Paul McNamara , Senior Political Correspondent

The bill is being introduced by Labour MP Kim Ledbeater and she says there will be really strict limits on who would be eligible.

There are still – even two years after the end of the pandemic – shockingly high numbers of children who don’t go to school regularly.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been discussing his victory plan in Downing Street with Sir Keir Starmer and the  new head of NATO, Mark Rutte.

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick vie for Conservative leadership.

Israel says it has carried out large-scale air strikes on Yemen, targeting what it called military targets of the “Houthi terrorist regime”. 

As Israel continued to launch strikes into Lebanon today – Iran’s supreme leader has declared 5 days of mourning for the Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah – saying his death would “not go unavenged”. 

Huge explosions have rocked Beirut – levelling multiple buildings in the city’s southern suburbs. So far Lebanon’s health ministry says at least two people are known to have died, with 76 others wounded and the numbers certain to rise.

The day began with hopes of a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon. But they were soon dashed by Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade fire throughout the day. Hezbollah fired rockets at several northern towns and military bases in Israel, though no casualties were reported. 

More than 90 thousand people are now sleeping in schools, cars, parks and on the beach in Lebanon, after three days of intense Israeli air strikes.

Despite President Biden’s calls for restraint in his speech this morning, few here believe that anyone who matters in the Middle East is actually listening.

Hundreds dead and more than a thousand injured. Lebanon has suffered its deadliest day of conflict in almost two decades under intense Israeli bombardment.

The UN is warning of a ‘catastrophe’ in the Middle East and called for restraint on all sides.

A Lebanese minister has accused Israel of taking ‘the region to war’ as Israel continues to target Hezbollah positions in Lebanon.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to accept freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds. He also insisted he is “completely in control” after reports of a row within government over the pay of political advisers and his chief of staff Sue Gray.

The Prime Minister has been on a fact-finding mission to Rome, with migration top of the agenda in his talks with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni.