The general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, Steve Gillan, says he gives Michael Gove's comments on reforming prisoner education a "cautious welcome". However, he adds that the "devil will be in the detail". 

Mr Gillan says: 

The Department of Health says that the cap on care costs, which was due to come into effect in April 2016, will be delayed until April 2020. The cap would have restricted the amount a person pays on social care to £72,000. 

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Security Minister John Hayes also says the judgement against Dripa would have security implications for the country.

Ministers have been reacting to the High Court judgement against the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (Dripa), after two judges ruled parts of it were "inconsistent with EU law".

Security Minister John Hayes says the government disagrees "absolutely" with the judgment and confirmed it will seek an appeal.

He adds:

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Another Labour leadership hopeful, Jeremy Corbyn, says he is "very concerned" that the UK is becoming "deeply militarily involved" in Syria.

He adds: 

Mr Corbyn says the prime minister should come back to Parliament and seek authority for the action.

"I'd be very surprised if he got it," he says.

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Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper says David Cameron needs to make an urgent statement to Parliament about air strikes on the Islamic State group in Syria.

She said Labour had not been consulted as part of talks between the government and Labour on national security.

Mr Gove describes the current prison estate as "out of date, overcrowded and, in far too many cases, insanitary and inadequate". 

The justice secretary also says the money raised from selling off sites would be "significant" and could be reinvested in a "modern estate".   

Justice Secretary Michael Gove says education in prisons must be overhauled in order to reduce re-offending and make prisoners more employable.

He also suggests an "earned release" for inmates in England and Wales who work hard on their education.

Jennifer Gibson, of human rights charity Reprieve, believes there needs to be an open debate about what's the right response to the Islamic State group in Syria. 

Lord Ashdown also says the Commons "has been ignored" over the question of UK involvement in Syria air strikes, and that the government had been "deliberately and straighforwardly defying it".

Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown tells BBC Radio Somerset the government will find the Commons an angry place, as it has defied the wishes of Parliament over allowing British troops to be involved in air strikes in Syria. 

Lord Ashdown says: 

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Crispin Blunt, says the 2013 vote by MPs on whether to take military action in Syria was a "totally different decision" to the question of the latest strikes on the Islamic State group - and that the decision by MPs in 2013 has not been undermined. 

He says the 2013 vote was about strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and that "this is not about operations against Assad". He also says that IS is "undoubtedly our enemy". 

He adds: 

But Mr Blunt says questions will be "part of a wider picture" of what the UK is doing to combat IS - not just on the use of embedded personnel.   

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Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said committee members have not had a chance to discuss the issue of UK service personnel taking part in strikes against Islamic State targets. But he said he did not think the matter was "particularly important". 

He says: 

Professor Fawaz Gerges, chair of contemporary Middle Eastern studies at the London School of Economics, says he is not surprised by the news of a small number of British military pilots carrying out air-strikes in Syria, while working for allies in the US-led coalition. 

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The case against Dripa was brought by MPs David Davis - the former shadow conservative Home Secretary - and Labour's Tom Watson. 

They say they are concerned to protect the confidentiality of their contacts with constituents and other members of the public - including whistleblowers - who might approach them with sensitive information.

At the High Court, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Collins declared that section one of Dripa "does not lay down clear and precise rules providing for access to and use of communications data" and should be "disapplied". 

However, the judges said their disapplication order should be suspended until after 31 March 2016 "to give Parliament the opportunity to put matters right". They also granted the home secretary permission to appeal against their ruling.

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The case against Dripa was supported by human rights pressure group Liberty. In a statement it said: 

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BBC legal correspondent

The two MPs argued that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (Dripa) legislation was rushed, lacks adequate safeguards and must be rethought. Their challenge comes as the Home Secretary drafts even more controversial proposals, dubbed the Snoopers' Charter. This legislation would allow agencies to gather huge amounts of information about how terrorism suspects and criminals use the internet and social media. 

It is highly unusual, perhaps unprecedented, for MPs to challenge primary legislation in the courts. Normally it would be scrutinised in parliament, but the two MPs say that because Dripa was rushed through in days, there was no time for proper parliamentary scrutiny and that this judicial review was their only option.