David Cameron faced his weekly Prime Minister's Questions from 12:00
A long-awaited review into Britain's airport capacity recommends a new runway for Heathrow
Downing Street said there would be no "snap judgement" on the findings
Boris Johnson says it would have "catastrophic" impacts and predicts "it's not going to happen"
MPs debate a ministerial statement on the Airports Commission review
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announces a new way of measuring child poverty
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Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP for Wimbledon, has joined the panel - and he's very critical of Sir Howard Davies's report on airports. He says a number of the recommendations in it "don't stand up, even to a very cursory glance". He cites the proposed ban on night flights, and says this "undermines the connectivity argument".
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Moving on to a discussion on the threat of so-called Islamic State, Mary Creagh is asked whether Labour is open to the idea of air strikes against IS militants in Syria? She says there is an issue of "who are we attacking and why", noting that the Tunisian gunman who carried out the beach attack was said to have been trained in Libya.
She says the PM hasn't proposed air strikes in Syria, but Labour should look at the proposals if they are brought forward. Ms Creagh adds that she personally would be open to the idea. But the UK would need to be acting as part of an international force, with a clear plan and exit strategy, she says, adding that this was not achieved in Iraq or Libya.
Do your regret Labour's decision not to back air strikes in Syria? "Yes I do," she replies.
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The BBC's Daily Politics programme is under way on BBC Two right now, or you can watch it online by clicking on the "Live Coverage" tab above. Today's guests include shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh and Communities Minister Brandon Lewis.
Discussing the situation in Greece, Ms Creagh says it's a "very uncertain time" for the country and her "heart goes out" to the Greek people. The situation will probably harm Greece's tourism industry this summer, too, she adds.
Mr Lewis says it's "a very worrying situation". Asked what happens in the event of a 'Grexit', Mr Lewis says it will have "a knock on effect" throughout the EU and something which the UK must be prepared for. And that's what the government is doing, he adds. Ms Creagh says the big risk to the UK is "contagion".
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Cabinet Office questions are under way in the House of Commons. Prime Minister's Questions will, of course, follow at noon.
Image source, PALabour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall has given her backing to Sir Howard Davies's decision on airports expansion - and said it is time to act.
Quote MessageThe country has to get behind this now - the time for fudge and indecision is over. Many thousands of jobs right across the country depend on Britain maintaining an international hub airport that keeps pace with the rest of the world. With my leadership, Labour will be a party of jobs and work – so I will back the commission's decision. We need to act now."
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Image source, Getty ImagesA First World War London Battle Bus which carried troops to Somme beside the Guards Memorial at Horse Guards Parade, London
A public online ballot is being held to allow 8,000 people to attend the Battle of the Somme centenary commemorations in France in exactly a year's time.
The event at the Thiepval Memorial on 1 July 2016 will be one of the biggest commemorations of the First World War with around 10,000 people attending. The 8,000 tickets will be allocated in pairs, with the ballot opening on 28 September.
More details of the online ballot can be found on the Somme 2016 website at www.somme2016.org, external.
Quote MessageThe tragic events at the Battle of the Somme left a deep mark on a huge scale. Nearly everyone in the UK will have an ancestor who fought or died at the Somme. It's important that people across the UK have the chance to remember and honour these brave soldiers."
John Whittingdale, Secretary of state for culture
The government has also announced a further £4m in funding through the Heritage Lottery Fund so communities can explore and share local connections to the First World War.
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It's cost millions of pounds and runs to hundreds of pages. But do the maps, graphs and paragraphs in the Airports Commission's Final Report get us any closer to diggers rolling up somewhere in the south east of England, with a few lorries full of tarmac trundling along behind?
The honest answer is a bit closer, but not much.
Because whilst the Commission offers weighty analysis, it's a knotty political decision in the end.
And whilst the Commission says Heathrow, the prime minister's "no ifs, not buts" promise not to sanction expansion there would take one heck of a lot of wriggling out of. Just think Nick Clegg and tuition fees and what broken promises can do to you.
But here's another thought: David Cameron won't be prime minister forever. He'll be gone in less than five years.
And it takes longer than that to build a runway.
Image source, ReutersBBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme has published its power list of "top 10 influencers" - and top of the list comes Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, following her party's impressive electoral performance at the 2015 general election. The SNP won 56 out of 59 Scottish seats - up from six in 2010.
Ms Sturgeon is the only politician to feature in the list, although Camilla Cavendish, director of Downing Street Policy Unit, came in fifth.
Here's the full breakdown.
Image source, PAGatwick airport "is still very much in the race", its CEO, Stewart Wingate has said in response to the Airports Commission's final report.
The report hasn't jettisoned the idea of Gatwick expansion entirely, saying it remains a "credible" option.
Mr Wingate said Gatwick would give the UK "the economic benefits it needs".
Quote MessageIt is for the Commission to make a recommendation but it is of course for the government to decide. So we now enter the most important stage of the process. We are confident that when the government makes that decision they will choose Gatwick as the only deliverable option."
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Image source, PAAt long last, the Airports Commission has published its work. To almost no-one's surprise its recommendation was another runway at Heathrow but leaving the potential option of expansion at Gatwick.
What is also quite possible is that it will, to the ongoing annoyance of the business community who fear the UK falling behind, never get built.
That's what the London mayor has said this morning. That's what some members of the cabinet would also oppose and indeed, David Cameron would have to perform a U-turn of monumental proportions to go for it.
Given those barriers it is quite feasible that the fate of the runway will be decided not by the current government but the next - Labour could support it, but it might well become one of the defining issues of a race to succeed David Cameron. Watch not just what Boris Johnson says today but also, the Chancellor George Osborne.
While we've been focusing on the airports reaction there are of course some major news stories happening across the Channel. The latest is that Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has made a fresh offer to international creditors as the debt crisis escalates, according to media reports. Follow the full story here.
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Quentin Willson has warned the chancellor about the "disappointing rumours" from Westminster of a fuel duty rise to come in the 8 July Budget.
The motoring journalist and former Top Gear presenter, who is part of the FairFuelUK campaign, claimed a £8bn hit to the UK economy was a "price that is not worth paying".
And he said no Tory MP or minister would talk about a proposed duty rise at the election, which meant there would be a "sense of arrogance and betrayal" over such a rise, which would be "duplicitous and reckless".
Watch his film coming up on Wednesday's Daily Politics, after PMQs, when he will debate with Conservative Brandon Lewis and Labour's Mary Creagh live on-air.
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The Green Party's five London mayoral candidates have declared their opposition to a third runway at Heathrow - and are urging other mayoral candidates to do the same.
Benali Hamdache, Caroline Russell, Jonathan Bartley, Sian Berry and Tom Chance have all put their names forward to contest next year's elections. In a joint statement they said:
Quote MessageWe call on all mayoral candidates from all parties to unite in opposition to a new runway at Heathrow, which would be a disaster for public health and climate change. Both mayors, the London Assembly and other politicians from across London have long opposed Heathrow expansion. The upcoming mayoral election should be a referendum on the Airports Commission's dangerous proposal.”
The Green Party opposes expansion of any of Britain’s airports, saying aviation capacity is "incompatible" with the UK's climate change commitments.
Image source, Getty ImagesTim Farron, one of the two candidates vying for the Liberal Democrat leadership, has reaffirmed his opposition to Heathrow expansion, which he says is based on concerns about air pollution and noise for nearby resident. He suggests that the UK's regional airports and "other London hubs like Stansted", could be better utilised.
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Sir Paul Beresford - MP for Mole Valley, near Gatwick Airport - says Sir Howard’s recommendation is a “sigh of relief” as the Gatwick proposals were "nonsense”. It is “vitally important” for the country's economy that a third runway at Heathrow is built, he adds.
Asked whether the PM is heading towards an almighty bust-up in the party if he gives the go-ahead to Heathrow, Sir Paul says he’s not. What if the PM revisits Gatwick? “I don't think he's going to do that, as he cannot justify it," he tells the BBC. And what will happen if the government chooses to delay the decision? There'll be "more uproar" from MPs - Conservatives and others – as well as from businesses, Sir Paul predicts.
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Conservative MPs in favour of Heathrow have demanded cabinet ministers opposed to a third runway for constituency reasons be barred from any say in the final decision.
There are around five cabinet ministers who would be effected by a third runway, including Justine Greening, Theresa May, Philip Hammond, Greg hands and Theresa Villiers. Several of them have already expressed strong opposition to a third runway.
Tory MPs who live close to Gatwick have written to the cabinet secretary urging him to rule that those cabinet ministers with a constituency interest should not be allowed a vote on the third runway.
One of the Tory MPs backing Heathrow, Henry Smith, this morning urged Mr Cameron to press ahead "swiftly"with Heathrow and described it as "the right conclusion".