils to achieve five good GCSEs, including English and maths.

    "I'm unapologetic about shining a spotlight on complacency," said Mrs Morgan. 

    We'll be hearing more on the plans from the education secretary this morning. Read more.

  7. Tunisia attack

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    On the subject of Tunisia, cabinet will meet today to discuss the events of last Friday. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will also chair another meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee.

    Up to 18 UK citizens have been confirmed dead, and it is feared the number will rise to about 30. Four of those seriously wounded by the gunman on the beach near Sousse were flown home to the UK on an RAF C17 aircraft overnight. Read our full story.

  8. Good morning

    Hello from a very sunny Westminster, Victoria King and Alex Hunt here with Politics Live. We'll take you through all the events of the day, including further political reaction to the beach attack in Tunisia.