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A series of foul-mouthed posts were published on Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter feed following the apparent hacking of the Labour leader's account.

The infiltration began shortly after 21:00 GMT yesterday, and at least four messages were broadcast to his 384,000 followers.

One mocked Prime Minister David Cameron by stating: "davey cameron is a pie".

Mr Corbyn's team quickly regained control of the @jeremycorbyn account and the offending tweets were deleted.

The Labour leader mostly tweets about party policy so the first of the hacked messages, which began "Here we... here we..." and contained three exclamation marks, would have alerted his followers to the fact that something was not quite right.

A minute later, the hacker posted the message about Mr Cameron, followed almost immediately by one which poked fun at Mr Corbyn's opposition to the Trident nuclear missile programme.

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The leaders of the global Anglican Communion are to confront their very different views on homosexuality when they meet in Canterbury later.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arranged the gathering last year amid increasing divisions on the issue.

Church leaders in North America are on opposite sides of the debate to their more conservative African counterparts, who could stage a walk out.

There are fears of a permanent schism in the third largest Christian Church.

The Anglican Communion is made up of some 80 million people around the world in more than 160 countries, who look to Archbishop Welby, the church's most senior bishop, for leadership.

Ever since the liberal Episcopal Church in America consecrated Canon Gene Robinson - a divorced man in a gay relationship - as bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003, sniping within the Communion has intensified.

Conservative primates say the Church must stick to its Biblical roots.

But attitudes in many African countries and elsewhere - where active homosexuality remains a crime - make it hard to find common ground, with strong opposition from some churches to gay marriage or openly gay bishops.

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David Cameron will call for a "more mature" conversation about mental health as he sets out how services in England will benefit from extra cash.

Specialist care for new mothers with mental health problems and support for anorexic teenagers will gain money allocated in the Autumn Statement.

The PM will also pledge more support in hospital A&E departments.

He will also announce new parenting support and plans to demolish some of England's worst council estates.

He is expected to say mental illness is not contagious and is "nothing to be frightened of".

"As a country, we need to be far more mature about this. Less hushed tones, less whispering; more frank and open discussion," he will say.

"We need to take away that shame, that embarrassment, let people know that they're not in this alone, that when the clouds descend, they don't have to suffer silently.

"I want us to be able to say to anyone who is struggling, 'talk to someone, ask your doctor for help and we will always be there to support you'."

The specific measures expected, which will apply in England only, are:

• £290m up to 2020 to give 30,000 more women each year access to specialist mental health care before and after giving birth, including through classes
• £247m over the next five years so that every hospital has mental services in their Accident and Emergency unit
• A new waiting time target for teenagers with eating disorders, which will track the number of patients being seen within a month of being referred
• A target that at least half of people experiencing psychosis for the first time should be treated within two weeks

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The Labour Party fears its annual income could fall by £6m as a result of legal changes to the way it gets funds from the unions, documents suggest.

The Trade Union Bill, external, being debated in the Lords on Monday, would require Labour-affiliated union members to "opt in" to paying a levy to the party.

Labour believes three million fewer members of the biggest unions would agree, impacting on its structure.

Internal party changes are already set to cut union members' contributions.

Labour is also set to lose out by about £1.3m a year when state funding for opposition parties - known as short money - is cut. Ministers have said political parties should make their contribution to tackling the deficit.

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Alex Hunt
Politics editor, BBC News Online

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Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of politics news on what is a gloomy and wet Monday morning in Westminster. The big news at the moment is the death of David Bowie. Politicians, led by David Cameron, have been paying their own tributes to the singer who has died at the age of 69.