Theresa May is said to be considering forcing MPs to vote on her Brexit deal for a fourth time next week after she saw off the latest attempt to oust her from office.
The prime minister is planning to bring forward a law to enact her withdrawal agreement, even though it has been rejected by MPs three times, reports suggest.
The law is expected to include new guarantees that the government hopes will entice both Tory Eurosceptics and wavering Labour MPs to vote for the deal.
A Brexiteer attempt to force a second vote of no confidence in Ms May was scuppered on Wednesday after senior Tories decided not to change party rules to allow another ballot to be held.
Here's how we covered the day's developments:
Tory MPs' latest bid to topple Theresa May fails
Committee of Conservative backbenchers decides not to change rules to allow early no-confidence vote in prime minister
Opinion: Five years ago, Tory panic handed Farage victory. Guess what? It’s happening again
The second coming of the Brexit Party leader, the delay to Brexit and May’s decision to talk to the enemy in Jeremy Corbyn have left Tory members venting their anger at the prime minister
Food bank use hits record high as annual emergency supply packages surpass 1.5 million, figures show
Universal credit ‘key driver’ of increasing need for emergency food parcels, says Trussell TrustThe leak has infuriated ministers and intelligence officials and prompted calls for an official inquiry into who was responsible.
Mr Grieve said that if a minister was found to be behind the leak, they should be sacked immediately.
He told the BBC:
"The principle that what is discussed at the NSC is kept totally confidential is really important.
"That that should have been breached in this fashion - and I can't think of any occasion where it has happened before - I think is deeply worrying.
"If it turned out that it was a member of the cabinet - or indeed a minster who was attending the NSC - they should be sacked immediately."
He suggested the leak could have been a result of prospective Tory leadership candidates ramping up their campaigns to succeed Theresa May, saying:
"There has certainly been some posturing around on a whole range of issues. I can't pretend that there aren't people who appear to be preparing themselves for leadership bids. None of this is in the national interest in my view."
Labour pledges £1.3bn for thousands of bus routes 'devastated' by austerity
Plea comes ahead of local elections on 2 MayThe spokesman declined to say whether a leak inquiry had been launched, telling a regular media briefing: "I don't think you would expect me to comment on leaks or questions about leak inquiries."
New centrist party Change UK has responded to criticism by Muslim community groups of one of its candidates by branding it a “smear campaign” and suggesting its critics are “cultists”.
Nora Mulready was criticised by the Muslim Council of Britain and racism reporting service Tell MAMA after comments emerged in which she appeared to conflate Islam with terrorism, questioned Pakistani immigration, and suggested the concerns of far-right leader Tommy Robinson should be acknowledged.
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He was asked by Tory MP Victoria Prentis whether he agreed that members should "choose our words very carefully" on Huawei as the reports could "become the subject of a criminal prosecution".
The Culture Secretary said he did agree, adding: "We cannot exclude the possibility of a criminal investigation here, and everybody will want to take seriously that suggestion."
Pressed on the issue again by Labour MP Nick Smith, who wanted to know if the leak inquiry would be come a "criminal investigation".
Mr Wright said "that's not a matter for me", but added he "cannot rule it out" and that it was "a matter for investigating and prosecution authorities to consider".
Self-harm and violent assaults in prisons have hit a record high for the seventh year in a row despite an overall drop in inmate numbers, figures show.
There were 55,598 incidents of self-harm in 2018, a 25 per cent surge on 2017, while the number of violent assaults increased by 16 per cent over the same period, according to newly published government figures.
Shocking story here from our social affairs correspondent May Bulman:
Labour MP Catherine West said EU citizens living in the UK have to undergo a "two-stage process" to vote in the European elections, and need to complete additional forms or return to vote in their "home countries".
She said: "Even if they are already registered to vote in local elections next Thursday the second of May, they are separately required to complete an additional form to vote in the elections three weeks later, unlike other UK nationals."
Ms West said the move is supposed to prevent people voting twice, in the UK and in the EU citizens' home countries, but says she is worried the rule will "disenfranchise" EU citizens as the majority of EU registers are now closed, meaning people will be unable to vote if they don't register in the UK in time."
She said the "Brexit shambles" had meant most local authorities had not been told until "very late in the day" about the process for registering EU nationals.
She said: "These unusual circumstances and the Government's complete lack of action have helped create an artificial barrier to the enfranchisement of EU citizens. We are already hearing reports of a formal legal challenge to the Government. Yet another Brexit mistake."
