David Cameron chairs a meeting on Greece, after the country voted to reject the terms of an international bailout
Mr Osborne pledges that the government will do "whatever is necessary" to protect the UK's economy against the fallout
It is two days until Mr Osborne unveils his first Budget since the general election
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale confirms the BBC is to take on the cost of free TV licences for over-75s
That's all for our live page coverage today. Please join us again on Tuesday when much of Westminster's attention will be on the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London. There will also, no doubt, be more speculation about what will feature in George Osborne's Budget, now less than 48 hours away.
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Image source, PAOn the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London, the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner has been examining whether we are any safer now than we were then. He writes:
Quote MessageSince the London bombings there have been enormous improvements in the way the police, the security service, community leaders and the public all tackle the threat from international terrorism. The authorities believe that it would be far harder, in 2015, for terrorists to carry out a complex, co-ordinated bomb plot like 7/7 without being detected. But conversely, that threat has diversified into something far harder to detect and stop."
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This just in from our political correspondent Iain Watson.
Unite sources say the union will remain affiliated to Labour.
There had been an attempt to prevent their political fund from being used to support any political party but this has been defeated at the union's rules conference in Brighton.
Unite is Labour's biggest trade union funder.
The political week has got off to a busy start, with plenty of reaction to the Greek referendum result, which saw the country vote to reject the terms of an international bailout. Here are the latest developments from today:
- Chancellor George Osborne pledged that the government will do "whatever is necessary" to protect the UK's economy against the Greek referendum fallout
- His comments came after David Cameron chaired a meeting to assess the impact on the UK of the situation in Greece
- The BBC is to cover the cost of providing free TVlicences for over-75s, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed
- Labour has "gone to sleep" since its election defeat and is shirking tough decisions about its future purpose and direction, says Lord Mandelson
- The press regulator has upheld a complaint against the Daily Telegraph over a story about a leaked government memo involving Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
- The opportunity for the London Olympics to inspire a generation of children to participate in sport has been squandered , Tessa Jowell's said
- The government has pledged £30m to speed up finding adoptive parents for children in care in England.
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David Cameron has spoken on the phone to German Chancellor Angela Merkel after her call with the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras. The prime minister's spokeswoman said the call was an opportunity to exchange views on the Greek situation and how the next few days will go. She said Mr Cameron believes that at this stage the issue is primarily for the Eurozone and that the ECB meeting today and tomorrow's Eurozone summit should not be prejudged.
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Mr Whittingdale made clear he wants to see the BBC reducing its "over reliance" on the tax payers - that means the BBC will have to find £650 million of its budget to cover those costs. But he also said the licence fee will be modernised to include catch up services. The licence fee will go up in line with the Consumer Price Index - as long, he warned, as the BBC demonstrates it is undertaking serious cuts.
There's lots to unpick. Why wouldn't you just cut the licence fee rather than shifting it to include the free offer to the over 75s? Why would you increase the fee in line with CPI ? And how much will the modernised licence fee - including iPlayer - bring in to a service now grappling with thousands of job cuts?
The curious thing is the timing. Everyone was expecting this to come in the budget. And to come from the chancellor. The fact that it has come two days early will leave many wondering what the political game is at stake.
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Up next, presentation of the Bat Habitat Regulation Bill, from Christopher Chope. Yes, you heard that right. That's swiftly followed by committee-stage scrutiny of the Scotland Bill.
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Image source, GettyCharles Walker, a Conservative MP, uses the point of order procedure to raise concerns about minicab app Uber, saying he has spoken to 55 black cab taxi drivers who are worried about its impact. He says he cannot bring the concerns to the floor of the Commons because they are devolved to the London Assembly.
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Speaker John Bercow says he's satisfied that the matter raised by Mr Carmichael "is proper to be discussed". The opposition parties rise to their feet to show their support for the move - and the debate is granted. It will take place tomorrow, 7 July, and last for three hours.
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Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael makes an urgent application under Standing Order 24 for an emergency debate on the government's plans for English votes for English laws.
He says the plans will result in "an exclusion on Scottish members voting on issues such as the budget", which, he says, would effectively set up "an English parliament within the House of Commons".
Mr Carmichael - the Lib Dems' only Scottish MP - says this is not the way to address the so-called West Lothian question. He says it appears the democratic position for England is to addressed "in one day from scratch", and that the people of England deserve better.
Quote MessageWe are dealing with a fundamental constitutional change. To seek to do this in one day may be technically competent, but is an outrageous abuse of process."
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In an earlier question the the chancellor, Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz said that 360 people a day were travelling illegally from Turkey to Greece and the country needed urgent help to police its border and the border of the EU. He asked what the government could do to help them with this.
The chancellor said Mr Vaz was right to draw attention to the "very serious" migrant problems in Greece. He said the home secretary, Theresa May, had spoken to the Greek government about the direct assistance the UK can provide to help with border policing.
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Rachael Maskell, Labour Co-operative MP, says infant moralities have doubled, and there have been significant increases in HIV and other diseases in Greece since the debt crisis began. The chancellor is asked what Britain is doing to prevent a humanitarian crisis occurring.
Mr Osborne says: "There is some real human suffering happening in Greece, and there are reports of a shortage of medicines." He says the government has been talking to British pharmaceutical companies to make sure they are still shipping to Greece, and that the UK remains a long term ally of Greece and will do whatever it can to help.