Hello and welcome to our EU referendum morning briefing, which from this morning will become the Brexit briefing. Today’s coverage will be dominated by the leadership contests engulfing the UK’s two biggest parties that were triggered by the EU referendum vote.
The big picture
We’ve got two leadership launches on Monday.
The first is at 11am in Birmingham when Theresa May launches her national campaign for the leadership of the Conservative party.
May will promise to ensure that workers are represented on company boards and that shareholders get a binding vote on corporate pay.
Meanwhile, Andrea Leadsom, her Tory rival, told the Telegraph she had apologised to the home secretary for an interview with the Times published on Saturday in which she suggested that having children gave her the edge in the leadership stakes.
“I’ve already said to Theresa how very sorry I am for any hurt I have caused and how that article said completely the opposite of what I said and believe,” Leadsom said.
Leadsom has also published details of her tax affairs and declared an income of nearly £85,000 for last year.
Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary, will formally launch her challenge for the Labour leadership at midday in a move expected to anger many members of her constituency party in Wallasey.
She told the Mirror: “The Labour party needs to be saved. I’m stepping up to the plate to say it’s about time we did this so we can make the Labour party relevant again and so we can contend for government.”
You should also know:
- Brexit vote paves way for federal union to save UK, says all-party group.
- Privatising Channel 4 would badly damage the quality of its output and probably see the broadcaster fall into foreign hands, peers have warned.
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Tony Blair could face contempt of parliament motion over Iraq war.
Diary
- David Cameron makes a speech at the Farnborough airshow on the economy and the aerospace industry.
- HS2 chief executive, Simon Kirby, gives evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee at 3pm.
Read these
Andrea Leadsom delights the Tory right, but she may cost them power, writes Matthew d’Ancona.
It is easy to despair of our leaders, but Brexit has exposed Britain’s rotten core, writes Linda Colley.
As usual, I will also be covering breaking political news as it happens, as well as bringing you the best reaction, comment and analysis from the web. I will post a summary at lunchtime and another in the afternoon.
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