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The BBC asked people in Wanstead and Basildon for their opinions on the policy.

Ministers change tack to support opposition legislation making period products available free of charge.

The Labour leadership contender is calling on the party to change course – or face extinction.

Priti Patel says staff shortages can be dealt with by training the 8.5 million people who are economically inactive.

Ministers, councils and emergency services meet amid warnings of more heavy rain.

The PM has promised to "restore discipline" to the multi-billion-pound rail project.

The offer of a Commons tour in exchange for a donation was part of a Green Party crowdfunding drive.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says the government won't support "cheap, low-skilled labour".

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott says offering points for English skills is "dog-whistle politics".

The Londoner raps about the government, before winning his first-ever Brit for album of the year.

The post-Brexit immigration plan says employers must stop relying on "cheap labour".

Floods minister Rebecca Pow has said flooding defence systems are "protecting more homes".

The idea that came out of a US competition to improve the way we predict world events.

The chief negotiator says the UK's "particular proximity" to the bloc rules out a similar agreement.

Jackson Carlaw removes Michelle Ballantyne from the Scottish Tory front bench as he reshuffles his team.

The BBC's Iain Watson reports on the Labour leadership contender firmly on the left of the party.

The party failed to report cash from taxpayers' funds worth nearly £500,000.

Siobhan Davies said she didn't realise who her saviour was until she was in the car.

A minister calls past remarks by Andrew Sabisky "racist", but he accuses the media of "selective quoting".

Average wages - when adjusted for inflation - exceed pre-crisis levels for the first time since 2008.