Summary

  • Nicola Sturgeon announces consultation on independence referendum

  • Court challenge to government's Brexit plans begins

  • MPs moved to tears during debate on baby loss

  • Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says Brexit doom-mongers are wrong

  • Tesco and Unilever in price battle after post-referendum fall in pound

Live Reporting

Justin Parkinson and Alex Hunt

  1. SNP's gender strategy met with 'reticence'

    Women and Equalities Committee

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    Angus Robertson

    The SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson tells the committee that when his party looked at measures to redress the gender balance it was met with some "reticence".

    However, he says the steps taken in local government elections could be replicated at a parliamentary level. 

    He elaborates that representation must be considered at office and cabinet level, not just individual seats. 

  2. 'Should I change my pounds to dollars now?'

    Reality Check's Anthony Reuben answers a reader's question on the sterling slide.

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  3. Watch: It's a man's world?

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  4. Brexit makes China keener to strike a trade deal with Britain, says ambassador

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    According to the Daily Telegraph, China wants to do more business with post-Brexit Britain, the country’s ambassador to the UK said, as he praised the City of London and Britain’s financial prowess.

    Britain is keen to strike more deals with China, so the warm words from Liu Xiaoming will encourage the government in its plans to increase non-EU trade.

    The ambassador also hinted that China will tie its plans for Britain to the success of the Hinkley Point nuclear plant, however, indicating that it expects good treatment in major projects, following the delays to the plant’s approval over the summer.

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  5. Coming up on the Daily Politics

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    Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn are joined by Agriculture Minister George Eustice and the shadow minister for Labour Jack Dromey to discuss the latest news from Westminster, including live coverage of the first Prime Minister’s Questions for a month.And they will be also be talking about kebabs as lunchtime approaches. Join them and BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg from 11:30 BST to 13:00 on BBC Two.

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  6. Pound rebounds amid Brexit debate latest

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    The pound has recovered some of its losses after Prime Minister Theresa May's amendment to today's Labour Brexit motion on Commons scrutiny of the Brexit process.

    The pound was trading 1% higher against the dollar at close to $1.23.

    Sterling has been sliding since Mrs May announced on 2 October that the formal Brexit negotiation process would start by the end of March 2017.

    Traders sold the pound, fearing the effects of a UK exit from the single market.

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  7. Jeremy Corbyn asked about intimidation in Labour Party

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  8. David Cameron: I've found my first job after politics, building the Big Society

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    David Cameron, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says one of his proudest achievements as prime minister was the creation of National Citizen Service.

    I often get stopped in the street by parents who tell me what a difference NCS has made in the lives of their children; and I regularly receive letters from young people who have so enjoyed taking part. From the pilot projects that I began as Leader of the Opposition to the full-scale programme that we have today, more than 275,000 people have taken part in what has become the fastest- growing youth movement of its kind in the world. The idea is simple: 16- and 17-year-olds from across the country come together for around four weeks, usually in the summer."

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  9. Conservative party chair accused of 'warm words' on female representation

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    Conservative chair Maria Miller confronts her party's chair, saying she hears "warm words" on female representation. 

    Sir Patrick McLoughlin asks her to "judge us by our actions", stressing the importance of "taking the party with us".

    He points out that David Cameron's A-list met with significant resistance. 

  10. Conservatives 'should get points' for female PM

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    Conservative Maria Caulfield challenges Sir Patrick McLoughlin over the representation of women at the level of Conservative association chairs. 

    He acknowledges her point, adding "if this is a question of points, I hope we get a bonus" for having a female prime minister. 

  11. Corbyn reproved by committee chair

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells the Women and Equalities Committee he thinks it strange to have "four white men" being interviewed for its inquiry into women MP numbers, as the Conservative chair of the committee Maria Miller says: "With respect, that's your fault not ours."

  12. Liam Byrne: I was ready to quit public life after 'no money' note made public

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    According to the Daily Mail, former Treasury minister Liam Byrne was ready to quit public life after his infamous note declaring there was "'no money'' left was made public when Labour left government in 2010.

    His Liberal Democrat replacement as chief secretary to the Treasury, David Laws, broke with convention when he disclosed details of the letter Mr Byrne wrote as he was clearing his desk.

    The 15-word note was repeatedly used against Labour as evidence that it failed to take the country's finances seriously.

  13. 'Your fault, not ours'

    Women and Equalities Committee

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells the Women and Equalities Committee he thinks it strange to have "four white men" being interviewed for its inquiry into women MP numbers, as the Conservative chair of the committee Maria Miller says: "With respect, that's your fault not ours."

  14. McLoughlin: All-women shortlists risk resentment

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    Questioned by Conservative Maria Caulfield, Sir Patrick McLoughlin says "there's nothing to stop" all-women shortlists but "we do try and give local associations as much freedom as possible".

    He goes on to say that "imposing them would create a risk of resentment" towards the candidate selected.

  15. Corbyn denies that Labour is 'riddled' with intimidation

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    Following a question from the SNP's Angela Crawley, Mr Corbyn says: "You're assuming the party is riddled with intimidation, and it's not." 

    He repeats his commitment to tackling abuse where it exists.

  16. Parliament sets an appalling behavioural example - Corbyn

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    Labour's Gavin Shuker is asking about behaviour towards women in the Labour party at a local and activist level. 

    Mr Corbyn says he's committed to rooting out inappropriate behaviour, adding that the way MPs behave towards in Parliament "sets an appalling example". 

  17. Ex-MI6 boss rebuffs Johnson demo call

    Sir John Sawers tells Today the UK should think about the safety of its embassy in Moscow

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  18. Corbyn: I can't interfere in candidate selection

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    Conservative Flick Drummond asks what can be done to prevent female MPs being deselected. 

    Mr Corbyn says he can't interfere in local parties' decisions, insisting there's no contradiction between this and the use of all-women shortlists.

  19. Coming up in the Commons today

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  20. Russia says Boris Johnson embassy protest call 'shameful'

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    Russia has condemned Boris Johnson's call for demonstrations outside its London embassy as "shameful".

    The foreign secretary said on Tuesday that he would "like to see" a protest against bombings of the Syrian city of Aleppo, which are being blamed on Vladimir Putin's forces.

    But Moscow, which denies the claims, accused him of "Russophobic hysteria".

    And the Stop the War Coalition said protests in the UK would not "make a blind bit of difference".

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