EU referendum campaigning latest
Circular economy deabte
House of Lords
Parliament
Conservative peer Baroness Jenkin of Kennington tells peers that the circular economy holds "great appeal for young entrepreneurs especially in the social enterprise space".
But she complains few people know about it.
Giving a few examples of profitable circular economy start ups, she encourages peers to "vigorously, embrace and communicate this agenda".
The Department of Health has rejected a call for the meningitis B vaccine to be offered to all children under 11, despite the largest yet petition to Parliament, with more than 800,0000 signatures.
Kent MP Helen Whately raised the issue with David Cameron on behalf of constituents at PMQs, and she spoke to reporter Giles Dilnot about why she asked the government to look at it again.
Pollsters have listed the most Europhile and Eurosceptic parts of the UK.
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Image source, PacemakerThe Assembly Standards Commissioner has dismissed all complaints of misconduct brought against the NI21 party leader and Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea.
A new report has cleared Mr McCrea of claims of inappropriate behaviour and sexual misconduct towards his staff.
However, standards committee MLAs said the manner in which he occasionally treated his staff fell short of the standard they would encourage.
Mr McCrea claimed the allegations were a conspiracy to force him to resign.
UK ministers were among the "ringleaders" blocking higher tariffs on Chinese steel, the body representing the UK steel industry has told AMs.
UK Steel policy chief Dominic King also accused the EU of saying to Chinese producers "please dump here".
In January, Tata announced it was cutting 750 steel jobs in Port Talbot, out of more than 1,000 going in the UK.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said the UK government would continue to do "all it can" to help the industry.
The Treasury is resisting demands by MSPs to publish background documents which led to the fiscal framework deal over Holyrood's future funding.
Chief Secretary Greg Hands was quizzed on the details of the deal by MSPs on the devolution and finance committees.
He said publishing details of the early negotiations could compromise the "integrity of inter-governmental negotiations" and affect future talks.
MSP Duncan McNeil said this "embargo" on the papers was "not acceptable"
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The World at One
BBC Radio 4
Does Tony Smith, former UK Border Force boss, think the French would axe the Le Touquet agreement, if Britain votes to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June?
Quote Message"I honestly don't know... I'm certainly not satisfied it is linked to EU membership. I think there's a lot of politics going on there. I think there would have to be a very frank and open conversation with the French if we were to leave the EU about how it would work."
Tony Smith, Former UK Border Force director general
The World at One
BBC Radio 4
Image source, ReutersCommenting on a French minister's suggestion that his country could end UK border controls in Calais if Britain leaves the EU, Tony Smith, former director general of the UK Border Force, says it "would certainly be a problem" and have "big implications" for Britain.
He says if migrants claimed asylum on arrival in the UK it may not be possible, legally, to send them straight back.
He says one of the "great strengths" of the current arrangements in Calais is that it enables UK Border Force to search and find people climbing into lorries and vehicles to try and enter the UK clandestinely.
The World at One
BBC Radio 4
Asked if he thinks Schengen will survive the migration crisis, Richard Corbett says he think it will. He says the rules allow, in certain circumstance, the temporary reintroduction of certain border controls. It's also an information-sharing system, he says, adding:
Quote MessageThere's a lot more to Schengen than just being able to walk across a land frontier in Europe without controls."
The World at One
BBC Radio 4
European Council President Donald Tusk has appealed to potentially illegal economic migrants: "Do not come to Europe."
Labour MEP Richard Corbett, who was an adviser to former European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, said he wondered how many would hear the message, but added:
Quote MessageIf some of them do, I think it will probably not dissuade those who are absolutely determined to try and cross to Europe but those who are hesitant... some of them way well indeed think a second time."
Housing and Planning Bill
House of Lords
Parliament
"This proposal at the moment is going to do more harm than good and isn't seriously going improve the prospects of the under-40s to get their own homes," says Lord Greaves.
"There are a lot of good quality properties available for the same price as new one, if they were a starter home.
"The introduction of starter homes is likely to have a severely disruptive effect on the whole housing market," he continues.
In response, Baroness Williams says that he is "absolutely right" that the housing market is stagnant in some part of the country.
"The overriding principle is that we do not want to disenfranchise people from the housing market."
Pollsters have listed the most Europhile and Eurosceptic parts of the UK, so Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price read the political weather for viewers ahead of the EU referendum on the 23 June.
Andrew Neil heard from YouGov's Joe Twyman about how age, education and newspaper choice all provide indications of which way people are leaning.
Gangs and youth violence
House of Commons
Parliament
Labour's Lyn Brown says there is "some evidence" of a recent increase in the number of gangs.
She says "prevention is always better than cure", and praises an initiative in her constituency which encourages people to get involved in sport rather than gangs.
She argues that government schemes for young people should not have their funding cut.
Ben Wright
BBC political correspondent
France is not a neutral bystander. It wants Britain to stay in the European Union. And Downing Street will have been cheered by this morning's comments by Emmanuel Macron, the French economy minister, who said if the relationship unravels, "migrants will no longer be in Calais".
There is a 13-year-old deal between France and Britain that allows UK border officials to check passports at Calais.
That has led to around 4,000 migrants being stuck near the port - and there is domestic political pressure on the French government to do something about it.
But last month French President Hollande said if the UK border checks in Calais were scrapped more migrants would head to France.
Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin said EU governments were now putting out "propaganda" to scare British voters.
Migration is dominating talks in Athens, too. Speaking during a visit to Greece the President of the European Council Donald Tusk made a direct appeal to potentially illegal economic migrants - telling them "do not come to Europe".
Gangs and youth violence
House of Commons
Parliament
The SNP's Angela Crawley says the problem is not young people but violence.
She says a scheme in Glasgow gave 600 gang members the choice of working to prevent young people being involved in violent crime or facing a no-tolerance policing policy.
She tells MPs the scheme was effective in reducing violent crime, and should be replicated elsewhere.
Housing and Planning Bill
House of Lords
Parliament
The effect of imposing a "local connections test" on starter homes would restrict access for some, for no good reason, says Local Government Minister Baroness Williams.
They could be priced out of the neighbourhood of their choice, or be moving for work reasons, she tells peers.
"Putting differential requirements, such as local connections tests in place as a matter of course would introduce a complexity that we don't want."
However, she says that she recognises that there are some circumstances that local connections would be justified, such as in rural areas with a shortage of housing.
Gangs and youth violence
House of Commons
Parliament
Labour's Vicky Foxcroft says "as a new MP nothing can prepare you for receiving a call from the police telling you a teenager has been murdered in your constituency".
She adds that this has happened to her four times since May 2015.
She says cuts to youth work and the police risk creating a "perfect storm".
Ellie Price
Daily and Sunday Politics reporter
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