Summary

  • Court rejects challenge to Jeremy Corbyn automatically being on Labour ballot

  • Boris Johnson meets French counterpart in Paris

  • Theresa May holds Brexit talks in Slovakia and Poland

  • Hinkley Point nuclear plant set to get final investment approval

  1. Nicola Sturgeon's 'extremely personal speech' on Scotland and the EUpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Lorna Gordon

    BBC Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon says Nicola Sturgeon used "extremely strong language" earlier, hitting out at the Leave campaign in what she describes as an "extremely personal speech".

    Lorna adds that we can expect to get used to hearing some terms which have recently entered the lexicon, such as "the reverse Greenland model [and] the Norway model".

    Greenland, a territory of Denmark, left the EU in 1985 while Denmark remained a member.

    Norway is a member of the European Economic Area, giving it access to the single market and free movement of people without being an EU member.

  2. PM's call to 'reform capitalism' may be 'influenced by Brexit vote'published at 13:30 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Norman Smith

    Downing Street has said there is a need to "reform capitalism to make sure it works for everyone not just the privileged few" following the report by MPs on BHS.

    BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says that "Theresa May hasn't suddenly become a born-again socialist" but her words are likely to have been influenced by the Brexit vote.

    One of the factors behind the leave vote may have been "a resentment that top bosses were seen to be lining their own pockets" while others were "left behind", Norman adds.

  3. Parliament to show Plaid MP portraitpublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Plaid Cymru's first-ever MP is to be honoured by having his portrait displayed in the Houses of Parliament.

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  4. How does Manchester view Brexit a month after the vote?published at 13:17 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Katie Razzall
    Newsnight Special Correspondent

    One month on from the Brexit vote, how divided is Britain?

    BBC Newsnight has assessed the mood across North West England, starting off in Manchester, where 60% of people voted to remain in the EU.

    A mural in Manchester
  5. Labour NEC panel to decide whether abusive members lose their votepublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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  6. McGuinness: No good news from Brexitpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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    Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness - who is also meeting Theresa May for talks in Belfast - says: "There is absolutely no good news whatsoever about Brexit." 

    He adds that he emphasised to Mrs May that the people of Northern Ireland "see their future in Europe" and that their wishes "should be respected".

  7. Northern Ireland FM: There must be no borders within the UKpublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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    Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster, who has been meeting Theresa May this morning, echoes the UK prime minister's remarks in saying "nobody wants to see a return to the border arrangements of the 70s and 80s". 

    But, she adds, "those borders were there for security reasons - not a reason to do with the EU", and preserving a common travel area after Brexit is "what we're focusing on". 

    She stresses there must be "no internal borders within the UK". 

    She confirms she does not support efforts to prevent the UK from leaving the EU, saying "others will have to seek to explain the reason they're seeking to overturn" the result. 

  8. No 10: There is a 'need to reform capitalism' after BHS reportpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Vicki Young
    Chief Political Correspondent

    Downing Street says today's report into BHS is "clearly concerning" and Prime Minister Theresa May has already set out the need to "tackle corporate irresponsibility" and "prevent reckless behaviour". 

    The prime minister's spokeswoman said it was right to look carefully at the report. 

    She added that there was a need to "reform capitalism to make sure it works for everyone not just the privileged few". 

  9. 'Abusive Labour supporters will not get a vote in leadership election' - McNicolpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    In his statement, Labour Party General Secretary Iain McNicol adds:

    • the party will "take further action" to protect its members and to identify those responsible for engaging in abusive behaviour
    • abusive behaviour by members towards other members will be investigated and could result in suspension
    • registered supporters or affiliated supporters who engage in abusive behaviour will not get a vote in the leadership election

  10. 'Too much intimidation' in Labour - party's general secretarypublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party, has released a statement on allegations of abuse and intimidation within the party.

    He says the Labour Party "should be the home of lively debate" but it should take place "in an atmosphere of respect". 

    He continues: "[People] shouldn’t be shouted down, they shouldn’t be intimidated and they shouldn’t be abused, either in meetings or online.

    “Put plainly, there is simply too much of it taking place and it needs to stop."

    He says both Labour leadership candidates, Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith, agree there is no place for abuse of any kind in the party.

  11. Labour calls for corporate governance review after BHS reportpublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Sir Philip GreenImage source, Getty Images

    Jon Trickett, shadow business, energy and industrial strategy secretary, has described the Business and Work and Pensions select committees' report on BHS as "damning". 

    He said that on top of Sir Philip Green's conduct, "a range of well-known accountancy, banking and other companies... failed to prevent the actions described in the report".

    He called for Sir Philip to be stripped of his knighthood and to "pay back the millions of pounds to the pension fund".

    He added that what happened at BHS was partly down to "individual greed" but also "a failure of weak corporate governance structures".

    The government should launch a review of how such companies are governed and how their professional advisers operate, he said. 

  12. Theresa May: 'No-one wants to return to the borders of the past'published at 12:04 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Theresa May

    Theresa May makes a very brief statement to the media following talks in Belfast.

    She says she wants to lead a "government for the whole of the United Kingdom, of which Northern Ireland is a very important part".

    The UK and the Republic of Ireland had "a common travel area" before either country was part of the EU, she argues, adding:

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    No-one wants to return to the borders of the past."

  13. Owen Smith: Strip Philip Green of knighthoodpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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  14. 'Choking off' free movement will add to worker shortages - Sturgeonpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Scotland "has an imperative to grow our population", says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

    If "free movement is choked off", it will "exacerbate" the problems presented by a shrinking working-age population, she adds.

    Ms Sturgeon also says she wants to send the message that "Scotland is open for business".

  15. 'I don't want to see border checks," says Nicola Sturgeonpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    "I don't want to see border checks between Scotland and the rest of the UK," Nicola Sturgeon says, noting that Theresa May is currently in Northern Ireland attempting to reassure people there that there will not be renewed border checks.

  16. Sturgeon: Independence 'might be best option for certainty'published at 11:47 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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  17. First minister suggests option of remaining in EU while other parts of UK leavepublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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    "We can consider again the prospect of independence" in the wake of the Brexit vote, Nicola Sturgeon says.

    But she also raises the possibility of "different parts of this multinational UK" having different options for their relationship with the EU - effectively suggesting that some UK nations could remain in the EU while others leave.

    Ms Sturgeon says she understands that "the barriers are substantial" to such an arrangement being reached but adds: "We live in unprecedented times."

  18. Conservatives: Sturgeon should end 'flirtation' with second independence votepublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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    Responding to Nicola Sturgeon's speech, Scotland's shadow finance secretary Murdo Fraser said: "It is right that the Scottish government should be examining how best to further our interests as the UK begins negotiations with the EU."

    But he added: "As two million Scots agreed in 2014, leaving the UK is not in Scotland's interests, and the Scottish government should therefore end its flirtation with yet another divisive referendum on independence. 

    "Its focus as we enter this crucial period should instead be to work with the UK government to get the right deal for families and firms across Scotland.​"​

  19. Nicola Sturgeon outlines priorities in Brexit discussionspublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

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  20. Scotland has voted to stay in UK and EU - Sturgeonpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 25 July 2016

    Nicola Sturgeon says she is concerned that the UK is "headed for a hard rather than a soft Brexit" with limited access to the single market and restrictions on free movement.

    She adds that, if Scotland is told that it must leave the EU despite voting for Remain, that would be "tantamount to being told that our voice as a nation doesn’t matter".

    Addressing the vote in the 2014 referendum to remain part of the UK, Ms Sturgeon argues that voters in Scotland voted to stay in a UK that was part of the EU.