Britain is to commit a further £100 million to supporting refugees in camps bordering Syria. 

David Cameron made the announcement as he arrived for an emergency EU summit in Brussels on the migrant crisis. The Prime Minister said £40m of the additional cash would go to the World Food Programme. 

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A few days into Jeremy Corbyn's leadership there was a bit of confusion about Labour's position on the benefit cap - the maximum a household can claim in benefits. The government plans to reduce it from £26,000 to £23,000 in London and to £20,000 elsewhere.

In his interview with the New Statesman, external, Mr Corbyn is emphatic that Labour is against imposing a limit on benefits.

The New Statesman reckons he is asserting his authority over his shadow cabinet. Here's what he said:

Nuclear weapons proved to be the most hotly-contested issue at the Lib Dem conference this week - and it looks as if it will occupy centre-stage at Labour's conference in Brighton, which starts on Sunday.

The New Statesman, external reports - in a lengthy interview with Jeremy Corbyn - that the Labour leader has long spoken of his desire to re-establish Labour’s annual conference as the party’s pre-eminent decision-making body. 

And we now know delegates will be given the chance to vote on a motion to abolish Trident - Britain's nuclear weapons system. 

Asked if unilateral nuclear disarmament would become party policy if the motion were approved, Mr Corbyn tells the New Statesman: 

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The Lib Dem conference has only just finished but already there's plenty of limbering up for Labour's conference next week. The Fabian Review has published an interview, external with Chuka Umunna, once tipped as a Labour leader.

On Jeremy Corbyn's victory he says: "

More on that wide-ranging interview with Jeremy Corbyn in the News Statesman, external. The new Labour leader talks about developing his approach to Prime Minister's Questions, the criticism hurled at his shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and a possible Commons vote on military in Syria.

And there's news about his allotment and -  as music is on the political agenda this week - he reveals his favourite band. The Animals. 

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Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants have been further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels.

Slovakia is launching a legal challenge to mandatory quotas that were passed in a majority vote on Tuesday.

Hungary's PM defended its "democratic rights" and proposed a radical budgetary revamp to raise funds.

The summit will focus on tightening EU borders and aiding neighbours of Syria, from where many migrants come.

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Human Rights Watch's emergencies director, Peter Bouckaert, says Europe is waking up to the reality that migrants are arriving on its shores and it has a responsibility towards them.

Britain has opted out of the EU's migrant resettlement scheme, and set up a system of its own. Asked on BBC's News Channel if Britain was shirking its responsibilities, Mr Bouckaert says: "Absolutely. The UK is the only country that has opted out."

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Women, ethnic minority workers and employees in the service sector are less likely to qualify for automatic pension savings, a report has found.

A new system that automatically enrols workers into a pension scheme has been introduced gradually since 2012.

More than five million people have been enrolled as a result, receiving pension contributions from their employer.

But a report by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) shows that almost as many are ineligible to join.

A total of 4.8 million people are ineligible and not saving in a pension scheme.

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The business community has been reacting to Tim Farron's debut conference speech as Lib Dem leader. The CBI has welcomed what it said was Mr Farron’s "commitment to creating an environment where firms and people can prosper, including action on housing supply, better transport links and broadband connections across the country". Meanwhile, the British Chambers of Commerce applauded the party's focus on skills, innovation and infrastructure but warned the Lib Dems may be "out of step" with business opinion on Europe - which was "hungry for reform and change". 

There's an awful lot of nonsense spoken in the Westminster village about conference speeches, says BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins. He says the sweat and tears that go into these speeches go "entirely unnoticed by ordinary voters".

Speaking at the close of the Lib Dem conference - in sunny but breezy Bournemouth -  he says Tim Farron's key message to the party was that it has a future.

And he highlights the "strong emotional resonance" of Mr Farron's calls for the government to sign up to the EU's refugee resettlement plan.

Mr Farron received a spontaneous standing ovation, something which doesn't always happen in the middle of a conference speech.

Ross Hawkins says Mr Farron's job going forward is to win back the millions of Lib Dem voters who deserted the party last time.

"If he gets this truly wrong, if they really can't recover, the Liberal Democrats risk fading away into obscurity with him at the helm."

In the light of events in Brussels, the government's new minister for Syrian refugees, Richard Harrington, has just issued a statement about the UK's response. 

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BBC political editor

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Tim Farron didn't need to introduce himself to the audience in the Lib Dem conference hall. For years he has been a popular campaigner in the party, and during the years of coalition he wasn't shy of having a swipe at his colleagues who had gone into government.

But it was his first big set piece speech as the party's leader and after the Lib Dems' appalling loss at the general election his task was not really to punch through to the general public. Let's be realistic, with the party so diminished, most voters won't be paying that much attention.

Instead it was to persuade his party that all is not lost.

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Lib Dem peer Lord Greaves says the upbeat mood of the conference should not be mistaken for a sign that the party is about to make an imminent return to power or political influence. He says the party's focus should not be on winning elections, except for council seats, but becoming a "radical campaigning force". The ambition of occupying the centre ground in British politics is "stupid Westminster talk", he tells the BBC, advising the party to demonstrate its values by championing important issues rather than trying "to fill a hole" it perceives to be available.