Summary

  • Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments and key clips from BBC output

  • David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clash over tax credits at Prime Minister's Questions

  • Home Secretary sets out details of the draft Investigatory Powers Bill

  • The government says Sinai plane crash may have been caused by a bomb

  • UK-bound flights from Sharm el-Sheikh have been delayed amid the concerns

Live Reporting

Pippa Simm, Alex Hunt and Rajdeep Sandhu

  1. Hunt interview on Today

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

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    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is setting out details of the government's proposed new contracts for junior doctors in a letter to 50,000 medics in England.

    It comes as the British Medical Association prepares to send ballot papers out on Thursday ahead of possible industrial action in a fraught pay dispute.

    The health secretary told Today any doctor working within legal maximum safe hours "will not be worse off". He says there are about 500 doctors working outside legal safe hours and they will have their hours restricted to ensure safer care for patients.

  2. Surveillance bill to include internet records storage

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    Internet firms will have to store details of people's online activity for 12 months under a new surveillance law.

    The requirement is included in the government's draft Investigatory Powers Bill, to be published later.

    The government is promising strict safeguards, including a ban on councils accessing people's internet records and a new offence of misuse of the data.

    Ministers are also facing calls for judges to sign warrants to access the content of digital records.

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  3. HMRC still failing UK taxpayers, say MPs

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    Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is "still failing UK taxpayers", the Public Accounts Committee has said.

    It believes the quality of its customer service "could be considered a genuine threat to tax collection".

    In the first half of 2015, HMRC contact centres answered only half of calls, and only 39% within five minutes.

    HMRC responded that it had now recruited 3,000 more staff but that the customer service issues had not affected its ability to collect tax.

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  4. Jeremy Hunt makes pay offer in junior doctor row

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    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to 50,000 junior doctors in England outlining plans he says would lead to basic pay increasing by 11%.

    But he wants to curb other elements including guaranteed pay rises.

    The British Medical Association said it had not seen the proposals. It is preparing to send ballot papers out on Thursday ahead of possible industrial action in a fraught pay dispute.

    Mr Hunt says just 1% of NHS junior doctors would lose out under his plans.

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  5. Good morning

    Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of political developments on what looks set to be a busy day - with Prime Minister's Question a Wednesday highlight at noon. But that might not be the main story of the day - Home Secretary Theresa May is unveiling her plans to bring in laws to allow greater surveillance of all Britons' online activities. We know some of the details - the rest will be unveiled at around 12:30 GMT.