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Live Reporting

Justin Parkinson and Alex Hunt

All times stated are UK

  1. Today's key points

  2. Downing Street responds to indyref2 threat

    Downing street says that the Scottish government will not be able to stop Brexit happening. 

    But a spokeswoman for Theresa May insisted the prime minister is not "dismissing outright" the SNP's calls for Scotland to be given extra powers over trade or immigration. 

    Responding to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for extra powers over international deals and immigration, the spokeswoman said that while the limits of Holyrood's powers are clearly defined, Mrs May is willing to "hear views and listen."

    She added: "There are examples where Scotland has hugely benefited from the ability of the UK to negotiate trade deals, or through the EU, so all those things will need to be weighed up carefully."

  3. Downing Street: Royal yacht 'not a priority'

    crowds watch the royal yacht
    Image caption: The royal yacht is seen by campaigners as a powerful tool in drumming up international trade deals.

    The prime minister's spokesperson has said that a new royal yacht "is not a government priority".

    This follows yesterday's report by the Daily Telegraph that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson solicited private donations for a campaign to purchase a new royal yacht at a gathering of Tory donors. 

    A source close to Mr Johnson reportedly said: "A new yacht is not the government’s priority but if private donations happen then good luck to them."

    Asked whether Theresa May backed Mr Johnson's suggestion that ministers would not prevent wealthy donors buying the Queen a new yacht, her spokeswoman replied simply: "The prime minister agrees with the foreign secretary that it is not a government priority."    

  4. Shadow cabinet appointments

    The shadow cabinet reshuffle continues with seven more appointments following Jeremy Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader.

    Mr Corbyn said: "This brings the total number of frontbench appointments to 68 – 39 of whom are women, and 12 of whom are from the black and minority ethnic community."

    The new appointees are:

    Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities – Paula Sheriff MP

    Shadow Minister for Transport – Richard Burden MP

    Shadow Minister for Defence – Wayne David MP

    Shadow Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Khalid Mahmood MP

    Shadow Minister for Steel, Postal Affairs and Consumer Protection – Gill Furniss MP

    Shadow Minister for Home Affairs – Rupa Huq MP

    Shadow Minister for Home Affairs – Lyn Brown MP

    Further appointments to the Labour front bench are still to come. 

  5. Home Office figures show sharp rise in hate crime in June-July 2016

    The Home Office has published a statistical bulletin showing a sharp increase in the level of reported and recorded hate crime during June and July 2016.  

    The bulletin says that July 2016 saw a 41% higher rate of reported racially and religiously aggravated hate crimes than July 2015. 

    The statistics cover five types of hate crimes: Those related to race or ethnicity, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity.

    A similarly large increase in offences was not seen in the other four areas of hate crime. 

    Graph of racially and religiously aggravated offences
    Image caption: January to May 2016 largely follows the pattern of 2015, before the graph spikes upwards in June and July.

    Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said that the EU referendum  had a "clear" effect on the rates of hate crime reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

    Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the government was "determined to stamp it out".  

    Read more: Race and religious hate crimes rose 41% after EU vote

  6. Labour announces new role for Rosie Winterton

    Rosie Winterton

    Last week Jeremy Corbyn fired Labour's chief whip in his reshuffle - now she has a new role as an "envoy" for the party.

    Rosie Winterton will be Labour's representative on the Presidency of the Party of European Socialists, the party has announced.

    In the role she will be responsible for Labour's relationships with its international sister parties.

    She said:

    Quote Message: This is a crucial time in discussions with our European and international sister parties as we prepare for negotiations to leave the European Union. I very much look forward to being the Labour Party Envoy in this work.”
  7. Coming up on This Week

    This Week

    Andrew Neil wil be joined by Michael Portillo and Michael Dugher on the sofa, and they will hear from commentator Katie Hopkins giving her take on Donald Trump.

    There will be a film rounding up the week from Miranda Green, before singer Katie Melua will be looking at: Back in the USSR.

    They are live from 23:45 BST on BBC One (later in Northern Ireland) straight after Question Time. 

    Katie Hopkins and cheerleaders
  8. Watch: New SNP deputy leader on fresh IndyRef call

    The Daily Politics

    Video content

    Video caption: Angus Robertson on the case for Scottish people to get a new independence vote.

    Angus Robertson puts the case for Scottish people to get a new independence vote, as he claims "things have turned on their head" since the EU referendum in June.

    The Moray MP, who was announced as the new party deputy leader on Thursday, was asked by Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil what would trigger a second referendum.

    Speaking from the SNP conference in Glasgow, he said the party was the "effective opposition at Westminster" asking the "difficult questions" that Labour was unprepared to do.

  9. Watch: Will Scotland get a second independence vote?

    Adam Fleming

    Reporter, Daily Politics

    The SNP conference opened on Thursday in Glasgow, where leader Nicola Sturgeon spoke about the Brexit vote, and the drive for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

    From Dundee which backed independence in the 2014 vote, Daily Politics reporter Adam Fleming heard views on the chances of a fresh vote on Scotland leaving the UK.

    Video content

    Video caption: Views from Dundee on the chances of a fresh IndyRef vote about Scotland leaving the UK.
  10. Indyref2 bill: What's Sturgeon's message to Downing Street?

    Sarah Smith

    Scotland Editor

    Nicola Sturgeon

    Nicola Sturgeon told the SNP conference that not a day passes without someone telling her to "hurry up" with a second referendum on Scottish independence.

    And every day someone tells her to "slow down".

    It is certainly true that every day since the EU referendum the question is asked when, or if, the SNP's call for Indyref2 - as it's known - might happen.

    With many commentators (myself included) concluding that the cautious, canny Sturgeon will not rush into a vote she knows she might lose.

    Read more...

  11. Government wants to get to the truth - minister

    Debate on hormone pregnancy tests

    House of Commons

    Parliament

    David Mowat addresses the Commons

    "Nobody in the government has any interest other than getting to the truth in this matter," says Health Minister David Mowat.

    He invites MPs to write to him with their concerns about the inquiry; and to meet them to try to ensure they are "content" with the progress of the inquiry.

    He defends the members of the Expert Working Panel Group, claiming they are just as interested in getting to the truth.

  12. 'Justice must be seen to be done' says shadow minister

    Debate on hormone pregnancy tests

    House of Commons

    Parliament

    Shadow health minister Justin Madders says Primados was "astonishingly" still being prescribed to pregnant women as late as 1977.

    There were "delays between warnings emerging and any action being taken", he adds.

    Of the inquiry, he says: "Justice must be done and it must be seen to be done."

  13. Libraries 'intellectual backbone' of society

    Libraries and bookshops debate

    House of Lords

    Parliament

    Crossbencher Lord Bird, who secured today's debate, rounds up the debate by saying it has proven that libraries and bookshops are "not fluffy, not something you can add to society when you've got a few bob in your back pocket".

    He says that it's clear that we see them as the "intellectual backbone of society" and promises to continue agitating for a reversal of closures.

  14. Watch: Why can't governments cut the welfare bill?

    Mark Lobel

    Daily and Sunday Politics reporter

    Big headline-grabbing reforms of the welfare system have not been very good at saving money, a report from the Office for Budget Responsibility concluded.

    Daily Politics reporter Mark Lobel looks at a problem faced by governments of all political persuasions trying to reduce welfare spending.

    Video content

    Video caption: Welfare reforms have not met expected savings, says the Office for Budget Responsibility.