The New Statesman's George Eaton reports, external that Jeremy Corbyn is to appoint Shami Chakrabarti as his shadow attorney general.

Following the Labour conference, Mr Eaton writes: "Jeremy Corbyn's attention will turn to assembling a new shadow cabinet. The leadership is expected to agree to allow MPs to elect a proportion of the frontbench. But Corbyn intends to begin appointments next week in advance of a deal."

Baroness Chakrabarti chaired the party's inquiry into anti-Semitism and became a Labour peer. According to the New Statesman's piece: "The barrister and former Liberty director 'wants to do more' and the 'gig is a no brainer,' a source said."

The position of shadow attorney general was previously held by MP Karl Turner, who quit the front bench in June.

Tom Espiner
Business reporter

It's official. Tourists love coming to the UK.

Overseas residents made a whopping 3.8 million visits to the UK in July, up 2% on the same month last year, according to the most recent official statistics. In total, they spent some £2.5bn.

This was the first month after the Brexit vote, suggesting its outcome, so far at least, has had little impact on visitors' enthusiasm for the UK.

But will this interest continue? Central London seemed like a good place to try and find out....

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NHS trusts in England paid out more than £1.4bn in medical negligence claims last year compared to £583m in 2008, analysis shows.

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), which handles claims on behalf of trusts, said it was trying to reduce the costs.

It blamed big rises in claims and legal costs from claimants.

Lawyers said the costs would not exist if the NHS had not been negligent and accused it of delaying claims.

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Nurseries in England are struggling to recruit qualified staff putting them at risk of closure, campaigners have said.

Since 2014, the government has said key nursery workers must have at least a grade C in GCSE English and maths.

But campaign group Save our Early Years said there was now evidence that this requirement was blocking staff career paths and deterring new starters.

The Department for Education said it was working with the profession on a future staffing strategy.

Figures from qualifications body Ofqual, external show about 12,500 students completed the Level 3 Early Years Educator course between July and September 2015, compared with 18,000 in the same period in the previous year - a fall of about 30%.

The course, external, which takes between one and two years to obtain, enables students to obtain their first jobs in nurseries and work with children aged under five.

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Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst

Taxpayers are paying more than £400,000 a year to subsidise a farm where a billionaire Saudi prince breeds racehorses.

The Newmarket farm of Khalid Abdullah al Saud - owner of the legendary horse Frankel - is among the top 100 recipients of EU farm grants in the UK.

The system's critics say Brexit will let the UK redirect £3bn in subsidies towards protecting the environment.

A spokesman for the prince declined to comment.

Farm subsidies swallow a huge chunk of the EU's budget. They were started after World War Two to stimulate production, but led to food mountains that had to be dumped.

A compromised reform process - the so-called "greening" of the Common Agricultural Policy - resulted in farmers mostly being paid depending on how much land they own.

The UK's top beneficiaries include estates owned partly or wholly by the Queen (£557,706.52); Lord Iveagh (£915,709.97); the Duke of Westminster (£427,433.96), the Duke of Northumberland (£475,030.70 ) the Mormons (£785,058.94) - and many wealthy business people.

Asked if the Queen thought it appropriate to receive taxpayers' subsidy based on the size of her land holding, a spokesman for the Palace said: "Subsidies are open to all farmers, and are received on the Queen's private estate. We would not comment beyond the detail that is already in the public domain."

A spokesman for the Duke of Westminster also declined the question, but said the farm produced quality food while taking the environment very seriously.

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Kamal Ahmed
Economics editor

Like eggs and cheese, Britain's departure from the European Union supposedly comes in both hard and soft versions.

But - unlike household groceries - it is rather more difficult to define what "hard" and "soft" actually means when it comes to Brexit.

Supporters of a "soft" Brexit imagine a future where the UK retains some form of membership of the European Union single market in return for a degree of free movement.

Economic modelling suggests - though the models are disputed - such a route would be the least dislocating and have the lowest impact on growth.

For those who back a "hard" Brexit - or "clean" Brexit as supporters prefer - the better option is to leave the EU and the single market entirely and then have a relationship based - at least initially - on World Trade Organization rules.

At present, my government sources tell me, it is those that back a "hard" Brexit that have the upper hand.

Read Kamal's blog in full

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The most senior lawyer working for the independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in England and Wales has been suspended from duty.

The inquiry said it had "recently become very concerned about aspects of Ben Emmerson QC's leadership" of his team and he had been suspended so these could be properly investigated.

The BBC understands more than one complaint has been made against him.

Mr Emmerson said he was "unable" to comment at this time.

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The Times' crime and security editor speculates over the timing of the Met Police chief's departure, ahead of a report into the collapse of an investigation into an alleged Westminster paedophile ring.

She also reports there were "tensions" with London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is to retire after five years as the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, the force has announced.

Sir Bernard, who was appointed to the role in September 2011, will remain in post until February to allow for his successor to be appointed.

During his time in charge, he oversaw policing of the London riots and the Olympic Games.

Sir Bernard said it had been a "great privilege" to serve as commissioner.

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Some of the papers lead with Jeremy Corbyn's speech to the Labour conference on Wednesday.

"Time to end trench warfare and take on Tories," is the Guardian's take, external on the re-elected Labour leader's appeal for party unity, after a summer of damaging shadow cabinet splits.

"Emboldened Corbyn makes his pitch for power," says the Independent, external.

However, the Indy's political editor Andrew Grice, external thinks the leader's call will "fall largely on deaf ears" amongst his critics in the parliamentary party, who will draw up an alternative policy platform. "His MP critics now see themselves as resistance fighters trying to stay alive, knowing they have no chance of killing their enemy after Corbyn’s decisive victory over Owen Smith."

Welcome to live updates of the day's political events.

Italy's Prime Minister has been talking about Brexit, saying it will be "impossible" for Brexit talks to result in a deal that gives Britons more rights than others outside the EU.

In a BBC interview, Matteo Renzi warned that leaving the EU would be a "very difficult process" - but the problems could be solved only after the UK began the exit procedure.

He said the Brexit vote had been "a bad decision" but had to be respected.

Mr Renzi said he was ready to work with UK PM Theresa May to build the "best alliance" between the UK and the EU.

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