Summary

  • David Cameron has held talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels

  • The prime minister says there is no deal yet on curbing welfare payments to EU migrants

  • Eurosceptics criticise talk of an "emergency brake" on in-work benefits that would have to be agreed by a majority of EU states

  1. EU referendum to be held on 23 June?published at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2016

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  2. Peer seeks to reunite cash and card with ownerpublished at 10:54

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  3. 'Systemic cheating' by Russianspublished at 10:50

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    Addressing revelations of doping in Russian athletics, UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner tells MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee:

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    It is abundantly clear there is systemic cheating that went very high up the political ladder in that nation."

  4. UK banking system resilient says Carneypublished at 10:45

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    Mark Carney

    Over at the Treasury Select Committee, Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, tells MPs that although there are global risks to the economy at the moment, the resilience of the UK banking system is fundamentally stronger than in the past. He says the Bank of England stress-tested the banks in a hypothetical environment that was far worse than current global risks.  

    Asked whether now is right the right time to raise interest rates, as the US Federal Reserve has, he says "inflationary pressure at home justified an adjustment in monetary policy in the US". 

    Earlier, he told MPs he would make a decision on whether to serve a second term at the Bank of England by the end of the year.  

  5. UK Athletics chairman questionedpublished at 10:40

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    Ed Warner

    MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee have begun questioning UK Athletics chairman, Ed Warner, as part of their inquiry into blood doping in athletics.

    He says public confidence in athletics "must have been shaken" by the doping allegations and that Lord Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, is "very hands on" in addressing the scandal.

  6. Ethnic minorities Eurosceptic says Ukippublished at 10:30

    Campaigners for Britain to leave the EU should seek support from ethnic minorities as they are more Eurosceptic than people assume, UKIP has said.

    Spokesman Steven Woolfe said black and ethnic minority voters were "feeling the strain" of EU migration and felt the EU "damages" security and freedom.

    More here.

  7. Is the EU at risk of breaking up?published at 10:25

    Gavin Hewitt
    BBC chief corrrespondent

    For the past 10 days, Europe's leaders have been engaged in a bout of gloom.

    They openly admit Europe has lost control of the migrant crisis, and they fear for the future of the European project, external itself.

    Certainly, the Schengen agreement - which guarantees freedom of movement and is one of the pillars of European unity - is being widely ignored as fences go up and border controls reappear.

    But do these leaders really believe the European Union itself is at risk?

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  8. Blood doping in athleticspublished at 10:08

    MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee are meeting this morning as part of their inquiry in to blood doping in athletics. They will be questioning UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner and Nicole Sapstead, chief executive of UK Anti-Doping, which is responsible for testing programmes.

    More on this - and Parliament - here.

  9. Cecil Parkinson remememberedpublished at 10:00

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    The face of Cecil Parkinson - a leading Conservative figure of the 1980s - looks out from the news and obituary columns of the papers.  The Daily Telegraph, external describes him as "arguably the best party Chairman the Conservative Party had since the 1950s". It says he masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s landslide election victory in 1983 and looked set to go on to "greater things", but that his career faltered dramatically after revelations about an affair with his secretary.

    Writing in The Guardian, external, Martin Kettle says Cecil Parkinson's resignation "destroyed the career of a man who might otherwise have been prime minister".

    The Independent, external says as the son of a railwayman who went to grammar school and later became transport secretary, a self-made millionaire and a Cambridge blue, he was seen by Margaret Thatcher as “one of us”.

  10. In Pics: Ministers in No 10 for Cabinet meetingpublished at 09:40

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    Boris Johnson
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  11. Rise in serious incidents at English mental health trustspublished at 09:10

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    More than 8,000 serious incidents were reported by mental health trusts in England last year - an increase of more than a third over a two-year period.

    The figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Liberal Democrats, include a rise in unexpected deaths and suicides.

    The NHS logs events as "serious incidents" when the consequences for patients and staff are so significant they warrant investigations. The NHS said transparency had improved.

    The Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb, a former health minister in the coalition government, said: "These findings raise really serious concerns. I believe they should trigger a full investigation by the government and by NHS England."  

    Read more here.

  12. UKIP: Minorities 'feeling the strain of EU migration'published at 08:50

    Steven Woolf

    UKIP's migration spokesman Steven Woolfe says ethnic minority voters are "feeling the strain" of migration from the European Union and campaigners for a British exit should try to get their support. Mr Woolfe, an MEP, says minority communities see the EU as something that "damages" freedom and security.  Asked on the Today programme if his party leader Nigel Farage should lead the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, he said he should be part of a "dream team" of leading figures, but it would be a "mistake" for him, or anyone else. to be the sole figurehead. 

  13. 'No need for monolithic group' of anti-EU organisationspublished at 08:35

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    It will be up to the elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, to decide which of the groups will become the official 'Remain' and 'Leave' campaigns.

    Asked whether Vote Leave has or would consider merging with another group campaigning for a Brexit, Leave.EU, John Moynihan said: "I don't think there was ever any serious discussion of that" but added that the group was one of many good organisations.

    He told Today "I don't think there's any need for a monolithic group" of anti-EU organisations.

  14. 'Nothing will happen' if UK leaves EU, says Jon Moynihanpublished at 08:34

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    On the UK's wider trading relationship, Jon Moynihan said "everybody agrees" there would be a free trade agreement with the EU if we voted to leave. "They cannot afford not to," he added.

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    We are the fifth largest economy in the world. We will be able to have a decent deal with the EU."

    He said it was "absurd" for David Cameron to say the UK would be like Norway if it left the EU. "Nothing at all will happen" if Britain leaves, he argues, and criticises the pro-EU camp for trying to create "fear, uncertainty and doubt".

  15. UK 'gets less than half back what it puts in to EU' - Vote Leavepublished at 08:32

    Today Programme
    BBC Radio 4

    Jon Moynihan, from Vote Leave - a group campaigning for Britain to end the UK's membership of the EU - has been on Today, where he was talking about the group's claim that the EU costs the UK more than £350m each week.

    He said the UK gets "less then half of the money back" that it puts in to the EU and "we don't get a choice as to how it's spent". We'd save "most" of that money by leaving, he says, but concedes not all of it - it would depend on the government of the day.

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    The point is for leaving the EU we want to have control over our own expenditure. We don't want somebody in Brussels deciding how that should be spent."

  16. Time spent online 'overtakes TV' among youngsterspublished at 08:28

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    Young people are spending more time online than watching television for the first time, according to an annual survey tracking children's media behaviour in the UK.

    Staff at research agency Childwise described it as a "landmark change".

    The survey also showed the Netflix on-demand service was used more often than any conventional television channel.

    There was also a surge in children's ownership of tablet computers, up by 50% compared with last year.

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  17. Denmark to vote on controversial migrant assets billpublished at 08:22

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    The Danish parliament will vote on Tuesday on a proposal to confiscate asylum seekers' valuables to pay for their upkeep.

    The proposal drew sharp criticism at home and abroad when it was announced earlier this month.

    Danish authorities insist the policy brings migrants in line with jobless Danes, who must sell assets above a certain level to claim benefits.

    With broad cross-party support, the bill looks set to pass into law.

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  18. Emergency services 'should share control rooms'published at 08:18

    Police, fire and ambulance services in England should share control rooms to improve their response to 999 calls, a Home Office minister has said.

    Mike Penning said it would be better if one operator was able to handle all emergency calls from one control room.

    The proposal is part of plans, published on Tuesday, to get the three services working more closely together.

    A move to allow police and crime commissioners to oversee local fire brigades is also among the measures.

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  19. David Cameron and Angela Merkel discuss EU's futurepublished at 08:12

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    Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone last night and agreed progress ha been made in Britain's renegotiation with the EU.

    Number 10 said both leaders saw there was genuine goodwill across Europe for Mr Cameron's aims, but accepted there was work to do to find solutions.

    A spokesman said they also discussed migration and the Syria conference they will co-host in London next week.

    The UK is to hold an in-out referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017.

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  20. Good morningpublished at 08:05

    Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of political developments. There are a host of different political stories around today, with none yet dominating the agenda. We'll start by bringing you a round-up of the stories currently running on the website.