Labour leadership: Nandy criticises Blair/Brown governments for keeping elements of Thatcherism - live news
(The Guardian World News)

Rolling coverage of the day´s political developments as they happen 10.05am GMT Lisa Nandy has just started delivering her welfare speech at Centrepoint in London. I will post a description when I´ve read the full text. 9.47am GMT From the Telegraph´s James CrispEU27 ambassadors meet this afternoon to agree that council approval to the Brexit withdrawal agreement will be given in writing on Jan 30, the day before Brexit Day and the day after the European Parliament votes to ratify the deal. Continue reading...