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    Video caption: Jo Cox remembered in sister Kim Leadbeater's maiden Commons speech

    Kim Leadbeater says she would "give anything not to be standing" in Commons as she follows her sister as a Yorkshire MP.

  2. Sarwar hits out at vaccine passport guidance

    Anas Sarwar criticises the guidance published ahead of the vaccine passport debate.

    The Scottish Labour leader says there will be “businesses affected by this that have longer cocktail menus than this document”, adding that there is “no evidence that this will make a difference and no details of how it will work”.

    Nicola Sturgeon says many affected businesses will prefer vaccine passports to the prospect of any further temporary closures.

  3. Vaccine passports 'not complete solution'

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    Nicola Sturgeon has said plans for vaccine passports are "not a complete solution" to increased Covid cases.

    Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar voiced his opposition to the move, adding that his party had "supported the government at key moments throughout this pandemic" but said this was about "what works and what will make meaningful difference".

    The first minister said the passport plan was only intended to "add an additional layer of protection".

    She added: "We have continued to listen to a range of evidence and have said vaccine certification is not a solution in itself."

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    Video caption: Attenborough to Climate Assembly: 'You've given me a lot of hope'

    Sir David Attenborough met with members in Parliament, to discuss action on climate change.

  5. Johnson PMQs

    In his first question time since Parliament's summer break, Boris Johnson defends his new tax, while Labour labels it "unfair".

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    Video caption: Keir Starmer on Boris Johnson's social care statement

    Keir Starmer says the Conservatives can “never again claim to be the party of low tax".

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    Video caption: Boris Johnson: Social care needs reform and change

    The prime minister has said that 30,000 beds in the NHS are taken up by people who need social care.