Summary

  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon predicts new independence referendum if UK votes to leave EU

  • Tory London mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith says he is a "non head-banging" Eurosceptic

  • Labour has been accused of a "whitewash" over the report into its election defeat

  • Ex-Labour frontbenchers Frank Field and Chuka Umunna warn over the party's electoral chances

Live Reporting

Tom Moseley

  1. Today in the House of Lords

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  2. Cameron on push for integration of Muslim women

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Prime Minister David Cameron told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that those who come to the UK under a spousal visa will be tested on their English after two-and-a-half years.

    David Cameron, on push for integration of Muslim women.

  3. 'Trump has incited a hatred' - SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

    The SNP politician Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh is urging Home Secretary Theresa May not to let Donald Trump come to the UK: 

    The home secretary has banned, by her own admission, about 84 people in the past few years and my suggestion is that Donald Trump’s remarks mean that he should be number 85 because he has incited a hatred and we actually now know that his words have been used in videos now being used by ISIS or Daesh to convert people to their cause."

  4. English language test: 'Not everybody will agree approach'

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    On the news that there will be £20m spent on language classes for the 22% of Muslim women in England said to speak little or no English, the BBC's political correspondent Alex Forsyth says:

    What they are saying is there will be a new test, it’s for people who apply for a spouse visa.

    So if you want to come to the UK to live with a husband say for example who is already living in the UK. Now they get their spouse visa and the idea behind this is that after two and a half years when they apply to extend that stay they’d have to undertake a test.

    If they fail they wouldn’t be kicked out, wouldn’t necessarily not get their visa renewed, but this will be part of the criteria used to assess whether or not they would be eligible to stay.

    And the prime minister’s argument is that if you want to live in the UK, you need to be part of the society, you need to take your share of what he says is responsibility in learning English to do so.

    Of course, not everybody is going to agree that is the right approach.

  5. 'Idiotic to ban a US Presidential candidate' - Rees-Mogg

    On the forthcoming Donald Trump debate, the Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says:

    It would be idiotic to ban a US Presidential candidate it would not be the right way to go about dealing with an important ally going through its democratic process.

    The petitioners are making a great mistake, all they will do is help Donald Trump.

    It would be the same as if President Obama tells us all to vote for the European Union - countries don’t like being told what to do in their elections by foreigners."

  6. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett on Trump debate: 'Same rules should apply to billionaires'

    Natalie Bennett

    Green Party leader Natalie Bennett says billionaire New York property mogul Donald Trump should stay away from the UK:

    The MPs who signed an Early Day Motion including Green MP Caroline Lucas said that his visit, if he came to Britain, would be damaging to community inclusion and cohesion and the same rules that apply to everybody else should also apply to billionaires."

  7. Katie Hopkins: "Disgusting" for MPs to debate Trump ban

    Labour MP Wes Streeting challenged columnist Katie Hopkins on BBC Radio 5 Live over her view that it’s "disgusting" for MPs to debate Trump.

    But Mr Streeting says: “I definitely won’t be in the Trump debate I’ve got better things to do with my life."

    Katie Hopkins: Disgusting that MPs will debate banning Donald Trump from the UK.

  8. 'Allow Trump into the UK'

    The Labour MP Paul Flynn will present the debate on whether Donald Trump should be banned from the UK, even though he doesn't think Mr Trump should be stopped from entry into the country.

    He says:

    We have banned people for using language of this kind, of having these ideas, on the grounds that he might cause problems here so there is a perfectly respectable case to be made but my role is to introduce this debate, to express the views of the petitioners and to suggest that probably, on balance, the best thing we could do would be to allow him in."

  9. 'Investigate tennis match fixing allegations quickly' - Whittingdale

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    John WhittingdaleEPA

    Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, has been revealed this morning by the BBC and BuzzFeed News.

    Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions they have thrown matches.

    Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says the allegations "need to be looked into very quickly".

    I hope that tennis will learn from the mistakes of other sports and investigate this very quickly and openly. In the past allegations of this kind which have been made against athletics, against football have appeared to be swept under the carpet and that has done enormous damage. These are serious allegations and they need to be looked into very quickly."

  10. Should Donald Trump be banned from the UK?

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  11. Today in the House of Commons

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  12. MPs to debate call to ban Donald Trump from UK

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    As mentioned, British MPs are set to debate a petition later (16:30 GMT) calling for a ban on Donald Trump from entering the country.

    More than 570,000 people signed an online petition calling for Donald J Trump - the surprise front runner in the race to be the next Republican candidate for the White House - to be banned from the UK.

    Petitions need 100,000 signatures to trigger a debate in Parliament.

  13. PM repeats stroke death claim

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  14. Muslim women's segregation in UK communities must end - Cameron

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    "More assertive" action is needed to tackle discrimination against Muslim women and their segregation in some UK communities, David Cameron has said.

    A review will be conducted of Sharia councils operating in Britain and £20m spent on language classes for the 22% of Muslim women in England said to speak little or no English.

    Writing in The Times, the prime minister said the moves could help combat radicalisation.

    But some Muslims have questioned the link between language and extremism.

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  15. PM questioned over Lord Bramall case

    One final question, and it's on Lord Bramall, the ex-Army head, who is to face no further action in connection with allegations of historical child abuse.

    The peer, who was not arrested and has always denied the allegations, told the BBC he had received a letter from the Metropolitan Police clearing him.

    Asked if the Met should apologise, David Cameron hold backs from saying they should. "What happened to him would've been very distressing" but "it's very difficult for a prime minister" to get involved.

    But if they feel they get it wrong I hope they can feel big enough to be able to give people some comfort afterwards."

    Is that a yes? "It's my answer to the question," he replies.

  16. Cameron 'very suspicious' of Brussels

    David Cameron says he's "very suspicious" of Brussels, and adds:

    I'd never belong to a EU if I felt it was in some way that that was bad for British institutions, for British democracy."

    He says the EU needs to be "flexible enough" to keep a country like Britain in.

  17. PM pressed over EU reform aims

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    On to the EU now, and the PM's ongoing renegotiation efforts. Reports are put to him that he is planning to change domestic law to make clear Parliament is sovereign and Britain is not bound by the charter of fundamental rights, he says the Referendum Act has already asserted Parliament's sovereignty.

    If it's necessary to do it again, to make it clearer he says "there's a good case for it". He won't be drawn on whether he's asked Justice Secretary Michael Gove to look into it.

  18. PM 'won't rule out' imposing new junior doctors' contracts

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Will the new contracts be imposed on junior doctors by the government? David Cameron tells Today:

    We can't rule that out because we can't simply go into a situation where junior doctors have a complete veto and block over progress in our NHS."

    But he urges them to get round the negotiating table, saying he doesn't want the strikes to continue, adding that a 7-day was a manifesto commitment.

  19. PM: Junior doctors' strike 'unnecessary and damaging'

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Turning to the junior doctors' strike, David Cameron says it was "very depressing" that at the outset the BMA was telling junior doctors their pay would be cut by 30%, which "simply wasn't true".

    He says the changes to contracts are necessary to build "a more 7-day NHS", saying mortality rates at the weekend are higher. He adds:

    We're still happy to negotiate and talk and we think these strikes are unnecessary and damaging."

  20. David Cameron asked about UK-Saudi relations

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Is there a causal connection between extremism here and money coming from Saudi Arabia? David Cameron says if there are cases where money is funding educational programmes that "incubate a sense that one religion is right and another is wrong" then "we need to look very carefully at that and that is exactly what we are doing".

    The PM says Britain's relationship with Saudi Arabia is very important for our security. He says there are "stringent controls" on UK arms exports.