Summary

  • Tributes paid to Labour MP Jo Cox who has died after being shot and stabbed

  • The 41-year-old mother of two became MP for Batley and Spen in 2015

  • Police arrested a 52-year-old-man over the incident in Birstall on Thursday

  • EU referendum campaigning has been suspended

  1. Labour 'made mistakes on immigration in the past' - Bryantpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Has Labour done enough to address voters' fears about immigration, shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant is asked? "Historically, we made mistakes when we were in government," Mr Bryant - a former shadow immigration minister - tells The World at One. But he adds that "many of our public services rely very heavily" on EU nationals.

    On the environment, Jenny Jones - who unlike the majority of her party is backing Brexit - says she agrees with the Greens' assessment of the EU "as a very flawed organisation in need of reform", but she says that unlike the party as a whole, she thinks it is not possible to reform it in the way they would like.

  2. UK economy 'can stand on its own feet', says Green peer Jenny Jonespublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Rory Stewart, environment minister and Remain campaigner, says he thinks the UK will vote to stay in next week's referendum. He defends the chancellor's emergency Brexit Budget warning, saying it's important to set out what leaving the EU could do to the UK economy.

    Labour's Chris Bryant, who also backs Remain, says it's bizarre that 57 MPs "who have been the driving force for the austerity Budgets we've seen since 2010", are now saying they'd block more austerity.

    Asked if Labour would vote against a Budget of spending cuts and tax rises, Mr Bryant sidesteps the question, saying instead that he'll be voting to Remain on 23 June. Pressed again, he says: "You're asking a hypothetical question." 

    Green peer Baroness Jones, who is campaigning for the UK to leave the EU, says Osborne's Brexit Budget is "imaginary", as it's "extremely difficult to know" what the situation will be post-Brexit. She says that while Leave is "a leap in the dark", so is staying in the EU.

    "The British economy can stand on its own feet," she adds.

  3. Analysis: This referendum is shattering normal politicspublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

    This threatened revolt represents a marked escalation in the Tory civil war over Europe. Voting down a post-Brexit Budget would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence in your own government.

    It all underlines the fact that this referendum is shattering normal politics. 

    Just think about today. The chancellor, standing next to his old adversary, Alistair Darling, putting forward an austerity Budget, opposed by many of his own backbenchers - but which he hopes to get through with Labour's help. Then no sooner does he say that than Labour say they won't support it either. 

    Confused?! The truth is, this referendum may well not just reshape our relationship with the rest of the world. It is fundamentally reshaping normal politics and political alliances right here.

  4. MP's reaction to Thames referendum flotilla battlepublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  5. In vs Out battle heats up in Westminsterpublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  6. 'Only one poll matters', says No 10published at 13:09 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  7. PM 'was as nice to Jeremy Corbyn as possible'published at 13:03 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    Daily Mirror

    "Savour this moment, you will never see David Cameron so conciliatory," writes Jason Beattie, in his take on prime minister's questions. , external"This was the final PMQs before the referendum and he went out of his way to be as nice to Jeremy Corbyn as possible."

    For his part, Mr Corbyn "did not completely hold back from attacking the Prime Minister but he did serve up a series of gentle questions".

    "Cameron’s answer to every single one of these questions was to find a way of defending Britain’s membership of the European Union."

    At one point though, he notes, "Cameron reflected on last year's general election." 

    'Happy days,' he said, wistfully."  

  8. 'Fantasy land'published at 12:58 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    Apparently, Dominic Chappell heard that BHS was up for sale through Paul Sutton - a potential buyer of BHS that Sir Philip had rejected as not being credible.

    Sir Philip reiterates that he did not meet Mr Chappell until February 2015. One of the MPs says that Mr Chappell, who gave evidence to MPs last week, said they had met in Monaco previously.

    So that's fantasy land then, asks the MP. "He does live there," retorts Sir Philip.

  9. BHS liquidation 'was avoidable'published at 12:58 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    "I still believe today if the business plan would have been followed that was laid down, this company would not have gone out of business," Sir Philip says.

    He wanted to avoid liquidation for the company, which is why he sold it to Mr Chappell last year, he says.

  10. PM's 'referendum playbook' not workingpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    The Daily Politics

    Laura Kuenssberg says the PM's "playbook" for the referendum - based on focusing on the economic risk of abandoning the status quo as he did in last year's general election and the 2014 Scottish independence vote - has been proved to be wrong. 

    The PM has been forced into a "much narrower and more uncomfortable position", she adds, with the growing reality the vote is as much about people's sense of identity as how well off the country is. Remain campaigners have been urging the PM to "offer more" to voters but Downing Street has stuck rigidly to its message in the belief that it will prevail.

  11. Watch: Minister admits he sounds like a 'cliched politician'published at 12:54 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  12. Watch: MP re-invents shop's ad slogan for Living Wage questionpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  13. Laura Kuenssberg on PMQs: Anything could happenpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    The Daily Politics

    Some initial reaction to PMQs. BBC Political editor Laura Kuenssberg says it is a strange moment in British politics with a "real sense that anything might happen". 

    There are a "multiplicity of possibilities" in the coming weeks, she adds, including the likelihood that David Cameron has just taken part in his last PMQs. She says she is not "foolish enough" to predict this but the fact that it is even being discussed shows the febrile atmosphere.

  14. No single market in the event of Brexit, says PMpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  15. Fishermen trying to swap sides in Thames battle?published at 12:44 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  16. David Cameron: Don't take EU riskpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    The welter of questions on the EU continues. Nigel Adams, a Leave supporter, urges the government to respect the outcome of the referendum and not to try to force a second vote, criticising the "hysterical scaremongering" from the Remain side. 

    The final question comes from Christopher Chope. He says he will not vote for a "vindictive" emergency budget and asks given the UK's potentially vulnerable financial situation, why £50bn is being spent on the HS2 high-speed rail link

    The PM dodges the HS2 question but repeats his message that leaving the EU is a huge risk and a gamble not working taking. With a week to go, he urges people to make the right choice

  17. Ex-ministers and serving committee chairman on 'anti-Osborne' listpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    A hat tip to the folks over at the ConservativeHome website, external who have digested the names on today's letter opposing any post-Brexit emergency Budget.

    They note that the list includes six former cabinet ministers, six former junior ministers, five serving select committee chairmen and 12 MPs first elected in 2015.

  18. Watch: Blue-on-blue referendum questionpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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  19. Labour MP: M&S staff 'face big fat pay cut'published at 12:40 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

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    Parliament

    Labour's Siobhain McDonagh says Marks and Spencer are cutting the pay of staff in response to the introduction of the national living wage - describing it as "not an ordinary pay cut but a big, fat, M&S pay cut". The PM says he is not aware of the issue but says that it is bad for any High Street retailer to be disadvantaging their staff given the competition they face.

  20. Newsbeat's report on Brexit music concert cancellationpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 15 June 2016

    Richie Neville, Scott Robinson and Alesha DixonImage source, Getty Images

    The event, due to take place on Sunday, is called off with organisers blaming what it calls the "spiteful" Electoral Commission.

    Brexit music concert Bpop Live cancelled

    The event, due to take place on Sunday, is called off with organisers blaming what it calls the "spiteful" Electoral Commission.

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