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The key committee on Holyrood's budget joins those raising alarm at evidence of Scotland's under-performance.

Mark Drakeford faces questions from MSs, in a virtual format due to concerns about the Omicron variant.

Anyone with a year or less to live will be granted automatic entitlement to extra benefits.

The move comes after a refusal to plant a tree at Stormont to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

With the Sue Gray report due, the formal agenda in Parliament may end up being a sideshow.

Ex-minister Robert Buckland urges the government to end detention in hospitals for long periods.

The PSNI has warned it will face a major squeeze if the budget is passed in its current form.

Measures to tackle educational underachievement are also at risk if schools do not get more money.

Children born between 1 April and 1 July could start pre-school and school a year later.

Peers were expected to debate the plan which had been criticised by most of Stormont's parties.

In a letter to the PM, the six parties say the roles of MP and assembly member are full-time jobs.

Roberta Metsola, from Malta, was asked by journalists about her record of being anti-abortion.

Peers back making hatred of women a factor in sentencing criminals - but MPs will get the final say.

Voters will be required to show photo ID at polling stations under measures in the Elections Bill.

Peers vote against plans to clamp down on noisy protests and in favour of making misogyny a hate crime.

Mark Drakeford faces questions from MSs, in a virtual format due to concerns about the Omicron variant.

There are signs a warning over an alleged Chinese agent infiltrating Parliament will not be the last.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is to run for Stormont, while retaining his Westminster seat.