“At a time when our close ally Israel is under direct threat from Hezbollah who murdered 12 children in a missile attack last weekend, Hamas who murdered more Jewish people on October 7 than on any day since the Holocaust and who kidnapped hundreds of others, and when just

The home office telling those who get involved in violence what they can expect

We are really pleased to be able to share that all the children involved in last Monday’s awful incident in Southport who were under our care have now been safely discharged home from Alder Hey. Full statement: bit.ly/3SCPHTU

Critical day for police & govt response to riots: *Police preparing to respond to over 100 planned protests and potentially 30 more counter protests. *Some 140 people now charged, 20 of them overnight. *National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) expect that number to rise

Tory leadership: Patel out with just 14 MPs Jenrick tops the ballot with 28

James O'Brien Following the announcement of the Grenfell Tower report, I thought I would pass on my experience. As you know I was a senior trading standards officer made redundant in 2010, one of the first to go as a result of Cameron's austerity cuts.

Two facts re winter fuel allowance: 1) At £200 it's same in cash terms as in 2000 - a real terms cut of 45%. Slow drift into irrelevance. 2) Pensioners much better off than they were then - poverty rate down from 26% to 16%, median income up 38% (only up 19% for non-pensioners)

Worth remembering that as well as the seven MPs who lost the whip over the two-child benefit cap vote; another 42 Labour MPs abstained. We’ll see if rebellion today is in similar league.

MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country's poorest pensioners. A Tory move to axe the cut was defeated by 348 to 228 votes - a majority of 120. Sky's Political Correspondent, Tamara Cohen has all the details. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501