In other news, the EU's top court has ruled that Germany can bar EU migrants from certain social security benefits even if they have previously worked in Germany.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling applies to all EU member states - and UK Conservatives say it strengthens Prime Minister David Cameron's hand in his push for major EU reforms.

Even after six months' residence in an EU state a migrant may still be refused any social assistance, the ECJ ruled.

The judgement, external concerned a Bosnian-born Swedish national - Nazifa Alimanovic - who had claimed subsistence allowances after losing her job in Germany.

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The whispers began early in the congregation at St Paul's. Would he be here? Where was he sitting? Would he wear a tie?

The whispers were about Jeremy Corbyn. As the new leader of the Opposition he now had a seat in the Cathedral and not just any seat. Jeremy Corbyn sat on the front row with the prime minister and defence secretary. His first official engagement as Labour leader had placed him at the heart of the political and military establishment.

He didn't look obviously uncomfortable. After the Service he told me he'd been to St Paul's many times before and it was a beautiful church. He said that he had thought of his mother today who had been an air raid warden during the Blitz.

During the service, the Dean of St Paul's, the very Reverend David Ison, said we remembered the Battle of Britain bravery today but were also mindful that "our world is disfigured still by war and violence."

Reviving the body that monitored paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland could help mend the stalled peace process, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has said.

She told the House of Commons earlier that the situation in Northern Ireland was "very grave", and establishing a new monitoring commission might help.

But in a tweet after her address, DUP leader Peter Robinson called her words "a holding statement".

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The new Labour leader has a love of manholes covers and inspection hatches found in the street.

Telegraph writer Christopher Howse, who shares Jeremy Corbyn's interest in coal plates, or opercula, reckoned it was a sign of his "true conservatism" and offered a “key to his character”.

Mr Corbyn was previously quoted as saying: "People think It's a little odd, but there we are."

Former Conservative Home Secretary Ken Baker also joined in the debate, hosted by Jo Coburn on the Daily Politics.

Now shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has issued his own statement on Europe, saying Labour must not "walk away" from the European Union but strive to make it work better for people. It reads. 

More on the evolving political debate about Europe since Jeremy Corbyn's election. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has appealed to "progressives" within Labour and other parties to join forces to make the case for the benefits of EU membership. Ms Lucas, who was an MEP before being elected to Westminster, says:

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We are getting the first details of what Jeremy Corbyn is expected to say to union members when he addresses the TUC annual congress later. He will pledge to oppose the government over its plans for further welfare cuts and restrictions on trade union strike ballots. He is expected to say that austerity is a "political choice not a necessity". This quote is among the excerpts from the 15-minute speech that have been released to the media in advance. 

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Later in that interview with Martha Kearney, Lord Falconer made it clear that he would not stay in the shadow cabinet if the Labour leadership decided to campaign to leave the EU. This is what he said: 

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Shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer says he backs a the best possible agreement on workers' rights as part of the EU renegotiation but his view is that the UK should stay in the EU "come what may" and he can't envisage "any circumstances" in which the UK might exit. 

Even talk that the UK might leave is "damaging", he tells Radio 4's World at One. 

The Labour peer, once a flatmate of Tony Blair, accepts that there will be differences of opinion between Jeremy Corbyn and his colleagues, including himself which will need to be worked out but says there is common ground on the need to keep the Human Rights Act and stay in the European Convention of Human Rights. He refuses to be drawn on whether he supported the appointment of John McDonnell as shadow chancellor but says MPs were "courteous and respectful" of their new leader at their first meeting last night. 

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TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady says the union movement is giving a "strong warning" to David Cameron that their members won't vote to keep the UK in the EU if he dilutes their rights  in his renegotiation. She says "Europe can't be all about business" and it must deliver "decent jobs, decent rights and a strong voice at work", protecting rights such as paid holidays. The prime minister must "come clean" about what his agenda is rather than "scuttling around Europe" but not stating his intentions, she adds.  

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The Daily Politics panel, which now includes Ayesha Hazarika, Ed Miliband's former jokes writer, and Times sketchwriter Patrick Kidd, are previewing tomorrow's Prime Minister's Questions - the first for Jeremy Corbyn in his new post.

Ayesha says it'll be interesting if the Labour leader does decide to try and shake up the format of PMQs by allowing other shadow cabinet members to question the PM or by opening it up to questions from the public. She says often leaders' PMQs debut can go quite well - "so I wouldn't underestimate Jeremy Corbyn".

Patrick, meanwhile, wonders whether David Cameron's strategy will be to not address Corbyn but the ranks behind him and put questions to them such as  "who thinks here we should scrap Trident?" - and wait for the "silence" behind.

Theresa Villiers tells MPs the situation in Northern Ireland is "extremely grave" in the wake of the First Minister's resignation, along with all but one of his team. 

The devolved institution is "looking dysfunctional" as departments have been left without ministerial leadership, she says - and confirms there'll be "no election" and the executive will not be suspended . 

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Theresa Villiers is updating MPs on the political crisis in Northern Ireland. She asked the new shadow Northern Ireland secretary Vernon Coaker to clarify Labour's position on Northern Ireland now Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are at the helm. He responded:

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Rob Williams, national chair of National Shop Stewards Network, contends that the trade union legislation is "a declaration of war" from the Tories.

Lord Baker, who was home secretary in the early 1990s, says the unions' language and behaviour reminds him of the 1980s. He says the government's proposals are "sensible", in particular higher voting thresholds for strikes to take place.

"That is not declaring war. That is acting responsibly," he says - warning of the affect of strike action on schools, for example.

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Unison general secretary Dave Prentice has signalled he could possibly defy new rules of the proposed Trade Union Bill, which plan to tighten rules on strike ballots. Speaking at the TUC conference in Brighton earlier, he told delegates:

Speaking straight afterwards at the same event, the PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka called for immediate coordinated strike action. He said: