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The confirmation comes after an official period of national mourning began

There was cross-party support for a motion from Glasgow Labour leader George Redmond which labelled the current support package 'insufficient' and called for urgent action.

PM hails longest-reigning monarch as ‘champion of freedom and democracy’ around the world

Liz Truss’s first audience with King Charles III on Friday afternoon

Liz Truss and black-clad Cabinet ministers met to pay tribute to the Queen in Downing Street

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle opened tributes to the late Queen, with MPs expected to speak for 10 hours

MPs have observed a minute’s silence in memory of the Queen in the House of Commons chamber. They stood in a crowded chamber with heads bowed. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led the tributes, telling MPs: “She is wed in our minds with the crown and all it stands for.”…

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords are sitting today to hear tributes to the UK's longest-serving monarch, whose death was confirmed shortly after 6.30pm yesterday

The Government is pressing ahead with the energy plan while parliament is postponed

King Charles will meet British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday afternoon, Truss's spokesman told reporters.

People gather outside Buckingham Palace and other royal sites across the UK as 10 days of mourning begin for the queen.