Summary

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

  • Downing Street confirms flights to return from Sharm el-Sheikh to the UK tomorrow

  • Further details emerge of government's plans to monitor online activity

  • Some of Jeremy Corbyn's critics in the Parliamentary Labour Party seize key positions

  • Justine Greening and Chuka Umunna among the BBC Question Time panel

  1. Thursday summarypublished at 23:36

    That's it for Question Time - This Week is coming up on BBC One.

    Earlier today, Downing Street said airlines would start to bring back Britons from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday. Some of Jeremy Corbyn's critics in the Parliamentary Labour Party seized key policy-making positions, and there have been anti-capitalist protests in central London.

  2. Final question on school testspublished at 23:33

    Are schools becoming "joyless exam factories" is the last question, following the debate about tests for seven-year-olds in primary schools in England.

  3. Londoners 'dominate' housing debatepublished at 23:32 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    Huffington Post political reporter tweets

  4. Postpublished at 23:28

  5. 'Challenging' police cuts: Greeningpublished at 23:26

    Question Time

    Police forces are running more effectively, says Justine Greening. Cuts are "challenging and difficult" she says but adds that "sustainable" and "affordable" funding levels are needed. Crime overall has fallen, she says.

  6. Coming up on This Weekpublished at 23:22

    This Week

    Andrew Neil rounds up the political week with Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo. They are later joined by Miranda Green on the big red sofas.

    Shami Chakrabarti gives her take on why she thinks the public should be scared about the new powers in the Investigatory Powers Bill and why this level of government intrusion is not acceptable in a modern democracy.

    Media caption,

    Shami Chakrabarti on Investigatory Powers Bill

    Journalist and broadcaster Jane Moore (below) reviews the political week in a film, before actress Maureen Lipman looks at claims of politics being style over substance.Watch the programme live on BBC1 from 23:35, or on the Live Coverage tab above.

    Jane Moore
  7. Housing policy has been a 'catastrophe'published at 23:21

    "It's quite plain that our housing policy in this country has been a catastrophe for many years", says Peter Hitchens. Successive governments have tried to cover up their failure by "pumping up housing bubbles", he says.

  8. 'Unexpected' backingpublished at 23:21 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    Guardian columnist tweets

  9. 'Crocodile tears' on housingpublished at 23:14

    Housing

    Spare us the "crocodile tears" on housing costs, a man in the audience tells Chuka Umunna, accusing Labour and the Conservatives of selling off council houses. Mr Umunna doesn't accept that. Justine Greening says it's important for young people to be able to get on the property ladder, and is met with murmurs of discontent. She sets out what the government is doing to help people get onto the property ladder, including building more houses. She and Mr Umunna then trade stats about the number of new homes being built.

    Here's an article looking at why the UK struggles to hit its housebuilding targets.

  10. Intervention: The 'key question'published at 22:58

    Chuka Umunna says he doesn't have any principle objection to military intervention: "But I think the key question is whether it can saves and make a positive difference,"

    On the whole, he says, you would want a UN resolution backing the intervention.

  11. 'Half a strategy' in Syriapublished at 2257

    Justine Greening says the government has "half a strategy" in tackling so-called Islamic State as it is able to carry out air strikes in Iraq but not in Syria. That is why the government is looking for a consensus in the House of Commons to intervene in Syria, she says.

    This week a Commons committee urged ministers not to press ahead with air strikes.

  12. 'Everyone's right, nobody's wrong'published at 22.53

    Junior doctors row

    Chuka Umunna says he doesn't support strike action but is certainly not going to condemn doctors for doing it. This leads to a clash with Victoria Coren Mitchell, who accuses him of an "I love everyone, everyone's right, nobody's wrong" attitude. Doctors have to go on strike, she says. The Labour MP says people in his constituency depend on medical treatment, saying her comment "sounds good - it will get a clap but in the end it's not going to do anything".

    BBCQT
  13. 'Get round the table'published at 21:47

    Justine Greening says the government is trying to provide a seven-day NHS service and prevent doctors from being overworked. Clearly an agreement has not yet been reached she says, urging them to "get round the table".

    Read more: What is the junior doctors row about?

  14. Labour by-election candidate chosenpublished at 22:47 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    BBC North West political editor tweets

  15. Doctors' row backgroundpublished at 22:43

  16. Question Time under waypublished at 22:38 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    We're up and running in Tottenham. On the panel are International Development Secretary Justine Greening, Labour's Chuka Umunna, journalist Peter Hitchens, broadcaster Victoria Coren Mitchell, and Green Party peer Jenny Jones.

  17. MPs condemn dog meat tradepublished at 2238

    Conservative MP Simon Hoare expressed sympathy for Mr Flello's motion but but warned against telling other countries what to do. 

    "If we go down a cultural imperialist route, as desirable as the outcome might be, I am tempted to think that there would be a very fierce backlash against that," he added.

  18. MPs condemn 'barbaric' dog meat tradepublished at 22:00

    Commons debated the issue earlier

    Dog meat festivalImage source, Reuters

    The government is to write to British embassies in countries where dog meat is consumed urging them to suggest ways to improve animal welfare in the trade.

    Foreign Office Minister James Duddridge made the commitment in a Commons debate as MPs described the industry as "inhumane" and "disgusting".

    Labour MP Rob Flello said other countries' traditions could not be a "smokescreen" for "barbaric" practices.

    He called for action to stop an annual dog meat festival in south-west China.

    Read the full story

  19. London protest latestpublished at 21:16

    BBC political journalist tweets

  20. Protesters clash with police at anti-capitalist demopublished at 21:14

    Protester with burning poilce carImage source, EPA

    Police have clashed with protesters at an anti-capitalist rally in central London.

    Thousands gathered at Parliament Square for the Million Mask March, many wearing the "Guido" masks of the Anonymous hacking group.

    A police car was set alight and its windscreen smashed near Green Park.

    Mounted officers formed a barrier against a densely packed crowd on The Mall with people chanting anti-inequality slogans.

    Some protesters were treated for bloody injuries and were given first aid at the scene.

    Read the full story