Summary

  • Theresa May to discuss Brexit at EU summit

  • Voters going to polls in Witney and Batley and Spen by-elections

  • Thousands of men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences to receive pardons

  • Scottish parliamentary boundary change plans unveiled

  • MPs back stripping Sir Philip Green of knighthood

  1. 'Don't get hung up on terms'published at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    The chancellor says we "shouldn't be hung about" terminology, namely whether the UK remains a member of the customs unions or single market.

    The key issue, he says, is whether the UK has free access for its companies to sell goods and services into the single market and operate within it.

  2. Hammond warns against 'hard decisions' on Brexitpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

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  3. Kuenssberg and MPs review 'longest' PMQspublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg goes back over a 45-minute session of questions to the prime minister.

    Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil claimed this may have been the longest-ever session, as it overran by 15 minutes.

    They were joined by shadow environment secretary Rachael Maskell and Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood to look at the exchanges between Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Angus Robertson.

  4. Report data 'inaccurate and flawed'published at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Troubled Families inquiry

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    Meg Hillier asks if, on receiving the independent report, the department asked for any changes.

    Melanie Dawes explains that they had challenged the way data was treated.

    Ms Hillier wonders if the report had done a bad analysis.

    "It was complicated. They didn't deal with the data as well as they could have done," Ms Dawes replies.

    Louise Casey goes further describing the data as "inaccurate and flawed".

    Meg Hillier
  5. Hammond 'wants Brexit position to be secret'published at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    The Chancellor says the main parameters of Brexit are that the UK is leaving the EU while also introducing migration controls between the EU and UK. 

    Within that, the government is trying to get the very best deal it can where businesses can still sell their goods and services into the EU.

    However, it would weaken the government's hand to have a public debate on the various options available to ministers, and their costs and benefits, he says.

    "That would be to undermine our negotiating position in a spectacular way."

  6. Lords to resume debate on surveillance powerspublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    House of Lords
    Parliament

    The House of Lords meets from 3pm for oral questions to the government.

    After that, government spokesman Lord Young of Cookham will repeat an answer to today's Commons urgent question on plans to allow savers to sell their annuities.

    The main business is the final of three debates on the Investigatory Powers Bill at report stage. Peers will consider amendments which are aimed at ensuring that data collection by the security services is subject to safeguards.

    There will also be a short, dinner break debate led by crossbench peer Lord Luce, who will ask "what progress has been made with the Fit for Work scheme in enabling those with long-term health problems like chronic pain to return to or stay in work".

  7. Online football players and the Brexit rulepublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Those who thought they could avoid Brexit and politics by playing virtual football can think again.

    Creators of the computer game Football Manager 2017 have included Brexit scenarios for online players.

    Director Miles Jacobson spoke to Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn and Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood.

  8. 'Bespoke' EU dealpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Asked about the Brexit negotiations strategy, Chancellor Philip Hammond repeats the Prime Minister's line that the UK will be pursuing a "bespoke" result.

    Before then, the government's job is to understand the challenges ahead in order to get the "best possible outcome".

    "We have to be clear about the challenges as well as the opportunities ahead," he says.

  9. Will we be poorer after the referendum?published at 14:56 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Kamal Ahmed
    Economics editor

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  10. Committing newspublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

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  11. Hillier: Who was suppressing the report?published at 14:56 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Troubled Families inquiry

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    Chair Meg Hillier begins the questioning. She notes that an evaluation report of the Troubled Families initiative had been expected in 2014, then late 2015; and then, in August, the report was leaked to the BBC.

    So, she asks, who was suppressing the report?

    Melanie Dawes says her minister was "very clear" that the report should be published but the final copy wasn't ready until 4 October 2016.

    Committee
  12. Monetary policy will stay independent - Hammondpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    The Chancellor is asked his view on Prime Minister Theresa May's comments in her conference speech, which said quantitative easing and record low interest rates had disadvantaged certain people.

    Some interpreted her comments as a challenge to the independence of the Bank of England.

    Mr Hammond says there will be no change to the independence of monetary policy. It will continue to be set by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

    Did he see the speech before Mrs May delivered it? No comment.

  13. 'Nothing' from SNP or Labour on UK citizens in the EUpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    EU nationals debate

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    James Cleverly

    Conservative MP James Clevery says he wants to remind the House that UK citizens in the EU have had "no assurances" about their rights post-Brexit. He says words like "punishment" are not being used by UK ministers, but by members of the European Commission.

    He says there are 1.2m British nationals living in the EU and "we heard nothing from the SNP benches, or the Labour benches" about them.

    He says while there is a question mark over them it is "not legitimate" for the UK to "unilaterally" guarantee the rights of EU citizens here.

  14. 'No change in monetary policy'published at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Simon Gompertz
    Personal Finance Correspondent

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  15. Hammond: Balance migration checks with economypublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    The first question Chancellor Hammond faces is on migration, and whether he is "winning the argument" that students should be excluded from the total net migration figures.

    "It is in my view essential that we look at how we do this in a way that protects our economy and protects the vital interest of our economy," Mr Hammond tells MPs.

    Student visas have been abused in the past, he says, but won't be drawn on whether they should be left out of migration totals.

    "We are having a discussion within government of the appropriate way to record and address net migration," he says.

  16. Help ahead to avoid low bridgespublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Lorry stuck under bridgeImage source, Network Rail

    A multi-million pound sat-nav project aims to stop lorries and other vehicles getting stuck in narrow lanes and under low-lying bridges on UK routes.

    Ordnance Survey is creating a database that will contain information about 200,000 miles (321,869km) of roadways to prevent such accidents.

    The transport secretary Andrew Jones said the digital facility would launch before the end of the year.

    But sat-nav makers will need to pay to get access to the full data. Read more here

  17. Hammond kicks off Treasury Committee hearingpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Chancellor Philip Hammond is answering questions from MPs on his work.

    It's his first appearance in front of the Treasury Select Committee since he was appointed Chancellor in July. 

  18. Tyrie questions Chancellor over student numberspublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

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  19. Who sits on the Public Accounts Committee?published at 14:35 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    • Meg Hillier, (Chair) Labour (Co-op) 
    • Richard Bacon, Conservative 
    • Philip Boswell, Scottish National Party 
    • Chris Evans, Labour (Co-op) 
    • Caroline Flint, Labour 
    • Kevin Foster, Conservative 
    • Stewart Jackson, Conservative 
    • Nigel Mills, Conservative 
    • David Mowat, Conservative 
    • Stephen Phillips, Conservative 
    • Bridget Phillipson, Labour 
    • John Pugh, Liberal Democrat 
    • Karin Smyth, Labour 
    • Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Conservative
  20. Troubled families hearing to begin shortlypublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 19 October 2016

    Select Committee
    Parliament

    The Public Accounts Committee evidence session into the Troubled Families programme is due to start at 2:30pm.

    A report has been released suggesting that the £1.3bn project to help disadvantaged families has had no significant impact.

    The witnesses are: 

    • Louise Casey, Director General, Casey Review Team, Department for Communities and Local Government
    • Joe Tuke, Director, Troubled Failies and Public Service Reform, Department for Communities and Local Government
    • Melanie Dawes CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government