Summary

  • Clive Lewis quits shadow cabinet

  • Rebecca Long-Bailey succeeds him

  • Sue Hayman and Christina Rees also promoted

  • Row over ending of child refugee scheme

  1. Boris Johnson urges MPs not to 'frustrate' Brexit processpublished at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson has warned MPs against seeking to "frustrate the will of the people" as they pore over the Article 50 bill.

    Ahead of the committee stage of the bill needed to trigger formal Brexit talks, the foreign secretary said there would be "abundant votes" on the subject over the coming weeks and months but the bottom line was that a "convincing majority" of the people had voted to leave the EU last year.

    It was, he added, the government's job to give effect to that "clearly expressed" view. 

  2. MSPs call for separate Scottish immigration deal over Brexitpublished at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Holyrood's Europe committee has called for Scotland to be allowed its own separate immigration deal after Brexit.

    The committee, which includes representatives of all Holyrood's parties, said there were "acute" risks for EU migrants living in Scotland and called for a "differentiated" solution.

    The call follows similar one made by a cross-party group of Westminster MPs.

    The UK government has pledged to discuss the devolution of additional powers as the country leaves the EU.

    But ministers have previously said they are prioritising an immigration deal that works for the whole of the UK over any local visa arrangements. Read more

  3. Watch again: What next for Brexit bill?published at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    BBC Sunday Politics

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    The BBC's Ellie Price looks ahead to the parliamentary maneuvering and machinations over the Article 50 bill

  4. Listen: NHS is 'not international health service'published at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Radio 4's Westminster Hour

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    Conservative MP and former minisrer Mark Harper says foreigners should pay for non-urgent NHS care

  5. Listen: Brexit vote 'difficult for everyone'published at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Radio 4's Westminster Hour

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    Labour frontbencher Andy McDonald says families and communities are split on the issue of EU exit and his party's divisions reflect that

  6. Listen: Brexit should 'end with the people'published at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Radio 4's Westminster Hour

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    Lib Dem peer Baroness Featherstone calls for a second referendum on the final terms of government’s Brexit deal.

  7. Listen: MP on growing up with alcoholic fatherpublished at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth on his childhood: "My dad was an alcoholic - but I was lucky".

  8. Concentrix tax credit cases to be reviewedpublished at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    Thousands more families who were wrongly stripped of their tax credits by the US contractor Concentrix are to have their cases reviewed.

    A committee of MPs that produced a scathing report on Concentrix said on Monday that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had accepted its recommendations.

    Concentrix was sacked by HMRC last year after many low income and vulnerable people were left without credits.

    The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said up to 23,000 new cases will be looked at.

    Concentrix was used by HMRC to help cut fraud and correct errors in the tax credit system, but faced a barrage of criticism. Read more

  9. May set for talks with Netanyahupublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Israeli prime minister Benjamin NetanyahuImage source, Reuters

    Before she comes to the Commons this afternoon, Theresa May will meet the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks in Downing Street.

    There won't be a press conference but the occasion will be closely watched all the same, as the meeting comes less than two months after the UK found itself unusually at odds with the US over Israel and the Middle East peace process.

    In its final few weeks, the Obama administration was highly critical of Mr Netanyahu, describing his government as the most right-wing in Israel's history and suggesting it was not really committed to a two-state solution.

    The UK dissented from this, saying the criticism was "inappropriate" - while still emphasising its concern about Israel's continued settlement building.

    Of course, Barack Obama is no longer in the White House and his successor Donald Trump could well chart a different course on the Middle East.

    While Monday's meeting isn't officially about the peace process, trade and security are likely to be focus, the mood music as always will be interesting. 

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  10. Brexit vote 'already bad for firms'published at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    The Brexit vote is already having a negative impact on business, a survey of bosses of the UK's biggest firms suggests.

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  11. Upfront charges for NHS foreign patients in Englandpublished at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

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    NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment.

    From April this year, foreign patients could be refused operations unless they cover their costs in advance.

    NHS Improvement, which oversees the trusts, said hospitals would no longer have to chase money they are owed.

    Emergency treatment will continue to be provided and invoiced later.

    The announcement from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt comes amid recent headlines about the cost of tourists using the NHS.

    A BBC documentary, Hospital, showed a number of foreign patients unable to pay their bills.

    Hospitals are already supposed to charge patients living outside the European Economic Area for care such as hip operations or cataract removal, but this can be done by invoice, rather than upfront. Read more

  12. Brexit bill: First of three days of debatepublished at 11:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    This is the first of three days of detailed scrutiny of a proposed law that, if passed, will give Theresa May the power to trigger Article 50 and begin the official process of Brexit.

    The bill is very short but that does not mean the debate will be cursory - quite the opposite.

    Labour and other opposition parties want to amend the bill in various ways in the hope of obtaining various concessions.

    There is likely to be a lot of to and fro over important issues such as the rights of EU citizens in the UK and whether Parliament will get a binding vote on the final deal - whatever form it takes.

    We should know which amendments have been selected for debate this lunchtime when the Speaker's Office will decide. Read more

  13. Good morning: Brexit bill in the Commonspublished at 11:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2017

    Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of today's developments in Westminster and beyond.

    Many MPs have, for months, been chomping at the bit to debate the nitty-gritty of Brexit and today they get their chance.

    A proposed law which would give PM Theresa May the authority to begin official talks on leaving the EU will be discussed in detail for the first time on Monday. Expect debate to start at about 16:30 GMT.

    Before that, the prime minister will brief MPs on the outcome of Friday's informal EU summit in Malta. 

    The one-day event was supposed to have been about migration but it was largely overtaken by the question of how the EU will handle its relations with the US, now Donald Trump is in the White House.

    Being the only European leader to have met Mr Trump - whose own views about the EU are seen in some quarters as being rather hostile - so far, the prime minister's feedback will be quite interesting.