
08/03/2012
Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond: prime minister's questions, government defeats in the House of Lords, and a row over jobs for disabled people.
Sean Curran has the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
There's a sombre mood during Prime Minister's Questions, as MPs reflect on the deaths of six British soldiers in southern Afghanistan.
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, accuses David Cameron of breaking pre-election promises not to cut benefits.
The party leaders - and backbench MPs - unite to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
In the House of Lords, the Government is defeated over its plans to cut the cost of legal aid in England and Wales.
There's anger at Westminster - and in the Welsh Assembly - over the decision to close 36 Remploy factories which employ disabled people.
In the Scottish Parliament, the Conservatives try to block a so-called "Tesco tax" on large retailers which sell alcohol and cigarettes.