Summary

  • Labour says Ken Livingstone will not have a formal role in its defence review, which will consider policy on Trident

  • Shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry says the review will be based on evidence and will aim to publish its interim findings in June

  • Jean-Claude Juncker says agreement on the UK's EU re-negotiations is likely next month

  • More than a million benefits claimants may be facing destitution after disappearing from the welfare system, Labour ex-minister Frank Field claims.

  • Head teachers warn the system for creating new school places in England is fragmented and confusing, risking harm to children's education

Live Reporting

Jackie Storer and Gavin Stamp

  1. No 10 'has clear cabinet support in dispute with junior doctors'

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  2. BMA: Doctors not being misled over contracts

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    Dr Tony Dolphin, from the BMA, rejects claims that its members have been misled about the new contract terms on offer. 

    We can't mislead our junior doctors. They are bright, intelligent people. They look at the evidence and make up their minds. 98% of them have rejected this offer as being unsafe."

  3. Conservative MP: Doctors strike a 'step too far'

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    Conservative MP Dr James Davies, a member of the health select committee, says the junior doctors strike is a "step too far" given that the new contract has reduced the maximum number of hours that can be worked and capped the number of night calls.

    I think junior doctors have been misled, I am afraid. Looking into the fine detail of it, I have to say the government has addressed the vast majority of concerns that have been put forward. There are some issues about Saturday pay but the government is looking to bring about a seven-day NHS and this is where discussions are needed."

  4. Norman Smith: Public opinion could determine doctors' dispute

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    The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith says the two sides in the doctors dispute are "miles apart" and public opinion will be key to how the issue plays out. While the public would generally be expected to sympathise with medical professionals rather than politicians, he says some within government believe this "conventional wisdom" could be turned on its head, particularly if future strike action affects A&E services. However, he says for the moment ministers are keeping their heads down. Speaking in the West Midlands, the BBC's Phil Mackie says the state of public opinion is hard to gauge but he believes that approximately two-thirds of people currently back the doctors. 

  5. In Pics: Shadow cabinet meets

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    The shadow cabinet has met for the first time since the rather lengthy reshuffle last week

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    There was a square table arrangement for the meeting

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    Leader Jeremy Corbyn looks pretty happy at how it's going

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    Deputy leader Tom Watson, who has gone for water rather than tea or coffee, looks happy enough too

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    The one new member of the shadow cabinet is Emily Thornberry, far left (of this picture)

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    Shadow mental health minister Luciana Berger (left) and Gloria De Piero, shadow minister for young people, are part of the shadow cabinet even though they do not shadow cabinet roles

  6. Latest on Istanbul bombing

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    The BBC's Paul Wood in Istanbul tells Daily Politics he does not believe any British tourists have been caught up in the bombing in the Turkish city but stresses that this has yet to be confirmed. 

  7. Lib Dem MP promotes criminal driving bill

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  8. Sarah Brown congratulates Mary Wilson on 100th birthday

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    Sarah Brown, who is married to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has congratulated Mary Wilson on reaching her 100th birthday. Mrs Wilson's husband, former prime minister Harold Wilson, died in 1995.

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  9. John McDonnell urges Hunt to resume doctors' talks

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    Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said the doctors strike is a "tragedy" and a "constructive settlement" is urgently needed. Speaking in central London, Mr McDonnell said the NHS had been able to introduce a truly 7-day a week service in Scotland in Wales without industrial action and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt must knuckle down and start talking to doctors about a contract that would not compromise patient safety. 

    These people don't want to go on strike. They want to look after their patients. We are just saying to Jeremy Hunt get back round the table now.

  10. WiFi access 'courtesy of MI6'

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  11. Philip Hammond: UK seeking details about Istanbul attacks

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    Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has told MPs that the UK authorities are seeking to verify whether any British tourists have been caught up in the deadly bombing in the centre of Istanbul. Speaking at the start of Foreign Office questions, Mr Hammond offered his sympathies to the victims of the attack in the Turkish city, in which at least 10 people are reported to have died. Read more

  12. Coming up on the Daily Politics from noon

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    Author and Times columnist Melanie Phillips will be the guest of the day joining Jo Coburn on the Daily Politics. They'll be discussing the latest on Istanbul, where an explosion in the central Sultanahmet district has killed at least 10 people according to the city's authorities.

    Also coming up: a look at the junior doctors' strike, which began across England at 0800 GMT amid a row over pay and conditions. Jo Coburn will hear from Dr Tom Dolphin of the British Medical Association and Tory MP Dr James Davies from the Commons Health Committee.

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    Government plans for more affordable housing and a new right to buy for housing association tenants are being debated in the Commons later. Labour's shadow housing minister John Healey and Conservative MP Chris Philps will be on to discuss.

    Ahead of the Home Affairs Committee's evidence session on countering extremism, Jo Coburn will be speaking to Zulfi Karim, secretary of Bradford Council for Mosques.

    And Labour MP Rupa Huq will be on to talk feminism, amid calls for women and feminism to be put at the centre of the politics A-level syllabus.

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    Should England have its own national anthem?  Labour MP Toby Perkins thinks so, but Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi wants to stick with God Save The Queen. Jo Coburn will speak to both, and Giles Dilnot has a film looking at the different options.

    All that and more from 1200 to 1300 GMT on BBC2 or you can watch online by clicking on the Live Coverage tab above.

  13. Jones: Toyota pledge 'good for Wales'

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  14. Teenager gets tattoo of Ed Miliband's face

    A 18-year-old university student has been talking about her decision to get a tattoo of Ed Miliband's face on her leg. 

    Buzzfeed reports that Hannah Stock thought "why not" and decided to get a tattoo of the former Labour leader who she calls her "hero" and "an inspiration".

    She said: “I’ve been a Labour member for two years but he’s such a hero and he’s just an inspiration to me. I miss his direction of the Labour party at the moment so I woke up yesterday and thought ‘why not?'"

    According to Ms Stock her mother was unhappy about the decision and stopped speaking to her.

    It seems despite Ed Miliband now only being a humble backbencher, the strength of his fan club, the Milifandom, continues.

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  15. Former bank spokeswoman apologises for City behaviour

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  16. Mhairi Black in Mumsnet debate on womens' pensions

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    The SNP MP Mhairi Black is taking part in a live web chat with Mumsnet about womens' pension inequality. 

    Last week she led a debate in the Commons on the issue. She said it was "unjust" for women born on or after 6 April 1951 to face a discriminatory state pension age increase.

    Ms Black said women were being "shafted and short-changed" by state pension increases.You can follow the live chat here from 11.00 GMT.

  17. Eric Pickles in anti-semitism meeting

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  18. Labour MPs at hospital picket line

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  19. Labour's backing for doctors strike 'unprecedented'

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  20. Who won Farage v Jones EU debate?

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    Last night Wales watched one of what will probably be many debates, on the UK's membership of the European Union.

    Pro-EU Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales went head-to-head with UKIP leader and anti-EU campaigner Nigel Farage.

    Each side claimed victory, saying their man had the most effective message.

    Leave.EU, which is campaigning for Britain to make a fresh start outside the EU, said Carwyn Jones was "out of touch", "ignoring the facts" and "misleading the public".

    While Britain Stronger for Europe, which believes the UK is better off in the EU, said Nigel Farage had "no answers" about the alternatives to EU membership, was "clueless" and "making it up" as he went along.

    Read the full story and make up your own mind.