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Here’s a leadership hustings all participants agreed to turn up to.
Homelessness campaigners are asking the government to scrap a 195-year-old law that makes it a crime to sleep rough or beg in England and Wales.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has allowed military aid to the Saudi coalition in Yemen to continue, despite the increasing concern about civilian casualties, although he insisted ending the civil war remained a priority. Saudi-led forces are pushing to recapture the key port of Houthi rebel-held Hodeidah, where 80% of aid to Yemen comes…
There’s more political upheaval in Germany, where talks on forming a coalition government have collapsed. Germany’s president has appealed to party leaders to reconsider after the Free Democrats walked out late last night, saying there was “no basis of trust”. Chancellor Angela Merkel said tonight that fresh elections would be the best option if the talks can’t be rescued.
Gary Gibbon
UK diplomats worry that prolonged uncertainty in Germany over the formation of a new government means that officials may take control of events and that hardens the German position. Some claim that it was German officials who shaped the setback at the European Council in October when the UK was deemed to have made insufficient…
Remember coalition politics? Today the Lib Dem leader Tim Farron categorically ruled out any deals with any party. And with Brexit looming large, former PM Tony Blair appeared to urge Labour voters to vote tactically if their Labour candidate supported Leave.
Gary Gibbon
Abuse, personal attacks and mockery – the Leave and Remain wings of the Tory party aren’t pulling any punches, but will David Cameron be able to reunite his party after the referendum?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he would consider a coalition against Islamic State, but this would be unlikely to include those backing rebel groups in his country.
Gary Gibbon
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg blazed a trail by forging a coalition partnership with the Tories. And despite the criticism he has received, he now seems at peace with himself.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg rules out forming a “rag tag mob” coalition but leaves the door open to a looser pact with the Scottish National Party and Ukip.
Gary Gibbon
The odds of a coalition after 2015 recede in your mind the more you chat around Westminster. It’s not impossible. But it’s not a hot favourite either.
Are you out of pocket thanks to coalition policies? And would it have been any different under a Labour government?
Islamic State militants say they have shot down a plane in Syria and taken the Jordanian pilot prisoner. Jordan confirms that one of its pilots is being held.
Jonathan Rugman
The emphasis at the Nato summit has been on forming a new Iraqi government and putting a Muslim, regional face on any “coalition of the willing”.
The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives clash over a Commons bill that is seeking to reform the government’s so-called “bedroom tax”.