Here's a recap of today's political developments:

• Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has unveiled a series of plans he claims will solve England's housing crisis
• The first Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK since the government announced it was expanding its protection scheme have arrived
• Ex-Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said it will take a decade for the party to recover from the last election - putting him at odds with the current leader Tim Farron who insisted the Lib Dems could hold power in just five years

• David Cameron's flagship policy to sell off housing association properties has been compared to a Robert Mugabe-style land grab by former Lib Dem minister Ed Davey

• David Cameron has responded to the Lord Ashcroft row
• Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has defended the government's decision to take action in Libya after criticism from a former head of the Army
• The Metropolitan Police announces it is to take no action against Lord Sewel over allegations of drug use which led to him quitting the House of Lords
• Labour's new environment spokeswoman, Kerry McCarthy, says she will approach her new job with an "open mind" despite herstrong views on meat consumption and farming.

As the first of 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK since the government announced it was expanding its protection scheme arrive, the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for more clarity over the scheme and a commitment that councils will receive the necessary funding to support the refugees.

David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's asylum, migration and refugee task group, said:

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Labour donor Assem Allam - who said last week he'd fund MPs who defect from Labour to set up a new party - has been speaking to Channel 4 News. He said he'd been speaking to people in both the Commons and the Lords and "you can see the great sense of frustration but they all agree it is too early to come out in the open and that's why I have no doubt in my mind from what I've seen - inside information - that many MPs will defect if they cannot correct the situation".

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The campaign for the UK to remain in the EU must make a positive case for continued membership, according to Ruth Davidson.

The Scottish Conservative leader wants the UK to stay in Europe but supports David Cameron's plan for negotiation of reforms and a referendum on the issue.

She has set out her position on the vote in a speech in Brussels.

The Scottish government said the Tories were to blame for any threat to Scotland's membership of the EU.

More here.

Responding to the approval by EU interior ministers of a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent, Timothy Kirkhope, Conservative home affairs spokesman in the European Parliament, has voiced concerns about the way the matter was decided.

"My greatest fear is that forcing such a divisive issue to a vote will have negative consequences in the long run," he said, adding:

The first of 20,000 Syrian refugees to be taken in by the UK have arrived in the country, the Home Office has said.

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It's been another busy day at Lib Dem conference, with a speech from ex-health minister Norman Lamb in which he said English councils should be allowed to put up taxes to fund the NHS, and a tribute to former leader Charles Kennedy, who died earlier this year.

Here's a round up of today's other political developments:

• Ex-Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said it will take a decade for the party to recover from the last election - putting him at odds with the current leader Tim Farron who insisted the Lib Dems could hold power in just five years

• David Cameron's flagship policy to sell off housing association properties has been compared to a Robert Mugabe-style land grab by former Lib Dem minister Ed Davey
• David Cameron has responded to the Lord Ashcroft row
• Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has defended the government's decision to take action in Libya after criticism from a former head of the Army
• The Metropolitan Police announces it is to take no action against Lord Sewel over allegations of drug use which led to him quitting the House of Lords
• Labour's new environment spokeswoman, Kerry McCarthy, says she will approach her new job with an "open mind" despite her strong views on meat consumption and farming.

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EU interior ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent over the next two years.

It will see migrants moved from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other EU countries.

Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary voted against accepting mandatory quotas.

Finland abstained from the vote. Poland, which had opposed the proposal, voted for it. The matter must now be ratified by EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday.

More here.

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Fixing Britain's "housing crisis" will be the Liberal Democrats' "number one" campaigning priority, Tim Farron is to say in his first conference speech as party leader tomorrow.

According to extracts of his speech released by the party, Mr Farron will say the problem is a "national emergency" and set out six policies he thinks the government needs to take to address it.

These will include axing plans to extend right-to-buy to housing association tenants, creating a Housing Investment Bank to boost house-building and requiring developers to advertise properties in the UK first.

Mr Farron will tell the Lib Dem conference, which wraps up on Wednesday:

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Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said it will take a decade for the party to recover from the last election.

The view puts him at odds with the current leader Tim Farron who insisted - in an interview with the BBC - that the Lib Dems could hold power in just five years.

Mr Farron's claim the Lib Dems can and must return to office has been a central theme of his first party conference.

But Sir Menzies urged Lib Dems to be realistic, and said the claim they could recover so quickly risked being met with cynicism and scepticism by voters.

Full story here..

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David Cameron's flagship policy to sell off housing association properties has been compared to a Robert Mugabe-style land grab by a former Lib Dem minister.

Ed Davey said the government had no right to sell the properties because they did not belong to the state.

And he claimed the "shameful" policy would hit those in housing need.

A Lib Dem source said that was "not language we would choose to use but we are concerned about the implications of losing housing association homes".

More here.

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European interior ministers have agreed a deal to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent following a vote in Brussels. 

Under the plan, migrants will be moved from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other countries in the EU.

However, in an unusual development, four central european countries voted against the mandatory quotas. Read our full story

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The government wants to bring in new contracts for junior doctors but they say this could lead to a 40% salary cut and changes affecting weekday evenings and Saturday working hours.

Earlier on Daily Politics, Jo Coburn heard from Dr Andrew Collier, the co-chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, and Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of NHS Employers.And the former business secretary Vince Cable also gave his reaction to the potential changes.