Andrew Neil spoke to his guests Jon Ashworth and Steve Baker about some calls for Sir Martin Moore-Bick to go, but they think he should stay.

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Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick "should carry on" and lead the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth has said.

He spoke out on BBC2's Daily Politics after a growing number of Labour MPs called for Sir Martin to step down.

Mr Ashworth said "he should be allowed to get on with it, but there are clearly concerns in the local area".

But he said a suggestion by residents that a panel could work alongside Sir Martin during the probe should be considered.

Brexit Minister Steve Baker told the programme he agreed with Mr Ashworth that Sir Martin should be allowed to continue.

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The first question is from the SNP's Neil Gray bringing forward proposals to review public sector pay.

He asks the minister if he agrees with David Cameron's comments that it would be "selfish" to end the cap.

First Secretary of State Damian Green tells him the government must be "fair to our public servants and fair to those who pay for them" but will "continue to assess the balance".

The government has been under pressure on this issue since the election, with some Cabinet ministers reportedly supportive of scrapping the pay cap and the chancellor resisting a change of policy.

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According to The Times, external, Brexit Secretary David Davis has overtaken Boris Johnson as the most popular member of the cabinet.

Ruth Davidson, the Conservative leader in Scotland, had higher approval ratings than any other figure in the party with a score of 84.5 points, the paper reports.

Theresa May fell from first place to second last in a survey of activists for ConservativeHome, dropping from approval ratings of 89.1 before the election to minus 26.1. This is the biggest decline recorded by the website, The Times says.

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The health services of England, Wales and Northern Ireland could learn lessons from the Scottish NHS, according to a new report.

The Nuffield Trust found that Scotland had a unique system for improving the quality and safety of patient care.

It has benefited from sticking with the policy rather than "chopping and changing" every few years, it added.

But the study warned that Scotland's strengths could be undermined by a "dark cloud" of financial pressures.

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Brexit Minister Steve Baker and shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth will join Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn throughout the 90-minute programme.

They will look at calls for Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the judge in the Grenfell Inquiry, to quit and the growing pressure on the government from its own ministers and backbenchers to increase spending.

There will be full coverage and analysis of this week’s PMQs and a look at how Conservative MP Jacob Rees Mogg has become an online sensation.

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Some UKIP news now. Bill Etheridge has announced his intention to stand for the party leadership.

The MEP, who came third in the first of the party's two leadership contests last year, had been waiting to see whether Nigel Farage would make another comeback.

"As someone who has been a long-term ally of Nigel I was disappointed to hear he will not be standing, however, I fully understand his reasoning," says the West Midlands MEP.

He adds: "As the libertarian candidate, I believe it’s important UKIP has a clear guide to a post Brexit UK.

"Furthermore, we must fight to dismiss claims from the Remain campaign that working class Brits are lazy and don't want to work."

London Assembly member Peter Whittle has also announced his candidacy, as has Anne Marie Waters.

Supermarkets and banks could be forced to provide services in Welsh as part of a drive to boost use of the language, BBC Wales understands.

The Welsh Government wants there to be one million Welsh speakers by 2050.

Public bodies like councils already have to provide services in Welsh, with new standards being set for water, energy, bus and rail companies.

Campaigners have said Welsh language minister Alun Davies told them they should cover the whole private sector.

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Jeremy Corbyn has become the "nation's favourite grandfather", former Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten has told BBC 5live.

And Lord Patten says in his opinion a "really dire" Conservative election campaign was to blame.

Speaking to Emma Barnett, the former governor of Hong Kong, said he thought “it’s not impossible” that Mr Corbyn would become prime minister.

He also criticised Theresa May’s premiership, saying there is a sense that “everybody is doing their own thing… we can't go on living from hand to mouth in this sort of shambolic way”.

And he said “I don’t think anybody thinks it’s realistic” to expect that the Brexit deal could be done in two years.

But on Mr Corbyn, Lord Patten said:

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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says it's "quite significant" that Sajid Javid feels he has to "step in" with a taskforce to manage the housing department at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

He says today is the deadline by which Theresa May hoped accommodation would be offered to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, although it was not clear whether these were temporary or permanent offers.

Considerable uncertainty and concern over housing is most likely the reason behind the communities secretary's decision to send in help, Norman says.

It is likely Grenfell Tower will again come up at Prime Minister's Questions later today.

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Vital NHS operations and treatments are being increasingly rationed in England, leaving patients in pain, doctors say.

The treatments affected include hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery to help restore sight as well as drugs for conditions such as arthritis.

Such care is normally given routinely, but the British Medical Journal has found evidence it is being cut back.

The joural obtained data showing more doctors are having to resort to special appeals to get their patients treated.

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A taskforce will be sent in to take over parts of Kensington and Chelsea Council in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

The council has been criticised for its handling of the disaster on 14 June that killed at least 80 people.

Both the council leader and chief executive have resigned as a result.

Now the government has ordered a taskforce to take over the housing department, as well as other council operations.

Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid said: "The scale of the recovery effort needed on the Lancaster West estate in the months to come cannot be underestimated.

"The challenge of providing that support is and will continue to be significant. I want to help the council meet that challenge. "

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According to the Financial Times, external, Labour has called on Theresa May to drop her “ideological and deeply unhelpful red line” over the European Court of Justice in order to retain access to key EU organisations.

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has urged the prime minister to seek to retain membership of groups such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Europol and Euratom.

Writing to the Financial Times, Sir Keir said it was important for Britain to seek a “co-operative future relationship” with the EU “not as members but as partners”.

The letter — cosigned by Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary — came after two senior ministers warned Brexiteers that they ought to accept some continued regulation from Brussels of the life sciences sector.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Business Secretary Greg Clark said Britain needed to find a way to “collaborate” with the EU over pharmaceutical regulation, currently overseen by the EMA, the paper reports.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has announced the birth of his sixth child, a baby boy.

His new baby is named Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, and joins his other children Peter, Mary, Thomas, Anselm and Alfred.

The Conservative MP announced the birth on his Instagram account, external, writing that he and his wife Helena were in a state of "great joy" after the new arrival.

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Scotland's economy rebounded in the first quarter of this year, boosted by strong growth in the production sector.

Official figures showed GDP grew by 0.8%, having shrunk by 0.2% in the previous three months.

Scotland outstripped the UK as a whole, which saw growth of just 0.2% in the first three months of the year.

Both the Scottish and UK governments welcomed the figures which saw Scottish production grow by 3.1% and the services industry expand by 0.3%.

However, construction contracted by 0.7%.

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A government minister has played down cabinet divisions about whether the cap on public sector pay should be lifted.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said there would always be a debate, adding: "We're not all clones."

But he said ministers all wanted to provide as many resources as possible for public services and that this would be addressed in the next Budget.

One union has described the 1% cap as "dead in the water" after receiving an offer of a 2% increase for its workers.

Nonetheless, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the offer was "simply not good enough".

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Q1 Hannah Bardell (Livingston) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 5 July.

Q2 James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)

Q3 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)

Q4 Nicky Morgan (Loughborough)

Q5 Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam)

Q6 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire)

Q7 Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)

Q8 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)

Q9 Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness)

Q10 Andrew C Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Q11 Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar)

Q12 Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr)

Q13 Scott Mann (North Cornwall)

Q14 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood)

Q15 Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne)