PM confirms winter fuel thresholds will be looked at and announced as part of a fiscal event As Rachel Reeves said to Shelagh Fogarty this week

Decent #PMQs gag from Starmer as he flags Nigel Farage’s absence from the Commons as he’s on holiday in France. “He’s the first through the e-gates”.

Rupert Lowe asks about Lucy Connolly being locked up for a tweet. Keir Starmer backs the courts: “Sentencing is a matter for our courts. “I’m strongly in favour of free speech. “I am also against incitement to violence. “I will always support the actions of our police.”

BREAKING: A member of Irish rap trio Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence. Liam O’Hanna, 27, allegedly displayed a flag in support of Hizballah at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town on 21st November last year. LBC LBC News

NEW: Sentencing review from David Gauke suggests string of measures to save 10k places in UK prisons Fraser Knight - More cash for probation, more tagging - Jail terms of under one year to only be used in ‘exceptional circumstances’ - Vulnerable/pregnant women to avoid jail -

More bad borrowing news... via PA UK Government borrowing rose to £20.2 billion last month, ahead of forecasts and the fourth-highest April figure on record, new official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said borrowing was also £1 billion higher than in

‘Some sex offenders are keen to be chemically castrated.’ David Gauke explains an element of the new sentencing recommendations to Nick Ferrari.

Justice Sec Shabana Mahmood tells the Commons that prisons filling up would lead to the "breakdown of law and order in this country" as crimes would go unpunished and arrests wouldn't be made The prisons population is rising by 3,000 a year, she says 2,400 places opened since

Shabana Mahmood confirms to MPs reports she is looking at whether to "mandate" chemical castration of sexual offenders National rollout with 20 prisons in 2 areas to look at the evidence for these drugs

Chagos deal cleared for signing… PA says: An injunction temporarily blocking the Government from concluding its negotiations over the Chagos Islands should be discharged

Understand the Chagos signing has been rescheduled for this afternoon, following the courts move this lunchtime

Sir Keir Starmer reveals deal done to hand over Chagos to Mauritius Says the Gov's position is that even though the current legal work is advisory, they would likely lose a case in future Deal costs £3.4bn, a lot less than feared, and will be for at least 50 years Some new

‘I would lie on the sofa in tears…’ Labour MP @allisongardnermp discussed her experience of chronic urinary tract infections, after speaking in parliament yesterday. She’s now calling for a cross-party parliamentary group to tackle this & joined anita rani ⬇️