Summary

  • A national one minute's silence is held at midday to commemorate the Tunisian beach attack victims

  • Chief executive of Kids Company charity steps down after funding was withheld

  • Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper pledges to create two million high tech jobs

  1. Recappublished at 17:57

    Here's a reminder of the main political stories of the day:

    + A minute's silence was held across the UK to remember the 38 people - including 30 Britons - killed in the Tunisia beach attack a week ago. The Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the silence, along with the families of the bereaved.

    + Much of the political news was about Camila Batmanghelidjh, the chief executive of well-known children's charity Kids Company who said she is to step down . It came as BBC Newsnight and Buzzfeed revealed government funding for her charity had been withheld over concerns about its ability to manage itself.

    +Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman reacted angrily to the claim that Ms Batmanghelidjh had been forced out, praising her leadership and the work the charity does with some of the most disadvantaged children in her Peckham constituency

    + Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall says she is the only  candidate who would fully break with Ed Miliband's leadership. She told  The Sun, external  her three rivals were all "continuity Miliband". One of those rivals, Yvette Cooper promised to create two million high tech jobs

    + Patients who miss appointments will be told how much they have cost the NHS, the health secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed.

  2. 'Transformed lives'published at 17:50

    A final word today on Kids Company, as the BBC's Alex Forsyth speaks to a young man who says his life, and the lives of others around him, have been "transformed"  by the South London charity.

    The 23-year-old, who did not want to be named, said:

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    If Kids Company didn't exist in the lives of many young people I think a lot more young people would be either dead or in prison

  3. Poll: Tories lead Labour by 12 pointspublished at 17:18

    PollImage source, Daily Mail

    In a telephone poll for the Daily Mail the Conservatives have recorded a 12-point lead over Labour and the Lib Dems have dropped two points behind UKIP.

    The results are as follows:

    Conservatives: 39% 

    Labour: 27%

    UKIP: 11%

    Lib Dems: 9%

    Greens: 6%

    Others: 3%

    The poll was carried out by ComRes. The pollsters interviewed 1,002 UK adults by telephone between 26 and 28 June.

  4. Preview of week aheadpublished at 17:04

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  5. Osborne V Lesliepublished at 17:04

    Just a quick reminder to watch The Andrew Marr show on Sunday. Chancellor George Osborne is the main guest, with his first all-Conservative budget due on Wednesday.

    His new opposite number for Labour, Chris Leslie, the MP for Nottingham East, will also be in the firing line.

    The show starts at 09:00 BST on BBC One.

  6. Natalie Bennett visits homeless camppublished at 16:25

    Natalie BennettImage source, @THeGreenParty

    Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she felt a “sense of shame” about Britain’s level of homelessness after visiting the Homeless Rights of Justice camp in Manchester city centre today.

    She called on Manchester City Council to “work constructively” with the protesters, and said she would write to Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner to ask what measures are being taken to protect the camp.

    She also called for a referendum on the government’s plans for devolution in Greater Manchester, which she said was being “imposed without democratic consent”.

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    Imposing devolution on a region without democratic consent – or indeed previous consultation – is clearly a very strange kind of devolution that’s likely to have disastrous effects.”

    Natalie Bennett, Green Party leader

  7. PM's circles of influencepublished at 16:14

    David CameronImage source, PA

    Historian Anthony Seldon has been considering the various "circles of influence" that have helped David Cameron operate, firstly as opposition leader and then as prime minister. In an article for Politics Home, external, he says the key personnel around Mr Cameron have remained remarkably settled since 2005 and that changes in 2012 helped No 10 restore "grip" after a shaky period culminating in the so-called omnishambles budget. Reflecting on George Osborne's pivotal role as policy supremo and confidant, he writes: 

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    The rhythm of the day remained unchanged throughout his time in power. The team met together at 8:30 in the morning and finished at 4pm in the afternoon in the prime minister’s office at the end of the Cabinet room. If Osborne was not there, Cameron would always want to know “what does George think?”

    Anthony Seldon

  8. 'It's not Bullingdon, it's Kids Company'published at 16:05

    Labour's Harriet Harman is in front of the cameras again today defending Kids Company and its outgoing chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh.

    She yet again she placed emphasis on the good work Kids Company is doing, and she told the BBC: "Really we should be supporting her not criticising her.

    "The charity is sustainable if the government keeps it's promise."

    "This organisation is doing what it set out to do, this isn't the Bullingdon Club this is Kids Company in Camberwell."

    For the full story click here .

  9. 'Burnham is Blair mark II'published at 15:38

    John Rentoul, columnist for Independent on Sunday

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  10. Lamb: Let's work with Labourpublished at 15:28

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    Lib Dem leadership contender Norman Lamb has urged his party to "bury the hatchet" with Labour and work with "progressives" from other parties on issues of common interest. In an interview for the Times' Red Box website, Mr Lamb ruled out any pacts with Labour but called on the two parties to join forces to fight cuts to public services and Conservative plans to "shrink the state". He said: 

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    The first priority for us is to define ourselves as a liberal force but should that be tribal and exclusive? Absolutely not. There are much bigger issues at stake. We have to end the recriminations and bury the hatchet and be prepared to engage with progressives in Labour and the Greens."

    Norman Lamb

  11. Andy Burnham: UK leaderpublished at 15:22

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  12. This Weekpublished at 15:12

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  13. Kids Company defendedpublished at 15:07

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  14. 60-second political recappublished at 14:49

    The Daily Politics

    In case you missed the BBC's Daily Politics earlier, all is not lost, here's a snazzy 60-second recap of the main political stories of the week.

    And in case you want to delve deeper into the tuition fee entry (See 11:57) here's a clip that should shed more light on the issue..

  15. Anyone for tennis?published at 14:47

    Lord Coe and Stephen Hammond at WimbledonImage source, PA

    Lord Coe has been enjoying proceedings at Wimbledon. Sat next to him is Conservative MP Stephen Hammond, whose Wimbledon constituency is home to the All England Club. We're sure they'll be rooting for British number one Heather Watson, who is taking on five-time champion Serena Williams later. 

  16. This week's New Statesmanpublished at 14:27

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  17. Kendall's comments at latest Labour hustingspublished at 14.20

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  18. Turn the Commons into a museum - Umunnapublished at 14:00

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    MPs should abandon the Houses of Parliament in favour of a less confrontational modern chamber, a senior Labour MP has suggested.

    Chuka Umunna said the debate over how to conduct urgent repairs costing up to £7bn was an ideal moment to move forward and turn the historic Palace of Westminster into a tourist attraction. 

    "It's a beautiful building and it often feels like you are in a museum. So why don't we turn it into a museum?" he asked in an interview with the Evening Standard, external

    "How in 2015 is it that we are carrying on with a Commons that cannot even seat all its members? How can we continue with a chamber that nurtures the ridiculous tribalism that switches so many people off?" - suggesting a semi-circular arrangement like that used in many other countries instead. 

    "I think that would change the nature of debate. Sketchwriters would hate it."

    Chuka Umunna
  19. Harman furious over Kids Company situationpublished at 13:49

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said she was "really angry" over the news that Kids Company, which is in her Peckham and Camberwell constituency, had effectively been forced to get rid of its chief executive.

    Asked about claims the prime minister had "caved in" by agreeing to continue funding the charity, she said:"David Cameron is not caving in, he promised before the election that the government would support Kids Company."

    Asked about complaints that were previously made to about Kids Company over the way its finances were run, Ms Harman said: "The complaint to the Charity Commission didn't even get as far as a proper investigation."

    She added: "It's not lavish down there. It's a pretty hand to mouth organisation."

    "What I don't want it the sense to be created that they are some how massively inefficient or corrupt.

    She said "people in their comfortable lives" were judging an organisation "which is desperately needy".

    She also said "the overwhelming majority of its money" was raised privately.  

  20. Kids Companypublished at 13:34

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